ALA Gold Medal (Awarded annually to an individual for distinguished service to the architectural profession or to the institute. It is the institute's highest honor.)

1970 — R. Buckminster Fuller

1971 — Louis I. Kahn

1972 — Rietro Belluschi

1973 — No Award

1974 — No Award

1975 — No Award

1976 — No Award

1977 — Richard Joseph Neutra

1978 — Philip C. Johnson

1979 — I. M. Pei