| 1957 | Carlos Rodriguez-Jimenez • | 1978 | Ronald E. Napier | 1999 | William M. Heath • |
| 1958 | Carlos Rodriguez-Jimenez • | 1979 | Howard M. Voss • | 2000 | Frederic R. Collins |
| 1959 | Sadaichi Horiuchi • | 1980 | Yasutada Kitamura | 2001 | Kazuhiro Watanabe • |
| 1960 | Kiyoshi Togasaki • | 1981 | Kiyoshi Takano | 2002 | Eiichi Inae |
| 1961 | Carl T. Nakamura • | 1982 | Hayao Ōnishi • | 2003 | Philip A. Ambrose |
| 1962 | Nohea O. A. Peck • | 1983 | James L. Johnston • | 2004 | Jack C. Miller |
| 1963 | George B. Morgulis • | 1984 | Paul E. Newman | 2005 | Saburō Katagiri • |
| 1964 | George H. Booth • | 1985 | Carl L. Potts • | 2006 | Robert D. Targett • |
| 1965 | Saburo L. Kitamura • | 1986 | Chester L. Ditto • | 2007 | Mitsuru Ishii |
| 1966 | Norman Cohen • | 1987 | Chester L. Ditto • | 2008 | Joedie J. Poole |
| 1967 | Masaji Matsumoto • | 1988 | Toshio Fujino | 2007 | Michael D. Setzer |
| 1968 | Chester O. Neilsen • | 1989 | Hideo Kobayashi | 2009 | Robert H. Koole |
| 1969 | Floyd J. Robertson • | 1990 | Yoshio Washizu | 2010 | Akira Washikita |
| 1970 | Yoshio Yamada • | 1991 | Hideo Kobayashi | 2011 | Donald K. Smith |
| 1971 | Floren L. Quick | 1992 | Richard A. Cripe, Jr. • | 2012 | Kazufumi Mabuchi |
| 1972 | Frederick S. Kashiwagi • | 1993 | R. David Pogue, Sr. • | 2013 | Yoshiharu Shimokawa • |
| 1973 | Charles P. Weatherman | 1994 | Allen L. Robinson • | 2014 | Victor O. Ortiz |
| 1974 | Tsune Yamada • | 1995 | Akira Yamaya • | 2015 | Marvin D. Abueg |
| 1975 | Leo N. Parlavecchio • | 1996 | William D. Patterson | 2016 | Norihiro Inomata |
| 1976 | Shigeru Nishiyama • | 1997 | William D. Patterson | 2017 | Shinya Takeda |
| 1977 | Roy Baker • | 1998 | Kazutoshi Iwahama | 2018 | Atsushi Takahashi • |
• = Deceased