(see news release)

• Kenneth Brown, Tippie Children Professor of Management, Tippie College of Business
• Nicole Grosland, associate dean for academic programs, College of Engineering
• Ana Rodriguez-Rodriguez, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

2023 Recipients (see news release)

• Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Department of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Brian Hand, Professor of Teaching and Learning, College of Education

2022 Recipients (see news release)

• Benjamin Coelho, professor in the School of Music, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Russell Ganim, associate provost and dean, International Programs
• Katherine Imborek, clinical professor of internal medicine, Carver College of Medicine

2021 recipients (see news release)

• George Bergus, professor of family medicine in the Carver College of Medicine
• Venise Berry, professor of journalism and mass communication in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Michael Pentella, clinical professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health 
• Peter Snyder, professor of internal medicine in the Carver College of Medicine
• Jodi Tate, clinical professor of psychiatry in the Carver College of Medicine 
• Adrien Wing, Bessie Dutton Murray Professor in the College of Law

2020 recipients (see news release):

• Lan Samantha Chang,  Elizabeth M. Stanley Professor in the Arts and program director, Writers' Workshop
• Usha Mallik, professor of physics and astronomy in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Kembrew McLeod, professor of communication studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Todd Pettys, H. Blair and Joan V. White Chair in Civil Litigation in the College of Law
• Steven Ungar, professor of cinema and comparative literature in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

2019 recipients (see news release):

• Jerry Anthony, associate professor in the School of Urban and Regional Planning in the Graduate College
• Sandra E. Daack-Hirsch, associate professor in the College of Nursing 
• Witold F. Krajewski, Rose & Joseph Summers Chair of Water Resources Engineering and professor of civil and environmental engineering
• Thomas E. Vaughn, associate professor of health management and policy in the College of Public Health

2018 recipients (see news release):

• Christina Bohannan, professor and Lauridsen Family Fellow in Law in the UI College of Law
• Charles Lynch, professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health and medical director and principal investigator of the Iowa Cancer Registry
• Nicole Nisly, clinical professor of internal medicine in the Carver College of Medicine

2017 recipients (see news release):

• Peter Rubenstein, professor of biochemistry in the Carver College of Medicine
• Larry Weber, professor an2018d Edwin B. Green Chair in Hydraulics in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering

2016 recipients (see news release):

• Richard Fumerton, F. Wendell Miller Professor of Philosophy in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Alexandra Thomas, professor of internal medicine in the Carver College of Medicine and of pharmacy practice and science in the College of Pharmacy
• John Westefeld, emeritus professor of counseling psychology in the College of Education

2015 recipients (see news release):

• Charles Connerly, professor of urban and regional planning in the Graduate College
• Judy Polumbaum, professor emeritus in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

2014 recipients (see news release):

• Joyce Berg, professor of accounting in the Tippie College of Business
• Victoria Sharp, clinical professor of urology and family medicine in the Carver College of Medicine and chief of staff of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

2013 recipients (see news release):

• Edwin L. Dove, associate professor of biomedical engineering in the College of Engineering
• Susan R. Johnson, university ombudsperson, professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the Carver College of Medicine, and professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health

2012 recipients (see news release):

• Bill Field, professor of occupational and environmental health in the College of Public Health
• Michael O’Hara, professor of psychology in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
• Rachel Williams, associate professor of art and art history and gender, women’s, and sexuality studies in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

2011 recipients (see news release):

• David Drake, professor of microbiology in the Department of Endodontics and Dows Institute for Dental Research in the College of Dentistry
• Tonya Peeples, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering and director of the Ethnic Inclusion Effort for Iowa Engineering in the College of Engineering
• Madeline Shea, professor of biochemistry in the Carver College of Medicine

2010 recipients (see news release):

• Samir Bishara, professor of orthodontics in the College of Dentistry
• Bernard Sorofman, professor and chair of pharmacy practice and science and executive associate dean in the College of Pharmacy
• Katherine Tachau, professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

2009 recipients (see news release):

• Laurence Fuortes, professor of occupational and environmental health in the College of Public Health
• Tom Walz, professor emeritus in the UI School of Social Work

2008 recipients (see news release):

• Nicholas Colangelo, Myron & Jacqueline Blank Professor of Gifted Education and director of the Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development
• Teresa Mangum, associate professor of English in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
• John Menninger, professor of biology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

2007 recipients (see news release):

• Richard Dobyns, professor of family medicine in the Carver College of Medicine
• Edward Wasserman, professor of psychology in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

2006 recipients (see news release):

• Barbara Eckstein, associate professor of English in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
• Rita Frantz, professor in the College of Nursing
• Lisa Troyer, associate professor of sociology in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and administrative fellow in the Office of the Provost

2005 recipients (see news release):

• Elizabeth Altmaier, professor in and interim Departmental Executive Officer (DEO) of the College of Education's Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
• Lois Cox, clinical professor in the College of Law
• Kate Gfeller, director of the Music Therapy Program in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences's School of Music, with a secondary appointment in the College's Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology

2004 recipients (see news release):

• Carolyn Colvin, professor of curriculum and instruction in the College of Education
• Richard R. Hurtig, professor of speech pathology and audiology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Susan Schechter, clinical professor of social work in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (awarded posthumously)

2003 recipients

• Amitava Bhattacharjee, Physics & Astronomy
• Philip C. Kutzko, Mathematics
• Steve Thunder-McGuire, Curriculum & Instruction

2002 recipients

• Susan Birrell, Health and Sports Studies
• Jonathan Carlson, Law
• Warren Piette, Dermatology

2001 recipients

• Jean Jew, Anatomy
• Sheldon Kurtz, Law
• Robert Yager, Curriculum & Instruction

2000 recipients

• John Paul Long, Pharmacology
• Adalaide Morris, English
• Jude West, Management and Organizations

1999 recipients

• William Buss, Law
• Donald Heistad, Internal Medicine
• Eugene Spaziani, Biological Sciences

1998 recipients

• Harold Adams, Neurology
• Miriam Gilbert, English
• Edward Kottick, Music

1997 recipients

• James Andrews, Mech Engineering/Exercise Science
• Alan Widiss, Law

1996 recipients

• David Baldus, Law
• David Forkenbrock, Public Policy

1995 recipients

• Alan Nagel, English
• Annette Fitz, Internal Medicine

1994 recipients

• Steve M. Collins, Engineering
• Bruce E. Gronbeck, Communication Studies
• George Kalnitsky, Biochemistry

1993 recipients

• Richard Caplan, Medicine Administration
• David Carew, Pharmacy

1992 recipients

• Nancy Hauserman, Management and Organizations
• V.C. Patel, Mechanical Engineering
• David Vernon, Law

1991 recipients

• Dee Norton, Psychology
• Russell Ross, Political Science

1990 recipients

• Sam Becker, Communication Studies
• N. Peggy Burke, Physical Education