Sullivant Medal Recipients

Established in the 1920s by Professor Thomas Mendenhall, the Joseph Sullivant Medal is named for a member of the university's first Board of Trustees. It recognizes notable achievements by alumni or faculty members. Past recipients of the honor are listed below.

Year Bestowed	Recipient
2021	N. Geoffrey Parker Distinguished University Professor and Andreas Dorpalen Professor of European History The Ohio State University
2013	Ellen Mosley-Thompson Distinguished University Professor, Department of Geography The Ohio State University Lonnie G. Thompson Distinguished University Professor, School of Earth Sciences The Ohio State University
2005	Liang-Shih Fan Distinguished University Professor and C. John Easton Professor of Engineering Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering The Ohio State University
2000	Charles A. Csuri Professor Emeritus of Art Education and Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University
1995	Thomas J. Dougherty, PhD 1959 Roswell Park Cancer Institute
1990	Leo A. Paquette Professor of Chemistry The Ohio State University
1985	William A. Fowler Institute Professor of Physics California Institute of Technology
1980	Robert Bremner Professor of History The Ohio State University
1976	Melvin S. Newman Regents Professor of Chemistry The Ohio State University
1970	John D. Kraus Professor of Electrical Engineering The Ohio State University
1965	Robert M. Zollinger Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery The Ohio State University
1960	James F. Lincoln Chairman of the Board Lincoln Electric Company
1955	Cecil E. Boord, PhD 1912 Professor Emeritus of Chemistry The Ohio State University
1950	Erwin F. Frey Professor of Fine and Applied Arts The Ohio State University
1945	John Paul Flory, PhD 1934 Chemist The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
1940	Arno C. Fieldner, Class of 1906 Chief of Technological Brand and Chief Engineer, Coal Division United States Bureau of Mines
1935	Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Class of 1910 Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History Harvard University
1929	Charles Franklin Kettering, Class of 1904 Director of Research General Motors Corporation
1924	Benjamin Lamme, Class of 1888 Chief Engineer Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company