| 2014 | Daniel Leech | Meadville, Pennsylvania |
| Founding Member of Petroleum History Institute | ||
| 2014 | Larry Woodfork | Morgantown, West Virginia |
| Founding Member of Petroleum History Institute, chairman of the awards committee | ||
| 2012 | Maureen Leech | Kirtland Hills, Ohio |
| Treasurer, webmaster and layout editor of Oil-Industry History | ||
| 2012 | Marilyn A. W. Black | Cochranton, Pennsylvania |
| Secertary of the Petroleum History Institute | ||
| 2011 | Jeff A. Spencer | Bellville, Texas |
| Chaired multiple Symposia Frequent Contributor to Oil-Industry History | ||
| 2005 | William R. Brice, Ph.D. | Johnstown, Pennsylvania |
| First President of PHI, Second Editor of Oil-Industry History | ||
| 2003 | Gerald Friedman, Ph.D. | Troy, New York |
| First Editor of Oil-Industry History |