Year | Winner | 1942 | William Vere Cruess | 1943 | Samuel C. Prescott | 1944 | Charles Albert Browne, Jr. | 1945 | A.W. Bitting | 1946 | C.H. Bailey | 1947 | C. Olin Ball | 1948 | C.A. Elvenhjem | 1949 | Roy C. Newton | 1950 | Thomas M. Rector | 1951 | A.E. Stevenson | 1952 | Edward M. Chace | 1953 | Victor M. Conquest | 1954 | Charles N. Frey | 1955 | Charles Glen King | 1956 | Bernard E. Proctor | 1957 | Emil M. Mrak | 1958 | William F. Geddes | 1959 | Berton S. Clark | 1960 | Ernest H. Wiegand | 1961 | Helmut C. Diehl | 1962 | Arnold Kent Balls | 1963 | Karl F. Meyer | 1964 | Gail M. Dack | 1965 | Harold W. Schultz | 1966 | Maynard A. Joslyn | 1967 | Michael J. Copley | 1968 | Donald K. Tressler | 1969 | Edwin M. Foster | | Year | Winner | 1970 | Samuel A. Goldblith | 1971 | Reid T. Milner | 1972 | John C. Ayres | 1973 | Hans Linweaver | 1974 | George F. Stewart | 1975 | Ernest J. Briskey | 1976 | Amihud Kramer | 1977 | Richard L. Hall | 1978 | Jasper G. Woodroof | 1979 | Frederick J. Francis | 1980 | Evan C. Binkerd | 1981 | Bernard S. Schweigert | 1982 | Clinton O. Chichester | 1983 | Stephen S. Chang | 1984 | John J. Powers | 1985 | Alina S. Szczesniak | 1986 | Marcus Karel | 1987 | Elmer H. Marth | 1988 | Owen R. Fennema | 1989 | Fergus M. Clydesdale | 1990 | Myron Solberg | 1991 | Raymond J. Moshy | 1992 | Irving J. Pflug | 1993 | Wilbur A. Gould | 1994 | Roy L. Whistler | 1995 | Philip E. Nelson | 1996 | Michael P. Doyle | 1997 | H.C. Rudolph Heiss | | |