1985 William Manchester
1986 A. Bartlett Giamatti
1987 Malcolm Baldridge
1988 Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
1989 Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
1990 Walter Sullivan
1991 Lloyd Richards
1992 Dave Brubeck
1993 William A. O’Neill
1994 Arthur Miller
1995 Hon. Drew S. Days III
1996 Charles H. Kaman
1997 James L. Tobin
1998 David E.A. Carson
1999 James P. Comer, M.D.
2000 Anne Tyler Calabresi
2001 John L. Lahey
2002 Harold Hongju Koh
2003 Geno Auriemma
2004 Wally Lamb
2005 Dr. Henry C. Lee
2006 Faith Middleton
2007 Michael Bolton
2008 Colleen Zenk Pinter and Mark Pinter
2009 Mia Dillon
2010 Jim Calhoun
2011 Hon. Richard M. Blumenthal
2013 Ralph Nader
2015 Carlton L. Highsmith
2016 Sister Maureen Faenza and Sister Theresa Fonti
2017 E. Patricia Llodra
2018 Hon. Denise L. Nappier
2019 Hon. George C. Jepsen
2021 Rebecca Corbin Loree
James M. Loree
2023 Denise W. Merrill