1988 Lord Porter (George Porter), UK (Founding medal)

1990 Michael Kasha, USA

1992 Kinichi Honda, Japan

1994 Nicholas J.Turro, USA

1995 J.C.”Tito” Scaiano, Canada (Special Medal for London ICP)

1996 Noboru Mataga, Japan

1998 Frans de Schryver, Belgium

2000 Vincenzo Balzani, Italy

2002 Josef Michl, USA

2004 Graham R.Fleming, USA

2006 Howard E. Zimmerman, USA and Hiroshi Masuhara, Japan (Two medals awarded)

2008 Michael R. Wasielewski, USA

2010 David Philips, UK

2012 Thomas J. Meyer, USA

2014 Masahiro Irie, Japan

2016 Prof. Frederick Lewis, USA and Prof. James Barber, UK

2018 Prof. Haruo Inoue, Japan

2020 Prof Vivian Yam, University of Hong Kong

2022 Prof Prashant Kamat, University of Notre Dame (USA)

2024 Prof. Dongho Kim ,Yonsei University