| Year | Name | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 1975-76 | Malcolm McMillan | History |
| 1976-77 | Martial A. Honnell | Electrical Engineering |
| 1977-78 | Donald E. Davis | Plant Pathology & Microbiology |
| 1978-79 | Benjamin F. Hoerlein | Small Animal Surgery & Medicine |
| 1979-80 | Madison P. Jones | English |
| 1980-81 | Carl S. Hoveland | Agronomy & Soils |
| 1981-82 | Sidney D. Beckett | Physiology & Pharmacology |
| 1982-83 | Robert R. Rea | History |
| 1983-84 | Paul Melius | Chemistry |
| 1984-85 | Charles L. Phillips | Electrical Engineering |
| 1985-86 | Richard W. Redding | Physiology & Pharmacology |
| 1985-86 | Paul D. Hill | Mathematics |
| 1986-87 | Fred J. Molz | Civil Engineering |
| 1987-88 | David A. Roland | Poultry Science |
| 1988-89 | Rodrigo Rodriguez- Kabana | Plant Pathology |
| 1989-90 | Charles C. Lindner | Mathematics - Algebra, Combinatorics & Analysis |
| 1990-91 | Leonard L. Grigsby | Electrical Engineering |
| 1991-92 | J. Wayne Flynt | History |
| 1992-93 | Dale L. Huffman | Animal & Dairy Sciences |
| 1993-94 | C. Randall Clark | Pharmacal Sciences |
| 1994-95 | Ram C. Purohit | Large Animal Surgery & Medicine |
| 1995-96 | Richard C. Jaeger | Electrical Engineering |
| 1996-97 | Chris Rodger | Discrete & Statistical Sciences |
| 1997-98 | L. Bruce Gladden | Health & Human Performance |
| 1998-99 | W.David Lewis | History |
| 1999-00 | David B. South | Foresty & Wildlife Science |
| 2000-01 | Daniel Szechi | History |
| 2001-02 | Krystyna Kuperberg | Mathematics |
| 2002-03 | Jitendra K. Tugnait | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| 2003-04 | Jacquelyn Mize | Human Development & Family Studies |
| 2004-05 | Vitaly Vodyanoy | Anatomy, Physiology & Pharmacology |
| 2005-06 | Olav Kallenberg | Mathematics & Statistics |
| 2006-07 | Ram B. Gupta | Chemical Engineering |
| 2008-09 | Bernhard Kaltenboeck | Pathobiology |
| 2009-10 | Kimberly Walls | Curriculum & Teaching |
| 2010-11 | Malcolm J. Crocker | Mechanical Engineering |
| 2011-12 | Chris Newland | Psychology |
| 2012-13 | Gary F. Gruenhage | Mathematics & Statistics |
| 2013-14 | S. Davis Worley | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
| 2014-15 | Paula Backscheider | English |
| 2015-16 | Barry Burkhart | Psychology |
| 2016-17 | Stewart Schneller | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
| 2017-18 | Henry Kinnucan | Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology |
| 2018-19 | Rex Dunham | Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences |
| 2019-20 | Russell Muntifering | Animal Sciences |
| 2020-21 | Jeffrey Suhling | Mechanical Engineering |
| 2021-22 | Foster Dai | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| 2022-23 | Nancy Barry | Curriculum & Teaching |
| 2023-24 | Frank "Skip" Bartol | Anatomy, Physiology & Pharmacology |
