Robert Frost, 1958-59, Poetry 
Eero Saarinen, 1959-60, Architecture 
Judith Anderson, 1960-61, Theatre 
Leonard Baskin, 1963-64, Graphic Arts
Walter Piston, 1965-66, Music 
W.H. Auden, 1967-68, Poetry 
John Cage, 1969-70, Music 
The Philadelphia Orchestra, 1972-73, Music 
Mauricio Lasansky, 1974-75, Printmaking 
Zelda Fichandler, 1976-77, Drama 
John Barth, 1980-81, Literature 
Toshiko Takaezu, 1982-83, Ceramics 
Thomas Binkley, 1982-83, Music 
Pennsylvania Ballet, 1983-84, Dance 
David Mamet, 1984-85, Drama 
Robert Stone, 1986-87, Literature 
Tommy Flanagan, 1988-89, Music 
Horton Foote, 1989-90, Cinema 
Leon Golub, 1991-92, Painting 
Seamus Heaney, 1992-93, Poetry 
Twyla Tharp, 1995-96, Dance 
Phyllis Bryn-Julson, 1996-97, Music
Julie Harris, 2000-01, Drama
Milton Babbitt, 2001-02, Music
André Gregory, 2004-05, Drama
Trisha Brown, 2007-08, Dance
Sue Coe, 2013-14, Drawing and Printmaking