Candidates should have established a distinguished Extension program which has significant recognition and which can be shown to have benefited the citizens of the state. All faculty and staff with an appointment in Cooperative Extension, either in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, or in departments/colleges outside of AGNR (e.g., Chemical and Life Sciences or Health and Human Performance) are eligible for this award. Candidates ma be located in academic units on campus, at off-campus components of the research and education centers, or in a county, The same person may receive this award more than once during his/her career in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
| Year | Recipient |
| 1970 | Betty Bures |
| 1971 | David Shriver |
| 1972 | Joseph L. Newcomer |
| 1973 | Robert G. Miller |
| 1974 | John L. Morris |
| 1975 | Larry E. Stewart |
| 1976 | H.H. Hoecker |
| 1977 | Wayne Shaff |
| 1978 | John L. Crothers, Jr. |
| 1979 | Claude G. McKee |
| 1980 | Roy D. Porter |
| 1981 | V. Allan Bandel |
| 1982 | Herbert L. Brodie |
| 1983 | David S. Ross |
| 1984 | Joanne Leatherman |
| 1985 | Walter Bay |
| 1986 | Gary L. Smith |
| 1987 | L. Ronald Wade |
| 1988 | N/A |
| 1989 | David L. Greene |
| 1990 | Robert M. Shirley |
| 1991 | Donald M. Schwartz, Jr. |
| 1992 | Christopher S. Walsh |
| 1993 | James C. Hanson |
| 1994 | Douglas W. Lipton |
| 1995 | Francis R. Gouin |
| 1996 | Mark A. Varner |
| 1997 | J. Lee Majeskie |
| 1998 | Frank J. Coale |
| 1999 | Douglas D. Parker |
| 2000 | Mary Ellen Waltemire |
| 2001 | David S. Ross |
| 2002 | Wesley Musser |
| 2003 | Lewis Carr |
| 2004 | Gary Felton, Loretta Lynch, Tom Rippen |
| 2005 | Nathaniel L. Tablonte, Jr. |
| 2006 | Jon Traunfeld |
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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2014
2015 2016 2017 2018 |
Jennifer Bentlejewski Jeff Semler Dale M. Johnson, Kendra L. Wells John Lea-Cox Joshua McGrath James C. Hanson Amy Burk Ann Sherrard Lynn Little Paul Goeringer Haylee Staruk Wanda MacLachlan |