The Chancellor’s Retiree of the Year Award was created to honor and reward the achievements of MU retirees. One retired Faculty and one retired Staff member are recognized for their service each year during the Chancellor’s Annual Luncheon in May. In addition to a plaque, each award winner receives a stipend of $1,500, effective 2024.
Past Recipients (1990 – present)
| Year | Faculty | Staff |
| 1990 | Ernest M. Funk | Albert J. Flischel |
| 1991 | Veralee B. Hardin | Jerome & Marie Mason |
| 1992 | Robert S. Daniel | George Brooks |
| 1993 | Charles W. Gerke | Allen W. Purdy |
| 1994 | Adolph E. Schroeder | Anthony W. Lampe |
| 1995 | C. Melvin Bradley | Russell Dale Cook |
| 1996 | Dale Sechler | Paul Rexroad |
| 1997 | Betty Crim | W. E. (Bill) Moyes |
| 1998 | Robert Breitenbach | Betty Cook Rottmann |
| 1999 | Nelson Trickey | Martha Sue Dailey |
| 2000 | Walter Wilkening | Ray McClure |
| 2001 | Ross Swofford | Ola Mae Taggart |
| 2002 | Thomas G. Brown | Elizabeth Bailey |
| 2003 | Emma Jean McKinin | Sue Tucker Troutner |
| 2004 | John L. Mowrer | Nina Hiler |
| 2005 | Jo Behymer | Darlene Miles |
| 2006 | Verna Rhodes | Darlene Schroeder |
| 2007 | Max Miller | Gary L. Smith |
| 2008 | Rod Gelatt | Georgia Morehouse |
| 2009 | James E. Creed | Ernest Hilderbrand |
| 2010 | Robert T. Marshall | Joyce Lake |
| 2011 | John Parker | Judith A. Cunningham |
| 2012 | Robert Blake Jr. | Judy Olson |
| 2013 | Bob Stewart | Jack Miles |
| 2014 | Don Day | Phyllis Miller |
| 2015 | George Kennedy | Susan Turner |
| 2016 | Nan Erickson | Kee Groshong |
| 2017 | Richard M. Hessler | Marie C. Sloan |
| 2018 | Robert J. Churchil | Richard J. Otto |
| 2019 | Jill Raitt | Sandra L. Taylor |
| 2020 | Brian Brooks | Ron Geren |
| 2021 | Jeff Chinn | Jacqueline Hall Kelly |
| 2022 | Susan Flader | Karl Skala |
| 2023 | David Luethold | Elizabeth Miederhoff |