About the Audio Engineering Society
- The AES Gold Medal Award (formerly The John H. Potts Award) is given in recognition of outstanding achievements, sustained over a period of years, in the field of Audio Engineering.
- The Silver Medal Award (formerly the Emile Berliner Award) is given in recognition of outstanding development or achievement in the field of audio engineering.
- The Bronze Medal Award (formerly the AES Award) is given annually to a person who has helped significantly in the advancement of the Society.
- The Distinguished Service Medal Award is given in recognition of extraordinary service to the Society over a period of years.
- The Publications Award is given each year, alternately, to an author under 35 years of age and to an author regardless of age for the outstanding paper published in the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society during the previous two years.
- An Honorary Member is a person of outstanding repute and eminence in the science of audio engineering or its allied arts.
- Citations are given in recognition of services or accomplishments that do not fit into any other category.
- The Board of Governors Award is given for outstanding contributions to the Audio Engineering Society.
- The Fellowship Award is given to a member who had rendered conspicuous service or is recognized to have made a valuable contribution to the advancement in or dissemination of knowledge of audio engineering or in the promotion of its application in practice.
| Name | Award | Year |
| C.J. LeBel | AES Award | 1949 |
| Harry F. Olson | John H. Potts | 1949 |
| Howard A. Chinn | John H. Potts | 1950 |
| Chester A. Rackey | AES Award | 1950 |
| F. Sumner Hall | AES Award | 1951 |
| Herman H. Scott | John H. Potts | 1951 |
| W. Lindsay Black | Fellowship | 1952 |
| Harold Burris-Myer | Fellowship | 1952 |
| Frank L. Capps | John H. Potts | 1952 |
| Isabel Capps | Fellowship | 1952 |
| James Y. Dunbar | Fellowship | 1952 |
| Price E. Fish | Fellowship | 1952 |
| Harvey S. Fletcher | Honorary Member | 1952 |
| Ernest W. Franck | Fellowship | 1952 |
| Lewis S. Goodfriend | Fellowship | 1952 |
| John K. Hilliard | Fellowship | 1952 |
| Frederick V. Hunt | Honorary Member | 1952 |
| William F. Jordan | Fellowship | 1952 |
| Vern O. Knudsen | Honorary Member | 1952 |
| Samuel F. Lybarger | Fellowship | 1952 |
| Norman C. Pickering | Fellowship | 1952 |
| John Preston | Fellowship | 1952 |
| Albert A. Pulley | Fellowship | 1952 |
| Richard H. Ranger | Fellowship | 1952 |
| H.I. Reiskind | Fellowship | 1952 |
| Carleton K. Sawyer | Fellowship | 1952 |
| Ralph A. Schlegal | AES Award | 1952 |
| Herman H. Scott | Fellowship | 1952 |
| J.P. Jr. Smith | Fellowship | 1952 |
| S. Edward Sorenson | Fellowship | 1952 |
| W. Earl Stewart | Fellowship | 1952 |
| Myron J. Stolaroff | Fellowship | 1952 |
| William J. Temple | Fellowship | 1952 |
| Howard A. Chinn | Fellowship | 1953 |
| Harry C. Harrison | Emile Berliner | 1953 |
| Edward W. Kellogg | John H. Potts | 1953 |
| C.J. LeBel | Fellowship | 1953 |
| C.G. McProud | AES Award | 1953 |
| Chester A. Rackey | Fellowship | 1953 |
| Henry E. Roys | Fellowship | 1953 |
| Edward C. Wente | Honorary Member | 1953 |
| Benjamin B. Bauer | Fellowship | 1954 |
| Leo L. Beranek | Fellowship | 1954 |
| Harold S. Black | Honorary Member | 1954 |
| Harry L. Bryant | Fellowship | 1954 |
| John D. Colvin | AES Award | 1954 |
| W. Robert Dresser | Fellowship | 1954 |
| Cyril M. Harris | Fellowship | 1954 |
| Richard F. Hastings | Citation | 1954 |
| Frederick V. Hunt | Emile Berliner | 1954 |
| Edward W. Kellogg | Fellowship | 1954 |
| Hugh S. Knowles | Fellowship | 1954 |
| Harold J. Leak | Fellowship | 1954 |
| Walter E. Lehnert | Fellowship | 1954 |
| Vincent J. Liebler | Fellowship | 1954 |
| Theodore Lindenberg | Fellowship | 1954 |
| J.P. Maxfield | John H. Potts | 1954 |
| C.G. McProud | Fellowship | 1954 |
| William H. Jr. Offenhauser | Fellowship | 1954 |
| Vincent Salmon | Fellowship | 1954 |
| Ralph A. Schlegal | Fellowship | 1954 |
| Harold T. Sherman | Citation | 1954 |
| W. Oliver Summerlin | Fellowship | 1954 |
| Ralph E. Allison | Fellowship | 1955 |
| William S. Bachman | Emile Berliner | 1955 |
| Alexis Badmeiff | Fellowship | 1955 |
| Leo L. Beranek | Honorary Member | 1955 |
| Emmanuel Berlandt | Fellowship | 1955 |
| William L. Cara | Certificate of Recognition | 1955 |
| Arthur C. Davis | Fellowship | 1955 |
| Lee deForest | John H. Potts | 1955 |
| William L. Everitt | Honorary Member | 1955 |
| Sherman M. Fairchild | John H. Potts | 1955 |
| C.T. Kierulff | Certificate of Recognition | 1955 |
| Boyd E. McKnight | Citation | 1955 |
| William A. Palmer | Fellowship | 1955 |
| Norman C. Pickering | AES Award | 1955 |
| Julius B. Postal | Fellowship | 1955 |
| Harry N. Reizes | Certificate of Recognition | 1955 |
| Albert Sainte-Hilaire | Fellowship | 1955 |
| Albert St. Hillaire | Fellowship | 1955 |
| William V. Stancil | Fellowship | 1955 |
| F.E. Terman | Honorary Member | 1955 |
| Howard M. Tremaine | Fellowship | 1955 |
| Edward H. Uecke | Fellowship | 1955 |
| Walter S. Barrell | Honorary Member | 1956 |
| S.J. Begun | Emile Berliner | 1956 |
| Warren D. Birkenhead | AES Award | 1956 |
| Herbert E. Farmer | Citation | 1956 |
| O.B. Hanson | John H. Potts | 1956 |
| J. Warren Horton | Honorary Member | 1956 |
| Peter L. Jensen | Honorary Member | 1956 |
| J.A. Pierce | Honorary Member | 1956 |
| Edwin S. Pridham | Honorary Member | 1956 |
| H. J. von Braunmuhl | Fellowship | 1956 |
| H.J. von Braunmuhl | Honorary Member | 1956 |
| Loy E. Barton | Honorary Member | 1957 |
| Chester Boggs | Fellowship | 1957 |
| Herbert E. Farmer | AES Award | 1957 |
| Warren P. Mason | Honorary Member | 1957 |
| Harry Nyquist | Honorary Member | 1957 |
| Harry F. Olson | Honorary Member | 1957 |
| Henry E. Roys | Emile Berliner | 1957 |
| Carleton K. Sawyer | AES Award | 1957 |
| Edward C. Wente | John H. Potts | 1957 |
| William S. Bachman | Fellowship | 1958 |
| Alan D. Blumlein | Citation | 1958 |
| Hendrik W. Bode | Honorary Member | 1958 |
| Walter W. Jr. Carruthers | Citation | 1958 |
| Roy Dally | Fellowship | 1958 |
| Charles C. Davis | Fellowship | 1958 |
| Charles C. Davis | Emile Berliner | 1958 |
| Gilbert F. Dutton | Honorary Member | 1958 |
| Harvey S. Fletcher | John H. Potts | 1958 |
| John G. Frayne | Fellowship | 1958 |
| Charles Jr. Lauda | Fellowship | 1958 |
| William S. Miltenburg | Fellowship | 1958 |
| Les Paul | Honorary Member | 1958 |
| Bob Hugh Smith | Fellowship | 1958 |
| Robert Stephens | Citation | 1958 |
| Leopold Stokowski | Honorary Member | 1958 |
| John H. Beaumont | Fellowship | 1959 |
| Leonard Bernstein | Honorary Member | 1959 |
| E. Power Biggs | Honorary Member | 1959 |
| Harold S. Black | John H. Potts | 1959 |
| Norman H. Crowhurst | Fellowship | 1959 |
| John G. Frayne | Emile Berliner | 1959 |
| Peter C. Goldmark | Fellowship | 1959 |
| Frank G. Jr. Lennert | Fellowship | 1959 |
| George Lewin | Fellowship | 1959 |
| C.G. McProud | Citation | 1959 |
| James A. Miller | Fellowship | 1959 |
| Rein Narma | Fellowship | 1959 |
| Richard S. O'Brien | Fellowship | 1959 |
| Milton T. Putnam | Fellowship | 1959 |
| Walter T. Selsted | Fellowship | 1959 |
| F. Langford Smith | Honorary Member | 1959 |
| Walter O. Stanton | Fellowship | 1959 |
| Russell J. Tinkham | Fellowship | 1959 |
| Glenn E. Wallichs | Certificate of Appreciation | 1959 |
| S.J. Begun | John H. Potts | 1960 |
| George A. Brettell | Fellowship | 1960 |
| Otto W. Kornei | Honorary Member | 1960 |
| John G. McKnight | Fellowship | 1960 |
| William J. Jr. Moreland | Fellowship | 1960 |
| Miklos Rozsa | Honorary Member | 1960 |
| Harvey Jr. Sampson | AES Award | 1960 |
| Rene Snepvangers | Emile Berliner | 1960 |
| Edgar M. Villchur | Fellowship | 1960 |
| W.W. Wetzel | Honorary Member | 1960 |
| Daniel H. Wiegand | Fellowship | 1960 |
| Roy Dally | Emile Berliner | 1961 |
| Sherman M. Fairchild | AES Award | 1961 |
| John K. Hilliard | John H. Potts | 1961 |
| Frank C. McIntosh | Honorary Member | 1961 |
| Frank C. McIntosh | Citation | 1961 |
| Walter O. Stanton | Citation | 1961 |
| Arthur C. Davis | John H. Potts | 1962 |
| Floyd K. Harvey | Fellowship | 1962 |
| Arthur C. Keller | Emile Berliner | 1962 |
| Mahlon W. Kenney | Citation | 1962 |
| C.J. LeBel | Honorary Member | 1962 |
| Ross H. Snyder | AES Award | 1962 |
| Emil P. Vincent | Fellowship | 1962 |
| Daniel R. von Recklinghausen | Fellowship | 1962 |
| J. Guy Woodward | Fellowship | 1962 |
| Benjamin B. Bauer | John H. Potts | 1963 |
| Edward E. Jr. David | Fellowship | 1963 |
| Sherman M. Fairchild | Fellowship | 1963 |
| Richard C. Heyser | Fellowship | 1963 |
| Irving L. Joel | AES Award | 1963 |
| Daniel W. Martin | Fellowship | 1963 |
| Donald J. Plunkett | Fellowship | 1963 |
| Michael Rettinger | Fellowship | 1963 |
| Manfred R. Schroeder | Fellowship | 1963 |
| J. Guy Woodward | Emile Berliner | 1963 |
| Victor Brociner | Fellowship | 1964 |
| Norman H. Dieter | Fellowship | 1964 |
| Gilbert F. Dutton | Emile Berliner | 1964 |
| Ernst A. Guillemin | Honorary Member | 1964 |
| Ronald D. Klumpen | AES Award | 1964 |
| Vern O. Knudsen | John H. Potts | 1964 |
| John E. Volkmann | Fellowship | 1964 |
| George R. Yenzer | Fellowship | 1964 |
| Rudi T. Bozak | Fellowship | 1965 |
| Frank A. Comerci | Fellowship | 1965 |
| Walt Disney | Honorary Member | 1965 |
| Wesley M. Fujii | Fellowship | 1965 |
| Howard S. Holzer | Fellowship | 1965 |
| Frederick V. Hunt | John H. Potts | 1965 |
| R.A. Isberg | Fellowship | 1965 |
| Robert Z. Langevin | Fellowship | 1965 |
| John T. Mullin | Emile Berliner | 1965 |
| Harry F. Olson | AES Award | 1965 |
| Hubert W. Pierce | AES Award | 1965 |
| Chester A. Rackey | Citation | 1965 |
| Arthur W. Schneider | Fellowship | 1965 |
| Alexander C. Angus | Fellowship | 1966 |
| Warren L. Braun | Fellowship | 1966 |
| Duane H. Cooper | Fellowship | 1966 |
| Ralph E. Cousino | Fellowship | 1966 |
| Donald J. Plunkett | AES Award | 1966 |
| Horst Redlich | Fellowship | 1966 |
| Lawrence J. Scully | Emile Berliner | 1966 |
| John E. Volkmann | John H. Potts | 1966 |
| Percy Wilson | Citation | 1966 |
| John S. Boyers | Fellowship | 1967 |
| L.R. Burroughs | Fellowship | 1967 |
| Pierce Evans | Fellowship | 1967 |
| Sherman M. Fairchild | Honorary Member | 1967 |
| Floyd K. Harvey | AES Award | 1967 |
| Keith O. Johnson | Fellowship | 1967 |
| Adolph R. Morgan | Fellowship | 1967 |
| Robert M. Morris | Emile Berliner | 1967 |
| Hubert W. Pierce | Fellowship | 1967 |
| Samuel B. Snow | John H. Potts | 1967 |
| C. Paul Boner | Fellowship | 1968 |
| Duane H. Cooper | Emile Berliner | 1968 |
| William H. Greenbaum | Fellowship | 1968 |
| Marvin R. Headrick | Citation | 1968 |
| Earle L. Kent | Fellowship | 1968 |
| Erich Leinsdorf | Honorary Member | 1968 |
| Carl S. Nelson | Fellowship | 1968 |
| Harry W. Pearson | Fellowship | 1968 |
| Arnold P.G. Peterson | John H. Potts | 1968 |
| Ralph A. Schlegal | Citation | 1968 |
| William Snow | John H. Potts | 1968 |
| George W. Bartlett | Fellowship | 1969 |
| John J. Bubbers | Fellowship | 1969 |
| Marvin Camras | John H. Potts | 1969 |
| Peter C. Goldmark | Honorary Member | 1969 |
| Arthur E. Gruber | Fellowship | 1969 |
| William W. Lang | Fellowship | 1969 |
| Daniel W. Martin | AES Award | 1969 |
| Alex McKee | Citation | 1969 |
| Robert B. Monroe | Fellowship | 1969 |
| Robert A. Moog | Fellowship | 1969 |
| Johan L. Ooms | Fellowship | 1969 |
| Arthur R. Soffel | Fellowship | 1969 |
| Emil L. Torick | Fellowship | 1969 |
| Charles F. Wiebusch | Emile Berliner | 1969 |
| Fred P. Beguin | Fellowship | 1970 |
| Rudi T. Bozak | John H. Potts | 1970 |
| Marvin Camras | Honorary Member | 1970 |
| John D. Colvin | Citation | 1970 |
| William G. Dilley | Fellowship | 1970 |
| Mark B. Gardner | Fellowship | 1970 |
| Arthur C. Haddy | Emile Berliner | 1970 |
| Philip Kantrowitz | Fellowship | 1970 |
| David L. Klepper | Fellowship | 1970 |
| James J. Noble | Fellowship | 1970 |
| Arnold P.G. Peterson | Fellowship | 1970 |
| Daniel Queen | Fellowship | 1970 |
| William L. Robinson | Fellowship | 1970 |
| Willi Studer | Fellowship | 1970 |
| Charles F. Swisher | Fellowship | 1970 |
| Edward H. Uecke | Honorary Member | 1970 |
| Percy Wilson | Fellowship | 1970 |
| Hugh S. Jr. Allen | Fellowship | 1971 |
| Leo L. Beranek | Gold Medal | 1971 |
| Ray M. Dolby | Silver Medal | 1971 |
| Ray M. Dolby | Fellowship | 1971 |
| John M. Eargle | Fellowship | 1971 |
| William S. Halstead | Fellowship | 1971 |
| Edward R. Hanson | Fellowship | 1971 |
| W. Rex Isom | Fellowship | 1971 |
| John P. Jarvis | Fellowship | 1971 |
| John P. Jarvis | AES Award | 1971 |
| Erik R. Madsen | Fellowship | 1971 |
| John G. McKnight | AES Award | 1971 |
| Georg Neumann | Honorary Member | 1971 |
| Erik A. Porterfield | Fellowship | 1971 |
| Donald W. Powers | Fellowship | 1971 |
| Donald W. Powers | Citation | 1971 |
| Peter W. Tappan | Fellowship | 1971 |
| Stephen F. Temmer | Fellowship | 1971 |
| J. Robert Ashley | Fellowship | 1972 |
| Cedric R. Bastiaans | Fellowship | 1972 |
| Benjamin B. Bauer | Honorary Member | 1972 |
| Barry A. Blesser | Fellowship | 1972 |
| Murray G. Crosby | Fellowship | 1972 |
| Donald B. Davis | Fellowship | 1972 |
| David Hafler | Fellowship | 1972 |
| Irving L. Joel | Citation | 1972 |
| Hugh S. Knowles | Honorary Member | 1972 |
| Winston E. Kock | Honorary Member | 1972 |
| Bart N. Locanthi | Fellowship | 1972 |
| Johan L. Ooms | AES Award | 1972 |
| Henry E. Roys | Honorary Member | 1972 |
| Peter Scheiber | Fellowship | 1972 |
| Manfred R. Schroeder | Gold Medal | 1972 |
| Edgar M. Villchur | Silver Medal | 1972 |
| Percy Wilson | Honorary Member | 1972 |
| Roy F. Allison | Fellowship | 1973 |
| William S. Bachman | Honorary Member | 1973 |
| Peter K. Burkowitz | Fellowship | 1973 |
| Richard S. Burwen | Fellowship | 1973 |
| Edward Tatnail Canby | Fellowship | 1973 |
| Murray G. Crosby | Honorary Member | 1973 |
| C. Robert Fine | Fellowship | 1973 |
| Arthur C. Haddy | Fellowship | 1973 |
| Cyril M. Harris | Honorary Member | 1973 |
| Irving L. Joel | Fellowship | 1973 |
| Erik R. Madsen | Silver Medal | 1973 |
| Edmund W. Mortimer | Fellowship | 1973 |
| Kenzo Nagai | Honorary Member | 1973 |
| Robert A. Orban | Fellowship | 1973 |
| Donald W. Powers | Bronze Medal | 1973 |
| Henry E. Roys | Gold Medal | 1973 |
| Arnold Schwartz | Fellowship | 1973 |
| Ludwig W. Sepmeyer | Fellowship | 1973 |
| Takeo Shiga | Fellowship | 1973 |
| Richard H. Small | Fellowship | 1973 |
| J. Guy Woodward | Honorary Member | 1973 |
| George Alexandrovich | Fellowship | 1974 |
| C. Roger Anderson | Fellowship | 1974 |
| Karl Otto Bader | Citation | 1974 |
| Donald A. Barlow | Fellowship | 1974 |
| George W. Bartlett | Citation | 1974 |
| Klaus Bertram | Citation | 1974 |
| Barry A. Blesser | Publications Award | 1974 |
| John J. Bubbers | AES Award | 1974 |
| John C.G. Gilbert | Citation | 1974 |
| Floyd K. Harvey | Gold Medal | 1974 |
| Toshiya Inoue | Fellowship | 1974 |
| Francis E. Lee | Publications Award | 1974 |
| John W. Maunder | Citation | 1974 |
| James Moir | Fellowship | 1974 |
| John H. Nakamura | Fellowship | 1974 |
| James F. Novak | Fellowship | 1974 |
| Tomas Salava | Fellowship | 1974 |
| Takeo Shiga | Silver Medal | 1974 |
| Paul G.A.H. Voight | Honorary Member | 1974 |
| Klaus J. Wischgoll | Citation | 1974 |
| Hugh S. Jr. Allen | Citation | 1975 |
| Titia K.S. Bakker | Citation | 1975 |
| G. Allan Ballantine | Fellowship | 1975 |
| Gilbert A. Briggs | Honorary Member | 1975 |
| Richard W. Burden | Fellowship | 1975 |
| Elmer Carlson | Fellowship | 1975 |
| Raymond E. Cooke | Fellowship | 1975 |
| Avery Fisher | Honorary Member | 1975 |
| Edward C. Fox | Fellowship | 1975 |
| Mark B. Gardner | Honorary Member | 1975 |
| Daniel W. Gravereaux | Fellowship | 1975 |
| Arthur E. Gruber | Bronze Medal | 1975 |
| Howard S. Holzer | Citation | 1975 |
| Hal Kaitchuck | Fellowship | 1975 |
| D. Broadus Jr. Keele | Publications Award | 1975 |
| Saul B. Marantz | Fellowship | 1975 |
| John W. Maunder | Fellowship | 1975 |
| John W. Maunder | Citation | 1975 |
| DeWitt F. Morris | Fellowship | 1975 |
| John T. Mullin | Citation | 1975 |
| John T. Mullin | Honorary Member | 1975 |
| Johan L. Ooms | Honorary Member | 1975 |
| Eugene Ormandy | Honorary Member | 1975 |
| Alexander M. Poniatoff | Honorary Member | 1975 |
| Donald L. Richter | Fellowship | 1975 |
| Dorothy H. Spronck | Citation | 1975 |
| Joseph F. Wells | Fellowship | 1975 |
| Geoffrey L. Wilson | Fellowship | 1975 |
| John M. Woram | Fellowship | 1975 |
| Hugh S. Jr. Allen | Bronze Medal | 1976 |
| Karl Otto Bader | Fellowship | 1976 |
| David E Blackmer | Fellowship | 1976 |
| Per V. Bruel | Honorary Member | 1976 |
| Duane H. Cooper | Honorary Member | 1976 |
| Howard M. Durbin | Fellowship | 1976 |
| Robert O. Fehr | Fellowship | 1976 |
| John G. Frayne | Gold Medal | 1976 |
| John C.G. Gilbert | Fellowship | 1976 |
| Katsuya (Vic) Goh | Fellowship | 1976 |
| Jacqueline Harvey | Citation | 1976 |
| W. Rex Isom | Honorary Member | 1976 |
| Vitheim L. Jordan | Fellowship | 1976 |
| Gunter Lutzkendorf | Fellowship | 1976 |
| Erik R. Madsen | Honorary Member | 1976 |
| Georg Neumann | Gold Medal | 1976 |
| Fritz Sennheiser | Fellowship | 1976 |
| Willi Studer | Silver Medal | 1976 |
| Herman A.O. Wilms | Fellowship | 1976 |
| George L. Augspurger | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Alex Balster | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Klaus Bertram | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Victor Brociner | Citation | 1977 |
| John J. Bubbers | Citation | 1977 |
| Mahlon D. Burkhard | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Abraham B. Cohen | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Lothar W. Cremer | Honorary Member | 1977 |
| James Cunningham | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Robert O. Fehr | Bronze Medal | 1977 |
| Nico V. Franssen | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Albert Grundy | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Arthur C. Haddy | Honorary Member | 1977 |
| Toshiya Inoue | Silver Medal | 1977 |
| Stefan Kudelski | Honorary Member | 1977 |
| Richard Marcucci | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Edmond A. May | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Etsuro Nakamichi | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Donald J. Plunkett | Honorary Member | 1977 |
| Horst Redlich | Silver Medal | 1977 |
| Walter Reichardt | Honorary Member | 1977 |
| Jean W. Remouit | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Karl Schoeps | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Robert B. Schulein | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Robert B. Schulein | Publications Award | 1977 |
| Richard H. Small | Publications Award | 1977 |
| Han Tendeloo | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Herbert von Karajan | Honorary Member | 1977 |
| James V. White | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Bert Whyte | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Klaus J. Wischgoll | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Takeo Yamamoto | Fellowship | 1977 |
| Alan D. Blumlein | Citation | 1978 |
| Peter K. Burkowitz | Citation | 1978 |
| Peter K. Burkowitz | Bronze Medal | 1978 |
| John M. Eargle | Honorary Member | 1978 |
| Michael A. Gerzon | Fellowship | 1978 |
| Jerome B. Halter | Fellowship | 1978 |
| Ryosuke Ito | Fellowship | 1978 |
| Mead C. Killion | Fellowship | 1978 |
| Paul W. Klipsch | Silver Medal | 1978 |
| Hugh S. Knowles | Gold Medal | 1978 |
| DeWitt F. Morris | Citation | 1978 |
| Ethel R. Morris | Citation | 1978 |
| Matti N.T. Otala | Fellowship | 1978 |
| Douglas Preis | Publications Award | 1978 |
| Thomas G. Jr. Stockham | Fellowship | 1978 |
| Daniel R. von Recklinghausen | Gold Medal | 1978 |
| Robert L. Jr. Wallace | Fellowship | 1978 |
| Walter L. Welch | Honorary Member | 1978 |
| Leon A. Wortman | Fellowship | 1978 |
| Yoshiharu Abe | Fellowship | 1979 |
| Barry A. Blesser | Publications Award | 1979 |
| Jean Bonzon | Citation | 1979 |
| John N. Borwick | Fellowship | 1979 |
| Pierre Boulez | Honorary Member | 1979 |
| John M. Bowsher | Citation | 1979 |
| Richard H. Campbell | Fellowship | 1979 |
| Jacques-Robert Dewevre | Citation | 1979 |
| Masahiro Fujimoto | Fellowship | 1979 |
| Masuo Hayashi | Citation | 1979 |
| Alastair M. Heaslett | Fellowship | 1979 |
| Walter G. Jung | Fellowship | 1979 |
| D. Broadus Jr. Keele | Fellowship | 1979 |
| John G. McKnight | Honorary Member | 1979 |
| John F. Pfeiffer | Fellowship | 1979 |
| Bradley Plunkett | Fellowship | 1979 |
| Donald W. Powers | Honorary Member | 1979 |
| Michael Rettinger | Honorary Member | 1979 |
| Fritz P. Sippl | Citation | 1979 |
| Daniel B. Talbot | Fellowship | 1979 |
| A. Neville Thiele | Fellowship | 1979 |
| Emil L. Torick | Honorary Member | 1979 |
| Ronald H. Turnpenny | Fellowship | 1979 |
| Saul Walker | Fellowship | 1979 |
| Ioan R. Allen | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Peter J. Baxandall | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Michael Berman | Publications Award | 1980 |
| Benjamin Bernfeld | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Gregory A. Bogantz | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Richard C. Cabot | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Richard T. Cassidy | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Almon H. Clegg | Board of Governors | 1980 |
| Max Cohen | Board of Governors | 1980 |
| Raymond E. Cooke | Bronze Medal | 1980 |
| Toshi T. Doi | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Howard M. Durbin | Board of Governors | 1980 |
| Lawrence R. Fincham | Board of Governors | 1980 |
| Lawrence R. Fincham | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Lawrence R. Fincham | Publications Award | 1980 |
| Edward J. Foster | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Werner H. Freitag | Fellowship | 1980 |
| J. James Gibson | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Oskar Heil | Honorary Member | 1980 |
| Bent Hertz | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Takeshi Itow | Fellowship | 1980 |
| J. Christopher Jaffee | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Hans C. Jorgensen | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Derk Kleis | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Geoffrey M. Langdon | Board of Governors | 1980 |
| W. Marshall Jr. Leach | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Leonard M. Marcus | Honorary Member | 1980 |
| Susumu Matsuoka | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Robert A. Moog | Silver Medal | 1980 |
| James A. Moorer | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Harold Mosier | Board of Governors | 1980 |
| Gerd M. Nathan | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Erland K. Persson | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Erik A. Porterfield | Board of Governors | 1980 |
| Walter L. Rand | Honorary Member | 1980 |
| David Robinson | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Robert Rypinski | Board of Governors | 1980 |
| Robert B. Schulein | Board of Governors | 1980 |
| Fritz Sennheiser | Honorary Member | 1980 |
| Joerg Sennheiser | Board of Governors | 1980 |
| Donovan E.L. Shorter | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Kobert Reyneirson Smith | Honorary Member | 1980 |
| Jiri Struska | Honorary Member | 1980 |
| Erich R. Vogl | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Peter J. Walker | Fellowship | 1980 |
| Raymond W. Bayliff | Fellowship | 1981 |
| James W. Beauchamp | Fellowship | 1981 |
| Barry A. Blesser | Silver Medal | |