| Last Name |
Year |
| Ackermann, William Carl* | 1967 |
| Adams, Roger* | 1967 |
| Adler, Mortimer J.* | 1990 |
| Albright, Ivan LeLorraine* | 1968 |
| Anderson, John B. | 1979 |
| Andreas, Dwayne O.* | 1988 |
| Angle, Paul McClelland* | 1970 |
| Anglund, Joan Walsh | 1979 |
| Arrington, William* | 1974 |
| Ayers, Thomas G.* | 1981 |
| Banks, Ernest (Ernie)* | 1970 |
| Bardeen, John* | 1965 |
| Barnes, Brenda C. | 2013 |
| Barnett, Etta Moten* | 1993 |
| Bassiouni, Dr. M. Cherif | 2001 |
| Bauer, The Honorable William | 2010 |
| Beadle, George Wells* | 1966 |
| Beckman, Arnold O.* | 1991 |
| Beckwith, Robert Todd Lincoln* | 1977 |
| Behrens, The Reverend Thomas | 2006 |
| Bellow, Saul* | 1974 |
| Benny, Jack* | 1972 |
| Bensinger, The Honorable Peter B. | 1998 |
| Bere, James* | 1986 |
| Bernardin, Cardinal Joseph* | 1997 |
| Berry, Edwin Carlos (Bill)* | 1966 |
| Beschloss, Dr. Michael | 2004 |
| Betts, Dr. Henry B.* | 2001 |
| Bitzer, Donald L. | 1982 |
| Blackmun, Harry A.* | 1991 |
| Block, John R. | 1982 |
| Block, Joseph Leopold* | 1965 |
| Block, Judith | 2007 |
| Block, Leigh B.* | 1984 |
| Bobins, Norman | 2007 |
| Bone, Robert Gehlmann* | 1978 |
| Boritt, Professor Gabor | 2009 |
| Boyd, Willard L. | 1996 |
| Boyle, John Stephen* | 1965 |
| Bradley, The Reverend Preston* | 1976 |
| Brady, James S.* | 1995 |
| Brennan, Edward A.* | 2005 |
| Brickhouse, John B. (Jack)* | 1968 |
| Brinker, Nancy Goodman | 2016 |
| Broder, David S.* | 2005 |
| Brooks, Gwendolyn* | 1997 |
| Browne, Richard Gibbs* | 1965 |
| Brundage, Avery* | 1965 |
| Bryan, John H. | 1993 |
| Buchanan, The Reverend John R. | 2007 |
| Bunn, Arthur H. | 2015 |
| Burlingame, Dr. Michael | 2009 |
| Burman, Marshall L.* | 1990 |
| Butler, Michael | 1987 |
| Campbell, William J.* | 1970 |
| Canning, John A. | 2014 |
| Carwardine, Professor Richard J. | 2009 |
| Cellini, Julie | 2009 |
| Chancellor, John* | 1988 |
| Chandler, Edgar Hugh Storer* | 1966 |
| Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan* | 1993 |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1974 |
| Chinigo, Marajen Stevick* | 1992 |
| Christopher, Doris | 2010 |
| Clark, Frank | 2017 |
| Clinton, The Honorable Hillary Rodham | 2014 |
| Collins, Marva N. | 1982 |
| Connelley, Sister Rosemary | 2003 |
| Considine, Frank* | 2002 |
| Conte, Lou | 2002 |
| Corbally, John C.* | 1989 |
| Cousin, Ambassador Ertharin | 2015 |
| Crisp, II, Harry | 2004 |
| Cronin, James W. | 1981 |
| Crown, Lester | 1999 |
| Davis, Collum | 2009 |
| Davis, Dr. Rodney G. | 2009 |
| Dempsey, Mary | 2010 |
| Dilliard, Irving Lee* | 1978 |
| Dirksen, Everett McKinley* | 1966 |
| Dixon, Senator Alan J.* | 1994 |
| Donald, David Herbert* | 2008 |
| Donnelley, Gaylord* | 1991 |
| Douglas, Paul H.* | 1967 |
| Downs, Hugh | 1967 |
| Driehaus, Richard | 2017 |
| Driscoll, Jean | 2012 |
| Dunham, Katherine* | 1968 |
| Ebert, Roger* | 2001 |
| Edgar, Governor Jim | 1999 |
| Edwards Day, James* | 1965 |
| Engelhardt, Irl | 2008 |
| Evans, Jr., Charles (Chick)* | 1967 |
| Farrell, W. James | 2012 |
| Fetridge, William Harrison* | 1986 |
| Field IV, Marshall* | 1966 |
| Fisher, Lester E. | 1993 |
| Flaum, The Honorable Joel | 2008 |
| Folse, Dr. J. Roland | 2015 |
| Foner, Dr. Eric | 2009 |
| Fox, Carol* | 1966 |
| Franklin, John Hope* | 1980 |
| Freeman, Jr., Gaylord A.* | 1976 |
| Freund, C. Geraldine* | 1989 |
| Fuller, Richard Buckminster* | 1967 |
| Funk, Jr., Eugene D.* | 1989 |
| Galvin, Robert W.* | 1994 |
| Ganz, Rudolph* | 1965 |
| Gidwitz, Ronald | 2003 |
| Gilmore, Robert | 2016 |
| Goldberg, Arthur* | 1968 |
| Goldblatt, Louis* | 1976 |
| Goodman, Benjamin (Benny)* | 1974 |
| Graham, William B.* | 1992 |
| Gray, Hannah H. | 1989 |
| Gray, Mary (Lackritz) & Richard | 2011 |
| Green Medford, Dr. Edna | 2009 |
| Greenberg, Jack | 2002 |
| Guelzo, Allen | 2009 |
| Halas, Sr., George Stanley* | 1966 |
| Hammer, Dr. William | 2013 |
| Harvey Baker, Jean | 2009 |
| Harvey, Paul* | 1987 |
| Hastings, John Simpson* | 1967 |
| Heineman, Sr., Ben Walter* | 1966 |
| Henry, David Dodds* | 1972 |
| Heston, Charlton* | 1977 |
| Hewitt, William Alexander* | 1979 |
| Hilliard, Raymond Marcellus* | 1967 |
| Holderman, The Honorable James | 2017 |
| Holm, Celeste* | 1977 |
| Holonyak, Jr., Dr. Nick | 2005 |
| Holzer, Harold | 2009 |
| Honnold, Jr., John O.* | 1992 |
| Hubbard, Dr. Charles | 2009 |
| Huggins, Charles Brenton* | 1967 |
| Hunt, Richard | 1993 |
| Ikenberry, Dr. Stanley O. | 1996 |
| Ingersoll, Robert Stephen* | 1979 |
| Inglett, Dr. George E. | 2005 |
| Ives, Burl* | 1976 |
| Jackson, Mahalia* | 1967 |
| Jackson, Mannie | 2010 |
| Jackson, Preston | 1998 |
| Jacobson, Leon Orris* | 1979 |
| Jenner, Jr., Albert* | 1979 |
| Johnson Rice, Linda | 2007 |
| Johnson, Dr. G. Timothy | 2013 |
| Johnson, John Harold* | 1966 |
| Johnston, Wayne Andrew* | 1967 |
| Joyner-Kersee, Jacqueline | 2005 |
| Julian, Percy Lavon* | 1972 |
| Keller, Ron | 2009 |
| Kemper, Jr., James S.* | 1990 |
| Kennedy, David Matthew* | 1969 |
| Kerner, Jr., The Honorable Otto* | 1977 |
| Khan, Shahid R. | 2011 |
| Kirkpatrick, Clayton* | 1979 |
| Kirkpatrick, Jeane J.* | 1996 |
| Kirsner, Joseph B.* | 1995 |
| Knight, Lester | 2010 |
| * Laureates who are deceased |
| Last Name | Year |
| Krainik, Ardis* | 1985 |
| Krzyzewski, Michael | 2014 |
| Kuhfuss, William John* | 1974 |
| Kunhardt, III, Phillip | 2009 |
| Kupcinet, Irving (Kup)* | 1967 |
| Kurtis, William H. | 1995 |
| LaHood, Raymond | 2016 |
| Landers, Ann* | 1978 |
| Lane, Robert | 2013 |
| Laterbur, Paul C.* | 1992 |
| Lavin, Leonard H.* | 1997 |
| Lawrence, Marjorie* | 1979 |
| Lederman, Leon M. | 1990 |
| Lesar, Hiram Henry* | 1985 |
| Levi, Edward Hirsh* | 1976 |
| Lewis, Jr., Ramsey E. * | 1997 |
| Lopez, Dr. Osvaldo I. | 1992 |
| Lovell, Jr., James A. | 2012 |
| Luckman, Sid* | 1996 |
| Luthy, George Littlewood* | 1967 |
| Lynn, Dr. Naomi Burgos | 2012 |
| MacLeish, Archibald* | 1971 |
| Madigan, Shirley | 2011 |
| Maitland, Jr., The Honorable John | 2003 |
| Malott, Robert H. | 1995 |
| Manus, William Edward* | 1968 |
| Marmaduke, Virginia L.* | 1984 |
| Marovitz, Abraham Lincoln* | 1988 |
| Marshall, Dr. Stephanie Pace | 2005 |
| Martin, The Honorable Lynn Morley | 2000 |
| Martin, R. Eden | 2017 |
| Marty, Martin E. | 1998 |
| Massey, Dr. Walter | 1987 |
| Mauldin, William H. (Bill)* | 1965 |
| McClarey, John | 2009 |
| McCormick, Brooks* | 1978 |
| McDermott, Monsignor Ignatius* | 2000 |
| McKenna, Andrew J. | 2000 |
| McMorrow, The Honorable Mary Ann* | 2007 |
| Melamed, Leo | 2016 |
| Meyer, Cardinal Albert* | 1965 |
| Meyer, Karl Albert* | 1966 |
| Meyer, Raymond Joseph* | 1988 |
| Michel, Robert H.* | 1997 |
| Miller, Sergeant Robert J.* | 2012 |
| Milnes, Sherril* | 2003 |
| Minow, Newton N. | 2014 |
| Montgomery, James Winchester* | 1967 |
| Morris, Delyte W.* | 1982 |
| Moy, Dr. Richard* | 2006 |
| Mulroy, Thomas R.* | 1983 |
| Nagel, Steven R. | 1994 |
| Neilsen, Jr., Arthur C.* | 1984 |
| Neiman, LeRoy* | 2009 |
| Netsch, The Honorable Dawn Clark* | 2011 |
| Newman, Ralph* | 1983 |
| Newmark, Nathan Mortimer* | 1965 |
| Norwood, William | 2008 |
| Novak, Robert D.* | 1999 |
| Nugent, Dr. Timothy J.* | 2011 |
| O’Connor, James J. | 1993 |
| O’Malley, Patrick L.* | 1988 |
| Offner, Franklin Faller* | 1966 |
| Ogilvie, The Honorable Richard B.* | 1973 |
| Ontiveros, Robert | 2013 |
| Osborn, William A. | 2006 |
| Paepcke, Elizabeth N.* | 1989 |
| Page, Ruth* | 1985 |
| Patterson, William Alan* | 1965 |
| Payton, Walter* | 1987 |
| Pollack, Donald | 2009 |
| Pregracke, Chad | 2013 |
| Pritzker, Marian ‘Cindy’ | 2001 |
| Provost, Jr., Robert | 2009 |
| Quaal, Ward Louis* | 1965 |
| Ranney, Jr., George A. | 2004 |
| Reagan, President Ronald W.* | 1981 |
| Reinsdorf, Jerry M. | 1997 |
| Richards, The Reverend Robert Eugene ‘Bob’ | 2000 |
| Richardson, The Reverend John T. | 1994 |
| Rickover, Hyman George* | 1977 |
| Roche, James Michael* | 1966 |
| Rogers, Jr., Bob | 2009 |
| Ross, Norman A.* | 1991 |
| Rossi, Lawrence* | 1986 |
| Royko, Mike* | 1983 |
| Rubloff, Arthur* | 1980 |
| Rust, Jr., Edward | 2003 |
| Ryan, Patrick G. | 1998 |
| Ryerson, Edward L.* | 1968 |
| Samuelson, Orion | 2001 |
| Sandberg, Ryne | 2017 |
| Schaalman, Rabbi Herman | 2002 |
| Schaefer, Walter V.* | 1966 |
| Schnirring, William R. | 2012 |
| Schriesheim, Alan | 1996 |
| Schwartz, Dr. Thomas | 2009 |
| Shalikashvili, General John M. D.* | 1998 |
| Shapiro, Samuel H.* | 1978 |
| Shaw, Bernard* | 2002 |
| Sheen, Archbishop Fulton J.* | 1977 |
| Short, Bobby* | 1983 |
| Shuman, Charles B.* | 1967 |
| Siebel, Thomas | 2008 |
| Simon, Senator Paul* | 1998 |
| Simon, Scott | 2016 |
| Simon, The Honorable Seymour* | 1997 |
| Skinner, Samuel Knox | 2017 |
| Slutkin, Dr. Gary | 2015 |
| Smith, Jack | 2009 |
| Smith, Kay | 1994 |
| Smyth, Father John | 2001 |
| Sneller, Dr. Rhoda & Lowell | 2009 |
| Steans, Harrison* | 2017 |
| Steele, Harold | 2000 |
| Stein, Kevin | 2016 |
| Stevenson II, Adlai E.* | 1965 |
| Stevenson III, The Honorable Adlai E. | 1981 |
| Stewart, James* | 2002 |
| Stockdale, General James B.* | 1990 |
| Stone, W. Clement* | 1992 |
| Stratton, The Honorable William G.* | 1978 |
| Strohm, John L.* | 1984 |
| Sudler, Louis Courtenay* | 1976 |
| Tallchief, Maria* | 1986 |
| Taper, Louise | 2009 |
| Temple, Dr. Wayne C. | 2009 |
| Terkel, Louis ‘Studs’* | 2004 |
| Terra, Daniel James* | 1985 |
| The Fine Arts Quintet: Sorkin, Leonard*; Loft, Abram; Sopkin, George*; Stanick, Gerald | 1967 |
| The Joffrey Ballet | 2010 |
| Thompson, Governor James R. | 1991 |
| Thunman, Admiral N. Ronald | 2012 |
| Tolpo, Lily* | 2009 |
| Trueblood, Robert Martin* | 1966 |
| Trutter, John T.* | 1981 |
| Turner, Stansfield | 1999 |
| Turow, Scott | 2000 |
| van der Rohe, Ludwig Mies* | 1966 |
| Van Doren, Mark* | 1972 |
| Vandiver, Frank Everson* | 1973 |
| Vaughn Gabbard, Sara | 2015 |
| Wagner, Martin* | 1967 |
| Walker, Governor Daniel* | 1978 |
| Warfield, William C.* | 1990 |
| Watson, Anthony J. | 1994 |
| Wavering, Elmer H.* | 1991 |
| Weber, Arnold W. | 1995 |
| Weinberg, Daniel | 2009 |
| Weinstein, Rabbi Jacob Joseph* | 1968 |
| Westmoreland, William C.* | 1970 |
| Wilkins, Roy* | 1968 |
| Williams, The Honorable Frank | 2009 |
| Willis, Benjamin Coppage* | 1966 |
| Wills, Garry | 2006 |
| Wilson, Dr. Douglas | 2009 |
| Wish, Ernest R. | 2004 |
| Withers, Jr., W. Russell* | 2015 |
| Witwer, Sr., Samuel* | 1975 |
| Wood, Robert Elkington* | 1967 |
| Wyatt, The Reverend Dr. Addie L.* | 2003 |
| Zhou Brothers, DaHuang & Shan | 2006 |
| * Laureates who are deceased |