People who meet these criteria are eligible for nomination:

• From a CASE member institution or Educational Partner, or retired from a CASE member institution.
• Made significant contributions (not necessarily financial) to their alma mater.
• Serves as a role model and inspiration for other alumni.

The person submitting the nomination must be from a CASE member institution or Educational Partner.

Due to the global pandemic, nominations for this award are currently on hold. Thank you for your patience.

1. A letter of nomination that: 
   • Describes the length, type and variety of service that the nominee has given to their alma mater, and its resulting impact.
   • Articulates what sets this nominee apart from others who have worked to advance education nationally or globally.
2. Nominee's professional or related vita, short bio or organizational overview (or links to the information online).
3. Two supporting letters (not from the nominator) on organizational or institutional letterhead endorsing the nomination.

Guidance for letters:

• Please reference the name of the award, and limit the letter to not more than two pages.
• Letters can be addressed to the CASE Board of Trustees Awards Subcommittee, Washington, DC. 
• Documents can be in PDF or Word format.
• Please do not mail any materials directly to CASE.

2020 David Custer, nominated by Grand Rapids Community College
2019 C. Michael Armstrong, nominated by Miami University 
2018 Belle Turner Lynch, nominated by Oglethorpe University
2017 John and Mary Lou Barter, nominated by Spring Hill University 
2016 Mary Rockett Brock and John F. Brock III, nominated by the Georgia Institute of Technology
2015 James A. Stern, nominated by Tufts University
2014 Pershing E. MacAllister, nominated by Carroll University
2013 Charles Garcia, nominated by the United States Air Force Academy
2012 Timothy Ubben, nominated by DePauw University
2011 Richard Rogel, nominated by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2010 Deanna Oppenheimer, nominated by the University of Puget Sound
2009 Richard Pound, nominated by McGill University
2008 William E. Skelton, nominated by Virginia Tech
2007 Li-Chiang Chu, nominated by the Woodstock School;Peggy Hammer, nominated by California State University, Fullerton
2006 Rosemary Deniken Blankley, nominated by Arcadia University; E. John Rosenwald Jr., nominated by Dartmouth College
2005 Wallace Chandler, nominated by Elon College
2004 Roger L. Plummer, nominated by the University of Illinois Alumni Association
2004 Jean Bixby Smith, nominated by Scripps College
2003 Elise Sterling Howard, nominated by the University of Pennsylvania; Ralph W. Voorhees, nominated by the Rutgers University Foundation
2002 Maud Fuller, nominated by the University of the West Indies
2001 Stanley C. Gault, nominated by the College of Wooster
2000 F. Helmut Weymar, nominated by the Pingry School
1999 Arthur Lim Siew Ming, nominated by the University of Singapore
1998 Madelyn M. Levitt, nominated by Drake University
1997 Harold and Estelle Tanner, nominated by Cornell University and Wellesley College
1996 Adelide Fortune Holderness, nominated by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1995 Carl L. Schweitzer, nominated by the University of Missouri-Columbia Alumni Association
1994 Elizabeth B. Rawlins, nominated by Salem State College
1993 Ilah Coffee Merriman, nominated by the Texas Tech Ex-Students Association
1992 No award
1991 Dartmouth College Alumni Association; Essex Community College Alumni Association; Ex-Students Association of the University of Texas; University of Idaho Alumni Association
1990 Student Alumni Association/Student Foundation Network
1989 R. Dewey Welch, nominated by the Indiana University Alumni Association
1988 University of Michigan; Alumni Association of the University of Michigan
1987 William H. Schweitzer, nominated by Trinity College (DC)
1986 Joseph E. O'Daniel, nominated by the University of Southern Indiana
1985 Edwin L. Kennedy, nominated by Ohio University
1984 Frank O. H. Williams, nominated by Renbrook School
1983 Harrington Drake, nominated by Colgate University; Robert N. Purcell, nominated by Cornell University
1982 Pauline McGibbon, nominated by the Universities of Toronto and Guelph; Thomas B. Carney, nominated by the University of Notre Dame
1981 Rawleigh Warner, Jr., nominated by Princeton University
1980 Thomas B. McCabe, nominated by Swarthmore College
1979 No award
1978 U. S. Steel Foundation
1977 University of Michigan Development Office and Alumni Association
1976 No award
1975 Central State University Alumni Association
1974 Technology Review, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; The Portable Stanford, Stanford Alumni Association
1973 No award
1972 UCLA Alumni Association
1971 Wellesley College Alumnae Association; Brigham Young University Alumni Association
1970 Women of Wayne State University Alumni Association
1969 Oberlin College Alumni Association
1968 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association; University of Georgia Alumni Association
1967 Georgia Tech Alumni Association; University of Georgia Alumni Association
1966 Colgate University Alumni Association; University of Florida Alumni Association; Florida State University Alumni Association
1965 Columbia College Alumni Association
1965 Stanford Alumni Association
1964 Auburn University Alumni Association; The University of Alabama Alumni Association; Hofstra University
1963 University of Alabama Alumni Association; The Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University
1962 Alumnae Association of Smith College
1961 Convocation of the University of the Witwaterstrand (S. Africa)
1960 Emory University Alumni Association
1959 Dartmouth College Alumni Association
1958 Iowa State University Alumni Association; Editorial Board of Operation Moonshooter
1957 Wofford College Alumni Association
1956 University of California Alumni Association
1955 The Ohio State University Alumni Association; The Alumni Board of Yale University