The Jno G. Lewis Medal of Excellence is awarded for exceptional and sustained service on behalf of the Society. This is the highest award given by the Society.

Recipients of the Medal of Excellence are:

1980 Joseph A. Walkes, Jr.

1981 Dr. James A. Mingo

1983 Dr. I. H. Clayborn

1983 Booker T. Alexander

1984 Walter T. Bradley

1985 Dr. Russell S. Gideon

1986 Herbert Dailey

1987 Solomon Wallace

1987 Paul V. Best

1988 William Clemons

1989 Earl L. Bradford

1990 Rev. Howard L. Woods

1991 William D. Green

1992 James V. Todd

1993 William C. Parker, Jr

1993 Raymond T. Coleman

1994 James A. Allen, Sr.

1994 Clyde Payne

1995 Sid Breckenridge, Sr.

1995 Thomas R. Vickers

1996 Oscar Roberts

1997 Brian Abrams

1997 Charles Taylor

1998 William Chapman

1998 Tommy Rigmaiden

1999 James ‘Rocky’ Dallas

2000 William H. Gross

2000 Robert Campbell

2000 Edward B. Darnell

2000 Lamont Dixon

2001 RALPH Mcneal

2002 Cleveland O. Singleton

2002 James ‘Black’ Hall

2003 Nicholas B. Locker

2005 Dr. Ralph Slaughter

2006 John B. Williams

2007 Howard Harvey

2008 Ulysses Cooper

2009 Ras T. Cannady

2009 David Archibald

2010 Jessie Watkins

2011 Harold Bendaw

2012 Damajo C. Smith

2013 Cleveland K. Wilson

2014 Larry D. Moore

2014 Wilbert M. Curtis

2014 D. Obadiah Nelson

2015 Alton G. Roundtree

2015 Lawrence Haley

2019 Edward C. Mitchell

2019 Toby Bryant

2020 Alex Smith

2020 Guillermo Thorne

2021 Dr. Marlon S. Honeywell