2012 Thomas Zeiler, University of Colorado
2011 Marilyn Young, New York University
2010 Andrew Rotter, Colgate University
2009 Frank Costigliola, University of Connecticut
2008 Thomas A. Shwartz, Vanderbilt University
2007 Richard Immerman, Temple University
2006 Randall B. Woods, University of Arkansas
2005 David L. Anderson, California State University, Monterrey Bay
2004 Mark A. Stoler, University of Vermont
2003 Michael J. Hogan, Ohio State University
2002 Robert L. Beisner, American University
2001 Robert J. McMahon, University of Florida
2000 Robert D. Schulzinger, University of Colorado
1999 Walter LaFeber, Cornell University
1998 Arnold Offner, Lafayette College
1997 Emily Rosenberg, Macalester College
1996 Mark Gilderhus, Colorado State University
1995 Robert Dallek, University of California, Los Angeles
1994 Melvyn Leffler, University of Virginia
1993 Warren Kimball, Rutgers University-Newark
1992 John Lewis Gaddis, Ohio University
1991 Gary Hess, Bowling Green State University
1990 Michael Hunt, University of North Carolina
1989 George Herring, University of Kentucky
1988 Lloyd Gardner, Rutgers University
1987 Thomas G. Paterson, University of Connecticut
1986 Betty Unterberger, Texas A&M University
1985 Warren F. Kuehl, University of Akron
1984 Warren I. Cohen, Michigan State University
1983 Ernest R. May, Harvard University
1982 Lawrence E. Gelfand, University of Iowa
1981 Lawrence S. Kaplan, Kent State University
1980 David M. Pletcher, Indiana University
1979 Paul A. Varg, Michigan State University
1978 Akira Iriye, University of Chicago
1977 Raymond A. Esthus, Tulane University
1976 Robert A. Divine, University of Texas, Austin
1975 Armin H. Rappaport, University of California, San Diego
1974 Bradford Perkins, University of Michigan
1973 Wayne S. Cole, University of Maryland
1972 Norman A. Graebner, University of Virginia
1971 Robert H. Ferrell, Indiana University
1970 Richard W. Leopold, Northwestern University
1969 Alexander DeConde, University of California, Santa Barbara
1968 Thomas A. Bailey, Stanford University