Elvy Musikka (born August 10, 1939) is an American cannabis rights activist.
 Musikka is one of four surviving patients enrolled in the Compassionate Investigational New Drug Program, getting marijuana from the federal government.
Cheryl Miller (1946 – June 7, 2003) was a multiple sclerosis patient and medical cannabis rights activist who committed civil disobedience at Congressman Jim Rogan's office and in front of the office of former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr.
 During Barr's unsuccessful re-election bid, she made a television appearance criticizing his medical cannabis policy.
 She and her husband received the Peter McWilliams Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Advancing the Cause of Medical Marijuana at the 2003 National NORML Conference.
 She died on June 7, 2003 from pneumonia and other MS-related ailments.
 Her friends and supporters created the Cheryl Miller Memorial Project to continue her legacy.
Madeline Martinez is an American cannabis rights activist.
Mary Jane Rathbun (December 22, 1922 – April 10, 1999), popularly known as Brownie Mary, was an American medical cannabis rights activist.
 As a hospital volunteer at San Francisco General Hospital, she became known for illegally baking and distributing cannabis brownies to AIDS patients.
 Along with activist Dennis Peron, Rathbun lobbied for the legalization of cannabis for medical use, and she helped pass San Francisco Proposition P (1991) and California Proposition 215 (1996) to achieve those goals.
 She also contributed to the establishment of the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers Club, the first medical cannabis dispensary in the United States.
George McMahon (born 1950) is an American cannabis rights activist.
 McMahon is one of four surviving patients enrolled in the federal Compassionate Investigational New Drug Program, and getting marijuana from the government.
 He lives with extreme pain caused by a rare genetic condition called nail-patella syndrome and uses cannabis to treat its symptoms.
Steve DeAngelo (born June 12, 1958), is a cannabis rights activist and advocate for cannabis reform in the United States.
 He is the co-founder and CEO of Harborside Health Center, a medical cannabis dispensary with branches in Oakland and San Jose, California, and the president and co-founder of The ArcView Group.
 DeAngelo and Harborside were the subject of the Discovery Channel documentary series Weed Wars, and were also featured on the premiere episode of CNN's "Inside Man" with Morgan Spurlock.
 In June 2015, DeAngelo was awarded the High Times Lester Grinspoon Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition for his four decades of activism in the cannabis reform movement.
The Emperor Wears No Clothes is a non-fiction book written by Jack Herer.
 Starting in 1973, the story begins when Herer takes the advice of his friend, "Captain" Ed Adair, and begins compiling tidbits of information about the "Cannabis" plant and its numerous uses, including as hemp and as a drug.
 After a dozen years of collecting and compiling historical data, Herer first published his work as "The Emperor Wears No Clothes", in 1985.
 The twelfth edition was published in November 2010, and the book continues to be cited in Cannabis rescheduling and re-legalization efforts.
Jack Herer ( ; June 18, 1939 – April 15, 2010), sometimes called the "Emperor of Hemp", was an American cannabis rights activist and the author of "The Emperor Wears No Clothes", a book—in 2016 in its twelfth edition after having been continuously in print for 31 years—frequently cited in efforts to decriminalize and legalize cannabis and to expand the use of hemp for industrial use.
 Herer also founded and served as the director of the organization Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP).
The "High Times" Stony Awards (a.k.a. the Stonys), sponsored by "High Times" magazine, celebrate the "highest and stoniest" movies and of the year.
 The "High Times" Stonys began as an annual article in "High Times" magazine conceived by Senior Editor Steve Bloom.
 Editor-in-Chief Steven Hager then suggested they hold an event in New York and invite the public to attend.
 Three "High Times" Stony Awards were held in New York City.
 In 2007, the "High Times" Stonys were moved to Los Angeles.
 Occasionally, the Stonys appears only as an article in "High Times", but most years the event is staged.
 In 2010, Special Stony Achievement Awards were presented to the documentary film "What if Cannabis Cured Cancer" by Len Richmond, truTV's "Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura", as well as a posthumous award to Jack Herer, which was accepted by his son, Dan Herer.
Donald Fiedler was an American cannabis rights activist.
 In 1989 he succeeded John Gettman as the executive director of NORML.
 He held that position until 1991 when he was replaced by Richard Cowan.
 He died at the age of 65 on Thursday May 15, 2008.

Question:  Stony Awards presented a posthumous award to what American cannabis rights activist and the author of "The Emperor Wears No Clothes",
Answer: Jack Herer