1987 Theodore Weihe
1986 James M. Wright
1985 James B. Hunter, III
1984 Bette Clements
1983 Hilton Peel
1982 W. Grady Malone
1981 J. Newman Carter
1980 Elizabeth Weihe
1979 Robert E. Skinner
1978 Ruth C. Cocklin
1977 Larry T. Suiters
1976 Gustave C. Zader
1975 Allen H. Harrison, Jr.
1974 Clyde W. Elliott
1973 M. Patton Echols, Jr.
1972 Dr. Theodore W Taylor
1971 James H. McMullin
1970 Ellen Bozman
1969 Malcolm D. Miller
1968 Henry O. Lampe
1967 Dr. Barnard Joy
1966 William H. Bartlett
1965 John L. Palmer
1964 James M. McHugh
1963 Harold A. Stone
1962 Jules A. Guedalia
1961 George Terborgh
1960 William G. Watt, Sr.
1959 Kenneth B. Ludwig
1958 Stanley K. Mayer
1957 William A. Backus
1956 Kingsley Higgins
1955 B. Alden Lillywhite
1954 Dr. Lucas H. Blevins