| Year | Winner* |
|---|---|
| 2023 | No Award Given |
| 2022 | Joe Louis |
| 2021 | Surendra Dara |
| 2020 | Melissa Siebert |
| 2019 | James Walgenbach |
| 2018 | William Hutchinson |
| 2017 | Alvin Simmons |
| 2016 | David Riley |
| 2015 | No Award Presented |
| 2014 | James Campbell |
| 2013 | Richard Stouthamer |
| 2012 | Franklin H. Arthur |
| 2011 | Steven E. Naranjo |
| 2010 | C. Michael Smith |
| 2009 | Bradley Mullens |
| 2008 | Douglas A. Landis |
| 2007 | Mark Hoddle |
| 2006 | Nilsa Bosque-Pérez |
| 2005 | Anthony Shelton |
| 2004 | Randy R. Gaugler |
| 2003 | John T. Trumble |
| 2002 | Frank Zalom |
| 2001 | Jocelyn Millar |
| 2000 | Harry K. Kaya |
| 1999 | Keith S. Pike |
| 1998 | Franklin R. Hall |
| 1997 | George G. Kennedy |
| 1996 | James A. Webster |
| 1995 | Robert Granados |
| 1994 | Jeffrey E. Slosser |
| 1993 | Joseph G. Morse |
| 1992 | Marshall W. Johnson |
| 1991 | Fred W. Knapp |
| 1990 | Sidney E. Kunz |
| 1989 | Don R. Rummel |
| 1988 | Loke T. Kok |
| 1987 | Michael P. Parrella |
| 1986 | T. Roy Fukuto |
| 1985 | George L. Teetes |
| 1984 | David A. Dame |
| 1983 | A. J. Howitt |
| 1982 | Sidney L. Poe |
| 1981 | Thomas L. Payne |
| 1980 | Ring T. Carde |
