
| Year | Awardee |
| 2025 | Diego Garfias Gallegos Justin Tabin |
| 2024 | Carlos Pardo de La Hoz Ishwora Dhungana |
| 2023 | Maria-Jose Romero-Jimenez Amanda Rawstern |
| 2022 | M. Fabiola Pulido-Chavez (Fabi) Rebecca Evans |
| 2021 | Austen Apigo Paris Hamm |
| 2020 | YenWen Wang Shuzo Oita |
| 2019 | Rob Powers Blake Commer |
| 2018 | Peter Pellitier Sasha Vivelo |
| 2017 | Teertas Kijpornyongpar Daniel Raudabaugh |
| 2016 | Danny Haelewaters Devin Leopold |
| 2015 | Ko-Hsuan Chen Samantha Lee |
| 2014 | Hai Nguyen Sydney Glassman |
| 2013 | Alisha Owensby Andrew “Roo” Vandegrift |
| 2012 | Kathryn Picard Rodrigo Olarte |
| 2011 | Hector Urbina Louis Lamit |
| 2010 | Jana M. U’Ren Nhu H. Nguyen |
| 2009 | Marin Brewer Brendan Hodkinson |
| 2008 | Sara Branco Tami McDonald |
| 2007 | Andrea Porras-Alfaro Cara Gibson |
| 2006 | Cécile Gueidan Huzefa Raja |
| 2005 | Travis A. Clark Andrew W. Wilson |
| 2004 | Jozsef Geml Valerie Reeb |
| 2003 | Jeremy Dettman Lisa Grubisha |
| 2002 | Tim James Christine Baker |
| 2001 | Priscilla Chaverri Zhihong Zhong |
| 2000 | Jutta Buschbom Leah Cowen |
| 1999 | Brian Shaw Karl Henry |
| 1998 | Jamie Platt Scott Kroken |
| 1997 | Amy Tuininga Ignazio Carbone |
| 1996 | Kathie Hodge Elizabeth Frieders |
| 1995 | Yatika Kohli Steven Doggett |
| 1994 | David M. Geiser Wendy A. Untereiner |
| 1993 | Francois Lutzoni Lorelei L. Norvell |
| 1992 | Kirk Czymmek David Rizzo |
| 1991 | John S. Hoppe Karen Snetselaar |
| 1990 | Shelly A. Brunt Susan G.W. Kamisky |
| 1989 | Steven B. Lee Josephine Taylor |
| 1988 | Paula T. DePriest Lisa Muehlstein |
| 1987 | Kathleen M.T. Cason Dennis E. Desjardin |
| 1986 | John S. Horton Richard W. Kerrigan |
| 1985 | Georgiana May Rodney Roberts |
| 1984 | Thomas Bruns Thomas Chase |
| 1983 | John Hammer Karl McKnight |
| 1982 | Faye Murrin Bruce Tucker |
| 1981 | Charles Jacobs Kenneth Whitney |
| 1980 | Thomas Harrington Steven Warner |
| 1979 | Michael Allen Robert Antibus |
| 1978 | James Anderson Larry Gauriloff |
| 1977 | Kurt Kahlberg Linda Kohn |
| 1976 | Scott Redhead John Taylor |
| 1975 | Martha Sherwood |
| 1974 | Robert Fogel |
| 1973 | William Timberlake |
| 1972 | Jeffrey Pommerville |
| 1971 | Thomas R. Matthews |
| 1970 | Jimmy D. Clark |
| 1969 | Lauritz W. Olson |
| 1968 | Robert F. Devlin |
| 1967 | David J. McLaughlin |
| 1966 | William G. Merz |
| 1965 | No award given |
| 1964 | No award given |
| 1963 | Larry J. Littlefield |

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