2024-25: Andrew Ho, Harvard University
2023-24: Michael Walker, Educational Testing Service
2022-23: Deborah Harris, University of Iowa
2021-22: Derek Briggs, University of Colorado Boulder
2020-21: Ye Tong, Pearson
2019-20: Stephen Sireci, University of Massachusetts
2018-19: Rebecca Zwick, Educational Testing Service
2017-18: Randy Bennett, Educational Testing Service
2016-17: Mark Wilson, UC Berkeley
2015-16: Richard Patz, ACT
2014-15: Lauress (Laurie) L. Wise, Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO)
2013-14: Wim van der Linden, CTB/McGraw-Hill
2012-13: Gregory Cizek, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2011-12: Linda Cook, Educational Testing Service
2010-11: Wayne Camara, The College Board
2009-10: Terry Ackerman, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2008-09: Mark Reckase, Michigan State University
2007-08: Anne Fitzpatrick, Educational Testing Service
2006-07: Daniel Eignor, Educational Testing Service
2005-06: James Impara, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2004-05: David Frisbie, University of Iowa
2003-04: Suzanne Lane, University of Pittsburgh
2002-03: Linda Crocker, University of Florida
2001-02: H.D. Hoover, University of Iowa
2000-01: John Fremer, Educational Testing Service
1999-00: Michael Kolen, University of Iowa
1998-99: Edward Haertel, Stanford University
1997-98: Cynthia B. Schmeiser, American College Testing Program
1995-97: Robert L. Brennan, University of Iowa
1995-96: Brenda H. Loyd, University of Virginia
1994-95: Wendy M. Yen, CTB McGraw-Hill
1993-94: Anthony J. Nitko, University of Pittsburgh
1992-93: Ronald A. Berk, John Hopkins University
1991-92: Barbara S. Plake, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1990-91: Dale C. Carlson, California Department of Education
1989-90: Ronald K. Hambleton, University of Massachusetts
1988-89: Irvin J. Lehmann, Michigan State University
1987-88: Carol Kehr Tittle, Queens College New York
1986-87: Richard M. Jaeger, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
1985-86: William A. Mehrens, Michigan State University
1984-85: George F. Madaus, Boston College
1983-84: Nancy S. Cole, University of Pittsburgh
1982-83: Lorrie Shepard, University of Colorado
1981-82: Robert L. Linn, University of Illinois

1980-81: Roger T. Lennon, Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich
1979-80: Jason Millman, Cornell University
1978-79: John Menne, Iowa State University
1977-78: Eric F. Gardner, Syracuse University
1976-77: Joan Bollenbacher, Cincinnati Public Schools
1975-76: Thomas J. Fitzgibbon, Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich
1974-75: Christine H. McGuire, University of Illinois-Medical Center
1973-74: Willard G. Warrington, Michigan State University
1972-73: William E. Coffman, University of Iowa
1971-72: Jack C. Merwin, University of Minnesota
1970-71: Richard E. Schutz, Southwest Regional Laboratory
1969-70: Frank B. Womer, University of Michigan
1968-69: J. Thomas Hastings, University of Illinois
1967-68: Howard A. Bowman, Los Angeles Public Schools
1966-67: Wilbur L. Layton, Iowa State University
1965-66: John C. Flannagan, American Institutes for Research
1964-65: Frederick B. Davis, University of Pennsylvania
1963-64: Julian C. Stanley, University of Wisconsin
1962-63: David V. Tiedeman, Harvard University
1961-62: Paul L. Dressel, Michigan State University
1960-61: Max D. Engelhardt, Chicago Public Schools
1959-60: Arthur E. Traxler, Educational Records Bureau
1958-59: Victor H. Noll, Michigan State University
1957-58: Robert L. Ebel, Educational Testing Service
1956-57: Walter N. Durost, Test Service & Advisement Center
1955-56: Frank S. White, Rosier College
1954-55: Hershel T. Manuel, University of Texas-Austin
1953-54: Warren G. Findley, Educational Testing Service
1952-53: J. R. Gerberich, Educational Testing Service
1950-52: Henry D. Rinsland, University of Connecticut-Storrs
1949-50: Jacob S. Orleans, City College of New York
1948-49: Ray G. Woods, Ohio Department of Education
1946-47: Roy C. Woods, Marshall College
1944-46: E. C. Denny, Iowa State Teachers College-Cedar Falls
1940-42: H. E. Schrammel, Kansas State University-Emporia
1938-40: Earl Bennet South, New York State College-Albany