Past MSA Honorary Awardees
| 2023 | Peter Johnston | New Zealand |
| 2022 | No award given | |
| 2021 | No award given | |
| 2020 | No award given | |
| 2019 | Zhu-Liang Yang | China |
| 2018 | No award given | |
| 2017 | Brenda Wingfield | South Africa |
| 2016 | Barbara Howlett | Australia |
| 2015 | Paul Kirk | United Kingdom |
| 2014 | Lynne Boddy | United Kingdom |
| 2013 | Jens Christian Frisvad Wen-Ying Zhuang |
Denmark P.R. China |
| 2012 | Pedro Crous Reinhard Agerer |
Netherlands Germany |
| 2011 | Susumu Takamastu | Japan |
| 2010 | José Carmine Dianese | Brazil |
| 2009 | Gordon Beakes | United Kingdom |
| 2008 | Angela Resrepo (deceased) Gioconda San-Blas |
Colombia Venezuela |
| 2007 | Jan Stenlid | Sweden |
| 2006 | Michael Wingfield | South Africa |
| 2005 | Franz Oberwinkler (deceased) | Germany |
| 2004 | Rob Samson | Netherlands |
| 2003 | Jeremy Burdon Egon Horak Tsuguo Hongo (deceased) |
Australia Switzerland Japan |
| 2002 | Ove E. Eriksson | Sweden |
| 2001 | Birgitt Nordbring-Hertz (deceased) John Pitt (deceased) |
Sweden Australia |
| 2000 | David J. Read | United Kingdom |
| 1999 | No award given | |
| 1998 | Ludmila Maranová Roy Watling |
Czech Republic United Kingdom |
| 1997 | Walter Gams | Netherlands |
| 1996 | Junta Sugiyama Anthony PJ Trinci |
Japan United Kingdom |
| 1995 | Karl Esser (deceased) | Germany |
| 1994 | David Hawksworth Brian C. Sutton Joseph Wessels (deceased) |
United Kingdom United Kingdom Netherlands |
| 1993 | Josef Poelt (deceased) Jorge E. Wright (deceased) Erast Parmasto (deceased) Lennart Holm (deceased) |
Austria Argentina Estonia Sweden |
| 1992 | EJH Corner (deceased) Vera Holubová-Jechova (deceased) |
United Kingdom Czech Republic |
| 1991 | No award given | |
| 1990 | No award given | |
| 1989 | Nils Fries (deceased) | Sweden |
| 1988 | Leif Ryvarden | Norway |
| 1987 | Meinhard Moser (deceased) Gáston Guzmán (deceased) Colin Booth (deceased) |
Austria Mexico United Kingdom |
| 1986 | No award given | |
| 1985 | John Webster (deceased) | United Kingdom |
| 1984 | No award given | |
| 1983 | Emil Muller (deceased) C.V. Subramanian (deceased) |
Switzerland India |
| 1974-1982 | No award given | |
| 1973 | M.B. Ellis (deceased) Roger Heim (deceased) Keisuke Tubaki (deceased) |
United Kingdom France Japan |
| 1967-1972 | No award given | |
| 1966 | Lillian E. Hawker (deceased) J.A. Nannfeldt (deceased) |
United Kingdom Sweden |
| 1965 | G.C. Ainsworth (deceased) J.A. von Arx (deceased) Grace M. Waterhouse (deceased) C.T. Ingold (deceased) |
United Kingdom Netherlands United Kingdom United Kingdom |
| 1956-1964 | No award given | |
| 1955 | Franz Petrak | Austria |
| 1952-1954 | No award given | |
| 1951 | Ernst A. Gaumann | Switzerland |
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