2007 Andrew Raftery (BFA '84), Painter, Engraver, Educator

2006 Bruce Herman (BFA '77, MFA '79), Painter

2005 Rick Heinrichs (BFA '76), Production Designer

2004 Jon Imber (BFA '77), Painter

2003 Ivan Schwartz (BFA '73), Sculptor

2002 Caren Canier (MFA '76), Painter

2001 Pat Steir, (BFA '60), Painter

2000 Mary Ellen Doyle, (BFA '62), Painter

1999 Robert Guillemin aka Sidewalk Sam (BFA '62, MFA '67), Visual Artist, President of Art Street Inc.

1998 Arnold Glimcher (CFA '61), Art Dealer, Founder of Pace Gallery, NYC

1997 Robert Freeman (BFA '71, MFA '81), Painter

1996 Jane Aaron (BFA '69), Animator

1995 Ira Yoffe (BFA '78), Director of Design; Parade Magazine

1994 Brice Marden (BFA '61), Painter

1993 Penelope Jencks (BFA '58), Sculptor

1992 Lorraine Shemesh (BFA '71), Painter

1991 Sidney Hurwitz (MFA '59), Professor of Art at Boston University

1990 Rick Meyerowitz (BFA '65), Illustrator

1989 Paul S. Kahn (BFA '67), Psychotherapist at Beth Israel Hospital

1988 Ben Frank Moss (MFA '63), Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Iowa

1987 Richard Yarde (BFA '62, MFA '64), Professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst

1986 Phyllis Berman (BFA '73, MFA '75), Painter