The Daniel C. Jackling Award, established in 1953, and funded by AIME, is presented for significant contributions to technical progress in mining, geology, and geophysics. The award shall consist of a plaque appropriately engraved with the name of the award, the name of the recipient, and the citation of the particular achievement for which the award is being conferred.
- 2024 – Mark P. Board
- 2023 – Adam White
- 2022 – Keith G. Wallace Jr.
- 2021 – Mark Baker
- 2020 – Tony Jensen
- 2019 – Mary M. Poulton
- 2018 – Samuel Frimpong
- 2017 – Robert W. Schafer
- 2016 – William H. Wilkinson
- 2015 – Murray W. Hitzman
- 2014 – Gary J. Goldberg
- 2013 – Edward Dowling
- 2012 – Timothy Snider
- 2011 – Richard L. Bullock
- 2010 – Gregory A. Lang
- 2009 – Mark N. Savit
- 2008 – Harry M. Conger, IV
- 2007 – A. Fred Banfield
- 2006 – David D. Lauriski
- 2005 – Pierre Lassonde
- 2004 – Charles E. Fipke
- 2003 – Douglas C. Yearley
- 2002 – William A. Hustrulid
- 2001 – John M. Guilbert
- 2000 – Hugo T. Dummett
- 1999 – Patrick M. James
- 1998 – Donald W. Gentry
- 1997 – Spencer R. Titley
- 1996 – John S. Livermore
- 1995 – J. Burgess Winter
- 1994 – Jean-Michel Rendu
- 1993 – Milton H. Ward
- 1992 – H. Douglas Dahl
- 1991 – James J. Scott
- 1990 – Howard L. Hartman
- 1989 – C. Allen Born
- 1988 – Leonard R. Judd
- 1987 – Danie G. Krige
- 1986 – Carroll O. Brawner
- 1985 – Anthony R. Barringer
- 1984 – Richard J. Robbins
- 1983 – Richard D. Mollison
- 1982 – William H. Callahan
- 1981 – Ray W. Ballmer
- 1980 – Herbert E. Hawkes
- 1979 – Paul A. Bailly
- 1978 – Alfred Weiss
- 1977 – Forbes K. Wilson
- 1976 – Robert L. Akre
- 1975 – Thomas E. Howard
- 1974 – Stewart R. Wallace
- 1973 – Lyman H. Hart
- 1972 – John B. Knaebel
- 1971 – John K. Gustafson
- 1970 – J. David Lowell
- 1969 – C. D. Michaelson
- 1968 – Francis Cameron
- 1967 – James Boyd
- 1966 – Paul T. Allsman
- 1965 – Thomas S. Lovering
- 1964 – Arthur A. Brant
- 1963 – Allan B. Bowman
- 1962 – Gloyd M. Wiles
- 1961 – Vincent D. Perry
- 1960 – Louis B. Slichter
- 1959 – Ralph S. Archibald
- 1958 – Abbott H. Shoemaker
- 1957 – Joseph L. Gillson
- 1956 – James B. Macelwaine
- 1955 – Edward D. Gardner
- 1954 – Reno H. Sales
For more information, please contact SME at awards@smenet.org.