This award is presented to a non-alumnus who is closely identified with Salus University and who has provided notable service to the University and their profession.
Previous Recipients
| Year | Awarded to |
| 2024 | Anna (Nancy) Griffin |
| 2020 | Bhawan K. Minhas, OD, FAAO, Resident ‘13 |
| 2018 | Lorraine Lombardi, PhD |
| 2017 | Audrey J. Smith, PhD, CLVT, COMS |
| 2014 | Felix M. Barker, II, OD, FAAO & Pierrette Dayhaw-Barker, PhD |
| 2012 | Robert E. Horne, MS, Dean of Student Affairs |
| 2009 | Carl A. Polsky, Esq, Retired Chairman, PCO Board of Trustees |
| 2008 | Yigal Gutman, BA, MA, Partner in PCO's Israeli Optometry Program |
| 1999 | Donald M. Gleklen, JD, Retired Chairman, PCO Board of Trustees |
| 1994 | Charles F. Mullen, OD, Director, Optometry Service, Dept of Veteran Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, D.C. |
| 1989 | Honorable Thomas K. Gilhool, Secretary, PA Department of Education |
| 1986 | Honorable Ivan Itkin, Member, PA House of Representatives Honorable Dwight Evans, Member, PA House of Representatives |
| 1985 | Mr. James A. Ream, President, PA Association of Colleges and Universities |
| 1984 | Mr. Edward K. Hueber, Member, PCO Board of Trustees |
| 1983 | Mr. Kenneth B. Lee, Former Speaker, PA House of Representatives |
| 1982 | Mr. Thomas P. Lynch*, Former Member, PCO Board of Trustees |
| 1981 | Dr. Wilhelm P. Sohnges, Co-Inventor, Micro Contact Lens |
| 1980 | Dr. Frederick Tanger*, Chairman, PCO Board of Trustees |
| 1979 | Hugh S. Daniel, Jr, OD, Member, Board of Governors, University of North Carolina |
| 1978 | Optometrists of North Carolina and West Virginia |
| 1977 | Mrs. Doris Wagner, Past President, AOA Auxiliary |
| 1976 | Dr. Merrill DeLong, Chief, Bureau of Health Manpower, Health Resources Administration |
| 1975 | Richard W. Averill, Esq, Director, AOA ,Washington Office |
| 1974 | Honorable Samuel M. Lehrer, Judge of Municipal Court of Philadelphia County |
| 1972 | Honorable Louis Sherman, Member, PA House of Representatives |
| 1970 | Martin Topaz*, Publisher, "The Optometric Weekly." |
| 1969 | Maurice E. Cox*, Former Editor & Publisher,"Review of Optometry." |
| 1968 | J. Harold Bailey*, Administrative Director, AOA |
| 1967 | William P. McCracken*, Jr, Esq, Counsel Emeritus, AOA,Washington, DC |
| 1966 | Harold Kohn*, Esq , General Counsel Emeritus, AOA |
| 1965 | Dr. Alden N. Haffner, OD, '52, Executive Director, Optometric Center of NY |
| 1964 | Hon. Nochem S. Winnet*, PCO Trustee and Counsel |
| 1963 | Dr. Jacob Nevyas*, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, PCO |
| 1962 | Honorable Martin Silver*, Member, PA State Senate |
*Deceased