| 2000 | Joseph Hamilton, Vanderbilt
University Worth Seagondollar, North Carolina State University |
| 2001 | Howard E. Carr, Auburn University |
| 2002 | Myron S. McCay, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga |
| 2003 | William Hamilton, Louisiana
State University Warren Johnson, Louisiana State University |
| 2004 | Ernest Jones, Vanderbilt University |
| 2005 | Lee Riedinger, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| 2006 | Jerry P. Draayer, Louisiana State University |