1951-1952 
*Harold W. Sparks
Lumberyard Supply Company, St. Louis, MO
(President, Predecessor group of NBMDA)

1952-1953 
*John P. Ashton
Ashton Wholesale Service, Des Moines, IA

1954 
*H. M. Dooley
Dooley Distributing Company, Saginaw, MI

1955 
*R. R. Maylone
Saltpoint Supply Corp., Syracuse, NY

1956 
C. A. Haag
Springfield Builders Supply Co., Springfield, IL

1957 
*E. P. Reising
Indiana Wholesalers, Inc., Evansville, IN

1958 
*T. J. Dougherty
Ohio Valley Supply, Inc., Cincinnati, OH

1959 
*Don Knecht
Building Material Distributors, Rapid City, SD 

1960 
M. C. Blackstock
Lumber Supply & Warehouse Co., Seattle, WA

1961 
M. L. McCreery
Michigan Wholesalers, Inc., Jackson, MI

1962 
*Donald B. Richardson
Richardson Lumber Co., Denver, CO

1963-1964 
Lewis H. Jenkins
Jenkins Wholesale Supply Co., N. Wilkesboro, NC

1965 
*W. G. Grieve
Building Material Distributors, Inc., Galt, CA

1966 
L.H. Crofoot
Western States Plywood Corp., Santa Fe Springs, CA

1967 
J. F. Dillon
Great Lakes Distributing Corp., South Bend, IN

1968 
H. D. Wilgus
Lumber Wholesalers, Inc., Cadiz, OH

1969 
*Donald O. Mirts
Dealers Warehouse Corp., Knoxville, TN

1970 
Joseph M. Jentis
Newark Steel Products Co., Inc., Roseland, NJ

1971 
*Robert D. Peterson
Palmer G. Lewis Co., Inc., Auburn, WA

1972 
David G. Dutton Jr.
A. C. Dutton Lumber Corp., Poughkeepsie, NY

1973 
*Milton J. Orr
Canfor Limited, New Westminster, B.C.

1974 
*Frank E. O'Dowd
Edward Hines Lumber Company, Chicago, IL

1975 
Richard E. Freeman
So-Cal Commercial, Los Angeles, CA

1976 
Roger L. Hancock
Arizona Millwork Company, Phoenix, AZ

1977 
James L. Stringfellow
Stringfellow Supply Company, Gainesville, FL

1978 
David P. Bennett
Bennett Supply Company, Pittsburgh, PA

1979 
Robert E. Martin
Schultz, Snyder & Steele Lumber Co., Lansing, MI

1980 
Richard E. Lundgren
Palmer G. Lewis, Co., Inc., Auburn, WA

1981 
*John M. Gillespie
Hansen Corporation, Walled Lake, MI

1982 
J. Hays Wimsatt
Wimsatt Brothers, Louisville, KY

1983 
Perry N. Sparks
Lumberyard Supply Company, St. Louis, MO

1984 
A. Richard Kasper
Amerhart, Ltd., Green Bay, WI

1985 
James R. Quillen
Thunderbird Steel Corp., Albuquerque, NM

1986 
Robert Westing
Westing Company, Grand Rapids, MI

1987 
Joseph T. Theby Jr.
Lensing Wholesale, Inc., Evansville , IN

1988 
Glenn A. Hart
OrePac Building Products, Inc., Wilsonville, OR

1989 
C. Keith Rust
Roland & Roland, Inc. Bethlehem, PA

1990 
Steve Ellinwood
Building Material Distributors, Inc., Galt, CA

1991 
George Bryson
Aetna Plywood, Inc., Arlington Heights, IL

1992 
Gary McKillican
McKillican International, Edmonton, AB, Canada

1993 
Paul Hylbert
PrimeSource, Inc., Carrollton, TX

1994 
William A. Ellis
REICO Distributors, Springfield, VA

1995 
Gary Leonard
Flagg, Inc., Fairfield, OH

1996 
Ron Calhoun
Palmer Donavin Mfg., Columbus, OH

1997 
Mark Kasper
Amerhart Ltd., Green Bay, WI

1998 
Dennis Mitchell
Schultz, Snyder & Steele Lumber Co., Williamsburg, MI

1999 
Robert Stolz
Charlotte Hardwood Center, Charlotte, NC 

2000 
Jim Daniels
Parksite Plunkett-Webster, New Rochelle, NY 

2001 
David P. Bennett III
Bennett Supply Co., Cheswick, PA 

2002 
Jim White
White-Wood Dist. Ltd.., Winnipeg, MB

2003 
Chris Tompkins
Kruse Plastic & Plywood, Inc., Louisville, KY

2004 
Ron Calhoun
Palmer Donavin Mfg. Co., Columbus, OH 

2005 
Andy Ellis
North Bay Distributors, Elkridge, MD

2006 
Garry Tabor
BMD, Inc., Galt, CA 

2007 
Roger Debnam
Wurth Wood Group, Charlotte, NC
 
2008 
Len Kopec
The Wolf Organization, York, PA 

2009
Duane Lambrecht
Shelter Products, Inc., New Ulm, MN

 * Deceased