| Year | Name | UI Degrees |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Christine Grant | BA '70, PhD '74 Phys Ed & Dance |
| 2001 | Marian Reese | BA '51 Sociology |
| 2000 | Dennis L. Boatman | BA '62 Science Education; MS '64 Pharmacology; MD '66 |
| 1997 | Carroll J. Reasoner | BA '73 Psychology; JD '76 |
| 1996 | Samuel L. Becker | BA '47, MA '49, PhD '53 Communication and Theatre Arts |
| 1995 | Trudy Huskamp Petersen | MA '72, PhD '72 History |
| 1994 | S. J. Brownlee | BA '48 Economics |
| 1993 | Juanita Kidd Stout | BA '39 Music |
| 1992 | Irving B. Weber | BA '22 (unspecified) |
| 1991 | Mary Louise Smith | BA '35 Social Work |
| 1990 | James Van Allen | MS '36, PhD '39 Physics & Astronomy |
| 1989 | Jewel Limar Prestage | MA '52, PhD '54 Political Science |
| 1988 | Clark Houghton | BA '44 Economics; JD '49 |
| 1987 | Dorothy K. Ray | BA '44, MA '45 Journalism |
| 1986 | Simon Estes | BM '86 Music |
| 1985 | Mary Louise Petersen | BA '51 Science Education |
| 1984 | Nicholas Meyer | BA '68 Communication & Theatre Arts |
| 1983 | Robert F. Ray | MA '45, PhD '47 Communication & Theatre Arts |
| 1983 | Jill M. McLaughlin | BA '53 Science Education |
| 1982 | D.C. Spriestersbach | MA '40, PhD '48 Speech Pathology & Audiology |
| 1981 | May Brodbeck | MA '45, PhD, PhD '47 Philosophy |
| 1980 | Donald P. Lay | BA '49 Liberal Arts & Law; JD '51 |
| 1977 | Nolden Gentry | BA '60 Political Science; 'JD '64 |
| 1976 | Mary Jane Odell | BA '60 Communication & Theatre Arts |
| 1972 | Allin W. Dakin | BA '26 (unspecified); MA '27 Commerce & Science |
| 1970 | Philip D. Adler | BA '26 English |
| 1969 | Howard A. Bowen | PhD '35 Commerce & Science |
| 1968 | David A. Dancer | BA '17 History |