| 2024
| Laura Diederick (DC)
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| 2023
| Jackie Takacs (MD)
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| 2022
| Lynn Whitley (CA)
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| 2021
| Thaxter Tewksbury (RI) & Diana Payne (CT)
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| 2020
| Sean Russell (FL) & Kathy Fuller (MD), Francesca Santoro (IT)
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| 2019 |
Jennifer Magnusson (BC) |
| 2018 |
Sarah Richards (NY) |
| 2017 |
David Christopher (DE) |
| 2016 |
Jackie Takacs (MD) |
| 2015 |
Don Hudson (ME) |
| 2014 |
Justine Glynn (HI) |
| 2013 |
Tsuyoshi Sasaki (Japan) |
| 2012 |
Sea Grant Education Network, NMEA Ocean Literacy Committee, and Lauren Rader (CT) |
| 2011 |
Johnette Bosarge (MS) |
| 2010 |
Frances Lee Larkin (VA), Rick Tinnin (TX), Mike Lewis, Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Frederick (MD) |
| 2009 |
Catherine Halverson (CA) and W. Donald Hudson, Jr. (ME) |
| 2008 |
Peggy Hamner (CA) |
| 2007 |
Howard "Mickey" Weiss (CT) |
| 2006 |
College of Exploration (VA) and Susan Snyder (OH/FL) |
| 2005 |
Linda Hagelin (CA) |
| 2004 |
NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) and The BRIDGE |
| 2003 |
John Trowbridge (LA) |
| 2002 |
Johnette Bosarge (MS) and Vicki Osis (OR) |
| 2001 |
Paul and Lydia (Taby) Keener |
| 2000 |
Kathleen Heidenreich (WA), Pam Stryker (TX), Virginia De Silva, and Lee Anne Campbell |
| 1999 |
Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums |
| 1998 |
Bruce Carlston (NJ) and Sarah Schoedinger (DC) |
| 1997 |
Vikki Spruill (DC) |
| 1996 |
Diane Sweeney (CA) |
| 1995 |
Robyn Dobyns (TN) |
| 1994 |
Mary Masterson (NJ) |
| 1993 |
James I Jones and Robert J. Shephard |
| 1992 |
Mary Masterson (NJ) and Wendy Allen (SC) |
| 1991 |
Sharon Walker (MS) and Quinton White (FL) |
| 1990 |
Rick Tinnin (TX) and Millie Graham (GA) |
| 1989 |
Jim Lanier (NC) and Vic Mayer (OH) |
| 1988 |
Karen Aspinwall (MD) and Gail Miller |
| 1987 |
Jim O’Connor and Lundie Spence (NC) |
| 1986 |
Rosanne Fortner (OH) |
| 1985 |
Fleda Jackson and Sue Gammisch (VA) |
| 1984 |
Jim Hannaham (DC) |
