This award recognizes an individual whose leadership and extraordinary achievements have made a major impact in cancer research.
- 2013 Robert C. Young, M.D.
- 2012 John Mendelsohn, M.D.
- 2011 Arthur D. Levinson, Ph.D.
- 2010 Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D.
- 2009 Anna D. Barker, Ph.D.
- 2008 Ellen V. Sigal, Ph.D.
- 2007 Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.)