| 1972 | C.H. Edwards | University of Georgia |
| 1973 | R.F. Arenstorf | Vanderbilt University |
| 1974 | John W. Neuberger | Emory University |
| 1975 | W. Robert Mann | University of North Carolina |
| 1976 | Joel V. Brawley | Clemson University |
| 1977 | Lida K. Barrett | University of Tennessee-Knoxville |
| 1978 | J.H. Carruth | University of Tennessee-Knoxville |
| 1979 | Trevor Evans | Emory University |
| 1980 | Billy F. Bryant | Vanderbilt University |
| 1981 | Daniel d. Warner | Clemson University |
| 1982 | C. Ray Wylie | Furman University |
| 1983 | John d. Neff | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 1984 | Carl D. Meyer, Jr. | North Carolina State University |
| 1985 | John W. Kenelly | Clemson University |
| 1986 | John Baxley | Wake Forest University |
| 1987 | Mary F. Neff | Emory University |
| 1988 | F. Lee Cook | University of Alabama-Huntsville |
| 1989 | Charles C. Lindner | Auburn University |
| 1990 | Irl C. Bivens | Davidson College |
| 1991 | Stephen E. Puckette | University of the South |
| 1992 | Carl Pomerance | University of Georgia |
| 1993 | Jack Brown | Auburn University |
| 1994 | Fred Howard | Wake Forest University |
| 1995 | J. Ernest Wilkins | Clark Atlanta University |
| 1996 | Ellen Kirkman | Wake Forest University |
| 1997 | Subhash Saxena | Coastal Carolina University |
| 1998 | Suzanne Lenhart | University of Tennessee-Knoxville |
| 1999 | Dan Flath | University of South Alabama |
| 2000 | Andrew Granville | University of Georgia |
| 2001 | Robert Bryant | Duke University |
| 2002 | John Baxley | Wake Forest University |
| 2003 | Jeff Knisley | East Tennessee State University |
| 2004 | Robert Fray | Furman University |
| 2005 | David Anderson | University of Tennessee |
| 2006 | John Swallow | Davidson College |
| 2007 | Angela Shiflet | Wofford College |
| 2008 | Chris Rodger | Auburn University |
| 2009 | Ron Gould | Emory University |
| 2010 | John Mayer | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 2011 | Tim Chartier | Davidson College |
| 2012 | Hugh Howards | Wake Forest University |
| 2013 | Harold Reiter | University of North Carolina Charlotte |
| 2014 | Yuliya Babenko | Kennesaw State University |
| 2015 | Chris Raridan | Clayton State University |
| 2016 | Carolyn Yackel | Mercer University |
| 2017 | Sarah Greenwald | Appalachian State University |
| 2018 | Kristen Mazur | Elon University |
| 2019 | Matt Baker | Georgia Tech |
| 2020 | Ron Taylor | Berry College |
| 2021 | Naiomi Cameron | Spelman College |
| 2022 | Victoria Powers | Emory University |
| 2023 | Blayne Carroll | Lee University |
