- 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
- 1999-20, 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, Loretta 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 Meene, 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
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