Living Recipients of the Meritorious Service Award
| Jay M Hawkinson 33° | 1982 |
| Albert H Fitch 33° | 1984 |
| James E Dellitt | 1985 |
| William B Endres 33° | 1990 |
| Gregory G Lindsay 33° | 1991 |
| Robert L Millikan 33° | 1997 |
| Samuel L Brooks | 1999 |
| Arthur J Hemm 33° | 2001 |
| David L Newton 33° | 2002 |
| Donald R Wood 33° | 2003 |
| Randy D Fitch | 2004 |
| Lauren Crawford 33° | 2005 |
| Arlo R Sloan 33° | 2006 |
| Richard D Hacker 33° | 2007 |
| Timothy J Vice 33° | 2008 |
| Lawrence L E Smith | 2009 |
| Marvin Whittaker | 2011 |
| Gregory S Washabaugh | 2013 |
| Thomas W Podrovitz | 2014 |
| David Zeigler | 2015 |
| Elmer Elliott | 2016 |
| Dean Sheese | 2017 |
| James E. Foiles | 2018 |
| Avon Eugene Posey | 2019 |
| Jamie Allen Emery | 2020 |
| Thomas Newton Nipper | 2020 |
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# – Designated to be awarded at ICOD in 2021
