The following table lists the locations of Society for German-American Studies annual symposia since 1977, as well as the winners of Outstanding Achievement Awards. The award is presented at the annual symposium to an individual who has distinguished him- or herself in the field of German-American Studies. Click here for more information on the award and nomination criteria.
| Year | Location | Outstanding Achievement Award |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Baldwin-Wallace College (Berea, OH) | - |
| 1978 | Baldwin-Wallace College (Berea, OH) | - |
| 1979 | St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN) | - |
| 1980 | Univ. of Missouri, Columbia (Columbia, MO) | Robert E. Ward, Youngstown State Univ. (Meritorious Achievement) |
| 1981 | Institute for Texan Cultures (San Antonio, TX) | Adolf E. Schroeder, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia AND LaVern J. Rippley, St. Olaf College |
| 1982 | Fort Hays State Univ. (Hays, KS) | - |
| 1983 | Univ. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) | - |
| 1984 | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI) | - |
| 1985 | Univ. of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE) | J. Anthony “Toni” Burzle,University of Kansas |
| 1986 | Univ. of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) | Adolf E. Schroeder, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia |
| 1987 | Univ. of Kansas (Lawrence, KS) | Lester W. J. “Smoky” Seifert, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 1988 | Millersville Univ. (Millersville, PA) | Don Yoder, Univ. of Pennsylvania |
| 1989 | Northeastern Illinois Univ. (Chicago, IL) | Paul Schach, Univ. of Nebraska |
| 1990 | Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. (Indianapolis, IN) | John A. Hostetler, Temple Univ. |
| 1991 | Georgetown Univ. (Washington, DC) | Günther Moltmann, Universität Hamburg |
| 1992 | Univ. of Kansas (Lawrence, KS) | Hildegard Binder-Johnson, Macalester College |
| 1993 | Univ. of Texas (Austin, TX) | Robert E. Ward, Youngstown State Univ.(Special Award) |
| 1994 | Pennsylvania State Univ. (State College, PA) | C. Richard Beam, Millersville State Univ. |
| 1994a | Special Symposium (Davenport, IA) | |
| 1996 | Univ. of Wisconsin (Madison, WI) | Willi Paul Adams, Freie Universität Berlin |
| 1997 | Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) | Helmut E. Huelsbergen, Univ. of Kansas |
| 1998 | Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. (Indianapolis, IN) | Robert E. Cazden, Univ. of Kentucky |
| 1999 | St. Olaf College (New Ulm, MN) | Bradford Miller and Gary Grassl, German Heritage Society of Greater Washington, DC |
| 2000 | Bremerhaven | Antonius Holtmann, Universität Oldenburg AND Dirk Schroeder, Bremen, Germany (Special Award) |
| 2001 | Grand Valley State Univ. (Grand Rapids, MI) | Lisa Kahn, Texas Southern Univ. AND Ilse Hoffmann, Steuben Society of America (Special Award) |
| 2002 | Scott Community College (Amana, IA) | Guy Stern, Wayne State Univ. |
| 2003 | Loyola College in Maryland (Baltimore, MD) | Steven Rowan, Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis |
| 2004 | St. Olaf College (New Ulm, MN) | The City of New Ulm, Minnesota |
| 2005 | Grand Valley State Univ. (Grand Rapids, MI) | Leo Schelbert, Univ. of Illinois-Chicago AND William and Mary Seeger, Grand Valley State Univ. (Special Award) |
| 2006 | Kutztown Univ. (Lancaster, PA) | Christoph E. Schweitzer, Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill |
| 2007 | Univ. of Kansas (Lawrence, KS) | Don Heinrich Tolzmann, University of Cincinnati |
| 2008 | Univ. of Virginia & William and Mary College (Williamsburg, VA) | Gerhard Weiss, Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities |
| 2009 | St. Olaf College (New Ulm, MN) | Frank Trommler, Univ. of Pennsylvania |
| 2010 | New Harmony, IN | Frederick C. Luebke, Univ. of Nebraska |
| 2011 | Univ. of Delaware & Winterthur Estate and Museum (Newark/Wilmington, DE) | Alexander Ritter, Universität Hamburg AND LaVern J. Rippley, St. Olaf College (Special Award) |
| 2012 | Univ. of Kansas (Lawrence, KS) | Helmut J. Schmeller, Fort Hays State Univ. |
| 2013 | The Historic New Orleans Collection (New Orleans, LA) | Dolores and Giles Hoyt, Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ.-Indianapolis |
| 2014 | Milwaukee, WI | Reinhard R. Doerries, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 2015 | St. Louis, MO | Kathleen Neils Conzen, Univ. of Chicago |
| 2016 | San Antonio, TX | William D. Keel, Univ. of Kansas |
| 2017 | Philadelphia, PA | Wolfgang Helbich, Ruhr Universität-Bochum |
| 2018 | Indiana Historical Society (Indianapolis, IN) | Jerry Glenn, Univ. of Cincinnati |
| 2019 | Madison, WI | Mark Louden, Max Kade Institute, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 2020 | Washington D.C. (Cancelled) | |
| 2021 | Virtual Symposium | Werner Sollors, Harvard University, Emeritus |