At the 1975 Grand Council in Atlanta, the Phi Delta Chi Brotherhood Award was established. It was funded by Brother Paul Desmet of Alpha Eta Chapter in memory of his father, John B. Desmet, and his grandmother, Irma B. Desmet, and though his own strong feelings for the Brotherhood of Phi Delta Chi Fraternity. The Fratenity honored past Grand President Ralph L. Saroyan by renaming the Brotherhood Award after him at the 62nd Grand Council in 1992.
Award Recipients
| Year Earned | Chapter |
| 2022-23 | Beta Nu |
| 2021-22 | Alpha, Tau (tie) |
| 2020-21 | Beta Nu |
| 2019-20 | Tau |
| 2018-19 | Beta Kappa |
| 2017-18 | Alpha Psi |
| 2016-17 | Omega |
| 2015-16 | Alpha Gamma |
| 2014-15 | Alpha Gamma |
| 2013-14 | Delta |
| 2012-13 | Alpha Iota |
| 2011-12 | Alpha Tau |
| 2010-11 | Gamma Delta |
| 2009-10 | Delta |
| 2008-09 | Beta Delta |
| 2007-08 | Alpha Rho |
| 2006-07 | Alpha Xi |
| 2005-06 | Alpha Theta |
| 2004-05 | Phi |
| 2003-04 | Beta Iota |
| 2002-03 | Omega |
Achievement Award Program shifts from calendar-year cycle (Jan-Dec) to academic cycle (fall-spring)
| Year Earned | Chapter |
| 2001 | Alpha Nu |
| 2000 | Not recorded |
| 1999 | Alpha Rho |
| 1998 | Lambda |
| 1997 | Beta Lambda |
| 1996 | Psi, Beta Zeta |
| 1995 | Omicron |
| 1994 | Beta Delta |
| 1993 | Psi |
| 1992 | Alpha Gamma |
| 1991 | Alpha Sigma |
| 1990 | Alpha Eta |
| 1989 | Omega |
| 1988 | Lambda |
| 1987 | Delta, Alpha Beta |
| 1986 | Chi, Beta Beta |
| 1985 | Beta Gamma |
| 1984 | Zeta |
| 1983 | Omicron |
| 1982 | Mu |
| 1981 | Alpha Beta |
| 1980 | Chi |
| 1979 | Alpha Rho |
| 1978 | Theta |
| 1977 | Beta Alpha |
| 1976 | Alpha Phi |