The Douglas C. MacFarland Award was established to honor an individual who has provided leadership in the field of blindness and visual impairment and who made innovative, significant or outstanding contributions to the education or rehabilitation of people who are visually impaired through either direct service, professional organizations, research, literature and/or preparation of professionals and is retired from the field. These contributions should have had an impact on a national or international level.
Past Winners
For providing leadership in the field of blindness and visual impairment and contributions to the education and rehabilitation of people who are visually impaired.
| 2022 | Mary Nelle McLennan |
| 2020 | Brian Charlson |
| 2018 | Barbary McCarthy |
| 2016 | Cliff Olstrom |
| 2012 | Vernon Metcalf |
| 2010 | Eileen Siffermann |
| 2008 | Gala S. Brooks |
| 2006 | Robert J. Winn |

