| Recipient | Current Institution | Year Won |
|---|
| Ronald E. Threshner | | 1974 |
| Ehud Spanier | University of Haifa | 1975 |
| Cathleen R. Cox | Los Angeles Zoo | 1976 |
| S. Lenington | | 1977 |
| Frank R. Moore | University of Southern Mississippi | 1978 |
| S. G. Hoffman | | 1979 |
| C. M. Hodges | | 1980 |
| Leonard A. Freed | University of Hawaii - Manoa | 1981 |
| Kimberly Sullivan | Utah State University | 1982 |
| Matthew P. Rowe | Appalachian State University | 1983 |
| Charles R. Brown | University of Tulsa | 1984 |
| James M. Whitehead | University of Florida | 1985 |
| Mary Victoria McDonald | University of Central Arkansas | 1986 |
| Sylvia L. Halkin | Central Connecticut State University | 1987 |
| Patricia B. McConnell | University of Wisconsin | 1988 |
| Elizabeth Jakob | University of Massachusetts | 1989 |
| Geoffrey E. Hill | Auburn University | 1990 |
| David L. Clark | Alma College | 1991 |
| Christine Marie Drea | Duke University | 1992 |
| Bonnie J. Ploger | Hamline University | 1993 |
| Ulmar Grafe | Zoologisches Institut III | 1994 |
| Gergory F. Grether | University of California - Santa Barbara | 1995 |
| J. Curtis Creighton | Brigham Young University | 1996 |
| Andrew Storfer | Arizona State University | 1997 |
| Mitchell B. Baker | University of Massachusetts - Amherst | 1998 |
| Sara Cahan | | 1999 |