2007

• Christopher Buckley
  Creative Writing

2006

• Sally Ann Ness
  Anthropology

2004

• Uta Barth
  Art

2001

• John Ganim
  English
• Dale Vivienne Kent
  History

2000

• Amelia Jones
  History

1999

• Carole Fabricant
  English

1997

• Susan Straight
  Creative Writing

1987

• Ralph Hanna, III
  English
• Roger L. Ransom
  History

1986

• John Divola
  Art

1985

• Edwin M. Eigner
  English

1981

• Bernd Magnus
  Philosophy

1979

• Robert N. Essick
  English

1978

• Ruth Aproberts
  English
• John M. Steadman, III
  English

1976

• Emory Bernard Elliott, Jr.
  English

1974

• John Britton Vickery
  English

1972

• Nathan G. Hale, Jr.
  History

1971

• Stanley Nordahl Stewart
  English

1967

• Robert V. Hine
  History

1962

• James Stephen Strombotne
  Art

1957

• Robert V. Hine
  History