| Alfred Allen Award |
| 2020 | Frances Kelley |
| 2018 | Margaret Cleary |
| 2016 | Linda Lyle |
| 2014 | Ed Mullen |
| 2012 | Patricia Leader |
| 2008 | Charla Rose Houston |
| 2006 | Jim Allan |
| 2004 | Eugene A. Bourquin |
| 2002 | B. J. LeJeune |
| 2000 | Donna Iszler |
| 1998 | Judy Hurst |
| 1996 | David Loux |
| 1994 | Juliet Bindt Esterly |
| 1992 | Cay Holbrook |
| 1990 | Robert Brasher |
| 1988 | David Manzer |
| 1986 | Nancy Akeson |
| 1984 | Lowell Legge |
| 1983 | Stanley Suterko |
| 1982 | Lila Lampkin |
| 1981 | Louise Cowan |
| 1979 | John Linville |
| 1975 | C. Warren Bledsoe |
| 1973 | J. Kenneth Cozier |
| 1971 | O. F. Wise |
| 1969 | Sidney E. Pollack |
| 1968 | Elizabeth Rusk |
| 1967 | Jenny Beck |
| 1966 | Howard Liechty |
| 1965 | Sophy Forward |
| 1964 | Howard T. Jones |
| 1963 | Victoria Hackett |
| 1962 | Annie B. Johnson |
| 1961 | Mary Helen Erker |
| 1960 | Eleanor M. Ingram |
1958
| Marian Held
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| Mary K. Bauman Award |
| 2020 | Michael J. Bina |
| 2018 | Cay Holbrook |
| 2016 | Dr. Tuck Tinsley |
| 2014 | Sharon Sacks |
| 2012 | Kay A. Ferrell |
| 2010 | Sandra Lewis |
| 2008 | Diane P. Wormsley |
| 2006 | Anne Corn |
| 2004 | Kathleen M. Huebner |
| 2002 | Susan Jay Spungin |
| 2000 | Philip H. Hatlen |
| 1998 | Mary Nelle McLennan |
| 1996 | Jane N. Erin |
| 1994 | William H. English |
| 1992 | John Ed Chiles |
| 1990 | J. Max Woolly |
| 1988 | Georgie Lee Able |
| 1986 | Elinor Long |
| 1984 | Josephine Taylor |
1982
| Mary K. Bauman
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| Warren Bledsoe Award |
| 2020 | Tiffany Wild |
| 2018 | Deborah Hatton |
| 2016 | Dr. Lauren Lieberman, Paul Ponchillia, & Susan Ponchillia |
| 2014 | Kay A. Ferrell |
| 2012 | Elizabeth Dennison |
| 2010 | Natalie Hilzen |
| 2008 | Christine Roman-Lantzy |
| Special Recognition Award: Mary Nelle McLennan |
| 2006 | Journal of Vision Impairment and Blindness |
| 2004 | Marianne Riggio |
| 2002 | Dr. M. Cay Holbrook & Alan Koenig |
| 2000 | Millie Smith, Nancy Levack, Diane P. Wormsley & Frances Mary D’Andrea |
| 1998 | Susan & Paul Ponchillia |
| 1996 | Kathleen Huebner, Jeanne Glidden Prickett, Theresa Rafalowski Welch, & Elga Joffee |
| 1994 | Dona Sauerburger |
| Special Recognition Award: Mary Ellen Mulholland |
| 1992 | Dean Tuttle |
| Special Recognition Award: Berthold Lowenfeld |
| 1990 | William Graves & Michael Orlansky |
| 1988 | Michael Bina & Geraldine Scholl |
| 1986 | David Warren |
| 1984 | Randall Jose |
| 1983 | William Silverman |
| 1982 | Joseph Lash & George Mallinson |
| 1981 | Bruce Blasch & Richard Welsh |
1979
| Richard Kinney
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| Douglas C. MacFarland Award |
| 2020 | Brian Charlson |
| 2018 | Barbary McCarthy |
| 2016 | Cliff Olstrom |
| 2014 | No Award Given |
| 2012 | Vernon Metcalf |
| 2010 | Eileen Siffermann |
| 2008 | Gala S. Brooks |
2006
| Robert J. Winn
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| John H. McAulay Award |
| 2020 | Michele McDonnall |
| 2018 | Timothy Hindman |
| 2016 | Dr. John Mascia |
| 2014 | Margaret E. Cleary |
| 2012 | Kathleen Gallagher |
| 2008 | Adele L. Crudden |
| 2006 | Anthony Candela |
| 2004 | Chuck Young |
| 2002 | Karen Wolffe |
| 2000 | Gil Johnson |
| 1998 | Robert Hanye |
| 1996 | James Kesteloot |
| 1994 | John Maxson |
| 1992 | Gerald Miller |
| 1990 | George Sippi |
| 1988 | NIB-GCWB (Special) |
| 1986 | Mary Ann Roscoe |
| 1984 | Judy Lloyd |
| 1983 | Dan Hernandez |
| 1982 | Carl McCoy |
| 1981 | Hugh Russell |
| 1979 | Donald Blasch |
| 1977 | Robert J. Prause |
| 1975 | Thomas Dickey |
| 1973 | Nicholas Williams |
| 1971 | Harold Richterman |
| 1969 | Louis Vieceli |
| 1967 | Arthur Vorhees |
| 1966 | George Magers |
| 1962 | Griffin H. Eastin |
| 1961 | Octave J. Bourgeois |
| 1960 | John B. Raithed |
1959
| Fred Gissoni
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| Ambrose M. Shotwell Award |
| 2020 | Rodney J. Kossick |
| 2018 | Carl R. Augusto |
| 2016 | Gale Watson |
| 2014 | Karen E. Wolffe |
| 2012 | Chuck Huss |
| 2010 | Michael Bina |
| Special Recognition Award: Steven Barrett |
| 2008 | Kathleen Mary Huebner |
| 2006 | Kenneth Rosenthal |
| 2004 | William Wiener |
| 2002 | Dr. Euclid J. Herie |
| 2000 | William Ferrell |
| 1998 | Stanley Suterko |
| 1996 | Richard Welsh |
| 1994 | Russell C. Williams |
| 1992 | William F. Gallagher |
| 1990 | Warren Bledsoe |
| 1988 | Dr. Alfred Rosenbloom |
| 1986 | Irvine Schloss |
| 1984 | Natalie Barraga |
| 1983 | Louis Vieceli |
| 1982 | Harold Richterman |
| 1981 | Donald Blasch |
| 1979 | Ross C. Purse |
| 1977 | Douglas C. MacFarland |
| 1975 | Roy Kumpe |
| 1973 | Robert S. Bray |
| 1971 | Arthur McGill |
| 1969 | Louis J. Rives |
| 1968 | George Werntz |
| 1967 | Jansen Noyes |
| 1966 | Henry A. Wood |
| 1965 | Berthold Lowenfeld |
| 1964 | George Keane |
| 1963 | Judge Sam Cathey |
| 1962 | Lon E. Alsup |
| 1961 | Francis J. Cummings |
| 1960 | Philip Harrison |
| 1959 | Lee S. Johnston |
| 1958 | Francis Iberardi |
| 1957 | J. Robert Atkinson |
| 1956 | Maurice I. Tynan |
| 1955 | Peter J. Salmon |
| 1954 | Stetson K. Ryan |
| 1953 | L. L. Watts |
| 1952 | Col. E. A. Baker |
| 1951 | Helen Keller |
| 1950 | Mary Dranga Campbell |
| 1949 | Joseph Clunk |
| 1948 | Dr. Newell Perry |
| 1947 | Florence Bichard |
| 1945 | Dr. Edward E. Allen |
| 1943 | Cobrun L. Broun |
| 1941 | M. C. Migel |
1939
| Charles W. Holmes & H.R. Latimer
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| Richard L. Welsh Award |
| 2018 | Tiffany Wild |
2016
| Joseph P. Helm
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| AER Outstanding Chapter Award |
| 2020 | Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter |
| 2018 | Wisconsin Chapter |
| 2016 | Nebraska Chapter |
| 2014 | Pacific Northwest Chapter |
| 2012 | Virginia Chapter |
| 2010 | Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter, Ohio Chapter, Illinois Chapter |
| 2008 | Northeast Chapter |
| 2006 | Ontario Chapter |
| 2004 | No Award Given |
| 2002 | No Award Given |
| 2000 | Kentucky Chapter |
| 1996 | Illinois Chapter |
| 1994 | Arkansas Chapter |
| 1992 | Northeast Chapter |
| 1990 | Mississippi Chapter |
| 1986 | Texas Chapter |
| 1984 | Northern California Chapter |
| 1982 | Alabama Chapter, New York Chapter |
| 1981 | Ohio Chapter |
| 1979 | North Carolina Chapter |
| 1977 | Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter |
| 1975 | Texas Chapter |
1973
| Oklahoma Chapter
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