The Jimmy A. Young Medal recognizes individuals who have made lasting and sustained contributions to the profession of respiratory care and the AARC. It is the highest honor bestowed by the AARC and in named in honor of AARC President Jimmy A. Young, who died in 1975 after serving the organization for many years.
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Rich Kallet, MS, RRT, FAARC |
| 2022 | Douglas S. Gardenhire, EdD, RRT, RRT-NPS, FAARC |
| 2021 | Jerry Krishnan, MD, PhD |
| 2020 | Teresa A. Volsko, MBA MHHS RRT CMT-E FAARC |
| 2019 | Timothy R. Myers, MBA RRT RRT-NPS FAARC |
| 2018 | Trudy J. Watson, MA RRT FAARC |
| 2017 | Robert Chatburn, MHHS RRT-NPS FAARC |
| 2016 | John D. Hiser, MEd RRT FAARC |
| 2015 | Bill Galvin, MSEd RRT CPFT AE-C FAARC |
| 2014 | Charles G. Durbin Jr, MD FAARC |
| 2013 | Kerry George, RRT MEd FAARC |
| 2012 | Bruce K. Rubin, MD MEngr MBA FAARC |
| 2011 | Richard Branson, MSc RRT FAARC |
| 2010 | Margaret F. Traband, MEd RRT FAARC |
| 2009 | Forrest M. Bird, MD PhD ScD FAARC |
| 2008 | Robert M. Kacmarek, PhD RRT FAARC |
| 2007 | Neil R. MacIntyre, MD FAARC |
| 2006 | Dean R. Hess, PhD RRT FAARC |
| 2005 | David J. Pierson, MD FAARC |
| 2004 | Louis M. Sinopoli, EdD RRT FAARC AE-C |
| 2003 | Thomas L. Petty, MD FAARC |
| 2002 | Saverio P. Giordano, MBA RRT FAARC |
| 2001 | Richard Sheldon, MD |
| 2000 | Patrick J. Dunne, MEd RRT FAARC |
| 1999 | John R. Walton, MBA RRT FACHE |
| 1998 | John J. Marini, MD |
| 1997 | Thomas A. Barnes, EdD RRT FAARC |
| 1996 | Jerome M. Sullivan, RRT |
| 1995 | Phillip Kittredge, RRT |
| 1994 | Robert R. Weilacher, RRT |
| 1993 | H.F. Helmholz, MD |
| 1992 | Ray Masferrer, RRT |
| 1991 | David H. Eubanks, EdD RRT |
| 1990 | Vincent D. Kracum, RRT |
| 1989 | Houston R. Anderson, RRT |
| 1988 | Louise H. Julius, RRT |
| 1988 | John R. Julius, RRT |
| 1987 | Gilbert Davis, RRT |
| 1986 | Brother Roland Maher |
| 1985 | George A. Kneeland, PhD |
| 1984 | Thomas J. DeKornfeld, MD |
| 1983 | Gareth B. Gish, RRT |
| 1982 | James A. Liverett, RRT |
| 1981 | Barry A. Shapiro, MD |
| 1980 | Glen N. Gee, RRT |
| 1979 | William F. Miller, MD |
| 1978 | James Whitacre, RRT |