1956 - 1966
- 1956 – Jay B. Nash
- 1957 – Charles H. McCloy
- 1958 – Mabel Lee
- 1959 – Vaughn Blanchard
- 1960 – Elmer Dayton Mitchell
- 1961 – Gertrude E. Loulton
- 1962 – Dorothy Ainsworth
- 1963 – Athur H. Steinhaus
- 1964 – Seward C. Staley
- 1965 – David K. Brace
- 1966 – Rosalind Cassidy
1967 - 1977
- 1967 – Helen Manley
- 1968 – Elwood Craig Davis
- 1969 – Anna Espenschade
- 1970 – Ruth B. Glassow
- 1971 – Delbert Obertueffer
- 1972 – Franklin Henry
- 1973 – H. Harrison Clarke
- 1974 – Eleanor Metheny
- 1975 – Laura Huelstar
- 1976 – Thomas K. Cureton
- 1977 – Karl Bookwalter
1978 - 1988
- 1978 – M. Gladys Scott
- 1979 – Marion R. Broer
- 1980 – Leona Holbrook
- 1981 – Ben W. Miller
- 1982 – Ruth L. Murray & G. Lawrence Rarick
- 1983 – Leonard A. Larson
- 1984 – Catherine L. Allen
- 1985 – Reuben B. Frost
- 1986 – Ruth Abernathy
- 1987 – Edward J. Shea
- 1988 – Louis E. Alley
1989 - 1999
- 1989 – Earle Ziegler
- 1990 – Henry Montoye
- 1991 – Wayne D. Van Huss
- 1992 – Aileene Lockhart
- 1993 – Ann Jewett
- 1994 – John Cooper
- 1995 – Harold Barrow
- 1996 – Roberta J. Park
- 1997 – G. Alan Stull
- 1998 – Vern D. Seefeldt
- 1999 – Margaret J. Safrit
2000 - 2010
- 2000 – David H. Clarke
- 2001 – (not awarded due to 9/11)
- 2002 – Lawrence Locke
- 2003 – Robert Christina
- 2004 – Robert Singer
- 2005 – Gary Krahenbuhl
- 2006 – William P. Morgan
- 2007 – Robert M. Malina
- 2008 – Daryl Siedentop
- 2009 – Daniel Landers
- 2010 – Jack Wilmore
2011 - 2021
- 2011 – Waneen Spirduso
- 2012 – Charles “Tip” Tipton
- 2013 – Charles Corbin
- 2014 – Glyn Roberts
- 2015 – Shirl J. Hoffman
- 2016 – James R. Morrow, Jr.
- 2017 – Roberta E. Rikli
- 2018 – Jerry R. Thomas
- 2019 – Thomas L. McKenzie
- 2020 – Beverly Ulrich
- 2021 – R. Scott Kretchmar
2022 - 2032
- 2022 – Jane E. Clark
- 2023 – Karl M. Newell