1993: Joycelyn Elders, MD
1995: Hon. Patricia Schroeder (D-CO)
1996: Louise B. Tyrer, MD
1997: Felicia Stewart, MD
1998: Dennis J. Barbour, JD
1999: Jacqueline Darroch, PhD
2000: Janet Benshoof, JD
2001: Sarah Brown, MSPH
2002: David Satcher, MD, PhD
2003: Gordon Perkin, MD
2004: Hon. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
2005: Allan Rosenfield, MD
2006: Wanda K. Jones, DrPH (award accepted by Pablo Rodriguez, MD, on her behalf)
2007: Henry Foster, Jr., MD
2008: Richard Horton, FRCP, FMedSci
2009: Beverly Winikoff, MD, MPH
2010: Carole Joffe, PhD
2011: Cecile Richards
2012: Uta Landy, PhD