This award honors the accomplishments of one of our many distinguished alumni each year. Previous recipients:
- Jack Simon 1994
- Harold Scott 1995
- K.O. Emery 1996
- Paul Witherspoon 1997
- John Bredehoeft 1998
- Willy Weeks 1999
- Brud Leighton 2000
- Sharon Mosher 2001
- Jack Threet 2002
- Margaret Leinen 2003
- Hayden Murray 2004
- Mohamed El-Ashry 2005
- John Hawley 2006
- Frank Schwartz 2007
- Dr. J. William Soderman 2008
- Marion E. "Pat" Bickford 2009
- Charles R. Goldman 2010
- George F. Pinder 2011
- Suzanne Mahlberg Kay 2012
- William W. Hay 2013
- John W. Shelton 2014
- John Cherry 2015
- Don Lowe 2016
- R. James Kirkpatrick 2017
- Norb Cygan 2018
- Jim Baroffio 2019
- Jack Sharp 2021