Nominations are made in the fall of each year, with the award being presented at the mid-winter meeting of the CIEC.
Here is a list of past recipients:
| Year | Recipient(s) | School |
| 2020 | Award Not Offered | |
| 2019 | Lorraine Mountain | Northeastern University |
| 2018 |
Sandra L. English |
Cleveland State University |
| 2017 | Deanna R. Dunn | University of Akron |
| 2016 | Bernadette Friedrich | Michigan State University |
| 2015 | Paul Plotkowski | Grand Valley State University |
| 2014 | Roy Gregg | University of Alabama |
| 2013 | Gayle Elliott | University of Cincinnati |
| 2012 | Susan Matney | North Carolina State University |
| 2011 | Not Presented | |
| 2010 | Harold Simmons | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2009 | Not Presented | |
| 2008 | Craig Gunn | Michigan State University |
| 2007 | Robert Tillman | Northeastern University |
| 2006 | Maureen Barcic | University of Pittsburgh |
| 2005 | Patricia Bazrod | St. Joseph's University |
| 2004 | Walter Odom | University of Tennessee |
| 2003 |
Richard J. Abel |
University of Cincinnati |
| 2001 | Brenda J. LeMaster | University of Cincinnati |
| 2000 | Lorraine Bortz | George Washington University |
| 1998 |
Thomas M. Akins |
Georgia Tech |
| 1997 |
J. Mike Mathews |
Mississippi State |
| 1995 | E. Sam Sovilla | University of Cincinnati |
| 1994 | Mary Jo Fairbanks | Syracuse University |
| 1993 |
Evelyn D. Harris |
NASA - Langley |
| 1992 |
Rebecca J. Simon |
University of Illinois |
| 1991 |
Betty W. DeVinney |
Tennessee Eastman Company |
| 1990 |
J. Donald Douglas |
National Security Agency |
| 1989 |
Donald Commiskey |
Dupont |
| 1988 |
Elizabeth Corlew |
University of Tennessee |
| 1987 |
Jack M. Mangham |
Georgia Power |
| 1986 |
Donald R. Burrowbridge |
University of Akron |
| 1985 |
Harold B. Ratcliff |
Bradley University |
| 1984 | Wayne Bogener | Caterpillar |
| 1983 |
Robert Heyborne |
University of the Pacific |
| 1982 |
J. Odell Jones |
Univ. of Tennessee - Martin |
| 1981 |
Donald W. Lyon |
Dupont |
| 1980 | John L. Campbell | Union Carbide |
| 1979 |
Alvah K. Borman |
Northeastern University |
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Clement J. Freund Meritorious Service Award |
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| 1978 |
Alvin S. Barber |
University of Waterloo |
| 1977 |
Bruce C. Stoughton |
University of Houston |
| 1976 |
Stanley Fisher |
University of Louisville |
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CEED Distinguished Service Award |
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| 1974 | Ray Lindenmeyer | |
| 1972 |
Robert B. Auld |
Fenn College |