| Semester Awarded | Meritorious Service Award | Recognition Award |
| Spring 2012 | Paul Krebs | |
| Fall 2011 | Ursula Shepherd | |
| Susan McKinsey | ||
| Spring 2010 | Malin Hemmingson | |
| Frednik Landstedt | ||
| Joseph Scaletti | ||
| Spring 2009 | Maralyn S. Budke | |
| Spring 2008 | Rocky Long | |
| George Brooks | ||
| Jim Ellis | ||
| Spring 2007 | David Harris | Kevin Stevenson |
| Spring 2006 | Anita Bradley-Pfeiffer | |
| Rudy Davalos | ||
| Coach Jeremy Fishbein | ||
| Joseph Suina | ||
| Spring 2005 | Coach Don Flanagan | |
| Fall 2002 | Joel M. Jones | -- |
| Ralph Williams | ||
| Fall 2001 | Henry "Hank" L. Trewhitt | Ambassador Edward L. Romero |
| Janette S. Carter (awarded posthumously) | Stephen L. Wilkes (awarded posthumously) | |
| Fall 2000 | Marilyn A. Burrows | Governor Bruce King |
| Lee B. Zink, Ph. D. | ||
| Fall 1999 | Donald L. Mackel | James B. Mulcock, Jr. |
| Olga M. Eaton, Ph.D. | ||
| Fall 1998 | Charles R. Key | George J. Friberg |
| Richard S. Morris | ||
| Fall 1997 | Robert M. Ellis | Donna Peck |
| Fall 1996 | Prof. F. Chris Garcia | Maralyn Budke |
| Karen Glaser | ||
| Fall 1995 | Alice H. Cushing | Ernest S. Romero |
| Theo Crevenna | ||
| Fall 1994 | Donna Dionne | Theda Douglas Rushing |
| Dr. Albert H. Rosenthal | ||
| Spring 1993 | Leonard M. Napolitano | -- |
| Estelle H. Rosenblum | ||
| Spring 1992 | Henry C. Ellis | -- |
| Marge Merrills | ||
| Harold N. Shaw | ||
| Spring 1991 | James S. Findley | -- |
| Raquel I.Martinez | ||
| Floyd S. Williams, Jr. | ||
| Spring 1990 | Rudolfo Anaya | Arturo G. Ortega |
| Rose Mary Torres Eakin | ||
| Rita M. Padilla | ||
| Spring 1989 | Anne J. Brown | Manuel Lujan, Jr. |
| Sabine R. Ulibarri | ||
| Spring 1988 | Ruth Bowen | -- |
| Carroll J. Lee | ||
| May Polivka | ||
| Sidney Rosenblum | ||
| Spring 1987 | Carman A. Bliss | -- |
| John S. Daly | ||
| Arleta L. Pickett | ||
| Neddy A. Vigil | ||
| Spring 1986 | Richard L. Griego | Marian Ipiotis |
| Laura V. Grissom | Robert J. Stamm | |
| Beverly White | ||
| Spring 1985 | Clinton Adams | Van Dorn Hooker |
| Isabel Darr | Concha Ortiz Y Pino De Kleven | |
| Regina Prouse | ||
| Spring 1984 | Rupert A. Trujillo | Robert Dobell, Sr. |
| Jean Stebner | Ralph R. Lopez | |
| Spring 1983 | Beatrice Cappelli | John L. Rust |
| Gerald W. Earickson | ||
| Klaus Keil | ||
| Spring 1982 | Karen Abraham | John N. Durrie |
| Leo Lucero, Jr. | Alice King | |
| Marshall Nason | Peggy Ritchie | |
| Spring 1981 | William H. Bowen | Vincent C. Kelley |
| Lorain F. "Tow" Diehm | Lawrence H. Wilkinson | |
| R. Philip Eaton | ||
| William J. Spencer | ||
| Spring 1980 | Donald H. Power | Martin W. Fleck |
| Janet Roebuck | Roy D. Hickman | |
| Edwin J. Schodorf | ||
| Spring 1979 | Porfirio Apodaca | Dorothy B. Hughes |
| John Perovich | Cyrene F. Mapel | |
| Victor Regener |