2011 Professer Michael Cox, UK
2008 Professor Jan Rydberg, SE
2005 Professor Yuri A Zolotov, RU
2002 Dr Gordon Ritcey, CA
1999 Professor Douglas S Flett, UK
1996 Professor Henry Freiser, USA
1993 Professor W Jack McDowell, USA
1990 Dr Pier R Danesi, IT
1988 Professor Aviezer Stevan Kertes (posthumous award), IL
1986 Dr Arthur Naylor, UK