The American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions is an award made by the APA to recognise those who have made a notable professional contribution through applied research.
Past recipients include:
- 1979 Sol L. Garfield
- 1980 Leonard D. Eron
- 1981 Carl Eisdorfer
- 1982 Roy Schafer
- 1983 Neal E. Miller
- 1984 Norman Frederiksen
- 1985 Albert Ellis
- 1986 Edward Zigler
- 1987 Mary D. S. Ainsworth and Hans H. Strupp
- 1988 Herman Feifel
- 1989 Allen E. Bergin
- 1990 Manfred J. Meier
- 1991 W. Grant Dahlstrom and Joseph D. Matarazzo
- 1992 Leopold Bellak and Harry Levinson
- 1993 Paul E. Meehl
- 1994 John L. Holland
- 1995 Kenneth I. Howard and Lester B. Luborsky
- 1996 Paul Satz
- 1997 John E. Exner and Samuel M. Turner
- 1998 Peter E. Nathan
- 1999 Awarded jointly with 1998
- 2000 Simon H. Budman
- 2001 Marvin R. Goldfried
- 2002 John D. Krumboltz
- 2003 Theodore Millon and Stanley Sue
- 2004 Robert J. Gatchel
- 2005 Gail S. Goodman
- 2006 Stephen M. Weiss
- 2007 Bruce E. Wampold
- 2008 Richard Rogers
- 2009 Luciano L’Abate
- 2010 Catherine E. Lord
- 2011 Ronald R. Levant
- 2012 Leslie S. Greenberg
- 2013 [[]]
- 2014 [[]]
- 2015 [[]]
[Category:Honours in psychology]]