CRITERIA: The Dwight David Eisenhower Fitness Award is presented to a person who has shown outstanding individual or cumulative achievement in fitness and has contributed to the growth and development of sport fitness through outstanding leadership activity.
Dwight David Eisenhower founded the President’s Youth Council on Sport and Fitness. This national committee served as the catalyst to the nation’s fitness movement. His work is evidenced today by the number of “physical fitness tests” being administered to the American youth.
Previous Recipients
- 2018
- Award not conferred
- 2017
- Fairfax Hackley – Master Personal Trainer and Bodybuilder
- 2016
- Dr. Brad Schoenfeld – Internationally Renowned Fitness Expert
- 2015
- Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling – Military Fitness Training Pioneer, United States Army
- 2014
- Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey – President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- 2013
- Greg Glassman, Founder of CrossFit, Inc., an International Fitness Training Program
- 2012
- Dr. Robert Goldman, Anti-Aging and Sports Medicine Pioneer
- 2011
- President George W. Bush – 43rd President of the United States
- 2010
- Susan Dell – Co-Founder, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
- 2009
- Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels – Co-hosts of NBC Show “The Biggest Loser”
- 2008
- Dr. Shang-Hi Rhee – President, Trim and Fitness International Sport for All
- 2007
- David Murdock – Owner Dole Food Co., Cal Wellbeing Institute
- 2006
- President Bill Clinton – Former U.S. President, William J. Clinton Foundation
- 2005
- Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona – U.S. Surgeon General Commander, Health and Human Services
- 2004
- Dr. Jurgen A. Palm – Pres., Trim & Fitness International Sport for All Associations
- 2003
- Lynn Swann – Chairman, President’s Council on Physical Fitness, NFL Hall of Famer
- 2002
- Mackey Shilstone – Center for Performance Enhancement and Lifestyle Management
- 2001
- Admiral Raymond Smith – Founder of Navy SEALS fitness program and Navy’s Run, Jump and Throw
- 2000
- Gary E. Johnson – New Mexico Governor
- 1999
- Edward A. Burke – U.S. Olympic Committee, Track and Field
- 1998
- Payton Jordan – Track and field coach emeritus, Stanford University
- 1997
- Kiana Tom – TV fitness host/producer
- 1996
- Dr. Donna Shalala – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
- 1995
- Jack LaLanne – Health club and fitness pioneer
- 1994
- Jane Fonda – Writer/performer and exercise/fitness specialist
- 1993
- Cory Everson – Six-time Ms. Olympian, ESPN Body Shaping host
- 1992
- Tom McMillan and Florence Griffith-Joyner – Co-chairmen, President’s Council on physical fitness
- 1991
- Joe Weider – President, Weidner, Inc., Woodland Hills, Calif.
- 1990
- Dr. Kenneth Cooper – Fitness industry leader
- 1989
- Arnold Schwarzenegger – Chairman, President’s Council on Physical Fitness
- 1988
- Sylvester Stallone – Oscar winning writer/actor/director
- 1987
- President George Bush – Committed to growth of physical fitness in America