Below, in alphabetical order, are the winners through the years of Research magazine's annual Advisor Hall of Fame.
Charles Andriole
Wachovia Securities
Alexander P. Armour
Davenport & Co.
Bruce Bagge
Gruntal & Co.
Kent Baker
Merrill Lynch
L.H. Bayley
David A. Noyes & Co.
Roy Belknap
Shearson Lehman Brothers
David Bendix
The Bendix Financial Group/Royal Alliance
Brenda Blisk
Spire Investment Partners
Morris B. Blumenthal
Prudential Securities
Lyman H. Bond
Prudential Securities
Steve Booren
LPL Financial Services
Arthur H. Bougae
Alex. Brown & Sons
Jerry Brown
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Alan Bubalo
Edward Jones
Thomas F. Bullock
Edward Jones
John W. Cary III
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Alex S. Carroll
Prudential Securities
H.L. "Chappie" Chapman
First Union Securities
Theresa E. Chacopulos
Wells Fargo
Louis J. Chiavacci
Merrill Lynch
Kyle Chudom
Morgan Stanley
Robert J. Collins
Wachovia Securities
Susan Colpitts: 2012
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John D. Cooke
Prudential Securities
C. Marcus Cooper Jr.
Legg Mason
Mark A. Cortazzo
MACRO Consulting Group/SII Investments
Robert Costos
Merrill Lynch
James R. Cotto
Wachovia Securities
Thomas J. Curran
Curran Advisory Services
Randal Dickinson
Edward Jones
Paula Dorion-Gray
Securities America
Larry Dorn
Dorn & Co.
Ric Edelman
Edelman Financial Services
Susan E. Edwards
Morgan Stanley
Robert D. Enright
Royal Alliance Associates
John (Jeff) Erdmann III
Merrill Lynch
Jay M. Eshbach II
National Planning Corp.
Lynn Faust: 2012
Raymond James & Associates
D. Craig Fecel
PaineWebber
Todd Feltz
Feltz WealthPLAN/LPL
H. Michael Finkle
Kemper Securities
Lorayne Fiorillo: 2012
Wells Fargo Advisors
Denise Fries
Securities America
Alan K. Gage
Prudential Securities
James F. Gallivan
J.C. Bradford & Co.
Carol Glazer
Smith Barney
Donald G. Gloisten
GBS Financial Corp.
Meg Green
Meg Green & Associates/Royal Alliance
Roger S. Green
Multi-Financial Securities Corp.
Sherry Griffin
Principal Financial
John S. "Jack" Gunter
Merrill Lynch
Bruce E. Haney
Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood
James C. Hansberger
Shearson Lehman Brothers
Scott Hanson
Securities America
Gena Harper
Smith Barney
Victor Hazard: 2012
H.D. Vest Financial Services
Mary McFadden Hastings
Wells Fargo Advisors