| 2024 |
Daniel G. Nocera, Harvard University |
| 2019 |
Kenneth N. Raymond, University of California, Berkeley |
| 2018 |
Jack W. Szostak, Harvard Medical School |
| 2015 |
Ada E. Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
| 2012 |
Benjamin Cravatt, Scripps Research Institute |
| 2011 |
Ronald Breslow, Columbia University |
| 2010 |
Louis Brus, Columbia University |
| 2008 |
Alison Butler, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 2007 |
George M. Bodner, Purdue University |
| 2006 |
P. Les Dutton, University of Pennsylvania |
| 2005 |
Robert H. Grubbs, California Institute of Technology |
| 2004 |
William S. Hancock, Northeastern University |
| 2003 |
Charles M. Lieber, Harvard University |
| 2001 |
Richard N. Zare, Stanford University |
| 2000 |
Jean-Marie Lehn, Universite de Strasbourg |
| 2000 |
Sir John Meurig Thomas, Royal Institution of Great Britain |
| 1998 |
Sunny I. Chan, California Institute of Technology |
| 1997 |
Susan Solomon, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| 1996 |
David Tirrell, University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| 1994 |
Hyuk Yu, University of Wisconsin |
| 1993 |
K. Peter C. Vollhardt, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1993 |
Alexander Pines, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1992 |
Harry B. Gray, California Institute of Technology |
| 1991 |
Koji Nakanishi, Columbia University |
| 1990 |
Gerhard Wegner, Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz, Germany |
| 1989 |
Gary M. Hieftje, Indiana University, Bloomington |
| 1988 |
Jack E. Baldwin, University of Oxford, Great Britain |
| 1987 |
Mostafa A. El-Sayed, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1986 |
Neil Barlett, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1985 |
Pierre Lazlo, University of Liege, Belgium |
| 1984 |
Allen J. Bard, University of Texas at Austin |
| 1983 |
Barry M. Trost, University of Wisconsin |
| 1982 |
Helmut Ringsdorf, University of Mainz, Germany |
| 1981 |
Michael Kasha, Flordia State University |
| 1981 |
William S. Johnson, Standford University |
| 1980 |
F. Albert Cotton, Texas A&M University |
| 1979 |
A. J. P. Martin, University of Houston |
| 1979 |
V. Prelog, Eidenössuscge Technische Hochschule, Zürich |
| 1978 |
Herbert C. Brown, Purdue University |
| 1977 |
John D. Roberts, California Institute of Technology |