The Berakah Award has been given since the beginning of the Academy and is given every year to a member of the Academy to honor her or his work.
| Year | Berakah Awardee | Site |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 |
Dr. Richard S. Vosko |
San Francisco, California |
| 2010 | Dr. Gail Ramshaw | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| 2009 | Dr. Janet Walton | Baltimore, Maryland |
| 2008 | Dr. Paul Bradshaw | Savannah, Georgia |
| 2007 | Fr. John Baldovin, SJ | Toronto, Canada |
| 2006 | Dr. Gordon Lathrop | San Diego, California |
| 2005 | Fr. Kevin Seasoltz, OSB | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 2004 | Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman | New York, New York |
| 2003 | Dr. Hoyt Hickman | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 2002 | Fr. Clarence Rivers | Reston, Virginia |
| 2001 | Mr. Robert Rambush | St. Louis, Missouri |
| 2000 | Fr. John Gallen SJ | Tampa, Florida |
| 1999 | Dr. Geoffrey Wainwright | Vancouver, Canada |
| 1998 | Dr. Nathan Mitchell | San Antonio, Texas |
| 1997 | Mr. Frank Henderson | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1996 | Dr. Hans Boehringer | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1995 | Dr. Harold Daniels | Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1994 | Fr. Edward Kilmartin SJ | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 1993 | Sr. Mary Colllins OSB | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 1992 | Dr. Donald Saliers | Washington, D.C. |
| 1991 | Fr. David Power OMI | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 1990 | Sr. Theophane Hytrek OSF | St. Louis, Missouri |
| 1989 | Dr. Balthasar Fischer | Nashville, Tennessee |
| 1988 | Fr. Michael Marx OSB AND Fr. Aelred Tegels OSB |
San Francisco, California |
| 1987 | Dr. Thomas Talley | Tarrytown, New York |
| 1986 | Fr. Gerard Sloyan | Durham, North Carolina |
| 1985 | Fr. Robert Taft SJ | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1984 | Dr. Eugene Brand | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1983 | Dr. James White | Queens, New York |
| 1982 | Fr. Robert Hovda | Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1981 | Mr. Frank Kazmarcik | Los Angeles, California |
| 1980 | Fr. Fred McManus | Washington, D.C. |
| 1979 | Dr. Horton Davies | Princeton, New Jersey |
| 1978 | Dr. Massey Shepherd | San Francisco, California |
| 1977 | Fr. Godfrey Diekmann OSB | San Antonio, Texas |
| 1976 | Fr. Aidan Kavanagh, OSB | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 1975 | Notre Dame, Indiana | |
| 1973 | Scottsdale, Arizona |