1998/99     Sir Bernard Ingham
1997/98     Bruce Gyngell
1996/97     Ned Sherrin CBE
1995/96     Will Wyatt C.B.E
1994/95     Bob Monkhouse O.B.E.
1992/93     Johnny Beerling
1991/92     Ian Gray
1990/91     David Hatch, M.A., Dip. Ed., FRSA
1989/90     Clive Leach
1988/89     John F. O'Neill
1987/88     Michael Grade
1986/87     Robert Maxwell, M.C.
1985/86     John Whitney
1984/85     Aubrey Singer, C.B.E.
1983/84     The Rt. Hon. The Lord Thompson of Monifieth, K.T., P.C.
1982/83     David Hurley
1981/82     Bill Cotton, C.B.E.
1980/81     Robin Scott, C.B.E.
1979/80     Brian Tesler, C.B.E., M.A.
1978/79     Howard Thomas, C.B.E.
1977/78     Douglas Muggeridge
1975/76     Brian T. Reilly
1974/75     Lord Aylestone, C.B.E.
1973/74     Sir John Steward-Clarke, Bt.
1972/73     Peter Cadbury
1971/72     George Elrick
1970/71     F.E. Jones, M.B.E., PhD, D.Sc, R.F.S.
1968/70     The Rt. Hon. The Lord Hill of Lutton
1967/68     Sir Victor Tait, K.B.E., C.B.E.
1966/67     Eric Robinson
1965/66     J. Raymond Tobin
1964/65     Sir Ian Orr-Ewing, Bt., O.B.E.
1963/64     Basil Z. De Ferranti
1962/63     Guy. R. Fountain
1961/62     Ernest S Brown
1960/61     F.W. Perks
1959/60     D Curry, M.A., A.M.I.E.R.E.
1958/59     Sir Robert Fraser, O.B.E.
1957/58     Admiral J.W.S. Dorling C.B.E.
1956/57     Eric K Cole
1955/56     Sir Harold Bishop, C.B.E.
1954/55     C.O. Stanley, C.B.E.
1953/54     Edward E. Rosen
1952/53     Lord Brabazon of Tara, G.B.E., M.C., P.C.
1951/52     Sir Ian Fraser, C.B.E., M.P.
1950/51     Norman Collins
1949/50     The Marquis of Exeter, K.C.M.G., LLD
1948/49     H. De A. Donisthorpe
1947/48     J.H. Williams
1946/47     Sir L.C. Gamage, M.C.
1945/46     Lord Renwick Bt., K.B.E.
1943/45     Sir Noel Ashbridge
1942/43     Sir Vincent De Ferranti
1941/42     Sir Louis Sterling, D. Litt.
1940/41     S.R. Mullard, M.B.E.
1939/40     J.H. Thomas
1938/39     Major L.H. Peter
1937/38     M.M. Macqueen