| Year | Recipient |
| 2012 | Gary Eichten |
| 2010 | Miguel Diaz |
| 2009 | Axel Theimer |
| 2008 | Steve Nelson |
| 2007 | Akiko Shimada (with medal) Bunkyo Gakuin University Br. Paul Richards, OSB |
| 2003 | John R. Musich, MD Father Thomas Thole, OSB (with medal) John Gagliardii (with medal) |
| 1998 | R. William Franklin |
| 1997 | Sister Mary Anthony Wagner Father Vincent Tegeder, OSB Steve Bresnahan |
| 1996 | The Honorable John C. Lindstrom |
| 1995 | Father Baldwin W. Dworschak, OSB Joseph A. Faber |
| 1994 | Eugene McCarthy (with medal) Daniel Coborn |
| 1993 | Julian Plante (with medal) Andy Hilger Father Neal Lawrence, OSB |
| 1992 | William H. Kling |
| 1989 | Richard J. Sauer (with medal) |
| 1986 | Abbot Baldwin W. Dworschak, OSB (Chancellors' Citation) |
| 1983 | Virginia Brooks Rabbi Nahum Schulman |
| 1982 | Father Gunther Rolfson |
| 1979 | Reverend Monsignor Alphonse Kremer, PhD |
| 1978 | Jay Phillips |
| 1977 | Joseph Benedict Giada |
| 1976 | Raymond Philip Morris |
| 1975 | Raymond G. Gove The Most Rev. George Spelz |
| 1974 | Myron Hall |
| 1957 | Bishop Peter W. Bartholome Bishop Leo F. Dworschak Monsignor Gino Ligutti Monsignor Martin Hellriegel Monsignor John Tracy Ellis Monsignor George Rauch Monsignor T. Leo Keaveney Reverend William F. Cunningham, CSC Reverend William Busch Judge Edward James Devitt Senator Eugene J. McCarthy Doctor Augustine C. Krey Mr. Marcel Breuer Doctor William T. Peyton Mr. Joseph Matt, Senior, KSG Mr. Fred J. Hughes Mr. Edward S. Skillin Mother Mary Richarda Peters, OSB |