1970 Recipients
| Name | Biographical Information | Degree Awarded | Inst. |
| Elmer E. Rasmuson | BOR Member - President 1950-69; Mayor of Anch. | LL.D. | UA |
| Margaret Bell Wiks | Alaskan Author | D. Litt. | UA |
| Dr. G Dallas Hanna | Dept. of Geology, CA. Acad. of Sciences; worked on 1967 earthquake research | D. Science | UA |
| Archie Demmert | Tlingit teacher | D. Humanities | UA |
| Detlev Wulf Bronk | Pres. of the Nat.Academic of Sci.; instrumental in formation of GI | D. Science | UA |
1971 Recipients
| Name | Biographical Information | Degree Awarded | Inst. |
| William Jovanovich | Publisher; founded Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich Inc. | D. Laws | UA |
| Laurence M. Gould | Dept of Geosciences, U of Arizona | D. Science | UA |
| M.C. "Rusty" Heurlin | Alaskan Artist | D. Fine Arts | UA |
| Alfred C. Redfield | Physiology professor from Harvard University | D. Science | UA |
1972 Recipients
| Name | Biographical Information | Degree Awarded | Inst |
| Rear Admiral Paul A. Smith | Advisory Board to Geophysical Institute 1961-78 | D. Science | UA |
| Hon. William A. Egan | Governor, State of Alaska | LL.D. | UA |
| Dr. Arthur J. Schaible | BOR member 1961-69; Fairbanks physician | D. Science | UA |
| Miss Sally Monserud | Anchorage Community College faculty member | D. Humanities | UA |
| Dr. Kenneth M. Rae | UA vice President for Research 1963-76 | LL.D | UA |
1973 Recipients
| Name | Biographical Information | Degree Awarded | Inst. |
| Warrent G. Magnuson | US Senator from Washington | D. Laws | UA |
| James A. Michener | Renowed US Author | D. Laws | UA |
| Paul Maurer | Alaska "DEWLine" Chaplain; retired U.S. Army colonel | D. Humane Letters | UA |
| Frank Peratrovich | Tlingit Legislator | D. Public Service | UA |
| Fred Machetanz | Alaskan Artist | D. Fine Arts | UA |
| August G. Hiebert | Alaskan Journalist/Broadcaster | D. Public Service | UA |
| Helen D. Bentley | Chair, Federal Maritime Commission | D. Laws | UA |
| Clark Kerr | President, Carnegie Commission on Higher Education | D. Laws | UA |
| P.F. Scholander |
Physiologist, Scripp's Inst. of Oceanography (special convocation in August 1973) | D. Science | UA |
1974 Recipients
| Name | Biographical Information | Degree Awarded | Inst. |
| Robert Sarnoff | President, RCA | LL.D. | UA |
| William R. Hearst Jr. | Publisher | LL.D. | UA |
| Howard Rock | Founder, Tundra Times newspaper | LH.D. | UA |
| Henry S. Commager | Writer | LH.D. | UA |
| Ralph J. Rivers | Alaska's first elected rep. to Congress; worked closely with President Moore. | LL.D. | UA |
1975 Recipients
| Name | Biographical Information | Degree Awarded | Inst. |
| Frank A. Degnan | Co-founder of Alaska Federation of Natives | D. Public Service | UAF |
| Walter Orr Roberts | Atmospheric research scientist | D. Science | UAF |
| Theodore F. Stevens | U.S. Senator from Alaska | D. Laws | UAF |
| Dixy Lee Ray | Chair, Atomic Energy Comm.; Gov., State of Wash. | D. Science | UAA |
| George A. Parks | Territorial Governor of Alaska | D. Public Service | UAA |
| Robert Henning | Publisher of Alaska Magazine | D. Journalism | UAA |
1976 Recipients
| Name | Biographical Information | Degree Awarded | Inst. |
| Leslie A. Marchand | Prof. of English and French, 1923-27 and 1934-35 | D. Humane Letters | UAF |
| Margaret E. Murie | 1st Woman Grad.; Writer; environmentalist | D. Humane Letters | UAF |
| Patrick H. O'Neill | Alaskan Miner | D. Science | UAF |
| Edith R. Bullock | BOR Member 1967-75; Territorial Legislator | D. Public Service | UAA |
| Waino Hendrickson | Secretary of Alaska; Acting Governor of Alaska in 1958 | D. Public Service | UAA |
| Walter J. Hickel | 2-time Governor of Alaska; businessman | D. Laws | UAA |
1977 Recipients
| Name | Biographical Information | Degree Awarded | Inst. |
| Philip Handler | National Science Foundation | D. Science | UAF |
| Robert E. McFarland | Board of Regents' Member 1963-75 | D. Public Service | UAF |
| Mike Gravel | US Congressman from Alaska | D. Laws | UAF |
| John W. Toland | Author and Historian | D. Hum. Letters | UAA |
| Francis J. Phillips | Distinguished Alaskan physician and humanitarian | D. Science | UAA |
| M.R. "Muktuk" Marston | AK Constitutional Convention delegate; military leader | D. Public Service | UAA |
1978 Recipients
| Name | Biographical Information | Degree Awarded | Inst. |
| Nora Guinn | Magistrate and District Judge (1st Native appointed) | D. Laws | UAA |
| Ethel Ross Oliver | Alaska schoolteacher for 26 years | D. Public Service | UAF |
| Allan W. Ostar | President, American Association of State Colleges and Universities | D. Laws | UAF |
1979 Recipients
| Name | Biographical Information | Degree Awarded | Inst |
| Eugene Short | Dean, Anchorage Community College | D. Education | UAA |
| Alfred Widmark | Tlingit leader; Alaska legislator 1961-62 | D.Humanities | UAS |
| Jo Anne Wold | Writer, journalist | D. Hum.Letters | UAF |
| Joseph O. Fletcher | Deputy Director, Nat. Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin's Environmental Research Labs | D. Science | UAF |
| Robert B. Atwood | Publisher, Anchorage Times | D. Journalism | UAA |
| Andrew Isaac | Traditional Chief of Athabaskan people | D. Humanities | UAF |
