The Joseph P. Allen Award was established to honor a professional dedicated to the principles of equal opportunity and equal access to college. With experience at UC Santa Cruz and the University of Southern California, Joe served as one of the Deans of the College Board’s Summer Institute for many years, meeting and training young professionals in all areas of recruitment, admission, and the tenets of our field. From the very beginning he did much to champion the underrepresented student and while he had a great mind for looking at the larger picture, he never forgot that each number and statistic was tied to a human being. The Joseph P. Allen award is presented to an individual who has encouraged and supported traditionally underrepresented students in the transition from high school to college.
- 2024 Dr. Margarita Landeros
- 2023 Dr. Tacey Rodgers
- 2022 Jessica Ross
- 2021 Gary Bednorz
- 2020 Margaret Isied
- 2019 Yamilet Medina-Lopez
- 2018 Catalina Cifuentes
- 2017 Jasmin Escobar Taylor
- 2016 David Linnevers
- 2015 Barbara Simmons
- 2014 Anna Takahashi
- 2013 Maureen Roadman
- 2012 Frieda Lee
- 2011 Joanne Higgins Leslie
- 2010 Angel Perez
- 2009 Alice Kleeman
- 2008 Frank Key
- 2007 Robynne Royster
- 2006 Susan Bonoff
- 2005 Deren Finks
- 2004 Bill Henley
- 2003 Ludim Seja De Manzano
- 2002 Alfred Herrera
- 2001 Charles Moore
- 2000 Arni Kaminsky
- 1999 Georgia Webb
- 1998 Esther Hugo
- 1997 Katy Murphy
- 1996 Rae Lee Siporin
- 1995 Michael Padilla
- 1994 Charles Mason
- 1993 Marci Whaley
- 1992 Gordon Chalmers
- 1991 Richard Roth
- 1990 Francie Tidey
- 1989 Eric Gravenberg
- 1988 Joan Lynch
- 1987 Roy Lucero
- 1986 Judy Mays
- 1985 Jim Montoya