| 1956 | James H. Cochran |
| 1957 | Leon (Lefty) H. Moore |
| 1958 | Frank. T. Arnold, Jr. |
| 1959 | John K. Reed |
| 1960 | W. J. Reid, Jr. |
| 1961 | Norman Allen |
| 1962 | James N. Smith |
| 1963 | William Carl Nettles |
| 1964 | Wendell H. Tiller |
| 1965 | Vernon M. Kirk |
| 1966 | Edward W. King |
| 1967 | Julian E. Keil |
| 1968 | Charles S. Creighton |
| 1969 | Richard C. Fox |
| 1970 | Sam G. Turnipseed |
| 1971 | Quinton L. Chapman |
| 1972 | Sid B. Hays |
| 1973 | Max M. Askey |
| 1974 | Theodore R. Adkins, Jr. |
| 1975 | Julian Mikell |
| 1976 | William Bruce Ezell, Jr. |
| 1977 | Louie H. Senn |
| 1978 | Augustine Day |
| 1979 | Gerry R. Carner |
| 1980 | Charles A. Thomas |
| 1981 | Raymond Noblet |
| 1982 | John A. DuRant |
| 1983 | Tom E. Skelton |
| 1984 | Alfred R. Hopkins |
| 1985 | Ken Peeples |
| 1986 | Clyde S. Gorsuch |
| 1987 | Jay W. Chapin |
| 1988 | William P. DuBose |
| 1989 | David R. Alverson |
| 1990 | John C. Morse |
| 1991 | John Benjamin Kissam |
| 1992 | Steve H. Roach |
| 1993 | John D. Hopkins |
| 1994 | B. Merle Shepard |
| 1995 | Randall P. Griffin |
| 1996 | Michael J. Sullivan |
| 1997 | Mitchell E. Roof |
| 1998 | Peter H. Adler |
| 1999 | Ronald E. Burnette |
| 2000 | Donald G. Manley |
| 2001 | Paula Levin Mitchell |
| 2002 | Gloris S. McCutcheon |
| 2003 | Alfred G. Wheeler | 2004 | Paul M. Horton | 2005 | William M. Hood | 2006 | D. Micheal Jackson | 2007 | Eric P. Benson | 2008 | Jeremy K. Greene |
