1971

• George R. Shanklin, retired Director of Division of Water Policy and Supply, State of New Jersey (State and Local Government)
• Raymond J. Heringer, Director of the work experience program at Ravenswood High School, East Palo Alto, California (Private Citizen)

1972

• Wallace W. Hagan, Director and State Geologist, Kentucky Geological Survey (State and Local Government)
• C. R. Baskin, Chief Engineer, Texas Water Development Board (State and Local Government)
• L. J. (Bud) Maher, Assistant Publisher, Huron Daily Plainsman, Huron, South Dakota (Private Citizen)

1976

• David M. Evans, Geologic Engineer from Colorado School of Mines (Industry)
• R. S. "Rock" Howard, Executive Secretary of Georgia Water Quality Control Board (State and Local Government)
• Susanne B. Wilson, Councilwoman of City of San Jose, California (Private Citizen)
• Dr. Clarence J. Velz, Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan (Academia)

1978

• John P. Snyder, privately employed chemical engineer, Madison, New Jersey (Private Citizen)

1981

• Professor Thomas H. Pigford, University of California (Academia)
• Kazutaka Saiki (State and Local Government)

1983

• S. L. Groff, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, Montana (State and Local Government)

1986

• Abel Wolman, Emeritus Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland School of Engineering and School of Hygiene and Public Health (Academia)
• Stephen E. Reynolds, New Mexico State Engineer (State and Local Government)

1988

• Dr. Hugo F. Thomas, Director and State Geologist, Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford, Connecticut (State and Local Government)
• John McPhee (Private Citizen)
• Dr. Harold Moellering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (Academia)

1989

• Dr. M. Gordon Wolman, Chairman, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (Academia)
• Duane M. Hamann, San Miguel, California (Private Citizen)

1990

• Genevieve Atwood, Director/State Geologist for Utah (State and Local Government)
• Walter S. Sullivan, Science Editor for The New York Times (Private Citizen)
• Glass Instruments, Inc. (Industry)

1991

• Michael T. Halbouty (Private Citizen)
• Dr. Lynn R. Sykes, Columbia University (Academia)
• Paleontology Team, Unocal Corporation's North America Oil and Gas Division, Ventura, California (Industry)

1992

• A. Ivan Johnson (Private Citizen)
• Professor Carl Kisslinger, University of Colorado (Academia)
• Ray A. Miller, Idaho State Mapping Advisory Committee and Idaho Geographic Information Advisory Committee (State and Local Government)

1993

• Dr. James F. Pankow, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology (Academia)
• InterNetwork Inc. (Industry)
• California Department of Transportation (State and Local Government)
• InterNetwork Inc.

1994

• Susan Seacrest, President of the Groundwater Foundation (Private Citizen)
• William R. Walker, Virginia Water Resources Research Center and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Academia)
• Dr. Kenneth N. Weaver, Maryland Geological Survey (State and Local Government)

1995

• Dr. George M. Hornberger, Department of Environmental Science, University of Virginia (Academia)
• Alfred H. Vang, Deputy Director, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (State and Local Government)

1996

• W. Jacquelyn Kious (Private Citizen)
• Nancy L. Parke (Societies and Associations)
• Jack Dangermond, Environmental Systems Research Institute (Industry)
• Tri-County Regional Planning Commission (State and Local Government)

1997

• Dr. James Merchant, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, (Educational Institution)
• James M. Harrison, Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Commission (State and Local Government)
• National Stone Association (Societies and Associations)
• Lawrence E. Callender (Private Citizen)

1998

• Dr. Samuel S. Adams (Private Citizen)
• Richard Burton, Monroe County Department of Health, Monroe County Environmental Health Lab (State and Local Government)
• Paul Deshler, Northern Arizona University (Educational Institution)
• Garruba, Dennis, Konetzka (Industry)

1999

• California Division of Mines and Geology, California Department of Conservation (State and Local Government)
• George A. Thompson, Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, California (Private Citizen)
• Harlan Tucker, Executive Director, The Friends of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Inc. (Societies and Associations)

2000

• Lloyd S. Cluff, Manager, Geosciences Department, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, San Francisco, California (Private Citizen)
• Susan Carson Lambert, Director, Kentucky Office of Geographic Information, Frankfort, Kentucky (State and Local Government)
• Dr. James N. Gray, Senior Researcher and Manager, Microsoft Bay Area Research Center, San Francisco, California (Industry)
• Thomas D. Barclay, Lead Developer, Microsoft Bay Area Research Center, San Francisco, California (Industry)

2001

• Dr. Emery T. Cleaves, Director, Maryland Geological Survey, Baltimore, Maryland (State and Local Government)
• Robert Dean, Vantage Point Productions, LLC, Los Angeles, California (Industry)
• Captain Edward K. Miller, Senior Pilot (retired), Air Lines Pilots Association (Private Citizen)
• Dr. Paul "Ty" Ferre, Assistant Professor, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, Tucson, Arizona (Academia)

2003

• Dr. William J. Plant, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (Educational Institution)
• American Geological Institute, Government Affairs Program, Alexandria, Virginia (Societies and Associations)
• Delaware Data Mapping and Integration Laboratory (DataMIL), University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware (State and Local Government)

2004

• Dr. Gerald E. Galloway, Titan Corporation, Vice President, Enterprise Engineering Group, Reston, Virginia (Industry)
• Dr. Dennis Helder, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota (Educational Institution)
• David Perlman, Science Editor, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California (Private Citizens/Groups/Organizations)
• Ian Von Essen, Spokane County Information Systems, Spokane, Washington (State and Local Government)

2005

• Dr. Keith C. Clarke, University of California, Santa Barbara (Educational Institution)
• Dr. William L. Graf, University of South Carolina (Educational Institution)
• Larry A. Larson, Association of State Floodplain Managers (Societies and Associations)
• USGS Coalition, (Robert Gropp, American Institute of Biological Sciences; Linda Rowan, American Geological Institute; Craig Schiffries, National Council for Science and the Environment) (Private Citizens/Groups/Organizations)

2006

• Dr. Samuel Goward, Department of Geography, University of Maryland (Educational Institution)^[1]
• Illinois Department of Natural Resources – Office of Water Resources (State and Local Government)

2007

• Dr. Walter J. Arabasz of the University of Utah (Private Citizen) ^[2]

2008

• Loren L. Turner, P.E., of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)^[3]

2009

• Dr. Mary Skopec of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (State and Local Government)^[4]
• Dr. James L. Smith of The Nature Conservancy (Private Citizen) ^[4]

2011

• Robert B. Smith of the University of Utah^[5]

2016

• John Galetzka, TLALOCNet Project Manager of UNAVCO^[6]

• List of geology awards

• List of past awardees