University Research Professor Award

1988 - Hewitt, Ken, BA, MA (Cambridge), PhD (London); Professor Emeritus of Geography & Environmental Studies (1976)

1989 - Raj, Baldev, BA, MA (Delhi), MA, PhD (Western); Professor Emeritus of Economics (1972) 

1990 - Kilgour, D. Marc, BASc, MSc, PhD (Toronto); Professor of Mathematics (1973)

1991 - Copp, J. Terry, BA (Sir George Williams), MA (McGill); Professor Emeritus of History (1975)

1992 - Rodrigo, Russell G. A., BSc (Ceylon), PhD (Nottingham); Professor Emeritus of Chemistry (1969)

1993 - Noori, A. Hamid, BSc (Pahlavi), MBA (Ottawa), PhD (Western); Professor of Business (1983)

1994 - Gough, Barry M., BEd (British Columbia), MA (Montana), PhD, DLitt (London); Professor Emeritus of History (1972)

1995 - Blackburn, James A., BSc (Manitoba), MSc, PhD (Waterloo); Professor of Physics and Computer Science (1973)

1997 - Grimes, Ronald L., BA (Kentucky Wesleyan), MDiv (Emory), PhD (Columbia), DHL honoris causa (Kentucky Wesleyan); Professor of Religion and Culture (1974)

1998 - Buhr, Glenn, BMus (Manitoba), MMus (British Columbia), DMA (Michigan); Professor of Music (1984)

1999 - Guenther, Mathias G., BA, MA, PhD (Toronto); Professor of Anthropology (1971)

2000 - Siklos, Pierre L., BComm (McGill), MA (Western). PhD (Carleton); Professor of Economics (1980)

2001 - Pratt, Michael W., BA (Michigan), MA (Toronto), EdD (Harvard); Professor of Psychology (1985)

2002 - Boots, Barry N., BA (Bristol), MA, PhD (Rutgers), DSc (Bristol); Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies (1974)

2003 - Parker, Linda A., BA, MA (California State), PhD (Memorial); Professor of Psychology (1989)

2004 - Nelson, Geoffrey B., BA (Illinois), MA, PhD (Manitoba); Professor of Psychology (1979)

2005 - Wartak, Marek S., MSc, PhD (Technical University of Wroclaw); Professor of Physics and Computer Science (1990)

2006 - Hatch, Peter, MusBac, MusM (Toronto), DMA (British Columbia); Professor of Music (1985)

2007 - Servos, Philip, BSc, MA (Guelph), PhD (Western); Professor of Psychology (1996)

2008 - Wood, Eileen, BA, MA (Western), PhD (Simon Fraser); Professor of Psychology (1989)

2009 - Hueglin, Thomas, MA, PhD (St. Gall), Drhabil (Konstanz); Professor of Political Science (1985)

2011 - Lee, Lucy, BSc, MSc, PhD (Waterloo); Professor of Biology (1997)

2012 - Goussev, Dmitri, MSc, PhD (Moscow Institute of Fine Chemical Technology); Professor of Chemistry (1998)