| 1965‑66 | Mark Musa (died 2015) | Indiana | Italian | |
| 1966‑67 | Richard Newton | Indiana | Italian | |
| 1967‑68 | Mariquita Noris | Indiana | Italian | |
| 1968‑69 | Louis Kibler | Indiana | Italian | |
| 1969‑70 | Silvano Garofalo | Wisconsin | Italian | |
| 1970‑71 | Christopher Kleinhenz | Wisconsin | Italian | |
| 1971‑72 | Robert Rodini | Wisconsin | Italian | |
| 1972‑73 | Louis Tennenbaum (died 2005) | Colorado | Italian | |
| 1973‑74 | Edoardo Lebano | Indiana | Italian | |
| 1974‑75 | Pietro Aragno (died 2014) | Wisconsin | Italian | |
| 1975‑76 | Louis Rossi | Wisconsin | Italian | |
| 1976‑77 | Walter Robert (died 1999) | Indiana | Music | |
| 1977‑78 | Silvano Garofalo | Wisconsin | Italian | |
| 1978‑79 | Edoardo Lebano | Indiana | Italian | |
| 1979‑80 | Giancarlo Maiorino | Indiana | CMLT | |
| 1980‑81 | Gino Casagrande | Wisconsin | Italian | |
| 1981‑82 | Frank Rosengarten (died 2014) | Queens | Romance Languages | |
| 1982‑83 | Thomas Connolly | Penn | Music | |
| 1983‑84 | Marilyn Schneider (died) | Minnesota | Italian | |
| 1984‑85 | Peter Bondanella | Indiana | Italian | |
| 1985‑86 | David Rosen | Wisconsin | Music | |
| 1986‑87 | Herman Haller | Queens | Romance Languages | |
| 1987‑88 | James Davis | Penn | History | |
| 1988‑89 | Ronald Martinez | Minnesota | Italian | |
| 1989‑90 | Mark Musa (died 2015) | Indiana | Italian | |
| 1990-91 | Thomas Brylawski (died 2007) | UNC | Math | |
| 1991-92 | Thomas Cravens | Wisconsin | Italian | |
| 1992-93 | Thomas Connolly | Penn | Music | |
| 1993-94 | Julia Bondanella | Indiana | Italian | |
| 1994-95 | Michael Stoughton | Minnesota | Art History | |
| 1995-96 | James Hay | UIUC | Communications | |
| 1996-97 | Concettina Pizzuti | Northwestern | Italian | |
| 1997-98 | Dino Cervigni | UNC | Italian | |
| 1998-99 | Elissa Weaver | U Chicago | Romance Languages | |
| 1999-00 | Stefania Buccini | Wisconsin | Italian | |
| 2000-01 | Stuart Curran | Penn | English | |
| 2001-02 | Susanna Ferlito | Minnesota | Italian | |
| 2002-03 | Wayne Storey | Indiana | Italian | |
| 2003– | Andrea Ricci | Indiana | Italian |