1983 - Charles P. Carlson, Chicago, IL
1984 - Roswell C. Dikeman, New York, NY (posthumously)
1985 - Daniel B. Goldberg, New York, NY (posthumously)
1986 - Catherine L. Spain, Washington, D.C.
1987 - Manly W. Mumford, Chicago, IL
- Huger Sinkler, Charleston, SC (posthumously)
1988 - James W. Perkins, Boston, MA
1990 - Robert S. Amdursky, New York, NY (posthumously)
1991 - Thomas S. Currier, New York, NY
1992 - Beryl Anthony, Jr., El Dorado, AR
1993 - Sharon Stanton White, San Francisco, CA
1994 - Robert Dean Pope, Richmond, VA
1997 - Joseph H. Johnson, Jr., Birmingham, AL
1998 - Austin V. Koenen, New York, NY (posthumously)
- Amy K. Dunbar, Washington, D.C.
1999 - Julianna Ebert, Milwaukee, WI
2000 - Robert J. Kutak, Omaha, NE (posthumously)
- Richard H. Nicholls, New York, NY
2001 - Harold B. Judell, New Orleans, LA
2003 - Jeffrey S. Green, New York, NY
- Henry S. Klaiman, New York, NY
2005 - Frederic L. Ballard, Jr., Washington, DC
2006 - Neil P. Arkuss, Boston, MA
2007 - Dean M. Weiner, Los Angeles, CA
- Robert A. Fippinger, New York, NY
2008 - Richard Chirls, New York, NY
2011 - David L. Miller, Washington, DC (posthumously)
2012 - Howard Zucker, New York, NY
2013 - Frank Shafroth, Fairfax, VA
2014 - Fredric A. Weber, Houston, TX
2015 - John M. McNally, Washington, DC
2016 - John J. Cross III, Washington, DC
2017 - Bill Daly, Washington, DC