Honorary Member Award
Past Recipients
| 1941 | Vernon O. Bailey |
| 1942 | Roy J. Holden |
| 1943 | Ralph W. Stone |
| 1944 | Allyn Coats Swinnerton |
| 1945 | Alexander Wetmore |
| 1946 | Robert DeJoly |
| 1947 | Don Bloch |
| 1948 | William J. Stephenson |
| 1949 | Robert Broom |
| 1950 | Mark R. Harrington |
| 1951 | Emil W. Haury |
| 1952 | Rene G. Jeannel |
| 1953 | Charles E. Mohr |
| 1954 | J Harlen Bretz |
| 1955 | Henri Breuil |
| 1956 | Norbert Casteret |
| 1957 | Carl F. Miller |
| 1958 | Donald R. Griffin |
| 1959 | John S. Petrie |
| 1960 | William E. Davies |
The apparent gap just reflects a change in the schedule of announcing awards.
| 1962 | Julia L. Staniland Day |
| 1963 | Thomas C. Barr, Jr. |
| 1964 | Albert Vandel |
| 1965 | William R. Halliday |
| 1966 | E. Aubrey Glennie |
| 1967 | Russell H. Gurnee |
| 1968 | G. Nicholas Sullivan |
| 1969 | Walter B. Jones |
| 1970 | Donald N. Cournoyer |
| 1971 | John A. Stellmack |
| 1972 | Jack Herschend |
| 1973 | Roger Brucker |
| 1974 | Don Sawyer |
| 1975 | Derek C. Ford |
| 1976 | Marjorie H. Sweeting |
| 1977 | Herb & Jan Conn |
| 1978 | Rane L. Curl |
| 1979 | George W. Moore |
| 1980 | John R. Holsinger |
| 1981 | Eugenio de Bellard Pietre |
| 1982 | Art & Peggy Palmer |
| 1983 | Joseph Jennings |
| 1984 | Stewart Peck |
| 1985 | Merlin Tuttle |
| 1986 | Jerry D. Vineyard |
| 1987 | Gregory "Tex" Yokum |
| 1988 | Richard A. Watson |
| 1989 | Patty Jo Watson |
| 1990 | Ronal C. Kerbo |
| 1991 | Alexander B. Klimchouk |
| 1992 | Donald Davis |
| 1993 | Antonio Nuñez-Jiménez |
| 1994 | Nicholas C. Crawford |
| 1995 | David C. Culver |
| 1996 | Arrigo A. Cigna |
| 1997 | Stein-Erik Lauritzen |
| 1998 | William H. Russell |
| 1999 | Horton Hobbs III |
| 2000 | Ronald Greeley |
| 2001 | Paul Williams |
| 2002 | Trevor Shaw |
| 2003 | James R. Goodbar |
| 2004 | Barry F. Beck |
| 2005 | Yuan Daoxian |
| 2006 | John Gunn |
| 2007 | William Elliott |
| 2008 | John Mylroie |
| 2009 | Andrew Eavis |
| 2010 | Jim Martin |
| 2011 | Petar T. Milanovic |
| 2012 | Pavel Bosak |
| 2013 | Charles A. Lundquist |
| 2014 | Andrej Mihevc |
| 2015 | Eleonora Trajano |
| 2016 | Tim Atkinson |
| 2017 | Carol Hill |
| 2018 | Oscar F. Francke |
| 2019 | Dr. Ralph Ewers |
| 2020 | Dr. Andrej Kranjc |
| 2021 | Dr. Steve Worthington |
| 2022 | Dr. Dr. Mladen Garašić |
| 2023 | Dr. James Lamoreaux | 2024 | Gordon L. Smith | 2025 | Iván Alarcón-Duran, Ph.D. |
