Year | Recipient | Home City | Presenter | Da Capo President |
| 1953-1954 | Harry F. Clarke | Lakewood, OH | Gerald M. Frank | 1943-44 President |
| 1954-1955 | Edith M. Keller | Columbus, OH | William B. McBride | 1944-46 President |
| 1955-1956 | Arthur L. Williams | Oberlin, OH | Alfred D. Lekvold | 1946-48 President |
| 1956-1957 | Louis E. Pete | Ashland, OH | Clark J. Haines | 1948-50 President |
| 1957-1958 | Eugene J. Weigel | Columbus, OH | Mary R. Tolberrt | 1950-52 President |
| 1958-1959 | William B. McBride | Columbus, OH | D. Ernest Manring | 1952-54 President |
| 1959-1960 | George E. Waln | Oberlin, OH | Richard J. Stocker | 1954-56 President |
| 1960-1961 | W. Oscar Jones | Findlay, OH | Richard L. Schilling | 1956-58 President |
| 1961-1962 | Alfred D. Lekvold | Oxford, OH | Charles H. Benner | 1958-60 President |
| 1962-1963 | D. Ernest Manring | Cleveland, OH | E. Richard Shoup | 1960-62 President |
| 1963-1964 | Thelbert R. Evans | Lakewood, OH | Arthur L. Williams | 1931-32 President |
| 1964-1965 | Evelyn L. Ross | Columbus, OH | Edith M. Keller | State Music Supervisor |
| 1965-1966 | Mary R. Tolbert | Columbus, OH | W. Oscar Jones | 1941-43 President |
| 1966-1967 | Harry Young | Wooster, OH | Gerald M. Frank | 1943-44 President |
| 1967-1968 | Gerald M. Frank | Elyria, OH | William B. McBride | 1944-46 President |
| 1968-1969 | Richard J. Stocker | Springfield, OH | Clark J. Haines | 1948-50 President |
| 1969-1970 | Gertrude A. DeBats | Bedford, OH | Mary R. Tolberrt | 1950-52 President |
| 1970-1971 | Charles H. Benner | Cincinnati, OH | Richard J. Stocker | 1954-56 President |
| 1971-1972 | Cloea Thomas | Columbus, OH | Charles H. Benner | 1958-60 President |
| 1972-1973 | Mildred Pietschman McCrystal | Sandusky, OH | Richard L. Schilling | 1956-58 President |
| 1973-1974 | Richard L. Schilling | Oxford, OH | R. Bryon Griest | 1962-64 President |
| 1974-1975 | Calvin Y. Rogers | Ashland, OH | E. Richard Shoup | 1960-62 President |
| 1975-1976 | Clark J. Haines | Dayton, OH | Calvin Y. Rogers | 1966-68 President |
| 1976-1977 | R. Byron Griest | Massillon, OH | Katharine S. McGill | 1970-72 President |
| 1977-1978 | E. Richard Shoup | Columbus, OH | B. Neil Davis | 1972-74 President |
| 1978-1979 | James W. Middleton | Fostoria, OH | James E. Thomas | 1974-78 President |
| 1979-1980 | George H. Wilson | Elmhurst, Ill | Mary R. Tolbert | 1950-52 President |
| 1980-1981 | Katharine S. McGill | Columbus, OH | Charles H. Benner | 1958-60 President |
| 1981-1982 | James E. Thomas | Ashland, OH | E. Richard Shoup | 1960-62 President |
| 1982-1983 | B. Neil Davis | Lakewood, OH | Calvin Y. Rogers | 1966-68 President |
| 1983-1983 | H. Wayne Ramsey | Columbus, OH | Katharine S. McGill | 1970-72 President |
| 1984-1985 | Daniel H. Baker | Columbus, OH | B. Neil Davis | 1972-74 President |
| 1985-1986 | Carol & Jack O. Evans | Columbus, OH | James E. Thomas | 1974-76 President |
| 1986-1987 | Stuart J. Ling | Wooster, OH | Daniel H. Baker | 1978-80 President |
| 1987-1988 | Joan Meier | Cincinnati, OH | Stuart J. Ling | 1980-82 President |
| 1988-1989 | George Zimmerman | Dayton, OH | Lee R. Suman | 1982-84 President |
| 1989-1990 | Lee R. Suman | Cincinnati, OH | Paul E. Thoms | 1984-86 President |
| 1990-1991 | Ward Zerkle | Trotwood, OH | Davd L. Meeker | 1986-88 President |
| 1991-1992 | Linda Mercer | Columbus, OH | Warren E. George | 1988-90 President |
| 1992-1993 | David L. Meeker | Columbus, OH | Gayle Stalheim | 1990-92 President |
| 1993-1994 | Paul E. Thoms | Fairfield, OH | Charles H. Benner | 1958-60 President |
| 1994-1995 | Percy Hall | Mansfield, OH | E. Richard Shoup | 1960-62 President |
| 1995-1996 | Warren E. George | Cincinnati, OH | George H. Wilson | 1964-66 President |
| 1996-1997 | Lloyd Savage | Chillicothe, OH | B. Neil Davis | 1972-74 President |
| 1997-1998 | Marjorie Malone | Coolville, OH | James E. Thomas | 1974-78 President |
| 1998-1999 | Rosemary J. Koepfle | Cincinnati, OH | Daniel H. Baker | 1978-79 President |
| 1999-2000 | Gayle Stalheim | Painesville, OH | Stuart J. Ling | 1980-82 President |
| 2000-2001 | Frederick R. Walker | Oakwood, OH | Lee R. Suman | 1982-84 President |
| 2001-2002 | Richard W. Wesp | Cincinnati, OH | Paul E. Thoms | 1984-86 President |
| 2002-2003 | Omar Blackman | Cleveland, OH | Warren E. George | 1988-90 President |
| 2003-2004 | Dwight Somerville | Shelby, OH | Gayle Stalheim | 1990-92 President |
| 2004-2005 | William K. Guegold | Akron, OH | Rosemary J. Koepfle | 1992-94 President |
| 2005-2006 | Nancy Ditmer | Wooster, OH | William K. Guegold | 1994-96 President |
| 2006-2007 | William Anderson | Gahanna, OH | Nancy Ditmer | 1996-98 President |
| 2007-2008 | Mary Jane McKinley | Nelsonville, OH | Marcus Neiman | 1998-2000 President |
| 2008-2009 | Elaine Ostrander | Westerville, OH | Shanon Nelson | 2000-02 President |
| 2009-2010 | Marcus L. Neiman | Medina, OH | Steve Stroup | 2002-04 President |
| 2010-2011 | Roger Hall | Massillon, OH | Wiliam Anderson | 2004-06 President |
| 2011-2012 | Max Treier | Cambridge, OH | Mark Hensler | 2006-08 President |
| 2012-2013 | Gary DeVault | Wooster, OH | Jim Dowdy | 2008-12 President |
| 2013-2014 | James Swearingen | Grove City, OH | Jim Dowdy | 2008-12 President |
| 2014-2015 | James Dowdy | Gahanna, OH | Patricia Meeks | 2012-14 President |
| 2015-2016 | Roberta Newcomer | Wooster, OH | Patricia Meeks | 2012-14 President |
| 2016-2017 | Patricia Meeks | Lima, OH | Terry Herschman | 2014-16 President |
| 2017-2018 | Donna Collins | Glenford, OH | Terry Herschman | 2014-16 President |
| 2018-2019 | Lalene Dyshere Kay | Berea, OH | Michael Crist | 2016-18 President |
| 2019-2020 | Susan Bass | Mason, OH | Michael Crist | 2016-18 President |
| 2020-2021 | Not awarded - COVID | No Conference | Kathleen McGrady | 2018-20 President |
| 2021-2022 | Mark a. Hensler (presented 2023) | Fairfield Township, OH | Kathleen McGrady | 2018-20 President |
| 2022-2023 | Joseph Thrower (presented 2024) | Reynoldsburg, OH | Ann Usher | 2020-22 President |
| 2023-2024 | Kathleen McGrady | Perrysburg, OH | Ann Usher | 2020-22 President |