1970	Lester R. Dragstedt, M.D. Gainesville, Florida
1973	Robert E. Gross, M.D. Boston, Massachusetts
1976	Owen H. Wangensteen, M.D. Minneapolis, Minnesota
1977	Robert M. Zollinger, Sr., M.D. Columbus, Ohio
1978	Francis D. Moore, M.D. Boston, Massachusetts
1979	Jonathan E. Rhoads, M.D. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1981	Michael E. DeBakey, M.D. Houston, Texas
1987	Richard L. Varco, M.D. Minneapolis, Minnesota
1990	Thomas E. Starzl, M.D. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1991	Joseph E. Murray, M.D. Boston, Massachusetts
1992	Norman E. Shumway, M.D. Stanford, California
1995	Folkert O. Belzer, M.D. Madison, Wisconsin
1997	M. Judah Folkman, M.D. Boston, Massachusetts
1998	Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., M.D. San Antonio, Texas
2000	Bernard Fisher, M.D. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2001	John W. Kirklin, M.D. Birmingham, Alabama
2002	Robert H. Bartlett, M.D. Ann Arbor, Michigan
2003	Clyde F. Barker, M.D. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004	Samuel A. Wells, Jr., M.D. Durham, North Carolina