| 1888 |
Col. James H. Rice |
| 1891 |
W. F. Stevenson |
| 1896 |
Rev. W. E. Evans |
| 1897 |
James McAlister |
| 1898 |
William A. Barber |
| 1899 |
D. S. Henderson |
| 1900 |
J. C. Hemphill |
| 1902 |
B. R. Tillman |
| 1903 |
Robert Aldrich |
| 1904 |
P. H. Mell |
| 1905 |
M. F. Ansel |
| 1906 |
Rev. David M. Ramsey |
| 1907 |
A. J. Montague |
| 1908 |
Elmer Ellsworth Brown |
| 1909 |
George Hutcheson Denny |
| 1910 |
Dr. Henry N. Snyder |
| 1911 |
Dr. S. H. Steele |
| 1912 |
Joseph C. Camp |
| 1913 |
LeGrand G. Walker |
| 1914 |
C. A. Woods |
| 1915 |
A. F. Lever |
| 1916 |
Rev. Len G. Broughton |
| 1917 |
Robert A. Cooper |
| 1918 |
William Louis Poteat |
| 1919 |
P. P. Claxton |
| 1920 |
J. A. Berry |
| 1921 |
Robert A. Cooper |
| 1922 |
R. Goodwin Rhett |
| 1923 |
Hamilton Holt |
| 1924 |
Thomas G. McLeod |
| 1925 |
John G. Tigert |
| 1926 |
Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis |
| 1927 |
David A. Robertson |
| 1928 |
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise |
| 1929 |
William McDougall |
| 1930 |
Dr. Charles Moore |
| 1931 |
William John Cooper |
| 1932 |
Ibra C. Blackwood |
| 1933 |
Juila Peterkin |
| 1934 |
James P. Kinard |
| 1935 |
Francis P. Gaines |
| 1936 |
William F. Russell |
| 1937 |
George F. Zook |
| 1938 |
Henry W. Holmes |
| 1939 |
Raymond A. Kent |
| 1940 |
John Temple Graves |
| 1941 |
Huger W. Jervey |
| 1942 |
Frank L. McVey |
| May 1943 |
Herman L. Donovan |
| December 1943 |
Rev. John A. Redhead |
| May 1944 |
Archibald H. Rutledge |
| August 1944 |
Henry R. Sims |
| January 1945 |
E. L. Fishburne |
| May 1945 |
John McSween |
| August 1945 |
A. L. M. Wiggins |
| June 1946 |
Rev. Robert N. DuBose |
| August 1946 |
S. M. Derrick |
| 1947 |
J. Strom Thurmond |
| 1948 |
James F. Byrnes |
| 1949 |
Burnet R. Maybank |
| 1950 |
John E. Peurifoy |
| 1951 |
Ellen S. Woodward |
| 1952 |
James P. Richards |
| 1953 |
Alben W. Barkley |
| 1954 |
Louis B. Wright |
| 1955 |
Francis Orlando Wilcox |
| 1956 |
Samuel J. Ervin |
| 1957 |
David Edward Finley |
| 1958 |
Robert W. Hemphill |
| 1959 |
Charles S. Davis |
| 1960 |
Edwin R. Walker |
| 1961 |
John. L. Plyler |
| 1962 |
Ernest F. Hollings |
| 1963 |
Charles S. Davis |
| 1964 |
Donald S. Russell |
| January 1965 |
John S. Eells |
| May 1965 |
Robert Cook Edwards |
| August 1965 |
Iva B. Gibson |
| December 1965 |
Nolan P. Jacobson |
| May 1966 |
Horace A. Shepard |
| August 1966 |
Harold B. Gilbreth |
| December 1966 |
John W. Baker |
| May 1967 |
Walter Doublas Smith |
| August 1967 |
Ruth Hovermale |
| December 1967 |
Jess T. Casey |
| May 1968 |
Thomas F. Jones |
| August 1968 |
Jack Holt Boger |
| December 1968 |
Ray C. Roberts |
| May 1969 |
Samuel Reed Spencer |
| August 1969 |
Robert P. Lane |
| December 1969 |
Ross A. Webb |
| May 1970 |
Robert E. McNair |
| August 1970 |
Alice Louisa Love |
| December 1970 |
William K. Easley |
| May 1971 |
Gordon W. Blackwell |
| August 1971 |
Helen A. Loftis |
| December 1971 |
John Robert Cooper |
| May 1972 |
John Carl West |
| August 1972 |
Mary T. Bobbitt Littlejohn |
| December 1972 |
Mary Elizabeth Massey |
| May 1973 |
Ernest Frederick Hollings |
| August 1973 |
Charles B. Vail |
| December 1973 |
Charles B. Vail |
| May 1974 |
John Carl West |
| August 1974 |
Charles B. Vail |
| May 1975 |
Charles B. Vail |
| December 1975 |
Charles B. Vail |
| May 1976 |
Charles B. Vail |
| December 1976 |
Charles B. Vail |
| August 1977 |
Charles B. Vail |
| December 1977 |
F. I. Brownley Jr. |
| May 1978 |
Charles B. Vail |
| August 1978 |
Charles B. Vail |
| December 1978 |
Charles B. Vail |
| May 1979 |
Charles B. Vail |
| December 1979 |
Charles B. Vail |
| May 1980 |
Louis B. Wright |
| December 1980 |
Charles B. Vail |
| May 1981 |
Charles B. Vail |
| December 1981 |
Charles B. Vail |
| May 1982 |
J. Strom Thurmond |
| December 1982 |
Charles A. Bundy |
| May 1983 |
Walter D. Smith |
| December 1983 |
Diane Sawyer |
| May 1984 |
Estelle R. Ramey |
| December 1984 |
Larry Pressler |
| April 1985 |
Gen. Peter M. Dawkins |
| December 1985 |
James A. Joseph |
| May 1986 |
Charles F. Bolden Jr. |
| December 1986 |
Terry Sanford |
| May 1987 |
James E. Elyburn |
| December 1987 |
Donald M. Stewart |
| May 1988 |
Terrel H. Bell |
| December 1988 |
Robert J. Sheheen |
| May 1989 |
Marian Wright Elelman |
| December 1990 |
Carroll Campbell, Jr. |
| May 1991 |
Walter Y. Elisha |
| December 1991 |
Ernest L. Boyer |
| May 1992 |
Dori Sanders |
| December 1992 |
Chuck Stone |
| May 1993 |
Melor Sturua |
| December 1993 |
Rudy Mancke |
| May 1994 |
James Appleberry |
| December 1994 |
David Musick |
| May 1995 |
Bertice Berry |
| December 1995 |
James Hoagland |
| May 1996 |
Jerome J. Richardson |
| December 1996 |
Earle Morris |
| May 1997 |
Lieutenant General Paul E. Blackwell Sr. |
| December 1997 |
Elizabeth D. Rhea |
| May 1998 |
Robert V. Royall, Jr. |
| December 1998 |
Philip Lader |
| May 1999 |
Cecily Truett |
| December 1999 |
James Hodges |
| May 2000 |
Terry Peterson |
| December 2000 |
Betty Williams |
| May 2001 |
Richard W. Riley |
| December 2001 |
Aimee Mullins |
| May 2002 |
Crandall C. Bowles |
| December 2002 |
Georgie Anne Geyer |
| May 2003 |
Maria Hinojosa |
| December 2003 |
Inez Tenenbaum |
| May 2004 |
Elaine Jones |
| December 2004 |
Lindsay Graham |
| May 2005 |
Joe Riley |
| December 2005 |
N/A |
| May 2006 |
Ruth Shaw |
| December 2006 |
Reggie Lloyd |
| May 2007 |
George Kuh |