1960-61

John Ciardi, professor of English, Rutgers University

1961-62

Selden Rodman, poet, author and art critic

1963-64

William D. Snodgrass, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet

1964-65

Dame Alicia Markova, prima ballerina

1965-66

Herman Shulin, Broadway producer and director

1966-67

An Evening’s Frost, a production featuring the works and letters of poet Robert Frost, starring Will Geer and with Anne Gee Byrd, Thomas Coley and Jack Davidson

1967-68

Benjamin Franklin, Citizen featuring the words of Benjamin Franklin, starring Fredd Wayne

1969-70

Boris Goldovsky, pianist

1971-72

William McVey, sculptor

1976-77

Fred Sherry and Charles Wuorinen, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, cellist and pianist

1977-78

Mitchell Stern, violinist and Robert McDonald, pianist

1978-79

Phyllis Bryn-Julson, vocalist

1996-97

William Albright, composer, organist and pianist

2004-05

Dragan Vukadinovic, senior creative designer, Hyundai/Kia American Design Center

2005-06

Die Audio Gruppe, art group that builds and performs with electroacoustic clothes and dresses

2006-07

Richard Dresser, playwright