1969 – Curtis P. Artz, MD*
1970 – Boyd W. Haynes Jr., MD, FACS*
1971 – John A. Moncrief, MD*
1972 – Robert M. McCormack, MD, FACS*
1973 – Charles R. Baxter, MD, FACS*
1974 – Bruce G. Macmillan, MD*
1975 – John A. Boswick Jr., MD, FACS*
1976 – Basil A. Pruitt Jr., MD, FACS*
1977 – William W. Monafo Jr., MD, FACS*
1978 – Alan R. Dimick, MD, FACS*
1979 – Duane L. Larson, MD, FACS*
1980 – Arthur D. Mason Jr., MD*
1981 – Charles E. Hartford, MD, FACS*
1982 – John F. Burke, MD, FACS*
1983 – Francis C. Nance, MD, FACS
1984 – P. William Curreri, MD, FACS
1985 – J. Wesley Alexander, MD, ScD, FACS*
1986 – Martin C. Robson, MD, FACS*
1987 – Joseph A. Moylan, MD, FACS*
1988 – David M. Heimbach, MD, FACS*
1989 – C. Gillon Ward, MD, FACS
1990 – Thomas L. Wachtel, MD, FACS*
1991 – Fred T. Caldwell Jr., MD, FACS*
1992 – Roger E. Salisbury, MD, FACS
1993 – Glenn D. Warden, MD, FACS
1994 – David N. Herndon, MD, FACS
1995 – Robert H. Demling, MD, FACS*
1996 – Andrew M. Munster, MD, FRCS, FACS*
1997 – William F. McManus, MD, FACS*
1998 – Edwin A. Deitch, MD, FACS
1999 – Cleon W. Goodwin, MD, FACS
2000 – John L. Hunt, MD, FACS
2001 – Ronald G. Tompkins, MD, ScD, FACS*
2002 – Jeffrey R. Saffle, MD, FACS
2003 – Marion H. Jordan, MD, FACS*
2004 – Lynn D. Solem, MD, FACS*
2005 – Richard L. Gamelli, MD, FACS*
2006 – Gary F. Purdue, MD, FACS*
2007 – David G. Greenhalgh, MD, FACS
2008 – Richard J. Kagan, MD, FACS
2009 – G. Patrick Kealey, MD, FACS
2010 – Robert L. Sheridan, MD, FACS
2011 – Sidney F. Miller, MD, FACS*
2012 – Nicole S. Gibran, MD, FACS
2013 – Tina L. Palmieri, MD, FACS, FCCM
2014 – Palmer Q. Bessey, MD, FACS, MS
2015 – David H. Ahrenholz, MD, FACS
2016 – Edward E. Tredget, MD, MSc, FRCS (C)
2017 – Michael D. Peck, MD, ScD, FACS
2018 – Linwood R. Haith, MD, FACS, FCCM
2019 – Steven E. Wolf, MD, FACS
2020 – William G. Cioffi, Jr., MD, FACS
2021 – William L. Hickerson, MD, FACS
2022 – Lucy Wibbenmeyer, MD, FACS
*Deceased