Leonard I. Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions Past Recipients
| Year | Name | Affiliation (at time of Award) |
| 2024 | Jason Schnittker | University of Pennsylvania |
| 2023 | Elaine Wethington | Cornell University |
| 2022 | Jo Phelan | University of California, Riverside |
| 2020 | Phyllis Moen | University of Minnesota |
| 2019 | Robin W. Simon | Wake Forest University |
| 2018 | Scott Schieman | University of Toranto |
| 2017 | David R. Williams | Harvard University |
| 2016 | Debra Umberson | University of Texas at Austin |
| 2015 | David Takeuchi | Boston College |
| 2014 | Jane McLeod | Indiana University, Bloomington |
| 2013 | Linda K. George | Duke University |
| 2012 | John Mirowsky | University of Texas, Austin |
| 2011 | Bernice Pescosolido | Indiana University, Bloomington |
| 2010 | Catherine E. Ross | University of Texas |
| 2009 | William Avison | University of Western Ontario |
| 2008 | James S. House | University of Michigan |
| 2007 | Ronald Kessler | Harvard University |
| 2006 | Allan Horwitz | Rutgers University |
| 2005 | Peggy Thoits | University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill |
| 2004 | Carol S. Aneshensel | UCLA |
| 2003 | Not Given | Not Given |
| 2002 | Bruce Link | Columbia University |
| 2001 | George William Brown | St. Thomas Hospital, London |
| 2000 | Blair Wheaton | University of Toronto |
| 1999 | Not Listed | Not Listed |
| 1998 | R. Jay Turner | University of Miami |
| 1997 | Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
| 1996 | Leonard I. Pearlin | University of Maryland - College Park |
| 1995 | Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
| 1994 | David Mechanic | Rutgers University |