| Year |
Name |
| 1963 |
Rt.Rev.Dr.S.Kulendren |
| 1964 |
Ven.Harold De Soysa |
| 1965 |
Mr.Cecil B.Lyon |
| 1966 |
Rev.Celestine N.V.Fernando |
| 1967 |
Dr.G.P.Mlalasegara |
| 1968 |
Mr.Shirley S.C.Corea |
| 1969 |
Dr.D.T.Niles |
| 1970 |
Mr.W.J.F.La Brooy |
| 1971 |
Rev.G.Denzil De Silva |
| 1972 |
Mr.B.E.Fernando |
| 1973 |
Rt.Rev.D.J.Ambalavanar |
| 1974 |
Mr.K.A.Selliah |
| 1975 |
Justice Jeya Pathirana |
| 1976 |
Prof.P.P.G.L.Sriwardene |
| 1977 |
Rt.Rev.C.L.Abeyannike |
| 1978 |
Dr.Victor A.Benjamin |
| 1979 |
Prof.K.Arudpagasam |
| 1980 |
Prof.K.Indrapala |
| 1981 |
Mr.S.Esparathasan |
| 1982 |
Dr.(Mrs)Maheswary M.Arulchelvan |
| 1983 |
Prof.John Walter Bicknell |
| 1984 |
Mr.K.Pooranampillai |
| 1985 |
Prof.K.Sivathamby |
| 1986 |
Hon.C.V.Wigneswaran |
| 1987 |
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| 1988 |
Prof.P.Balasundrampillai |
| 1989 |
Prof.A.Thurairajah |
| 1990 |
Rev.Dr.F.Soundararaj |
| 1991 |
Mr.R.Sundaralingam |
| 1992 |
Prof.V.Dharmaratnam |
| 1993 |
Mr.A.Kadirgamar |
| 1994 |
Rt.Rev.Kenneth M.Fernando |
| 1995 |
Dr.N.Ethirveerasingam |
| 1996 |
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| 1997 |
Mr.S.Ratnarajah |
| 1998 |
Prof. John Walter Bicknell |
| 1999 |
Prof.V.Gunaratnam |
| 2000 |
Prof.A.Shanmugathas |
| 2001 |
Prof.R.Kumaravadivel |
| 2002 |
Rev.Dr.Dhayanchand Carr |
| 2003 |
Prof.B.R.R.N.Mendis |
| 2004 |
Rt.Rev.Dr.S.Jebanesan |
| 2005 |
Mr.G.Rajanayagam |
| 2006 |
Prof.K.Kandasamy |
| 2007 |
Rev.Fr.Dr.Justin B.Gnanapregasam |
| 2008 |
Dr.T.W.Jeyakularajah |
| 2009 |
Mr.R.T.Vignarajah |
| 2010 |
Prof.N.Shanmugalingam |
| 2011 |
Mr.L.Ilangovan |
| 2012 |
Dr.G.Sujakaran |
| 2013 |
Hon.A.Gnanathasan |
| 2014 |
Rt.Rev.Dr.Daniel S.Thiagarajah Ph.D |
| 2015 |
Rev.John Bottomley |
| 2016 |
Dr.R.W.Alexander Jesudasan |
| 2017 |
Shri.A.Natarajan |
| 2018 |
Dr.Noel.A.Vimalendran J.P |
| 2019 |
Mr.Andrew Fowler Watt |
