| Frank E. Dawson | 1946 | George W. Campbell | 1979 |
| Joel J. Faulk | 1947 | James B. White | 1980 |
| Graham P. Kerr | 1948 | Gerald F. Lee | 1981 |
| H. H. Gettle | 1949 | Gene W. Helms | 1982 |
| J. Sam Hinson | 1950 | H. Patrick McSwain | 1983 |
| Steve W. Dellinger | 1951 | Ivey C. Thornton | 1984 |
| Charles B. Small | 1952 | John D. Patterson | 1985 |
| James B. Johnson | 1953 | F. Howard Roberts | 1986 |
| Jasper L. Simpson | 1954 | Richard D. Grice Sr. | 1987 |
| Sam T. Peery | 1955 | W. ben Stokes Sr. | 1988 |
| Herman A. Brown | 1956 | Fred K. Pasour | 1989 |
| Frank N. Owens | 1957 | John W. Player Sr. | 1990 |
| Henry M. Snyder | 1958 | E. L. (Bud) Pinger Jr. | 1991 |
| Henry C. Baucom | 1959 | Robert E. Tanzy | 1992 |
| Bonner L. Strawn | 1960 | D. Windell Cunningham | 1993 |
| William E. Kerr | 1961 | William C. Lawson Jr. | 1994 |
| Dan R. Gattis | 1962 | George C. Thompson | 1995 |
| Frank N. Harton | 1963 | John P. Beall | 1996 |
| John W. Tanzy | 1964 | Benjamin F. Lane | 1997 |
| Walter L. Glenn | 1965 | Lewis C. Mullis | 1998 |
| William H. Harmon | 1966 | Bruce H. Suttle Jr. | 1999 |
| William C. Parlier | 1967 | Cecil V. Nance | 2000 |
| Warren O. Drye | 1968 | Donald R. Cummings | 2001 |
| L. Ben Holland | 1969 | David Hackney | 2002 |
| Henry S. Cowell Jr. | 1970 | Vernon Norwood | 2003 |
| Charles L. Davidson | 1971 | Roscoe White | 2004 |
| Thomas A. Craig | 1972 | Clayton Wright | 2005 |
| Samuel C. Morris | 1973 | Bud Pinger | 2006 |
| Samuel M. Davidson | 1974 | Donald Cummings | 2007 |
| Wayne E. Bowman | 1975 | Howard Roberts | 2008 |
| C Ralph Smith | 1976 | Carl Hedberg | 2009 |
| John L. Richardson | 1977 | Tim Counts III | 2010 |
| Charles L. Davidson | 1978 |