1917-18

William Oxley Thompson, president of Ohio State University

1918-19

Charles Franklin Thwing, president of Western Reserve University

1919-20

Rev. Lauress J. Birney, dean of the School of Theology at Boston University

1920-21

Rev. Fred Luke Wiseman, president of the Wesleyan Church in Great Britain

1921-22

Rev. Thomas Nicholson, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1922-23

Rev. Frank Du Moulin, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church

1923-24

Eric C. Hopwood, editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer

1924-25

Rev. Samuel Chadwick, president of Cliff College

1925-26

Robert Ernest Vinson, president of Western Reserve University

1926-27

Everett William Lord, dean of the College of Business Administration at Boston University

1927-28

Fred Lewis Patte, professor of English at Pennsylvania State College

1928-29

Samuel Christian Schmucker, professor emeritus of biology at Pennsylvania State University

1929-30

Walter Scott Athearn, head of the Department of Religious Education at Boston University

1930-31

Robert Lincoln Kelly, executive secretary of the Association of American Colleges

1931-32

Donald John Cowling, president of Carleton College

1934-35

Rev. F.C. Eiselen, corresponding secretary of the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1935-36

G. Rowland Collins, associate dean and professor of marketing at New York City University

1936-37

Frank Durward Slutz, author and educator

1937-38

George Frederick Zook, president of the American Council on Education

1938-39

William Pearson Tolley, president of Allegheny College

1939-40

Lynn Harold Hough, dean of Drew Theological Seminary

1940-41

Whitney Jennings Oates, assistant professor of classics at Princeton University

1941-42

Bernard Chancellor Clausen, pastor of First Baptist Church

1942-43

James H. Straughn, resident bishop of the Pittsburgh Area of the Methodist Church

1943-44

Roy L. Smith, editor of The Christian Advocate

1944-45

Walter Kirkland Greene, president of Wofford College

1945-46

Fred Pierce Corson, resident bishop of the Philadelphia Area of the Methodist Church

1946-47

Joseph M. M. Gray, minister of Bexley Methodist Church

1948-49

Lloyd C. Wicke, resident bishop of the Pittsburgh Area of the Methodist Church

1953-54

Hazen G. Werner, resident bishop of the Ohio Area of the Methodist Church

1954-55

William Lincoln Hart, judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio

1984-85

Dr. Robert Jewett, professor of New Testament interpretation at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary

1987-88

Dr. Charles B. Ketcham, James Mills Thoburn Chair of Religion at Allegheny College

1994-95

Dr. James Reagan, ethicist of St. Elizabeth Medical Center

1998-99

Leonard I. Sweet, dean of the Theological School and vice president of Drew University

2004-05

Rev. Dr. John Haughey, S.J.. professor of Christian ethics, Loyola University Chicago, Senior Fellow, Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University

2005-06

Dr. William Lane Craig, research professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology