HARTLEY H. T. JACKSON AWARD for long and outstanding service to ASM
- 1978—William B. Davis, Texas A&M University
- 1979—William H. Burt, University of Michigan
- 1980—Bryan P. Glass, Oklahoma State University
- 1981—No recipient
- 1982—No recipient
- 1983—J. Knox Jones, Jr., Texas Tech University
- 1984—Oliver P. Pearson, University of California, Berkeley
- 1985—Sydney Anderson, American Museum of Natural History
- 1986—Murray L. Johnson, Burke Memorial Washington State Museum
- 1987—Donald F. Hoffmeister, University of Illinois
- 1988—Karl F. Koopman, American Museum of Natural History
- 1989—No recipient
- 1990—Marie A. Lawrence, American Museum of Natural History
- 1991—John O. Whitaker, Jr., Indiana State University
- 1992—B. J. Verts, Oregon State University
- 1993—J. Mary Taylor, Cleveland Museum of Natural History
- 1994—Robert J. Baker, Texas Tech University
- 1995—James A. Lackey, State University of New York—Oswego
- 1996—Don E. Wilson, Smithsonian Institution
- 1997—Clyde Jones, Texas Tech University
- 1998—Gordon L. Kirkland, Jr., Shippensburg University
- 1999—Elmer C. Birney, Bell Museum of Natural History and University of Minnesota
- 2000—Richard W. Thorington, Jr., National Museum of Natural History
- 2001—Suzanne B. McLaren, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
- 2002—H. Duane Smith and Dahnelle Smith, Brigham Young University
- 2003—No recipient
- 2004—Hugh H. Genoways, University of Nebraska State Museum
- 2005—Alfred L. Gardner, U. S. Geological Survey Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
- 2006—David M. "Chip" Leslie, Jr., U. S. Geological Survey and Oklahoma State University
- 2007—Barbara H. Blake, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- 2008—Michael A. Mares, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and University of Oklahoma
- 2009—Glennis A. Kaufman, Kansas State University
- 2010—Thomas J. “Mac” McIntyre, National Marine Fisheries Service
- 2011—Matthew E. Hopton, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
- 2012—No recipient
- 2013—C. William Kilpatrick, University of Vermont