| 1949 | Prof. Dr. Eugen Böhler Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Gottfried Haberler Dr. Heinrich Homberger Dr. Carl Moser-Nef |
| 1950 | Heinrich Wachter |
| 1951 | Paul Alther Dr. Adolf Jöhr |
| 1952 | Prof. Dr. August Egger Ernst Homberger |
| 1953 | Dr. Hermann Becker Johann Jakob Gabathuler Dr. Thomas Holenstein Friedrich Hug |
| 1957 | Prof. Dr. Paul Scherrer |
| 1958 | Curt E. Wild Emil Zaugg |
| 1960 | Prof. Dr. Goetz Briefs |
| 1961 | Prof. Dr. Ludwig Erhard |
| 1962 | Dr. René Bühler |
| 1963 | Prof. Dr. Herbert Lüthy Prof. Fritz Jules Roethlisberger, A.B., B.S., A.M. Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Schönenberger Prof. Dr. Jan Tinbergen |
| 1964 | Dr. Adolf Graf |
| 1967 | Prof. Dr. Karl Föhl Dr. h. c. Max Schmidheiny |
| 1968 | Dr. Arnold Saxer |
| 1970 | Prof. Dr. Peter F. Drucker Prof. Dr. Peter Jäggi Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Krelle |
| 1971 | Prof. Dr. Otto Jaag Ernst Keller |
| 1972 | Prof. Dr. Fritz Machlup |
| 1973 | Dr. Walter Berchtold |
| 1974 | Dr. Aurelio Peccei |
| 1977 | Alfred Waldis |
| 1978 | Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann |
| 1979 | Dr. Christian Gasser |
| 1982 | Prof. Dr. Karl Brunner |
| 1984 | Dr. Max Eisenring |
| 1985 | Prof. Dr. Jean-François Bergier Prof. Arthur Rich |
| 1987 | Prof. Dr. Oliver E. Williamson |
| 1989 | Prof. Dr. Frederic Vester |
| 1990 | Prof. Dr. Jeffrey D. Sachs |
| 1991 | Prof. Dr. Frank Achtenhagen Prof. Dr. Gerhard Reber Dr. Willy Zeller |
| 1993 | Prof. Dr. Heribert Meffert Dr. Dres. h. c. Helmut Schlesinger |
| 1994 | Prof. Dr. Gérard Gäfgen |
| 1995 | Prof. Dr. Walter Ernst Masing |
| 1996 | Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Werner Kirsch |
| 1997 | Prof. Dr. Franz-Xaver Kaufmann |
| 1998 | Prof. Dr. Bruno S. Frey Prof. Ikujiro Nonaka, Ph.D. |
| 1999 | Prof. Paul De Grauwe, Ph.D. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schürer |
| 2000 | Prof. Dr. Stafford Beer Prof. Dr. Walter Eversheim Prof. Dr. Wallace E. Oates |
| 2001 | Prof. David F. Hendry, Ph.D. |
| 2002 | Prof. Geoffrey Brennan, Ph.D. Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Arnold Picot |
| 2003 | Prof. Dr. Richard Blundell |
| 2004 | Prof. Dr. Ernst Fehr Prof. Dr. Karl E. Weick |
| 2005 | Prof. Dr. Klaus Backhaus Prof. Roger H. Gordon |
| 2006 | Prof. Michael J. Brennan, Ph.D. Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell, Ph.D. |
| 2007 | Prof. Joshua D. Angrist, Ph.D. Prof. Dr. Wolffried Stucky |
| 2008 | Prof. Robert H. Frank, Ph.D.
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| 2009 | Prof. Gene M. Grossman, Ph.D. Prof. Michael Power, Ph.D. |
| 2010 | Prof. Dr. Lans Bovenberg Prof. Hermann Diller |
| 2011 | Prof. Darrell Duffie, Ph.D. Prof. Lars-Hendrik Röller, Ph.D. Prof. Boas Shamir, Ph.D. |
| 2012 | Prof. Richard E. Baldwin, Ph.D. Prof. Francis Koh, Ph.D. Prof. Dr. Friedemann Schulz von Thun |
| 2013 | Prof. Dr. Günther Gebhardt |
| 2014 | Prof. John Cochrane, Ph.D. Prof. Guido Imbens, Ph.D. Prof. Martha S. Feldman, Ph.D. |
| 2015 | Prof. Anne Tsui, Ph.D. |
| 2016 | Prof. Yakov Amihud, Ph.D. Prof. Ajay K. Kohli, Ph.D. Prof. Peter Wakker, Ph.D. |
| 2017 | Prof. Robert A. Burgelman, Ph.D. |
| 2018 | Prof. Gerry Georg, Ph.D. Prof. Dr. Holger Mueller |
| 2019 | Ph.D. Ann Tarca |
| 2020 | Prof. Ann Langley, Ph.D. Prof. Andrea Prat, Ph.D. Prof. Dr. Clemens Sialm |
| 2021 | Prof. Richard Whittington, Ph.D. |
| 2022 | Professor Eileen Fischer, PhD Professor of marketing at the Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto Prof. Dr. Mike Burkart Professor of Corporate Governance and Financial Contracting at the London School of Economics and Political Science |
| 2023 | Professor Dr Felix Oberholzer-Gee Faculty member at Harvard Business School, Boston, and since 2016 also a meber of the board of Ringier AG, Switzerland |
| 2024 | Professor em. Dr. Helmut Krcmar Professor emeritus of Computer Science in Economics, Technical University of Munich (TUM) Prof. Dr. Ralph Koijen AQR Capital Management Distinguished Service Professor in Finance and Fama Faculty Fellow at the University Chicago Booth School of Business |
| 1962 | Prof. Dr. Zaccaria Giacometti |
| 1963 | Eric Wyndham White, LL.B. |
| 1967 | Prof. Dr. Karl Schmid |
| 1968 | Prof. Peter Dürrenmatt |
| 1972 | Prof. Dr. André Grisel |
| 1973 | Hans Hausamann |
| 1979 | Kurt Buchmann |
| 1981 | Dr. Jean-Jacques Gautier Prof. Dr. Leo Schürmann |
| 1982 | Prof. Dr. Kurt Eichenberger |
| 1986 | Alexandre Hay |
| 1989 | Ernst Rüesch |
| 1990 | Václav Havel |
| 1992 | Albrik Lüthy |
| 1998 | Elisabeth Pletscher |
| 2001 | Prof. Dr. Daniel Thürer |
| 2004 | Dr. Gret Haller |
| 2005 | Prof. Joseph S. Nye, Jr. |
| 2006 | Dr. Hans Saner |
| 2007 | Martti Ahtisaari |
| 2009 | Dr. Marco Mona |
| 2010 | Prof. Michael Barzelay, Ph.D. |
| 2011 | Dr. Surin Pitsuwan |
| 2013 | Prof. Deborah Avant, Ph.D. |
| 2017 | Dr. Monika Hauser |
| 2019 | Dr. Charles Kupchan |
| 2022 | Prof. Dr. Silvana Tenreyro |
| 2023 | Prof. em. Dr. Wolf Linder |
| 1984 | Prof. Dr. Max Kummer |
| 1985 | Erwin Schärrer |
| 1987 | Dr. Kurt Furgler |
| 1989 | Dr. Otto P. Clavadetscher |
| 1992 | Prof. Dr. Günter Stratenwerth |
| 1994 | Dr. Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger |
| 1995 | Prof. Dr. Alain Hirsch |
| 1996 | Prof. Dr. Karl Spiro |
| 1998 | Asma Jahangir, LL.B. |
| 1999 | Dr. Helmuth Schröter |
| 2003 | Dr. Yves Donzallaz |
| 2004 | Dr. Mario Monti |
| 2005 | Dr. Peter Studer |
| 2006 | Prof. Dr. Erich Schanze, LL.M. |
| 2007 | Prof. Dr. Kay Hailbronner, LL.M. |
| 2008 | Bo Vesterdorf |
| 2009 | Rolf Vetterli |
| 2010 | Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Kirchner, LL.M. |
| 2011 | Avv. Marianne Widmer-Galli |
| 2013 | Prof. Dr. Joachim Bornkamm |
| 2015 | Prof. Dr. Fabienne Hohl |
| 2017 | Dr. Thomas Hansjakob |
| 2019 | Dr. Andreas Kley |
| 2021 | Jennifer Arlen, Ph.D. |
| 2024 | Carlo Ranzoni, iur. h.c. Judge at the European Court of Human Rights |
| 2011 | Dr. Martin Meyer |
| 2014 | Prof. Susan Neiman, Ph.D. |
| 2016 | Lilija Fjodorowna Schewzowa |
| 2017 | Yves Daccord |
| 2019 | Dr. Alice Kaplan |
| 2021 | Christian Frei |
| 2023 | Prof. phil. Manfred Sapper |
| 1974 | Prof. Dr. Johannes Duft |
| 1975 | Dr. Dr. h. c. Edgar Bonjour |
| 1978 | Ernst Brugger |
| 1983 | Prof. Dr. Jean-François Aubert |
| 1988 | François Bondy |
| 2023 | Prof. Dr. Yvonne Rogers Professor of Computer Science at University College, London |
