President's Award
K.B.(Kenny) Johns Award
This award is given by the President of MCoR, in recognition of outstanding service to the Mid-Continent Region and to the Hobby of Model Railroading.
K.B. "Kenny" John was a charter member of the Mid-Continent Region. He was an active participant of every Region Convention from 1949 until his passing in 1963.
He was the builder of the Fern Mountain Model Railroad in St. Joseph, Mo, which served as the unofficial meeting place and "club" layout for local modelers around St. Joseph.
| Year | Recipiant | Award Location |
| 2023 | Dean Smith, MMR | Kansas City, KS MCoR Convention |
| 2022 | David Lowell | |
| 2021 | Jim Senese | Tulsa, OK MCoR Convention |
| 2020 | W. Miles Hale MMR | |
| 2019 | Robert Simmons | Wichita, KS MCoR Convention |
| 2017 | Robert "Bob" Folkmann | Ames, IA MCoR Convention |
| 2016 | Larry W. Diehl | Council Bluffs, IA MCoR Convention |
| 2015 | Philip G. Bonzon MMR | Jefferson City, MO MCoR Convention |
| 2014 | Louis O. Seibel | Memphis, TN MCoR Convention |
| 2013 | Ryan D. Moats MMR | Olathe, KS MCoR Convention |
| 2012 | Philip Aylward | Saint Louis, MO MCoR Convention |
| 2011 | Bradley Morneau MMR | Norfolk, NE MCoR Convention |
| 2010 | Paul W. Myers MMR | Cedar Rapids, IA MCoR Convention |
| 2009 | Whitney D. Johnson | Wichita, KS MCoR Convention |
| 2008 | Robert J. Amsler Jr | Branson, MO MCoR Convention |
| 2007 | Larry R. Alfred MMR | Lenexa, KS MCoR Convention |
| 2006 | Gary L. Hemmingway | Council Bluffs, IA MCoR Convention |
| 2005 | John A. Shaw | Topeka, KS MCoR Convention |
| 2004 | Donald W. Wetmore | Collinsville, IL MCoR Convention |
| 2003 | John K. Schindler | Olathe, KS MCoR Convention |
| 2002 | Gene R. Tacey | North Platte MCoR Convention |
| 2001 | Thomas E. Shook MMR | St. Louis National Convention |
| 2000 | Charles B. Marchbanks | Ames MCoR Convention |
| 1999 | Whitney D. Johnson | Omaha MCoR Convention |
| 1998 | Richard E. Napper MMR | Kansas City National Convention |
| 1997 | Charles M. Buswell MMR | Little Rock MCoR Convention |
| 1996B | Carol A. Vandevoort | St. Louis MCoR Convention |
| 1996A | Ken Vandevoort | St. Louis MCoR Convention |
| 1995 | W. Marty Vaughn MMR | Des Moines MCoR Convention |
| 1994 | Joe B. Robertson MMR | Carthage MCoR Convention |
| 1993 | G. Patrick Harriman MMR | Kansas City MCoR Convention |
| 1992 | Dean Windsor MMR | Tulsa MCoR Convention |
| 1991 | Larry R. Long MMR | Springfield MCoR Convention |
| 1990 | Ronald D. Morse Sr. Sr MMR | Omaha MCoR Convention |
| 1989 | William S. Farmer | St. Louis MCoR Convention |
| 1988 | Lonnie Boster | Des Moines MCoR Convention |
| 1987 | Fran Luxen-Hall | Oklahoma City MCoR Convention |
| 1986 | Arnold M. Latschar | Kansas City MCoRConvention |
| 1985 | Walter C. Johnson MMR | Little Rock MCoR Convention |
| 1984 | Allen Pollock | Kansas City National Convention |
| 1983 | D. l. Erichelberger | Omaha MCoR Convention |
| 1982 | Peter T. Bellos MMR | St. Louis MCoR Convention |
| 1981 | Ronald E. Williams MMR | Tulsa MCoR Convention |
| 1980 | Marshall W. Young | Des Moines MCoR Convention |
| 1979 | Edward N. Carr | Wichita MCoR Convention |
| 1978 | Lawrence V. Leupold | Kansas City MCoR Convention |
| 1977 | John M. Kane | Little Rock MCoR Convention |
| 1976 | Allen Pollock | Omaha MCoR Convention |
| 1975 | Charles R. Hitchcock MMR | St. Louis MCoR Convention |
| 1974 | Kenneth (Kenny) Cline | Des Moines MCoR Convention |
| 1973 | James A. Milroy | Oklahoma City MCoR Convention |
| 1972 | David J. Engle | Wichita MCoR Convention |
| 1971 | Richard Orr | So. Sioux City MCoR Convention |
| 1970 | Joseph J. Bothman | Kansas City MCoR Convention |
| 1969 | Arthur C. Brown | Little Rock MCoR Convention |
| 1968 | James D. Hammer | Omaha MCoR Convention |
| 1967 | George Niles | Des Moines MCoR Convention |
| 1966 | Elmer L. McCrary | Camden MCoR Convention |
| 1965 | Warren K. Weston MMR | St. Louis MCoR Convention |
| 1964 | John D. Lawrence | Kansas City MCoR Convention |