- 2014 – Alice Warren, North Carolina State University
- 2013 – Pat Butler-Lofman, University of Connecticut
- 2012 – No award recipient
- 2011 – John “Jack” Azzaretto, University of West Florida; Wayne Ishikawa, Harvard University
- 2010 – Michael Shinagel, Harvard University; Donald W. Swoboda, Western Kentucky University
- 2009 – James Hromas, Oklahoma State University
- 2008 – Mary S. Grant, University of Wisconsin-Extension
- 2007 – Dorothy Durkin, New York University; William T. McCaughan, Oregon State University
- 2006 – Robert L. Dupont, University of New Orleans
- 2004 – Richard J. Novak, Rutgers University
- 2003 – Thomas F. Kowalik, Binghamton University
- 2002 – Theresa Mortimer, University of Massachusetts Boston
- 2000 – M. Edward Jones, University of Southern Indiana
- 1999 – James P. Pappas, University of Oklahoma
- 1997 – John W. Schmidt, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 1996 – John H. Buskey, West Virginia Graduate College
- 1995 – Nofflet D. Williams, University of Kentucky
- 1994 – Norma C. Gribble, Wichita State University; Abbie O. Smith, The George Washington University
- 1993 – Frank S. Fabris, University of Georgia; Richard B. Fischer, University of Delaware
- 1992 – Alex Walker Sharpe, University of Kansas
- 1991 – John L. Christopher, University of Wyoming
- 1989 – Robert J. Senecal, University of Kansas
- 1988 – Frank E. Funk, Syracuse University; Charles B. Lord, University of Georgia
- 1987 – John A. Murray, University of Delaware
- 1984 – Alfred W. Storey, University of Michigan
- 1982 – Mary Carmack, The University of Tennessee; Roman J. Verhaalen, The Johns Hopkins University
- 1980 – Harold Alford, Rochester Institute of Technology; Helen S. Farlow, University of Illinois
- 1979 – Samuel A. Madden, Virginia State College
- 1978 – Robert W. Richey, Indiana University
- 1976 – John L. Davies, University of Iowa; Duane L. Gibson, Michigan State University; Virgil N. Sapp, University of
- Missouri-St. Louis
- 1975 – Marvin A. Anderson, Iowa State University; Richard H. Stottler, University of Maryland
- 1974 – Alexander N. Charters, Syracuse University; Otto G. Hoiberg, University of Nebraska
- 1973 – Andre C. de Porry, University of Virginia
- 1972 – Alice Rowbotham, University of California
- 1971 – C. Brice Ratchford, University of Missouri; Gayle B. Childs, University of Nebraska
- 1968 – James R. D. Eddy, University of Texas
