- 1985
Richard Lewis Trumka, Penn State Fayette (1968)
President, United Mine Workers of America
Secretary/Treasurer AFL/CIO (currently)
- 1986
Robert Joseph Cenker, Penn State Fayette (1967)
Astronaut
- 1987
Marcia Ann Jones, Penn State Fayette (1983)
Executive with Atlantic Financial Federal
- 1988
Walter Jeffries "Buzz" Storey, Jr., Penn State Center (1939)
Retired Journalist-Uniontown Herald Standard newspaper, local historian
- 1989
Edwin Carl Balis, Penn State Fayette (1968)
President, Edwin C. Balis and Associates
- 1990
James William Lincoln, Penn State Fayette (1971)
Senator, 32nd District (former)
- 1991
Nancy Chisnell Shockey, Penn State Fayette (1983)
Executive Director, Fayette Association for the Blind
- 1992
Charles Samuel Kovach, Penn State Fayette (1971)
Project Manager and Supervisor of Design in the Design and Production Services Group of Baker and Associates, Pittsburgh, PA
- 1993
Jeanne Marie Storey Baugh (1983)
Instructor of Computer Science, Waynesburg College
- 1994
Margaret Boyle Marcinek (1969)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Nursing at California University of Pennsylvania
- 1995
Rosemary Bernadette Duda, MD (1974)
Associate Surgeon, Chief Division of Surgical Oncology At Beth Israel Hospital and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School of Boston, MA
- 1996
Mark A. Butler, Penn State Fayette (1983)
MRL Engineer Coordinator
CUH2A, New Jersey
- 1997
Trudy L. Bush (1967)
Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine
University of Maryland at Baltimore
- 1998
Carmine W. Prestia, Jr. (1971)
District Justice, District Court 49-1-01
State College, PA
- 1999
Gloria J. Mickens (1977)
Executive Director
Family Abuse Council
Uniontown, PA
- 2000
Clark D. Harrison (1971)
President, CQ Inc.
Homer City, PA
- 2001
Renata S. Engel (1980)
Director, Schreyer Institute for Innovation in Learning
St. College, PA
- 2002
Joseph A. Sbaffoni
- 2003
Eugene P. Whetzel
- 2004
Mary Patricia Hackney
- 2005
Daniel E. Lyga
- 2006
Gary B. Keefer
- 2007
Aaron L. Swimmer
- 2008
Douglas J. Leech
- 2009
Debra K. Brede (1978)