Gerald Fischbach, 2020

David Baker (posthumous), 2017

Robert Culver, 2010

Victor Sazer, 2008

Richard D. Colburn (posthumous), 2005

Roland and Almita Vamos, 1997

Eleonore Schoenfeld, 1996

Felix Galimir, 1995

Louise Behrend, 1994

Abram Loft, 1993

Grant Beglarian, 1992

Robert Mann, 1991

Alexander Schneider, 1990

Henri Temianka, 1989

Milton Katims, 1988

Robert Klotman, 1987

Herbert Axelrod, 1986

Margaret Farish, 1985

Phyllis Young, 1984

Louis Krasner, 1983

Clifford Cook, 1982

John Celentano, 1981

T.J. Frederick Muller, 1980

John Kendall, 1979

Ralph Matesky, 1978

Margaret Rowell, 1977

Elizabeth A.H. Green, 1976

Marvin Rabin, 1975

George Bornoff, 1974

Paul Rolland, 1973

American Symphony Orchestra League, 1972

Fine Arts Quartet ,1971

Merle Isaac, 1970

Heinrich Roth, 1969

National Federation of Music Clubs, 1968

Congress of Strings, American Federation of Musicians, 1967

Bell Telephone Company, 1966

American Airlines, 1965

Joseph Maddy, 1964

Jack Benny, 1963