The Alumnus/a of the Year award is presented to that alumnus or alumna who previously has received the Medal of Merit or Distinguished Service Award and who either has distinguished him/herself professionally or shown notable service and support to Ohio University.
2020s Awardees
- 2023 - Perry Sook, BSC ’80
- 2022 - Dr. Patricia A. Ackerman, BA ’66
2010s Awardees
- 2020 - Frank P. Krasovec, BBA '65, MBA '66
- 2019 - Mark C. Arnold, BSISE '82
- 2018 - Glenn E. Corlett, BBA '65
- 2017 - Raymon B. Fogg, Sr., BSCE '53
- 2016 - President Roderick J. McDavis, BSEd '70
- 2015 - Clarence Page, BSJ '69, Hon '93
- 2014 - Robert D. Walter, BSME '67, HON '97
- 2013 - James A. Wycoff, AB '71
- 2012 - Barbara Strom Thompson, AB '76
- 2011 - Andrew N. Alexander, BSJ '72
- 2010 - David Hostetler, MFA '49
2000s Awardees
- 2009 - David C. Wilhelm, AB '77
- 2008 - Betty Thomas, BFA '69
- 2007 - Amelia G. Tunanidas Pantelis, DO '82
- 2006 - Irene Bandy-Hedden, BSED ’62
- 2005 - George V. Voinovich, AB '58, LLD '81
- 2004 - Joan E. Mace, BGS '78
- 2003 - Not Awarded
- 2002 - Sheila Rowan McHale, AB '68
- 2001 - Richard H. Brown, BSC '69
- 2000 - Charles R. Emrick Jr., BSCO '51, MSJ '52
1990s Awardees
- 1999 - Donald H. Voelker, BSME '52
- 1998 - Brandon "Tad" Grover Jr., BSAG '50
- 1997 - John M. Jones, BSCO '49
- 1996 - T. Richard Robe, BSCE '55, MS '62
- 1995 - L. Dale Springer, BSEE '49
- 1994 - Cruse W. Moss, BSIE '48, LLD '85
- 1993 - Joan H. Wood, BSJ '52
- 1992 - Robert P. Axline Jr., BSCO '57
- 1991 - Stephen H. Fuller, AB '41, LLD '77
- 1990 - J. Warren McClure, BSCO '40
1980s Awardees
- 1989 - Jeanette G. Grasselli, BS '50
- 1988 - Frank C. Baumholtz, BSED '41
- 1987 - George M. Brown, AB '31
- 1987 - Ruth L. Fowler Brown, AB '32
- 1986 - Alan E. Riedel, AB '52
- 1985 - Richard H. McFarland, BS '50
- 1984 - Leona Hughes, BSED '30
- 1983 - Fritz J. Russ, BSEE '42
- 1982 - Joan Galbreath Phillips, BSED '46
- 1981 - Eugene F. Rinta, BSCO '38
- 1980 - Jack G. Ellis, BSCO '57
1970s Awardees
- 1979 - Wilfred R. Konneker, BS '43, MS '47
- 1978 - C. Paul Stocker, BSEE '26
- 1978 - Beth K. Stocker, BS '28
- 1977 - Fred H. Johnson, '22
- 1976 - Dean W. Jeffers, COED '36
- 1975 - Martha A. Crewson, BSED '38
- 1974 - Emil S. Kustin, AB '40
- 1973 - Clark E. Williams, AB '21
- 1972 - Robert L. Morton, BSED '13
- 1971 - Edwin L. Kennedy, AB '26
- 1970 - William H. Fenzel, COM '15, AB '18
1960s Awardees
- 1969 - Robert E. Forsythe, BFA '50
- 1968 - Ralph "Sid" Beckert, ABC '23
- 1967 - Richard O. Linke, BSJ ‘41