1992	John Drew	Professor, Florida State University
1993	Albert Lube*	Professor, University of Houston
1994	Leon Brown*	Professor, University of North Texas
1995	Per Brevig	Professor, Juilliard School of Music and Manhattan School of Music
1996	Peter Gane	Professor, Guildhall School of Music
1997	John Swallow	Former Professor, New England Conservatory, Yale University, Manhattan School of Music
1998	M. Dee Stewart	Professor, Indiana University
1999	Donald Knaub	Former Professor, University of Texas at Austin
2000	Ingemar Roos	Frölunda, Sweden
2001	John Hill *	Former Professor, University of Iowa
2002	Curtis Olson	Former Professor, Michigan State University
2003	Viktor Sumerkin	Professor, St Petersburg Conservatory
2004	Edwin "Buddy" Baker	Former Professor, Indiana, Colorado & Northern Colorado Universities
2005	Heinz Fadle	Former Professor, Hochschule für Musik Detmold, Germany
2006	Denis Wick	Former Professor, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
2007	Robert Gray	Former Professor, University of Illinois
2008	Jan Kagarice	Adjunct Professor, University of North Texas

* deceased