Click on any of the linked names to learn more about the Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient.
| 2012 Winter | Dr. Julie Kinzelman | Achievement | '84 Medical Technology/Biological Sciences |
| 2012 | James A. Kettinger | Achievement | '80 Business Management |
| 2012 | Dr. Thomas A. Lutz | Service | '78 Life Sciences |
| 2012 | Mark F. Nielsen | Achievement | '76 Economics & Political Science |
| 2012 | Luann J. Simpson | Service | '85 Psychology |
| 2011 | Tuanquilla Montessa McKinney | Service | '08 Sociology/Spanish |
| 2011 | Dean Sivley | Achievement | '80 Business Management |
| 2011 | Dr. Jeffrey Medin | Achievement | '85 Biological Sciences |
| 2010 | Dr. Scott Leisner | Achievement | '81 Biological Sciences |
| 2009 | Dr. Michael Mullane | Achievement | '81 Biological Sciences |
| 2009 | Victor Misurelli | Service | '04 Geography |
| 2008 | Keith Olsen | Achievement | '83 Sociology |
| 2008 | Dr. Herbert Roehrich | Service | '87 Biological Sciences |
| 2007 | Dr. James Caya | Achievement | '74 Biological Sciences |
| 2007 | Dr. Richard Wagner | Service | '78 Biological Sciences |
| 2006 | Cory Anton | Achievement | '91 Psychology/Communication |
| 2006 | James Kreuser | Service | '88 Political Science |
| 2005 | Ms. Judith Sebranek | Service | '96 Art |
| 2005 | Dr. Fred Stevens | Achievement | '73 Biological Sciences |
| 2004 | Dr. Susan M. Cable | Achievement | '81 Biological Sciences |
| 2004 | Dr. Suzanne M. Sikora | Service | '75 Psychology |
| 2003 | Linda Roberts | Achievement | '71 Biological Sciences |
| 2003 | Sheila Bugalecki | Service | '93 Chemistry |
| 2002 | Dr. Gregory Graziano | Achievement | '79 Chemistry |
| 2002 | Leland Kammerer | Service | '86 Geography |
| 2002 | John Miskulin | Service | '85 Dramatic Arts |
| 2001 | Michael Falbo | Achievement | '80 Business |
| 2001 | Nancy Osmolek | Service | '89 Humanities/History |
| 2000 | Aldred Days | Achievement | '93 Political Science |
| 2000 | Gustave “Gus” Sorenson | Service | '96 History |
| 1999 | Richard V. Caskey | Achievement | '87 MBA |
| 1998 | Gary Meier | Service | '77 Business |
| 1997 | Dr. James S. Ferraro | Achievement | '80 Biological Science |
| 1996 | Dr. Alan V. Sahakian | Achievement | '76 Applied Science and Physics |
| 1995 | Roger Caron | Service | '84 Business Management |
| 1994 | Richard L. Eckert | Achievement | '75 Biological Sciences |
| 1994 | Cheryl R. Buckley | Service | '84 Sociology |
| 1993 | Sarkis Yoghourtdjian | Achievement | '82 Business Management |
| 1993 | Joann Drewek | Service | '82 Business Management |
| 1992 | Catherine Casselman Vuksanovich | Achievement | '79 Communication/'79 Psychology |
| 1991 | Dr. Thomas Krummel | Achievement | '73 Chemistry |
| 1991 | Gunnar Artmann | Service | '80 Business Management/'87 MBA |
| 1990 | Brian Althoff | Achievement | '78 Engineering Technology |
| 1990 | Alan Singstock | Service | '78 Business Management |
| 1989 | Martin E. Andersen | '76 Psychology | |
| 1988 | Dr. Deborah A. Paul | '76 Biological Science | |
| 1988 | Warren F. Olsen | '73 Business Management | |
| 1987 | E. John Graham | '74 Communication | |
| 1986 | Rodger DeRose | '72 Business Management | |
| 1985 | No Award | ||
| 1984 | Rex Brown | '71 Business Management | |
| 1983 | Tom Beck | '73 Physics |