Distinguished Iowa Scientist

1. 1980   Paul Meglitsch; Joseph Danforth
2. 1981   Wallace E. Akin; Roger Bachmann; Ray W. Fisher; Edward Fletcher
3. 1982   Richard V. Bovbjerg; John D. Dodd; Alton K. Fisher; Don C. Norton; Roger W. Tate; Lois Hattery Tiffany
4. 1983   David W. Staniforth
5. 1984   Wilbert A. Russell
6. 1985   Walter F. Wedin
7. 1986   Marr D. Simons
8. 1987   Robert H. Shaw
9. 1988   Peter A. Peterson
10. 1989   Donald A. Gurnett; Cecil R. Stewart
11. 1990   No Award
12. 1991    Louis Thompson
13. 1992   No Award
14. 1993   No Award
15. 1994   M. Ali Tabatabai
16. 1995   No Award
17. 1996   David W. Benn
18. 1997   James Dinsmore; Charles E. Glatz
19. 1998   No Award
20. 1999   Steve Feller
21. 2000  Erwin E. Klaas
22. 2001   Richard G. Baker
23. 2002  No Award
24. 2003  No Award
25. 2004  Arnold van der Valk; Wendy Powers
26. 2005  No Award
27. 2006  Robert C. Brown; Donald R. Farrar
28. 2007  No Award
29. 2008  No Award
30. 2009  No Award
31. 2010   No Award
32. 2011   Lloyd Anderson, Iowa State University; Anthanasios Papanicolaou, University of Iowa; Mark Stinski, University of Iowa
33. 2012  No Award
34. 2013  No Award
35. 2014  Donald C. Beitz, Iowa State University
36. 2015  Harry T. Horner, Iowa State University
37. 2016  No Award