Awarded to distinguished alumni of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and received national or international recognition.
The award will normally be given to an alum who has earned a baccalaureate or graduate degree in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Final selection may include an alum who transferred to a professional or other program without completing a degree at Iowa State.
| Year | Recipient Name | ISU Degree(s) and Graduation Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Danny O’Neill | Political Science, International Studies |
| 2022 | Dan Fulton, MD | ‘04 biology |
| 2021 | Kate Henderson | ’97 Biology |
| 2020 | Lynette S. Hornung | ’93 political science MA ’97 political science MS ’04 information assurance |
| 2019 | Yoon-Shik Lee | ’82 Political Science |
| 2018 | Maryl Johnson | ’73 Zoology |
| 2017 | Tom Miller | ’72 Computer Science |
| 2016 | Rear Adm. Randall M. Hendrickson | ’83 Political Science and Naval Science |
| 2015 | Alice P. Hudson | ’63 Chemical Technology |
| 2014 | Benjamin E. Bierbaum | ’57 Zoology |
| 2014 | Laura Jackson | ’90 Psychology |
| 2013 | Maj. Gen. Allen W. Batschelet | ’83 History |
| 2011 | Douglas K. Spong | ’81 English |
| 2010 | Donald J. Soults | ’61 BS Statistics PhD ’68 PhD Statistics |
| 2009 | Sandra Davis | Modern Language; Psychology |
| 2008 | Robert Baur | Mathematics & Economics (PhD) |
| 2008 | Mark Stavish | Psychology & industrial relations (MS) |
| 2007 | Burton Christensen | chemistry |
| 2007 | Richard Matzke | geology |
| 2006 | Edward Stanek | physics |
| 2005 | Donald Langenberg | physics |
| 2005 | Trudy Peterson | English and history |
| 2004 | Stephanie A. Burns | chemistry |
| 2004 | Long Vo Nguyen | computer science |
| 2004 | Randall Wreghitt | journalism |
| 2003 | Marvin Caruthers | chemistry |
| 2003 | Martha E. Vincent-Ridge | biology |
| 2002 | Thomas Hoening | economics |
| 2002 | Virginia Metz | journalism |
| 2002 | Thomas Smith | geology |
| 2001 | James Renier | physical chemistry |
| 2001 | Stephanie Wells | meteorology |
| 2000 | Andrew Morton | economics |
| 1999 | Frederick Rudolph | |
| 1999 | Larry Schnack | |
| 1998 | Richard Forsythe | chemistry |
| 1998 | James Socknat | political science |
| 1997 | Wendell Primus | economics |
| 1997 | Daniel Purich | biochemistry biophysics and molecular biology |
| 1996 | Bruce Bohnker | zoology |
| 1996 | Wendell Bragonier | botany |
| 1995 | Deanna Morse | distributed studies |
| 1995 | Robert and Diane Greenlee | journalism |
| 1994 | Carol Francisco | statistics |
| 1994 | Richard Gimer | government |
| 1994 | Emil Jebe | economics |
| 1994 | Harlan Mills | computer science |
| 1993 | James Schirber, | physics |
| 1993 | Deloris Wright | economics |
| 1992 | Donald Mathre | botany |
| 1992 | Lawrence Payne | mathematics |
| 1991 | Robert Bartley | journalism |
| 1991 | DeAnne Julius | economics |
| 1990 | Terry Anderson | journalism |
| 1990 | Byron Kratochvil | chemistry |
| 1990 | Alfred Mueller | physics |
| 1989 | Dennis Branstad | math computer science |
| 1989 | Richard Ford | botany |
| 1988 | James Gaylor | chemistry mathematics |
| 1987 | William Weber | botany |
| 1986 | David Campbell, | science psychology |
| 1986 | Dwight Ink | government history |
| 1985 | Eugene Stoermer | botany |
| 1984 | Robert Amme | physics |
| 1983 | Richard Nicholson | chemistry |
| 1982 | Larry Orr | mathematics |
| 1981 | J. Throck Watson | chemical technology |
| 1980 | Sherril Christian | mathematics chemistry |
| 1979 | William Lang | physics |
| 1979 | Thomas Scott | zoology |
| 1978 | Darleane (Christian) Hoffman | chemistry |
| 1977 | Donald Cressey | sociology |
| 1976 | Robert Heller | geology |
