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  *1946 – David E. Green
  *1947 – Van R. Potter
  *1948 – Albert L. Lehninger
  *1949 – Henry A. Lardy
  *1950 – Britton Chance
  *1951 – Arthur Kornberg
  *1952 – Bernard L. Horecker
  *1953 – Earl R. Stadtman
  *1954 – Alton Meister
  *1955 – Paul D. Boyer
  *1956 – Merton F. Utter
  *1957 – G. Robert Greenberg
  *1958 – Eugene P. Kennedy
  *1959 – Minor J. Coon
  *1960 – Arthur Pardee
  *1961 – Frank M. Huennekens
  *1962 – Jack L. Strominger
  *1963 – Charles Gilvarg
  *1964 – Marshall Nirenberg
  *1965 – Frederic M. Richards
  *1966 – Samuel B. Weiss
  *1967 – P. Roy Vagelos & Salih J. Wakil
  *1968 – William J. Rutter
  *1969 – Robert T. Schimke
  *1970 – Herbert Weissbach
  *1971 – Jack Preiss
  *1972 – Ekkehard K. F. Bautz
  *1973 – Howard M. Temin
  *1974 – Michael J. Chamberlin
  *1975 – Malcolm L. Gefter
  *1976 – Michael S. Brown & Joseph L. Goldstein
  *1977 – Stephen J. Benkovic
  *1978 – Paul Schimmel
  *1979 – Frederik C. Hartman
  *1980 – Thomas A. Steitz
  *1981 – Daniel V. Santi
  *1982 – Richard R. Burgess
  *1983 – Paul L. Modrich
  *1984 – Robert T.N. Tjian
  *1985 – Thomas R. Cech
  *1986 – JoAnne Stubbe
  *1987 – Gregory Petsko
  *1988 – John W. Kozarich
  *1989 – Kenneth A. Johnson
  *1990 – James A. Wells
  *1991 – Ronald Vale
  *1992 – Carl O. Pabo
  *1993 – Michael H. Gelb
  *1994 – Donald Hilvert
  *1995 – Gerald F. Joyce
  *1996 – P. Andrew Karplus
  *1997 – Daniel Herschlag
  *1998 – Ronald T. Raines
  *1999 – David W. Christianson
  *2000 – Eric T. Kool
  *2001 – Ruma Banerjee
  *2002 – Karin Musier-Forsyth
  *2003 – Dorothee Kern
  *2004 – Wilfred A. van der Donk
  *2005 – Nicole S. Sampson
  *2006 – James Berger
  *2007 – Neil L. Kelleher
  *2008 – Carsten Krebs
  *2009 – Virginia Cornish
  *2010 – Vahe Bandarian
  *2011 – Sarah O’Connor
  *2012 – Jin Zhang
  *2013 – Kate Carroll
  *2014 – Hening Lin
  *2015 – Douglas Mitchell
  *2016 – Michelle C. Chang
  *2017 – Emily Balskus
  *2018 – Mohammad Seyedsayamdost
  *2019 – Kenichi Yokoyama
  *2020 – Rahul Kohli
  *2021 – Amie K. Boal