- 1947 – Kurt H. Thoma*
- 1948 – Lester R. Cahn*
- 1949 – Paul E. Boyle*
- 1950 – Donald A. Kerr*
- 1951 – James Roy Blayney*
- 1952 – Henry M. Goldman*
- 1953 – Hamilton B.G. Robinson*
- 1954 – Myron S. Aisenberg*
- 1955 – Joseph P. Weinman*
- 1956 – William G. Shafer*
- 1957 – Richard W. Tiecke*
- 1958 – Charles A. Waldron*
- 1959 – Joseph L. Bernier*
- 1960 – Robert A. Colby*
- 1961 – David F. Mitchell*
- 1962 – Norman H. Rickles*
- 1963 – George W. Greene, Jr.*
- 1964 – Louis S. Hansen*
- 1965 – Henry H. Scofield*
- 1966 – Robert J. Gorlin*
- 1967 – Harold R. Stanley, Jr.*
- 1968 – Francis V. Howell*
- 1969 – Barnet M. Levy *
- 1970 – William G. Sprague*
- 1971 – Victor Halperin*
- 1972 – S. Miles Standish*
- 1973 – Richard P. Elzay
- 1974 – Carl J. Witkop*
- 1975 – Robert C. Boyers*
- 1976 – George E. Garrington*
- 1977 – Nathaniel H. Rowe
- 1978 – George G. Blozis*
- 1979 – Alan J. Drinnan*
- 1980 – Charles L. Dunlap*
- 1981 – Richard M. Courtney*
- 1982 – Leon Eisenbud*
- 1983 – Albert M. Abrams
- 1984 – Robert A. Vickers *
- 1985 – David G. Gardner
- 1986 – Harold M. Fullmer*
- 1987 – Arthur S. Miller
- 1988 – Edmund F. Cataldo
- 1989 – James C. Adrian*
- 1990 – Norman K. Wood*
- 1991 – James J. Sciubba
- 1992 – Dwight R. Weathers
- 1993 – Dean K. White
- 1994 – Bruce F. Barker
- 1995 – Charles E. Tomich
- 1996 – Russell L. Corio*
- 1997 – Raymond J. Melrose*
- 1998 – Gary L. Ellis
- 1999 – John M. Wright
- 2000 – Ronald A. Baughman
- 2001 – Paul L. Auclair
- 2002 – Douglas D. Damm
- 2003 – Carl M. Allen
- 2004 – Lewis Roy Eversole*
- 2005 – Brad W. Neville
- 2006 – Michael D. Rohrer
- 2007 – John E. Fantasia
- 2008 – Valerie A. Murrah
- 2009 – Susan L. Zunt
- 2010 – Harvey P. Kessler
- 2011 – Michael A. Kahn
- 2012 – Paul D. Freedman
- 2013 – John R. Kalmar
- 2014 – John W. Hellstein
- 2015 – Craig B. Fowler
- 2016 – Susan Muller
- 2017 – Steven Vincent
- 2018 – Robert Foss
- 2019 – Mark W. Lingen
- 2020 – Ellen Eisenberg
- 2021 – Donald M. Cohen
*deceased