- 2026: Cassandra Moore, Director of Enrollment Development and Admissions, Anne Arundel Community College
- 2025: Kristi Wold-McCormick, Assistant Vice Provost & University Registrar, University of Colorado Boulder
- 2024: Jackie Carter, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Program Manager, Washington University in St. Louis
- 2023: Rhonda Kitch, University Registrar, Cornell University
- 2022: Tiffany Robinson, Assistant Vice Provost/University Registrar, The University of Texas at San Antonio
- 2021: Jack Miner, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, University of Cincinnati
- 2020: Luisa Havens Gerardo, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, The University of Texas at Arlington
- 2019: Tina Falkner, Director, University of Minnesota
- 2018: Jim Bouse, Director of Enrollment Management Technology, Associate Registrar, Technology, University of Oregon
- 2017: Paul Kyle, Dean of Student Services and Success, Johnson County Community College
- 2016: Dan Garcia, Vice President of Enrollment Management, West Texas A&M University
- 2015: Brad Myers, University Registrar, Ohio State University
- 2014: Adrienne McDay, Coordinator, William Rainey Harper College
- 2013: Jeff von Munkwitz-Smith, University Registrar, Boston University
- 2012: Nora McLaughlin, Registrar, Reed College
- 2011: Betty Huff, Vice Provost Enrollment Services, University of Memphis
- 2010: Wanda Simpson Munson, Dean of Records & College Registrar, San Jacinto College
- 2009: Paul Wiley, University Registrar, Sewanee: The University of the South
- 2008: Paul Aucoin, Dean of Academic Services, Samford University
- 2007: Ange Peterson, Associate Vice President, University of Central Florida
- 2006: Joseph Roof, Director of Enrollment Services and Registrar, Seminole State College of Florida
- 2005: Thomas A. Bilger, Ball State University
- 2004: Paul F. Taylor, Business Development Manager, National Student Clearinghouse
- 2003: Heather C. Smith, Dean of Enrollment Services, Community College of Rhode Island
- 2002: R. Eugene Schuster, The Ohio State University
- 2001: Louise Lonabocker, Retired from Boston College
- 2000: William R. Haid, University Registrar, University of California, San Diego
- 1999: Paul H. Anderson, Associate Dean and University Registrar, Furman College
- 1998: Frederick A. Fresh, University Registrar, Clark Atlanta University
- 1997: Kathleen Plante, Registrar and Director of Admissions, Louisiana State University Shreveport
- 1996: Stanley E. Henderson, Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Student Life, University of Michigan-Dearborn
- 1995: Nancy C. Sprotte, Director of Admissions and Records, San Diego State Columbia.
- 1994: Jeffery M. Tanner, Associate Dean of Admissions and Records, Brigham Young University
- 1993: Gary L. Smith, Director of Admissions and Registrar, University of Missouri Columbia
- 1992: Charles W. McKinney, Dean of Admissions and Records, University of California Santa Barbara
- 1991: Gerald D. Bowker, Dean of Admissions and Records, University of Tennessee
- 1990: Robert N. Melott, Vice President of Information Systems, Tulsa Junior College
- 1989: Robert E. Cyphers, Registrar, The Johns Hopkins University
- 1988: John F. Collins Jr., Registrar, University of Maine
- 1987: Mary Elizabeth Randall, Assistant Dean of Enrollment Services, University of Maine-Augusta
- 1986: Bruce T. Shutt, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Registrar, University of Georgia
- 1985: James E. Thomas, Registrar, University of St. Thomas
- 1984: Leo J. Sweeney, Director of Admissions and Registrar, University of Missouri-Kansas City
- 1983: Kenneth H. Bogard, Registrar, Miami University
- 1982: Cliff Sjogren, Director of Admissions, University of Michigan
- 1981: Ruth Jass, Registrar and Director, Bradly University
- 1980: Elbert W. Ockerman, Dean of Admissions and Registrar, University of Kentucky
- 1979: Albert L. Clary, Director of Admissions, Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge
- 1978: Stan Berry, Director of Admissions, Washington State University
- 1977: Naomi M. McCraken, Registrar, Colorado Women’s College
- 1976: Garland G. Parker, Executive Director of the Office for Enrollment Policy and Educational Research, University of Cincinnati
- 1975: E.E. Oliver, Director of School and College Relations, University of Illinois
- 1974: Henry F. Rossi, Dean of Admissions and Registrar, St. John’s University
- 1973: Calvin A. Cumbie, Registrar, Texas Christian University
- 1972: Kenneth N. Vickery, Dean of Admissions and Registration, Clemson University
- 1971: Harvey Hall, Registrar, Stanford University
- 1970: Harold E. Temmer, Registrar and Admissions Officer, University of California, San Diego
- 1969: Gayle C. Wilson, Executive Associate Director of Admissions, University of Michigan
- 1968: Alfred Thomas Jr., Arizona State University
- 1967: Nelson M. Parkhurst, Registrar, Purdue University
- 1966: Robert E. Mahn, Ohio University
- 1965: James K. Hitt, University of Kansas
- 1964: Florence N. Brady, Occidental College
- 1963: E. Vincent O’Brien, Fordham University
- 1962: Ted McCarell, State University of Iowa
- 1961: Charles E. Harrell, Indiana University
- 1960: William F. Adams, University of Alabama
- 1959: Herman A. Spindt, University of California
- 1958: Roy Armstrong, University of North Carolina
- 1957: W.C. Smyser, Registrar, University of Miami
- 1956: Jonh M. Rhoads, Registrar, Temple University
- 1955: Albert F. Scribner, Valparaiso University
- 1954: Ronald B. Thompson, The Ohio State University
- 1953: Emma E. Deters, University of Buffalo
- 1952: John C. Fellows, University of Oklahoma
- 1951: Elwood C. Kastner, New York University
- 1950: R.E. McWhinnie, University of Wyoming
- 1949: R. Fred Thomason, University of Tennessee
- 1948: Carrie May Probst, Goucher College
- 1947: S. Woodson Canada, University of Missouri
- 1946: Ernest C. Miller, University of Chicago
- 1944: James R. Robinson, George Peabody College for Teachers
- 1942: A.H. Larson, Eastman School of Music
- 1941: Joseph C. MacKinnon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1940: William S. Hoffman, The Pennsylvania State University
- 1939: Edith D. Cockins, Ohio State University
- 1938: Fred L. Kerr, University of Arkansas
- 1937: J.R. Sage, Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
- 1936: Alan Bright, Carnegie Institute of Technology
- 1935: Kenneth P.R. Neville, University of Western Ontario
- 1934: Frank O. Holt, University of Wisconsin
- 1933: J. G. Quick, University of Pittsburgh
- 1932: R.N. Dempster, Johns Hopkins University
- 1931: J. Pearce Mitchell, Stanford University
- 1930: Edward J. Grant, Columbia University
- 1929: Charles E. Friley, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
- 1928: Ira M. Smith, University of Michigan
- 1927: Rodney M. West, University of Minnesota
- 1926: George P. Tuttle, University of Illinois
- 1925: Thomas J. Wilson, Jr., University of North Carolina
- 1924: James A. Gannett, Registrar, University of Maine
- 1922: Arthur G. Hall, University of Michigan
- 1920: Erza L. Gillis, Registrar, University of Kentucky
- 1919: Arthur W. Tarbell, Registrar, Institute of Technology
- 1917: Frank A. Dickey, Columbia University
- 1916: Walter Humphries, Mass. Inst. Tech.
- 1915: George O. Foster, University of Kansas
- 1914: E.J. Matthews, University of Texas
- 1913: John A. Cravens, Indiana University
- 1912: A. Howry Espenshade, Registrar, Wesleyan University
- 1911: A. Howry Espenshade, Registrar, Wesleyan University
- 1910: Alfred H. Parrott, Registrar, North Dakota State University (formerly North Dakota Agricultural College)