| Year | Recipient | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Francis Cucinotta Matthew Lachniet |
Health Physics & Diagnostic Sciences GeoScience |
| 2022 | Katherine Hertlein | Psychiatry and Behavioral Health |
| Edwin Oh | Internal Medicine | |
| 2021 | Shahram Latifi | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Jichun Li | Mathematical Sciences | |
| 2020 | Brian Hedlund | Life Sciences |
| 2019 | Sajjad Ahmad | Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction |
| 2018 | Evelyn Gajowski | English |
| 2017 | Seyhmus Baloglu Dennis Bazlinski |
Hospitality Life Sciences |
| 2016 | Kwang Kim Claudia Keelan |
Engineering English |
| 2015 | Clemens Heske | Chemistry |
| Debra Martin | Anthropology | |
| 2014 | Pushkin Kachroo | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Russell Hurlburt | Psychology | |
| 2013 | Yi-Tung Chen |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Marta Meana | Psychology | |
| 2012 | Bradley Donohue | Psychology |
| Bing Zhang | Physics & Astronomy | |
| 2011 | Daniel Allen | Psychology |
| Gabriele Wulf | Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences | |
| 2010 | William Jankowiak | Anthropology |
| Dennis Lindle | Chemistry | |
| 2009 | Christopher Blakesley | Boyd School of Law |
| Lawrence Walker | School of Life Sciences | |
| 2008 | Charles Whitney | English |
| Richard Wiley | Black Mountain Institute | |
| 2007 | Biswajit Das | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Paul Schollmeier | Philosophy | |
| 2006 | Stanley Smith | Biological Sciences |
| Gerald Weeks |
Marriage, Family & Community Counseling |
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| 2005 | Terance Miethe | Criminal Justice |
| Thomas Wright | History | |
| 2004 | Gregory Schraw | Educational Psychology |
| Alan Simmons | Anthropology | |
| 2003 | Joseph Fry | History |
| Richard Harp | English | |
| 2001 | John Bowers | English |
| Hal Rothman | History | |
| Mark Weinstein | English | |
| 2000 | Christopher Kearney | Psychology |
| Carol Kimball | Music | |
| 1999 | Richard Jenson | Communications |
| 1998 | Maurice Finocchiaro | Philosophy |
| 1997 | Warren Burggren | Biological Sciences |
| Joseph Mccullough | English | |
| 1996 | Darrell Pepper | Mechanical Engineering |
| Peter Shiue | Mathematics | |
| 1995 | Darlene Unrue | English |
| 1994 | Robert Boehm | Mechanical Engineering |
| 1993 | Rick Tilman | Public Administration |
| 1991 | Martha Knack | Anthropology |
| Corina Mathieu | Foreign Languages | |
| 1990 | Thomas Clark | English |
| Terry Knapp | Psychology | |
| 1989 | Catherine Bellver | Foreign Languages |
| Sheilagh Brooks | Anthropology | |
| Mohamed Yousef | Biological Sciences | |
| 1988 | Craig Walton | Philosophy |
| Claude Warren |
Anthropology |
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| 1986 | Maurice Finocchiaro | Philosophy |
| 1985 | Marie France Hilgar |
Foreign Languages |
| 1983 | Laurence Golding | Kinesiology |
| 1982 | Terry Crawford | Theatre |
| James Deacon | Biological Sciences | |
| Mohamed Yousef | Biological Sciences | |
| 1981 | Maurice Finocchiaro | Philosophy |
| Michael Goldberg | Mathematics |