For nomination guidelines, please follow the link to the SEDAAG Awards Page.
The following distinguished Geographers have been awarded
SEDAAG Lifetime Memberships since 1964.
| Year | Recipient | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ||
| 2007-2022 | -Not Awarded- | -Not Awarded- |
| 2006 | John Florin | Univ. of North Carolina – Chapel Hill |
| 2005 | Dave Cowen | Univ. of South Carolina |
| 2004 | Charles F. Kovacik | Univ. of South Carolina |
| 2004 | John J. Winberry | Univ. of South Carolina |
| 2004 | James O. Wheeler | Univ. of Georgia |
| 1994 | Julian V. Minghi | Univ. of South Carolina |
| 1990 | Stephen S. Birdsall | Univ. of North Carolina – Chapel Hill |
| 1987 | Sanford Bederman | Georgia State Univ. |
| 1981 | Sidney Jumper | Univ. of Tennessee |
| 1980 | James Shear | Univ. of Georgia |
| 1979 | Shannon McCune | Univ. of Florida |
| 1978 | Merle Myers | Mississippi State Univ. |
| 1978 | Burke Vanderhill | Florida State Univ. |
| 1977 | Donald Patton | Florida State Univ. |
| 1976 | David Basile | Univ. of North Carolina – Chapel Hill |
| 1976 | John Fraser Hart | Univ. of Minnesota |
| 1975 | Thomas P. Field | Univ. of Kentucky |
| 1974 | James Matthews | Memphis State Univ. |
| 1973 | Raymond Crist | Univ. of Florida |
| 1973 | Merle Sherman | Florence State Univ. |
| 1973 | Julian Yoder | Appalachian State Univ. |
| 1972 | James Anderson | Univ. of Florida |
| 1972 | James Barnes | Univ. of Georgia |
| 1971 | James W. Reid | Davidson College |
| 1971 | Paul Sisco | Memphis State Univ. |
| 1969 | Edward Baldwin | Middle Tennessee State Univ. |
| 1969 | Merle C. Prunty | Univ. of Georgia |
| 1967 | William Pierson | Univ. of Florida |
| 1966 | Julian Petty | Univ. of South Carolina |
| 1965 | Henry Becker | Florida State Univ. |
| 1965 | J. Sullivan Gibson | Univ. of North Carolina – Chapel Hill |
| 1965 | Joseph Schwendeman, Sr. | Univ. of Kentucky |
| 1964 | Rayburn Johnson | Memphis State Univ. |
| 1964 | J. Russell Whitaker | George Peabody Univ. |