The Thomas Jefferson Award is awarded at William & Mary's Charter Day. The award is given each year to a member of the William & Mary family for significant service through his or her personal activities, influence, and leadership.
| 1963 | Dudley Woodbridge, Law |
| 1964 | William George Guy, Chemistry |
| 1965 | William S. Gooch, Athletics |
| 1966 | W. Melville Jones, English |
| 1967 | Davis Y. Paschall '32, President |
| 1968 | Vernon L. Nunn ‘25 Treasurer of William & Mary |
| 1969 | Harold L. Fowler, History |
| 1970 | Cecil McCulley, English |
| 1971 | Carl Roseberg, Fine Arts |
| 1972 | W. Warner Moss, Government |
| 1973 | J. Wilfred Lambert '27, Psychology |
| 1974 | Frank A. MacDonald ‘36, Philosophy |
| 1975 | Alfred Armstrong ‘32, Chemistry |
| 1976 | R. Wayne Kernodle, Sociology |
| 1977 | Jack D. Edwards, Government |
| 1978 | Stanley B. Williams, Psychology |
| 1979 | William F. Swindler, Law |
| 1980 | William B. Spong, Jr., Law |
| 1981 | W. Samuel Sadler ‘64, Student Affairs |
| 1982 | Frank T. Lendrim, Music |
| 1983 | Vinson H. Sutlive, Jr., Anthropology |
| 1984 | John S. Quinn, Business |
| 1985 | Robert E. Welsh, Physics |
| 1986 | Thaddeus W. Tate, Jr., History |
| 1987 | George R. Healy, History |
| 1988 | Judith Ewell, History |
| 1989 | John E. Selby, History |
| 1990 | Morton Eckhouse, Physics |
| 1991 | Cirila Djordjevic, Chemistry |
| 1992 | Edward P. Crapol, History |
| 1993 | Melvyn D. Schiavelli, Chemistry |
| 1994 | James C. Livingston, Religious Studies |
| 1995 | David J. Lutzer, Mathematics |
| 1996 | James M. Yankovich, Education |
| 1997 | John H. Willis, Jr., English |
| 1998 | Randolph A. Coleman, Chemistry |
| 1999 | Lawrence C. Becker, Philosophy |
| 2000 | Hans Christian von Baeyer, Physics |
| 2001 | John E. Donaldson, Law |
| 2002 | Clyde A. Haulman, Economics |
| 2003 | Gillian T. Cell, History |
| 2004 | Richard A. Williamson, Law |
| 2005 | James N. McCord, Jr., History |
| 2006 | Joel D. Schwartz, Charles Center |
| 2007 | Kathleen F. Slevin, Sociology |
| 2008 | David L. Holmes, Religious Studies |
| 2009 | Katherine M. Kulick, Modern Languages and Literatures |
| 2010 | Robert B. Archibald, Economics |
| 2011 | Jayne Barnard, Law School |
| 2012 | Ann Reed, English |
| 2013 | Teresa Longo, Modern Languages and Literatures |
| 2014 | Jacquelyn McLendon, English |
| 2015 | David Aday, Sociology and Community Studies |
| 2016 | Leisa Meyer, History |
| 2017 | Sharon Zuber, English and Writing Resource Center |
| 2018 | Joanne Braxton, English |
| 2019 | Silvia Tandeciarz, Modern Languages and Literatures |
| 2020 | Heather Macdonald, Geology |