1979-1980 W. Edwards Deming (deceased)
1980-1981 John C Mandell
1981-1982 Hugo S. Hamacher
1982-1983 John W. Tukey (deceased)
1983-1984 Paul C. Clifford (deceased)
1984-1985 Lloyd S. Nelson
1985-1986 J. Stuart Hunter
1986-1987 Brian L. Joiner
1987-1988 David R. Cox
1988-1989 George E. Box
1989-1990 William A. J. Golomski
1990-1991 George A. Barnard (deceased)
1992-1992 Cuthbert Daniel (deceased)
1992-1993 William W. Scherkenbach
1993-1994 Gerald J. Hahn
1994-1995 Joyce Nilsson Orsini
1995-1996 William J. Latzko
1996-1997 Gipsie B. Ranney
1997-1998 Edward M. Baker
1998-1999 Thomas J. Boardman
1999-2000 Donald Petersen
2000-2001 Thomas Nolan
2001-2002 Henry R. Neave
2002-2003 Lloyd P. Provost
2003-2004 Shoichiro Toyoda
2004-2005 no award
2005-2006 Peter Scholtes
2006-2007 H. Thomas Johnson