Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
| Year | Honoree | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Carol Kuhlthau, PhD | LIS |
| 2015 | Mark Chernoff | COM |
| 2014 | Mike Taibbi, '71 | JMS |
| 2013 | Norma Blake, MLS '76 | LIS |
| 2012 | Steve Adubato Jr., PhD | COM |
| 2011 | Michelle Promaulayko, Journalism '93 | JMS |
| 2010 | John Hurley, MLS, '75 | LIS |
| 2009 | ||
| 2008 | ||
| 2007 | Concetta Stewart, PhD '93 | |
| 2006 | Bernard Goldberg, Journalism '67 | JMS |
| 2005 | ||
| 2004 | Kathleen Beck Schrock, MLS '79 | LIS |
| 2003 | Mitch Freedman, PhD '89 | |
| 2002 | Robert Comstock, Journalism '52 | JMS |
| 2001 | Peggy Barber, MLIS '66 | LIS |
| 2000 | Kevin Kelly, Comm '76 | COM |
| 1999 | Thomas Shaughnessy, PhD '70 | |
| 1998 | ||
| 1997 | Ethel Heins, BA '38 NJ College for Women | |
| 1996 | Charles McClure PhD '77 | |
| 1995 | Norman Horrochs (Honorary) | |
| 1994 | Mary Jo Lynch, PhD '77 | |
| 1993 | Betty Turock, MLS '70, PhD '81 | |
| 1992 | Hardy Franklin, PhD '71 | |
| 1991 | Lowell Martin (Honorary) | |
| 1990 | Karen Takle Quinn | |
| 1989 | Norman Stevens, MLS '57, PhD '61 | LIS |
| 1988 | Roger Greer, MLS '56, PhD '64 | LIS |
| 1987 | Bill Summers, MLS '59, PhD '73 | LIS |
| 1986 | Mary Gaver (Honorary) | |
| 1985 | Susan Artandi, PhD '63 | |
| 1984 | Mary Kay Chelton, MLS '65 | LIS |
| 1983 | Ellen Altman, MLS '65, PhD '71 | LIS |
| 1982 | Shirley Echelman, MLS '66 | LIS |
| 1981 | David Palmer | |
| 1980 | Richard Dougherty, MLS '67, PhD '77 | LIS |
| 1979 | Margaret Myers, MLS '80 | LIS |