| Year |
Recipient |
| 2013 |
Nancy M. Albert, PhD, CCNS, CCRN, NE-BC, FAHA, FCCN |
| 2012 |
Martha A. Q. Curley, RN, PhD, FAAN |
| 2011 |
Marjorie Funk, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN |
| 2010 |
Mary Lou Sole, RN, PhD, FAAN |
| 2009 |
Mary Jo Grap, RN, PhD, FAAN |
| 2008 |
Anna Gawlinski, RN, DNSc, CS, ACNP, FAAN |
| 2007 |
Debra K. Moser, DNSc, RN, FAAN |
| 2006 |
Norma Metheny, RN, MSN, PhD |
| 2005 |
Sandra Dunbar, RN, DSN, FAAN |
| 2004 |
Cathie E. Guzzetta, RN, PhD, HNC, FAAN |
| 2003 |
Kathleen Puntillo, RN, DNSc, FAAN |
| 2002 |
Barbara J. Drew, RN, PhD, FAAN |
| 2001 |
Barbara Daly, RN, PhD |
| 2000 |
Sandra Hanneman, RN, PhD, FAAN |
| 1999 |
Barbara Riegel, RN, DNSc, CS, FAAN |
| 1998 |
Suzanne Burns, RN, MSN, RRT, CCRN |
| 1997 |
Marianne Chulay, RN, DNSc, FAAN |
| 1996 |
Marita Titler, PhD, RN, FAAN |
| 1995 |
Dorothy Brooten, RN, PhD, FAAN |
| 1994 |
Elaine Larson, PhD, RN, FAAN |
| 1993 |
Elizabeth Hahn Winslow, RN, PhD |
| 1992 |
Ellen Rudy, RN, PhD, FAAN |
| 1991 |
Kathleen Dracup, RN, DNSc, FAAN |
| 1990 |
Marguerite R. Kinney, RN, DNSc, FAAN |
| 1989 |
Carolyn Murdaugh, RN, PhD, CCRN |
| 1988 |
Kathleen Stone, RN, PhD |
| 1987 |
Susan Karen Donaldson, RN, PhD |
| 1986 |
Kathleen McCormick, RN, PhD, FAAN |
| 1985 |
Susan Woods, RN, MN |
| 1984 |
Pamela Mitchell, RN, MS, CNRN, FAAN |
| 1983 |
Karin Kirchhoff, RN, PhD |
| 1982 |
Ada Lindsey, RN, PhD |
