As listed by ECS:
* 2023 Fred Roozeboom
* 2021 Hiroshi Iwai
* 2019 David J. Lockwood
* 2015 Yue Kuo
* 2005 Dennis Hess
* 1999 Isamu Akasaki
* 1995 Wayne L. Worrell
* 1993 Bruce E. Deal
* 1987 Alfred Y. Cho
* 1985 Jerry M. Woodall
* 1983 Nick Holonyak, Jr.
* 1981 Gerald L. Pearson
* 1979 Morton B. Panish
* 1977 Robert N. Hall
* 1973 William G. Pfann