The Distinguished Service Award is the highest honor accorded by the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor. Awardees need not be Rotarians, but each is chosen based on their demonstration of Rotary ideals. Several persons are selected each year. For Rotarians, the honor is accompanied by a Paul Harris Fellowship.

Rotary Club of Ann Arbor members are encouraged to provide suggestions of possible awardees to the chair of the DSA committee, Greg Stejskal, or another member of the committee: Rob Shiff, John White, Susan Froelich. It would be helpful if a succinct statement of why the individual suggested should be selected is also submitted.