| Year | Outstanding Member | Communicator of the Year | Contribution to Forestry from Outside the Profession | National SAF Awards | Young Forester |
| Student Leadership | |||||
| Ohio Chapter, Central States Section | |||||
| 1965 | O. A. Alderman | ||||
| 1966 | Robert R. Paton | ||||
| 1967 | Robert A. Nelson | ||||
| 1968 | J. M. “Dick” Bryd | ||||
| 1969 | William F. Cowen, Jr. | ||||
| 1970 | Samuel F. Gingrich | ||||
| 1971 | James Eberhart | ||||
| 1972 | Oliver D. Diller | ||||
| 1973 | Ture L. Johnson | ||||
| 1974 | William R. Lebold | ||||
| 1975 | David A. Schatz | ||||
| 1976 | * | ||||
| 1977 | Eliot W. Miles | ||||
| 1978 | Franklin P. Newell | ||||
| 1979 | Lawrence J. Ehlers | ||||
| 1980 | James T. Lennox, Jr. | ||||
| Ohio Society (OSAF) | |||||
| 1981 | Garry F. Marcum | ||||
| 1982 | Donald E. Richter | ||||
| 1983 | Ernest J. Gebhart | ||||
| 1984 | Albert R. Vogt | ||||
| 1985 | Irving I. Dickman | ||||
| 1986 | David M. Bergman | ||||
| 1987 | James H. Brown | ||||
| 1988 | Dan B. Kincaid | ||||
| 1989 | Ralph Elmer Hershberger | James T. Elze | |||
| 1990 | David F. Berna | Cloyce Riddle | |||
| 1991 | William L. Schultz | Dan B. Kincaid | |||
| 1992 | John E. Dorka | Stephen M. Bratkovich | |||
| 1993 | Randy E. Clum | David A. Schatz | |||
| 1994 | James P. Stafford | Randall B. Heiligmann | |||
| 1995 | Gary Kaster | Wayne Lashbrook | |||
| 1996 | Mark S. Ervin | Walter D. Smith | |||
| Eric R. Norland | |||||
| 1997 | Koral A. Clum | Harold L. Bower | |||
| 1998 | Daniel B. Houston | James R. Bishop | |||
| 1999 | Robert L. Boyles | Randy E. Clum | |||
| 2000 | John P. Vimmerstedt | Walter D. Smith | |||
| 2001 | Kathy Smith | Scott Costello | |||
| 2002 | Scott T. Costello | David K. Apsley | |||
| 2003 | Daniel A. Yaussy | Joseph A. Puperi | |||
| 2004 | David K. Aspley | Stephanie Miller | |||
| 2005 | Jeremy R. Scherf | Robert P. Long | |||
| 2006 | Eric L. Roush | Thomas D. Berger | |||
| 2007 | Roger D. Weaver | Christine D. Hodgson | |||
| 2008 | Stephanie L. Miller | Kathy L. Smith | |||
| 2009 | Lee Crocker | Kathryn (Katie) Downie | |||
| 2010 | Ronald Abraham | John Dorka | |||
| 2011 | Jaye Hayes | Greg Smith | |||
| 2012 | Philip Perry | Casey Burdick | |||
| 2013 | Abigail Kindler | Jeremy Scherf | |||
| 2014 | Stephen Rist | Joanne Rebbeck | |||
| 2015 | Richard Capell | Daniel Yaussy | Michael Reynolds, ODNR Wildlife | ||
| 2016 | Stephen McGinnis | Mark Ervin | Florian Diekmann, Head of the Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Library | ||
| 2017 | Adam Beichler | Stephanie Downs | |||
| 2018 | Katie Riederman | Koral Clum | Lori Koran, Senior General Certified Appraiser for the Cuyahoga County Auditors Office, forest mgt. ordinances support | Jim Elze, National Field Forester of the Year | |
| 2019 | Jim Downs | David Hix | Terry Crosby, State Conservationist, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service | ||
| 2020 | Kathryn Downie | John Kehn | |||