Purpose: Established in 1982 and traditionally considered a life-time achievement award. (This replaced the ISHAM Award and was given retrospectively to all awardees of the ISHAM Award).
Selection: An independent committee nominated by Council
Number awarded: 2 at each Congress
Prize: Lucille Georg medal and CHF 1,000
| Recipients | Year of Award |
| Arturo Casadeval Tania Sorrell |
2022 |
| Luigina Romani John Perfect |
2015 |
| Jean-Paul Latge Ben E de Pauw |
2012 |
| Thomas J Walsh David R Soll |
2009 |
| Frank C Odds David A Stevens |
2006 |
| Michael R McGinnis John W Taylor |
2003 |
| Libero Ajello John E Bennett |
2000 |
| Geoffrey C Ainsworth Shigeo Suzuki |
1997 |
| HS Randawa Friedrich Staib |
1994 |
| Hillel Levine Morris A Gordon |
1991 |
| W Kaplan Carlos Da Silva Lacaz |
1988 |
| Edouard Drouhet Leo Kaufman |
1985 |
| K June Kwong-Chung Phyllis M Stockdale |
1982 |