Proctor Medal
| Jonas S. Friedenwald | 1949 |
| Phillips Thygeson | 1950 |
| Ludwig J.K. von Sallmann | 1951 |
| V. Everett Kinsey | 1952 |
| Kenneth C. Swan | 1953 |
| David G. Cogan | 1954 |
| George Wald | 1955 |
| W. Morton Grant | 1956 |
| Norman Ashton | 1957 |
| Algernon B. Reese | 1958 |
| Hans Goldmann | 1959 |
| Sir William Stewart Duke-Elder | 1960 |
| George K. Smelser | 1961 |
| Kenneth N. Ogle | 1962 |
| Michael J. Hogan | 1963 |
| Peter C. Kronfeld | 1964 |
| Zacharias Dische | 1965 |
| Frank B. Walsh | 1966 |
| Francis H. Adler | 1967 |
| Antoinette Pirie | 1968 |
| Herman Burian | 1969 |
| William A. H. Rushton | 1971 |
| A. Edward Maumenee | 1972 |
| Stephen Kuffler | 1973 |
| Jin H. Kinoshita | 1974 |
| Tsuneo Tomita | 1975 |
| Ruth van Heyningen | 1976 |
| Jay Enoch | 1977 |
| Herbert E. Kaufman | 1978 |
| Gerald Westheimer | 1979 |
| Bernard Becker | 1980 |
| Saiichi Mishima | 1981 |
| Harris Ripps | 1982 |
| Abraham Spector | 1983 |
| Adolph Cohen | 1984 |
| Gunter von Noorden | 1985 |
| Denis Baylor | 1986 |
| David R. Robinson | 1987 |
| Robert Machemer | 1988 |
| William Miller | 1989 |
| Hans Bloemendal | 1990 |
| Robert B. Nussenblatt and Waldon Wacker | 1991 |
| Joseph Horwitz | 1992 |
| Helga E. Kolb | 1993 |
| Debora B. Farber and Richard Lolley | 1994 |
| Alan B. Scott | 1995 |
| J. Wayne Streilein | 1996 |
| George B. Benedek | 1997 |
| Gerald H. Jacobs | 1998 |
| Brian B. Boycott and Heinz Wassle | 1999 |
| Laszlo Bito and Johan Stjernschantz | 2000 |
| David M. Regan | 2001 |
| Anita E. Hendrickson | 2002 |
| Jacob G. Sivak | 2003 |
| Charlotte E. Reme | 2004 |
| Henry F. Edelhauser | 2005 |
| Trevor Lamb and Edward N. Pugh, Jr. | 2006 |
| Nicolas G. Bazan | 2007 |
| Robert F. Miller | 2008 |
| Joe G. Hollyfield | 2009 |
| Richard H. Masland | 2010 |
| Robert E. Anderson | 2011 |
| Peter Sterling | 2012 |
| Vadim Arshavsky and Theodore Wensel |
2013 |
| Wolfgang Baehr | 2014 |
| Patricia A. D'Amore | 2015 |
| Joseph C. Besharse | 2016 |
| Gustavo D. Aguirre | 2017 |
| Artur V. Cideciyan | 2018 |
| Samuel G. Jacobson | 2018 |
| Jerry Niederkorn | 2019 |
| Peter Campochiaro | 2020/2021 |
| Brian Wandell | 2022 |
| Eric Pierce | 2023 |
| Emily Y. Chew | 2024 |
Friedenwald Award
| John E. Harris | 1957 |
| Bernard Becker | 1958 |
| Werner K. Noell | 1959 |
| Irving H. Leopold | 1960 |
| Albert M. Potts | 1961 |
| Ernst Barany | 1962 |
| Endre A. Balazs | 1963 |
| Lorenz E.Zimmerman | 1964 |
| Jin H. Kinoshita | 1965 |
| Lorrin A. Riggs | 1966 |
| David M. Maurice | 1967 |
| Toichiro Kuwabara | 1968 |
| Alfred J. Coulombre | 1969 |
| John E. Dowling | 1970 |
| Claes H. Dohlman | 1971 |
| Alan Laties | 1972 |
| Arthur M. Silverstein | 1973 |
| Matthew Alpern | 1974 |
| David H. Hubel and Torsten Wiesel | 1975 |
| Richard Young | 1976 |
| Marvin L. Sears | 1977 |
| Sidney Futterman | 1978 |
| Venkat Reddy | 1979 |
| Arnall Patz | 1980 |
| Matthew M. La Vail | 1981 |
| Daniel M. Albert | 1982 |
| Christina Enroth-Cugell and John G. Robson | 1983 |
| Anders Bill | 1984 |
| Dean Bok | 1985 |
| Joram Piatigorsky | 1986 |
| Roy H. Steinberg | 1987 |
| Gerald J. Chader | 1988 |
| Mark O.M. Tso | 1989 |
| Frank S. Werblin | 1990 |
| Richard F. Brubaker | 1991 |
| Eliot L. Berson | 1992 |
| King-Wai Yau | 1993 |
| Nigel W. Daw | 1994 |
| William L. Pak | 1995 |
| Robert H. Wurtz | 1996 |
| Davida Y. Teller | 1997 |
| Robert S. Molday | 1998 |
| John C. Saari | 1999 |
| Paul A. Hargrave | 2000 |
| David S. Papermaster | 2001 |
| Michal Schwartz | 2002 |
| Joseph L. Demer | 2003 |
| Harry A. Quigley | 2004 |
| Barbara E.K. Klein and Ronald Klein | 2005 |
| David R. Williams | 2006 |
| Ilene K. Gipson | 2007 |
| Lois E. K. Smith | 2008 |
| Samuel M. Wu | 2009 |
| Rachel R. Caspi | 2010 |
| James T. Rosenbaum | 2011 |
| Josh Wallman | 2012 |
| David Huang | 2013 |
| Krzysztof Palczewski | 2014 |
| David M. Berson | 2015 |
| Shigeru Kinoshita | 2016 |
| Paul Kaufman | 2017 |
| Reza Dana | 2018 |
| Donald Zack | 2019 |
| Lloyd Paul Aiello | 2020/2021 |
| Rachel Wong | 2022 |
| Tien Y. Wong | 2023 |
| Anand Swaroop | 2024 |
Weisenfeld Award
| Paul Henkind | 1986 |
| Carl Kupfer | 1987 |
| Edward W.D. Norton | 1988 |
| Matthew D. Davis | 1989 |
| G. Richard O'Connor | 1990 |
| Bradley R. Straatsma | 1991 |
| Arthur Jampolsky | 1992 |
| Arnall Patz | 1993 |
| Charles L. Schepens | 1994 |
| Bernard Becker | 1995 |
| D. Jackson Coleman | 1996 |
| Douglas R. Anderson | 1997 |
| Steven E. Podos | 1998 |
| J. Donald Gass | 1999 |
| Morton F. Goldberg | 2000 |
| Herbert E. Kaufman | 2001 |
| Hugh R. Taylor | 2002 |
| Sohan S. Hayreh | 2003 |
| David H. Abramson | 2004 |
| C. Stephen Foster | 2005 |
| Evangelos S. Gragoudas | 2006 |
| David L. Guyton | 2007 |
| George O. Waring, III | 2008 |
| Alan Bird | 2009 |
| George L. Spaeth | 2010 |
| Paulus TVM de Jong | 2011 |
| John V. Forrester | 2012 |
| David Epstein | 2013 |
| Jose Cunha-Vaz | 2014 |
| Joan W. Miller | 2015 |
| Lawrence A. Yannuzzi | 2016 |
| Johanna M. Seddon | 2017 |
| M. Elizabeth Hartnett | 2018 |
| Sheila West | 2019 |
| Paul S. Bernstein | 2020/2021 |
| Janey Wiggs | 2022 |
| Leonard Levin | 2023 |
| Martine J. Jager | 2024 |
Cogan Award
| Thaddeus P. Dryja, Jr | 1988 |
| Bert M. Glaser | 1989 |
| George L. King | 1990 |
| Jay S. Pepose | 1991 |
| Jeremy H. Nathans | 1992 |
| Particia A. D'Amore | 1993 |
| Constance L. Cepko | 1994 |
| Steven J. Pittler | 1995 |
| Krzysztof Palczewski | 1996 |
| Graeme J. Wistow | 1997 |
| Edwin M. Stone | 1998 |
| Charles S. Zuker | 1999 |
| Scott M. Whitcup | 2000 |
| Russell G. Foster | 2001 |
| Michael A. Walter | 2002 |
| M. Reza Dana | 2003 |
| Simon W. M. John | 2004 |
| J. William Harbour | 2005 |
| Joshua L. Dunaief | 2006 |
| Wolfgang Drexler | 2007 |
| Michael A. Dyer | 2008 |
| Marie E. Burns | 2009 |
| Jayakrishna Ambati | 2010 |
| Andrew J. Fischer | 2011 |
| Jeffrey L. Goldberg | 2012 |
| Jonathan Demb | 2013 |
| Kirill Martemyanov | 2014 |
| Anneke I. den Hollander | 2015 |
| Botond Roska | 2016 |
| Andrew Huberman | 2017 |
| Felipe Medeiros | 2018 |
| Przemyslaw Mike Sapieha | 2019 |
| Maxence Nachury | 2020/2021 |
| Daniel Kerschensteiner | 2022 |
| Budd Tucker | 2023 |
| Daniel R. Saban | 2024 |
Joanne G. Angle Service Award
| Joanne G. Angle | 2012 |
| Paul L. Kaufman | 2013 |
| Martine J. Jager | 2014 |
| David C. Beebe | 2015 |
| Sheila West | 2016 |
| Robert Ritch | 2017 |
| Harry A. Quigley | 2018 |
| Thomas Yorio | 2019 |
| Jacob Pe'er | 2020 |
| Sally Atherton | 2021 |
| Linda Hazlett | 2022 |
| Nicholas Delamere | 2023 |
Special Recognition Award
| Mildred Weisenfeld and Paul Brown | 1987 |
| John E. Dowling and David Maurice | 1989 |
| Hugh Davson | 1991 |
| Charles A. Perera | 1992 |
| Bernard Berman and Edward H. McManus | 1994 |
| Lew R. Wasserman | 1995 |
| Gordon and Lulie Gund | 1997 |
| Alice R. McPherson | 1998 |
| David Satcher | 2000 |
| Arthur Silverstein | 2000 |
| Bjorn Thylefors | 2001 |
| Carolyn Grimes | 2001 |
| Brien A. Holden | 2002 |
| Alfred Sommer | 2002 |
| Yoshihito Honda | 2004 |
| Andrew B. Watson | 2008 |
| Christina Fasser | 2010 |
| Israel Goldberg | 2024 |
Kupfer Award
| Carl Kupfer | 1993 |
| Stephen J. Ryan | 1998 |
| Edward H. McManus | 2001 |
| David F. Weeks | 2007 |
| Martin J. Steinbach | 2009 |
| Gullapalli N. Rao | 2011 |
| Donald Everett | 2017 |
| Van Lansingh | 2019 |
| Hendrik P.N. Scholl | 2024 |
ARVO Humanitarian Award
| P. Roy Vagelos | 2000 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates | 2001 |