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| Year | Name | Degree at SIUE |
| 1974 | Margaret F. Blackshere | Education |
| 1975 | Arthur T. Towata | Art & Design |
| 1976 | James D. Milligan | Business Administration |
| 1977 | Judge Milton S. Wharton | Business Administration |
| 1978 | Ralph F. Korte | Business Administration |
| 1979 | Joe B. McAdams, Jr. | Psychology |
| 1980 | Jane K. Bruker | Nursing |
| 1982 | Alfred C. Hagemann | Business Administration |
| 1983 | Mike E. Jantzen | Art & Design |
| 1984 | Dee A. Joyner | Social Science |
| 1985 | James B. McPike | Economics |
| 1986 | John A. Fruit | Business Administration |
| 1987 | P. Dewayne Staats | Mass Communication |
| 1988 | Hulas H. King | Business Administration |
| 1989 | Robert J. Baer | Education |
| 1990 | Jo Ann Harmon | Sociology |
| 1991 | Edward E. Giberson | Art |
| 1992 | Mara M. Meyers | Business Administration |
| 1993 | Ed E. Hightower | Education |
| 1994 | John E. Oeltjen | Business Administration |
| 1995 | L. Thomas Lakin | Business Administration |
| 1996 | Gordon D. Bush | Geography |
| 1997 | Gail A. Myers Liniger | Business Administration |
| 1998 | John Klobnak | Mass Communication |
| 1999 | William Plaschke | Mass Communication |
| 2000 | David Herndon | Government |
| 2001 | William Gray Potter Jr. | English |
| 2002 | Stephen Jankowski | Mass Communication |
| 2003 | Lendell Phelps Jr. | Mass Communication |
| 2004 | Justice Philip J. Rarick, III | Sociology |
| 2005 | Shelby Steele | Sociology |
| 2006 | John Simmons | Political Science |
| 2007 | Keith Alper | Mass Communication |
