2006
Glen T. Meakem, Co-founder and Managing General Partner, Meakem Becker Venture Capital

2005
Herbert S. Shear, Chairman and CEO, GENCO Supply Chain Solutions

2004
Dell Inc., (Concept Award)
Robert G. Brown, Founder and President, Materials Management Systems Inc. (Practitioner Award)

2003
Mike Bargmann, Senior Vice President of Distribution, Wegmans Food Markets Inc.

2002
William C. Copacino, Global Managing Partner, SCM Service Lines, Accenture
Maria McIntyre, Executive Vice President and COO Council of Logistics Management

2001
Larry Sur, CEO, Logistics Inc.

2000
George D. Warrington, President and CEO of National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak)
Myron P. Shevell, Chairman and CEO of New England Motor Freight Inc. (NEMF)
Raymond C. Burton, Jr., President and CEO of TXX

1999
J. B. Hunt, Chairperson of J. B. Hunt Transportation, Inc.
Professor Robert P. Neuschel, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

1998
Guenter Rohrmann, President and CEO of Air International (Practitioner Award)
Nicholas J. LaHowchic, President and CEO of Limited Distribution Services, Inc. (Leadership Award)
Mary Lou Fox, Senior Vice president of Manugistics Corp. (Concept Award)

1997
Joseph C. Andraski, Vice-President of Customer Marketing for Nabisco (Leadership Award)
J. C. "Cam" Carruth, President and CEO of USFreightways, Inc. (Practitioner Award)
Southwest Airlines (Concept Award)

1996
James E. Comerford, President and CEO of Sears Logistics Services (Practitioner Award)
Newton A. Graves, Vice President of Customer Relations for Yellow Corp. (Honorary Award)
Traffice World Magazine (Concept Award)

1995
Phillip C. Yeager, The Hub Group, Inc. (Practitioner Medallion)
Aaron J. Gellman, Professor of Management Strategy and Industrial Engineering, Northwestern University (Honorary Medallion)
Felicia Nowicki (Senior Student Lecturer Award)

1994
Donald J. Schneider, President and CEO, Schneider National, Inc. (Practitioner Medallion)
William J. Augello, Executive Director, General Counsel, Transportation Claims and Prevention Council (Honorary Medallion)
The Port of Singapore Authority, (Concept Medallion)

1993
James A. Hagen, Chairman, president and CEO, Consolidated Rail Corporation (Practitioner Medallion)
Council of Logistics Management, (Concept Medallion)
Scott J. Preston, (Student Lecturer Award)

1992
Clifford F. Lynch, President, Trammell Crow Distribution Corporation (Practitioner Medallion)

1991
W. Don Welch, Executive Director, South Carolina State Ports Authority (Salzberg Practitioner Medallion)
Nat Welch, Chairman, International Intermodal Expo (Salzberg Honorary Medallion)
Stephen Terieckey, (Salzberg Student Lecturer Award)

1990
George E. Powell, Chairman of the Board of Yellow Freight Systems

1989
Donald J. Bowerson, Professor of Marketing and Logistics at Michigan State University

1988
John L. Hazard, Professor in the Marketing and Transportation Department at Michigan State University
Robert V. Delaney, practice leader for transportation at Arthur D. Little Inc., Cambridge, MA.

1986
Alfred E. Khan, Robert Julius Thorne Professor of Political Economy at Cornell University

1985
John C. Emery, Jr., Emery Air Freight

1984
James M. Beggs, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Administrator

1983
Stanley Crane, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Consolidated Rail Corporation

1982
Robert A. Bandeen, President, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian National Railway

1981
Frederick W. Smith, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Federal Express