- 1929 J. D. Applewhite
- 1930 H. L. Akridge
- 1931 G. T. Crozier
- 1932 Eugene E. Murphey
- 1933 V. B. Elmore, MD
- 1934 O. H. Cheek
- 1935 M. A. Fort
- 1936 Hugo Robinson
- 1937 Hugo Robinson
- 1938 C. O. Rainey
- 1939 W. W. Brown
- 1940 S. C. Rutland
- 1941 W. H. Weir
- 1942 J. R. Evans
- 1943 J. E. Lester
- 1944 J. E. Lester
- 1945 E. J. Sunkes
- 1946 E. J. Sunkes
- 1947 Abe J. Davis
- 1948 M. E. Winchester
- 1949 C. A. Henderson
- 1950 J. A. Thrash
- 1951 C. D. Bowdoin
- 1952 Bessie F. Swan
- 1953 Joel C. Beall
- 1954 C. S. Buchanan
- 1955 J. G. Williams
- 1956 W. D. Lundquist, MD
- 1957 L. G. Lenert
- 1958 Ernest B. Davis
- 1959 J. F. Hackney, MD
- 1960 C. Dexter Kimsey
- 1961 T. O.Vinson, MD
- 1962 Carl Fox
- 1963 Dorothy Barfield
- 1964 A. Faegin Parrish
- 1965 Hart S. Odom, MD
- 1966 William Johnson, DDS
- 1967 Mark R. Harbison
- 1968 Thomas F. Gibson
- 1969 Dixon R. Olive, Jr.
- 1970 John E. McCroan, PhD
- 1971 J. B. Eller
- 1972 Norman Pursley, MD
- 1973 David Wolf
- 1974 Rufus Davis
- 1975 Myrtle Tomlin
- 1976 James F. O’Kelley
- 1977 Earl E. Long
- 1978 Eugenia (Mickie) Mobley
- 1979 Laura E. Bramblett
- 1980 Thomas W. McKinley
- 1981 J. David Smith
- 1982 E. Joseph Alderman, DDS
- 1983 R. E. (Bodie) Adams
- 1984 W. Douglas Skelton, MD
- 1985 James Mallory
- 1986 James W. Alley, MD
- 1987 Bill Mahaffey
- 1988 Audrey Hollingsworth
- 1989 Bobby C. Robbins
- 1990 Donald K. Speaks
- 1991 Janice Mooney
- 1992 Jane C. Carr
- 1993 Mark Trail
- 1994 Margaret Bean
- 1995 Virginia Galvin, MD
- 1996 Dee Cantrell, MD
- 1997 Kathleen Miner, PhD
- 1998 Susan Butler, EdD
- 1999 Jannell Knight, MSA
- 2000 Ecleamus L. Ricks, MPH
- 2001 J. Paul Newell, MD
- 2002 Lisa M. Carlson, MPH, CHES
- 2003 Paul J. Wiesner, MD
- 2004 Lynne Feldman, MD, MPH
- 2005 William C. Fields, MBA
- 2006 William C. Fields, MBA
- 2007 J. Frederick Agel
- 2008 W. Douglas Skelton, MD
- 2009 Russ Toal, MPH
- 2010 Alpha F. Bryan, MD
- 2011 Alpha F. Bryan, MD
- 2012 Todd Jones
- 2013 Regina Abbott, MPA
- 2014 Kathryn Martin, PhD, MPH
- 2015 Deborah Riner, CHt
- 2016 Johanna Hinman, MPH, CHES
- 2017 Selina A. Smith, PhD, MDiv
- 2018 Diane McWethy, MPA
- 2019 Colin Smith, DrPH, MS, CPH
- 2020-21 Lawton Davis, MD
- 2022 Chris Rustin, DrPH, MS, REHS
- 2023 Saroyi C. Morris, DrPH MHS
- 2024 D. Stephen Goggans, MD, MPH