2010 - Jack Pelton
Award Presented at Sun 'n Fun, Lakeland, FL

2009 - Lester Brown
Award Presented at EAA AirVenture Museum, Oshkosh, WI

2009 - Terry and Mary Kohler
Award Presented at EAA AirVenture Museum, Oshkosh, WI

2008 - Ted Turner
Award Presented at The Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia

2007 - Dr. J. Michael Fay
Award Presented at the Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

2006 - Will Steger
Award Presented at the Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

2006 - Dr. Peter Diamandis
Award Presented at the Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

2005 - Yolanda Kakabadse
Award Presented at the Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

2005 - Dr. Bertrand Piccard
Award Presented at the Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

2004 - Dr. David Suzuki
Award Presented at The Explorers Club, New York City

2003 - Jim Fowler
Award Presented at the San Diego Aerospace Museum, San Diego, California

2003 - Harrison Ford
Award Presented at the San Diego Aerospace Museum, San Diego, California

2002 - Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy
Award Presented at the Cradle of Aviation, Long Island, New York

2001 - Dr. Robert D. Ballard
Award Presented at the Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

2000 - Burt L. Rutan
Award Presented at the Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington

1999 - Amory B. and L. Hunter Lovins
Award Presented at The Explorers Club, New York City

1998 - Dr. John H. and Nancy Jack Todd
Award Presented at The Explorers Club, New York City

1996 - Dr. Sylvia A. Earle
Award Presented at The Explorers Club, New York City

1995 - Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand
Award Presented at The Waldorf-Astoria, New York City

1994 - Samuel C. Johnson (Deceased)
Award Presented at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.

1993 - Dr. Murray Gell-Mann
Award Presented at The Explorers Club, New York City

1992 - Dick Smith
Award Presented at the Athenaeum, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

1991 - Dr. Richard Evans Schultes (Deceased)
Award Presented at The Explorers Club, New York City

1990 - Dr. Robert M. White
Award Presented at The Explorers Club, New York City

1989 - Hugh Downs
Award Presented at the Nassau Inn, Princeton, New Jersey

1988 - Sir Edmund Hillary (Deceased)
Award Presented at Kiana Lodge, Poulsbo (Seattle area), Washington

1987 - Arthur C. Clarke (Deceased)
Award Presented at La Conciergerie, Paris, France

1986 - Dr. Thor Heyerdahl (Deceased)
Award Presented at the National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.

1985 - Russell E. Train
Award Presented at the Amfac Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1984 - General James H. Doolittle (Deceased)
Award Presented at The Warwick Post Oak Hotel, Houston, Texas

1983 - Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau (Deceased)
Award Presented at the Hotel del Coronado, San Diego, California

1982 - Dr. Paul B. MacCready, Jr. (Deceased)
Award Presented at The Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Missouri

1981 - Maurice F. Strong
Award Presented at the Metropolitan Club, New York City

1980 - Edwin A. Link (Deceased)
Award Presented at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City

1979 - Dr. Aurelio Peccei (Deceased)
Award Presented at The Plaza Hotel, New York City

1978 - Robert O. Anderson (Deceased)
Award Presented at The Plaza Hotel, New York City