| 1933 Fred Allison | Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Alabama | |
| 1934 Charles H. Herty | Herty Laboratory | 1867- |
| 1935 F. P. Dunnington | University of Virginia | |
| 1936 W. H. MacIntire | University of Tennessee | |
| 1937 J. L. Howe | Washington and Lee University | |
| 1938 C. E. Coates | Louisiana State University | |
| 1939 F. K. Cameron | University of North Carolina | |
| 1940 J. Sam Guy | Emory University | |
| 1941 W. F. Hand | Mississippi State College | |
| 1942 T. R. Leigh | University of Florida | |
| 1943 J. H. Yoe | University of Virginia | |
| 1944 J. E. Mills | Sonoco Products Company | |
| 1945 P. M. Gross | Duke University | |
| 1946 W. A. Lazier | Southern Research Institute | |
| 1947 E. Emmett Reid | John Hopkins University | |
| 1948 W. F. Rudd | Medical School of Virginia | |
| 1949 Osborne R. Quayle | University of Georgia | |
| 1950 R. W. Bost | University of North Carolina | |
| 1951 J. T. MacKenzie | American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Alabama | |
| 1952 Alton E. Bailey | Humko Company, Inc., Tennessee | |
| 1953 Raymond W. McNamee | Carbide & Carbon Chemical Company, West Virginia | |
| 1954 John R. Sampey | Furman University | |
| 1955 Frank J. Soday | The Chemistrand Corp., Decatur, AL | |
| 1956 M. P. Etheridge | Mississippi State | |
| 1957 S. J. Floyd | ||
| 1958 L. A . Bigelow | Duke University | |
| 1959 C. Harold Fisher | USDA, New Orleans | |
| 1960 Arthur E. Wood | Mississippi College | |
| 1961 Howard E. Skipper | Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, AL | 1915-2006 |
| 1962 Charles R. Hauser | Duke University | |
| 1963 Jack Hine | Georgia Institute of Technology | |
| 1964 S. Y. Tyree, Jr. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| 1965 Charles T. Lester | Emory University | |
| 1966 James E. Copenhaver | University of South Carolina | 1896-1982 |
| 1967 G. H. Cartledge | Chemistry Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory | |
| 1968 Charles N. Reilley | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| 1969 George L. Drake, Jr. | Southern Regional Research Center, USDA, New Orleans | |
| 1970 Robert E. Lutz | University of Virginia | |
| 1971 S. William Pelletier | U. of Georgia, Athens | |
| 1972 Kent C. Brannock | Tennnessee Eastman Company, Eastman Kodak, Kingsport, TN | |
| 1973 D. Stanley Tarbell | Vanderbilt University | |
| 1974 John Montgomery | Southern Research Institute, Birmingham | |
| 1975 Mary L. Good | Louisiana State University | |
| 1976 Henry C. R. McBay | Morehouse College | |
| 1977 William L. Marshall | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (???) | |
| 1978 George B. Butler | University of Florida | |
| 1979 Mary E. Carter | Southern Regional Research Center, USDA, New Orleans | |
| 1980 Irwin Fridovich | Duke University | |
| 1981 Jacob H. Goldstein | Emory University | |
| 1982 Norman L. Allinger | University of Georgia | |
| 1983 Albert Padwa | Emory University | |
| 1984 Eugene C. Ashby | Georgia Institute of Technology | |
| 1985 Raymond B. Seymour | University of Southern Mississippi | |
| 1986 Lockhart E. Rogers | University of Georgia | |
| 1987 Charles K. Bradsher | Duke University | |
| 1988 Jett C. Arthur, Jr. | Milliken Research Corp. Spartanburgh, SC | |
| 1991 Ernest L. Eliel | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | |
| 1992 Isiah M. Warner | Emory University | |
| 1993 Leon H. Zalkow | Georgia Institute of Technology | |
| 1994 William D. Ehmann | University of Kentucky | |
| 1995 R. Bruce King | University of Georgia | |
| 1996 David W. Boykin | Georgia State University | |
| 1997 Fredric M. Menger | Emory University | |
| 1998 Gordon L. Nelson | Florida Institute of Technology | |
| 1999 Richard D. Adams | University of South Carolina | |
| 2000 James C. Powers | Georgia Institute of Technology | |
| 2001 F. Ivy Carroll | Research Triangle Institute | |
| 2002 Lanny S. Liebeskind | Emory University | |
| 2003 Alan G. Marshall | Florida State University | |
| 2004 Michael T. Crimmins | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | |
| 2005 Dennis C. Liotta | Emory University | |
| 2006 Gary B. Schuster | Georgia Institute of Technology | |
| 2007 Luis Echegoyen | Clemson University | |
| 2008 Gregory H. Robinson | University of Georgia | |
| 2009 Craig L. Hill | Emory University | |
| 2010 Ken B. Wagener | University of Florida | |
| 2011 R. Mark Wightman | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
