Mr. W Willis Houston – 1928
Mr. Southgate Leigh, Sr – 1929
Mr. Charles L. Kaufman – 1930
Mr. George H. Lewis – 1931
Mrs. Florence K. Sloane – 1932
Mr. David Pender – 1933
Mr. Winder R. Harris – 1934
Mr. A. Herbert Foreman – 1935
Mr. A. B. Schwarzkopf – 1936
Mr. C. Wiley Grandy – 1937
Rev. Sparks W Melton, DD – 1938
Rev. W. H. T. Squires, DD – 1939
Mr. Robert Prentis Beaman – 1940
Mr. Daniel M. Thornton – 1941
Mr. Richard Dickson Cooke – 1942
Colonel James W. Roberts – 1943
Colonel James Mann – 1944
Mrs. A. O Calcott – 1945
The Honorable Colgate W. Darden, Jr – 1946
The Honorable Oscar F. Smith – 1947
Mr. Melvin T. Blassingham – 1948
Mr. Stephen A. MacDonald – 1949
Mr. Thomas P. Thompson – 1950
Mr. Earl T. Gresham – 1951
Mr. John Samuel Alfriend – 1952
Mr. Hunter Clemens Phelan – 1953
Mr. Crawford Stanley Rogers – 1954
Dr. Walter B. Martin – 1955
Mr. William Frederick Duckworth – 1956
Mr. Samuel Thomas Northern – 1957
Mr. Henry Clay Hofheimer, II – 1958
Mr. Barron Foster Black – 1959
Mr. John Summerfield Jenkins, Jr – 1960
Mr. Joshua Pretlow Darden – 1961
Mr. Lewis Warrington Webb, Jr – 1962
Mr. James Hoge Tyler, III – 1963
Mr. Forrest Franklin Cathey – 1964
Mr. Harry Borum Price, Jr – 1965
Mr. Frank Batten – 1966
Dr .Mason C. Andrews – 1967
Mr. Clinton Elmo Thurston, Jr – 1968
Mr. John Lonsdale Roper, II – 1969
Mr. Vincent J. Thomas – 1970
Mr. Thomas A. Hanes – 1971
Mr. William Farley Powers, Sr – 1972
The Honorable Roy B. Martin, Jr – 1973
Mr. Frederic Heutte – 1974
Mr. Harry H. Mansbach – 1975
Mr. Richard F. Welton, III – 1976
Mr. Aubrey Guy Graham – 1977
Mr. W Wright Harrison – 1978
Mrs. Justine L. Nusbaum – 1979
Mr. Toy D. Savage, Jr – 1980
Mr. Roy Randolph Charles – 1981
Dr. Robert L. Payne, Jr – 1982
Mr. John R. Sears, Jr – 1983
Mr. Moses Gilbert Todd – 1984
Mr. Charles F. Burroughs, Jr – 1985
Mr. Doyle E. Hull – 1986
Mrs. Dorothy M Doumar – 1987
Dr.s Georgeanna and Howard Jones, Jr – 1988
Mr. Clifford A. Cutchins, III – 1989
Dr Charles E. Horton – 1990
Mr. Harvey L. Lindsay, Jr – 1991
Mr. Joshua P. Darden, Jr – 1992
Mr. Hunter A. Hogan, Jr – 1993
Mr. Thomas H. Willcox, Jr – 1994
Mr. Harold C. (Hap) Hoy – 1995
Mr. Robert C. Nusbaum – 1996
Mrs. Constance Curtis Laws – 1997
Mr. Peter G. Decker, Jr – 1998
Mr. Thomas G. Johnson, Jr – 1999
Mr. Irvine B. Hill – 2000
Mr. Arthur A .Diamonstein – 2001
Mr. E. George Middleton, Jr – 2002
Rev. Dr. John H. Foste – 2003
Rev. Joseph N. Green – 2004
Mrs. Eleanor Field Bradshaw – 2005
Mr. George C. Crawley – 2006
Dr. William P. Magee Jr and Kathleen S. Magee – 2007
The Honorable Joseph A. Leafe – 2008
Mr. Vincent J. Mastracco, Jr – 2009
Mrs. Jane Parke Batten – 2010
Mr. David R. Goode and Mrs. Susan S. Goode – 2011
Mrs. Linda H. Kaufman – 2012
Mrs. Patricia Peace Rawls – 2013
The Honorable Dr. G. William Whitehurst – 2014
Mr. J. Douglas and Mrs. Patricia W. Perry – 2015
Mr. James (Jim) B. Oliver, Jr. – 2016
The Honorable Paul D. Fraim – 2017
Mrs. Joan Brock – 2018
Mr. Dennis Ellmer – 2019
Mr. Bob Aston Jr - 2022*
Mr. Bruce B. Smith – 2023
Mr. Charles V. “Chuck” McPhillips - 2024
*2020-2021: COVID years - not awarded
The Cosmopolitan Club of Norfolk is honored each year to award the Norfolk First Citizen Award and Distinguished Service Award Medal. This individual is recognized for their unselfish and beneficial service to the City of Norfolk community from Civic, Social, Cultural, Educational, Religious, Charitable, Industrial standpoint, or a combination thereof. This has been a continuous event since its inception in 1928.
