text: Source: [http://www.divbiolchem.org/awards/recipients/ ACS - Division of Biological Chemistry]
  *1986 – Gregorio Weber
  *1987 – Thomas C. Bruice
  *1988 – Robert H. Abeles
  *1989 – Stephen J. Benkovic
  *1990 – Harold A. Scheraga
  *1991 – William W. Parson
  *1992 – Frank H. Westheimer
  *1993 – Jeremy R. Knowles
  *1994 – Judith P. Klinman
  *1995 – W. Wallace Cleland
  *1996 – William P. Jencks
  *1997 – James A. Spudich
  *1998 – David S. Eisenberg
  *1999 – Christopher T. Walsh
  *2000 – Perry A. Frey
  *2001 – Rowena G. Matthews
  *2002 – C. Dale Poulter
  *2003 – John A. Gerlt
  *2004 – JoAnne Stubbe
  *2005 – David E. Cane
  *2006 – Vern L. Schramm
  *2007 – Michael Marletta
  *2008 – Hung-Wen (Ben) Liu
  *2009 – Frank Raushel
  *2010 – Ronald T. Raines
  *2011 – Richard Armstrong
  *2012 – Carol Fierke
  *2013 – David W. Christianson
  *2014 – John Lipscomb
  *2015 – John S. Blanchard
  *2016 – Tadhg Begley
  *2017 – Wilfred A. van der Donk
  *2018 – Michael H. Gelb
  * award suspended - 2018