Distinguished Service Citation
| Year | Full Name | Last Name | ESA Bulletin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Paul L. Ringold | Ringold | Link |
| 2022 | Jill S. Baron | Baron | Link |
| 2021 | Harold E. Balbach | Balbach | Link |
| 2020 | Anthony C. Janetos | Janetos | Link |
| 2019 | Charles D. Canham | Canham | Link |
| 2018 | Scott L. Collins | Collins | Link |
| 2017 | Debra Peters | Peters | Link |
| 2016 | Carol A. Brewer | Brewer | Link |
| 2015 | Alan P. Covich | Covich | Link |
| 2014 | no award | ||
| 2013 | Wes Jackson | Jackson | Link |
| 2012 | Janet Lanza | Lanza | Link |
| 2011 | Donald R. Strong | Strong | Link |
| 2010 | Rosina M. Bierbaum | Bierbaum | Link |
| 2009 | no award | ||
| 2008 | Katherine Lynn Gross | Gross | Link |
| 2007 | Frank Nicholas Egerton | Egerton | Link |
| 2006 | Margaret Ann Palmer | Palmer | Link |
| 2005 | James A. MacMahon | MacMahon | Link |
| 2004 | O. James Reichman | Reichman | Link |
| 2003 | Allen M. Solomon | Solomon | Link |
| 2002 | H. Ronald Pulliam | Pulliam | Link |
| 2001 | Louis Frank Pitelka | Pitelka | Link |
| 2000 | William Robertson IV | Robertson | Link |
| 1999 | Robert Knight Colwell | Colwell | Link |
| 1998 | Simon Asher Levin | Levin | Link |
| 1997 | Jane Lubchenco | Lubchenco | Link |
| 1996 | Lee Norman Miller | Miller | Link |
| 1995 | Robert Krug Peet | Peet | Link |
| 1994 | Duncan Theunissen Patten | Patten | Link |
| 1993 | Paul Gillan Risser | Risser | Link |
| 1992 | no award | ||
| 1991 | no award | ||
| 1990 | Donald Buermann Lawrence | Lawrence | Link |
| 1989 | Ralph Edward Good | Good | Link |
| 1988 | Robert Lewis Burgess | Burgess | Link |
| 1987 | Francis Cope Evans | Evans | Link |
| 1986 | Frank William Preston | Preston | Link |
| 1985 | Stanley Irving Auerbach | Auerbach | Link |
| 1985 | Josephine K. Doherty | Doherty | Link |
| 1984 | Arthur Wells Cooper | Cooper | Link |
| 1983 | David Grover Frey | Frey | Link |
| 1982 | Paul Guy Pearson | Pearson | Link |
| 1982 | John Frederick Reed | Reed | Link |
| 1981 | William Dwight Billings | Billings | Link |
| 1980 | no award | ||
| 1979 | Forest Walden Stearns | Stearns | Link |
| 1978 | Frank Edwin Egler | Egler | Link |
| 1977 | no award | ||
| 1976 | George Sprugel Jr. | Sprugel | Link |
| 1975 | Jack Major | Major | Link |