for outstanding recent accomplishments in basic cancer research.
- 2008 John E. Dick
- 2007 Michael B. Kastan
- 2006 Carlo M. Croce
- 2005 David M. Livingston
- 2004 Frederick W. Alt
- 2003 Ronald A. DePinho
- 2002 Frank McCormick
- 2001 Stephen J. Elledge
- 2000 Elizabeth H. Blackburn
- 1999 Mina J. Bissell
- 1998 Arnold J. Levine
- 1997 Stanley J. Korsmeyer
- 1996 Robert A. Weinberg
- 1995 Bert Vogelstein
- 1994 Mary-Claire King
- 1993 Stuart H. Yuspa
- 1992 June L. Biedler
- 1991 Michael H. Wigler
- 1990 Erkki Ruoslahti
- 1989 Janet D. Rowley
- 1988 Isaiah J. Fidler
- 1987 I. Bernard Weinstein
- 1986 Hidesaburo Hanafusa
- 1985 Judah Folkman
- 1984 Emmanuel Farber
- 1983 Peter N. Magee
- 1982 George Weber
- 1981 Allan H. Conney
- 1980 Lloyd J. Old
- 1979 Roswell K. Boutwell
- 1978 Torbjorn Caspersson
- 1977 Ludwik Gross
- 1976 Henry S. Kaplan
- 1975 Elwood V. Jensen
- 1974 Howard M. Temin
- 1973 Wallace P. Rowe
- 1972 Sidney Weinhouse
- 1971 Howard E. Skipper
- 1970 Charles Heidelberger
- 1969 James A. Miller
- 1968 George H. Hitchings
- 1967 George Klein
- 1966 Joseph W. Beard
- 1965 Lloyd W. Law
- 1964 Van R. Potter
- 1963 Peyton Rous
- 1962 Jacob Furth
- 1961 Renato Dulbecco