Alumni selected for this award might include those who have achieved the following kinds of success:
- Advancement to the highest-level executive positions in either the public or private sector.
- Notable creative achievements in the arts field.
- A significant or decisive role in particular administrative or research breakthroughs, such an alum who is credited for a new scientific development or the reshaping of public policy.
- Unusual accomplishments in fields such as medicine, law, teaching, and politics.
- The accumulation of exceptional business holdings.
| Year Awarded | Recipient(s) |
| 2023 | Michael P. Dempsey '83 |
| Mike Long '68 | |
| 2022 | Jason A. Gottlieb '92 |
| Sheila M. Lemke '82, M.D. | |
| Andrea M. Stewart-Litchfield '97 | |
| Christopher A. Litchfield '97 | |
| J. Kevin McCarthy '87, Esq. | |
| 2021 | Gary DiCresce '71 |
| Robert Mack '91 | |
| 2020 | Russ Irving '85 |
| Steve Sgambati '90 | |
| 2019 | Lorrie Scardino '79 |
| Rich Sleasman '79 | |
| 2018 | Tom Mazzarelli '93 |
| Jan Marie Traynor MacDonnell '83 | |
| 2017 | Mike Elliott '87 |
| Mary Humiston '87 | |
| Jim Scully '87 | |
| Lewis Steverson '87 | |
| 2016 | Rick Coté '76 |
| 2015 | Kathleen M. Strang Gutmann '90 |
| 2014 | Michael R. O'Leary '74, M.D. |
| Johanna P. Daily '84, M.D. | |
| Dennis L. Winger '69 | |
| 2013 | Jerry DeFrancisco '68 |
| Steve Obermayer '83 | |
| 2012 | Mary Liz (Blowe) Finn '82 |
| Rob McCormick '87 | |
| 2011 | John Genovese, Esq. '76 |
| Thomas Baldwin '81 | |
| William Redmond, Jr. '81 | |
| 2010 | Christopher Baldwin '85 |
| 2009 | Douglas P. Colbeth '77 |
| 2008 | John Breyo '68 |
| Robert Guido '68 | |
| 2007 | Arthur Strosberg '62 |
| Douglas Hickey '77 | |
| 2006 | James Barba, Esq. '66 |
| 2005 | Lou Witt '51 |
| 2004 | John T. Leonard '64 |
| 2003 | Steve Lamy '73 |
| Dr. David Russo '63 | |
| 2002 | Robert Cushing '77 |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | Albert E. Montross '60 |
| 1999 | Raymond M. Fisher '74 |
| 1998 | Daniel M. Sleasman '68 |
| 1997 | J. Richard Walton '63 |
| 1996 | Steven P. Boyle '67 |
| 1995 | Jack Quinn '73 |
| 1994 | John J. Higgins '55 |
| 1993 | Charles P. Taaffe '73 |
| 1992 | Peter S. Dokuchitz '52 |
| 1991 | Leonard R. Roberts '70 |
| 1990 | Robert J. Merritt '64 |
| 1989 | George T. Maloney '54 |
| 1988 | John E. Mack, III '56 |
| 1987 | John J. McEneny '65 |
| 1986 | Ron Vawter '71 |
| 1985 | Howard M. Kahn '48 |
| Eli Werlin ‘48 | |
| 1984 | Vincent Puritano '59 |
| 1983 | William Kennedy, Jr. '49 |
| 1982 | Robert W. Bouchard '62 |
| William J. Donlon '62 | |
| 1981 | George Deukmejian, Jr. '57 |
| 1980 | Richard Hennessy, Jr. '57 |
| 1979 | Dr. Donald J. Anthony '47 |
| 1978 | Dr. Anthony J. Sbarra '48 |
| 1977 | Robert J. Danzig '62 |
| 1976 | J. Patrick Barrett '59 |
| 1975 | Lawrence Lombardo '52 |
| 1974 | Daniel Klepak '49 |
| Joseph F. Bond '50 | |
| Charles MacClosky '40 |