The Peter Cooper Public Service Award is presented annually to a graduate of The Cooper Union who best exemplifies Peter Cooper’s life of service to the public. This award was established in 2014.
| 2023 | John Peter Cerone Eng’95 |  biography |
| 2022 | Kerri Ann Kelly CE’96 |  biography |
| 2021 | Jennifer Fenton Weishaupt ChE’95 |  biography |
| 2020 | Marina Gutierrez A’81 |  biography |
| 2019 | Lyn Pentecost A’70 |  biography |
| 2018 | Joanna Sherman A ’69 |  biography |
| 2017 | Agustin (Tim) Maldonado AR’66 |  biography |
| 2016 | Richard Wayne Gagney CE ’70 |  biography |
| 2015 | Gloria Simoneaux, A ’74 |  biography |
| 2014 | Patricia Buckley Moss, A ’55 |  biography |