| Name | Institution | Year |
|---|
| Henry N. Andrews (d. 2002) | University of Connecticut | 1975 |
| William A. Arnold (d. 2001) | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | 1962 |
| Eva-Mari Aro | University of Turku | 2018 |
| Frederick M. Ausubel | Harvard University | 1994 |
| Barbara Baker | USDA ARS Plant Gene Expression Center | 2021 |
| Ian T. Baldwin | Chinese Academy of Sciences | 2013 |
| Harlan P. Banks (d. 1998) | Cornell University | 1980 |
| Elso Barghoorn (d. 1984) | Harvard University | 1967 |
| David Baulcombe | University of Cambridge | 2005 |
| Harry Beevers (d. 2004) | University of California, Santa Cruz | 1969 |
| Philip Benfey (d. 2023) | Duke University | 2010 |
| Christoph Benning | Michigan State University | 2025 |
| Andrew Benson (d. 2015) | University of California, San Diego | 1973 |
| Joy Bergelson | New York University | 2018 |
| Dominique Bergmann | Stanford University | 2017 |
| Olle Bjorkman (d. 2021) | Carnegie Institution of Washington | 1979 |
| Lawrence R. Blinks (d. 1989) | Stanford University | 1955 |
| Ralph Bock | Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology | 2023 |
| Lawrence Bogorad (d. 2003) | Harvard University | 1971 |
| Harold C. Bold (d. 1987) | The University of Texas at Austin | 1973 |
| David Bonner (d. 1964) | University of California, San Diego | 1959 |
| James F. Bonner (d. 1996) | California Institute of Technology | 1950 |
| Armin C. Braun (d. 1986) | The Rockefeller University | 1960 |
| Winslow Briggs (d. 2019) | Carnegie Institution of Washington | 1974 |
| John Browse | Washington State University | 2022 |
| Bob Buchanan | University of California, Berkeley | 1995 |
| Erwin Bunning (d. 1990) | Max Planck Institute for Biology | 1968 |
| Warren L. Butler (d. 1984) | University of California, San Diego | 1976 |
| Xiaofeng Cao | Chinese Academy of Sciences | 2020 |
| Anthony Cashmore | University of Pennsylvania | 2003 |
| Clint Chapple | Purdue University | 2022 |
| Joanne Chory (d. 2024) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies | 1999 |
| Maarten Chrispeels | University of California, San Diego | 1996 |
| Roderick Clayton (d. 2011) | Cornell University | 1977 |
| Enrico Coen | John Innes Centre | 2001 |
| Eric Conn (d. 2017) | University of California, Davis | 1988 |
| Gloria M. Coruzzi | New York University | 2019 |
| Daniel J. Cosgrove | Pennsylvania State University | 2005 |
| John Nathaniel Couch (d. 1986) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1943 |
| Rodney Croteau | Washington State University | 1997 |
| Jeffery Dangl | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2007 |
| Caroline Dean | John Innes Centre | 2008 |
| Xing-Wang Deng | Peking University | 2013 |
| David Dilcher | University of Florida | 1989 |
| John Doebley | University of Wisconsin–Madison | 2002 |
| Roland Douce (d. 2018) | Universite de Grenoble | 1997 |
| Louis Duysens (d. 2015) | Leiden University | 1977 |
| Joseph R. Ecker | Salk Institute for Biological Studies | 2006 |
| Ralph Emerson (d. 1979) | University of California, Berkeley | 1970 |
| Emanuel Epstein (d. 2022) | University of California, Davis | 1978 |
| Katherine Esau (d. 1997) | University of California, Davis | 1957 |
| Mark Estelle | University of California, San Diego | 2007 |
| Harold J. Evans (d. 2007) | Oregon State University | 1972 |
| Nina Fedoroff | Pennsylvania State University | 1990 |
| C. Stacy French (d. 1995) | Carnegie Institution of Washington | 1963 |
| Albert Frey-Wyssling (d. 1990) | ETH Zurich | 1970 |
| Elisabeth Gantt | University of Maryland, College Park | 1996 |
| Roger Gautheret (d. 1997) | Academie des Sciences de l'Institut de France | 1980 |
| Martin Gibbs (d. 2006) | Brandeis University | 1974 |
| David R. Goddard (d. 1985) | University of Pennsylvania | 1950 |
| Susan Golden | University of California, San Diego | 2010 |
| Ursula W. Goodenough | Washington University in St. Louis | 2023 |
| Verne Grant (d. 2007) | University of Texas at Austin | 1968 |
| Arthur R. Grossman | Carnegie Institution for Science | 2024 |
| C. Ake T. Gustafasson (d. 1988) | Karolinska Institutet | 1967 |
| Klaus Hahlbrock | Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research | 1994 |
| Maureen Hanson | Cornell University | 2021 |
| Robert Haselkorn (d. 2025) | University of Chicago | 1991 |
| Marshall Hatch | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | 1990 |
| Charles Heiser Jr. (d. 2010) | Indiana University | 1987 |
| Jack Heslop-Harrison (d. 1998) | Aberystwyth University | 1983 |
| Robert Hill (d. 1991) | University of Cambridge | 1975 |
| Gregg Alan Howe | Michigan State University | 2020 |
| Andre Jagendorf (d. 2017) | Cornell University | 1980 |
| Shirley Jeffrey (d. 2014) | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | 2000 |
| Hailing Jin | University of California, Riverside | 2025 |
| Pierre Joliot | Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique | 1979 |
| Monty Patrick Jones | Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa | 2006 |
| Steve A. Kay | University of Southern California | 2008 |
| Patrick J. Keeling | University of British Columbia | 2024 |
| Elizabeth Anne Kellogg | Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | 2020 |
| Hans Kende (d. 2006) | Michigan State University | 1992 |
| Joseph J. Kieber | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2021 |
| Eva Kondorosi | Hungarian Academy of Sciences | 2010 |
| Maarten Koornneef | Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research | 1998 |
| Paul J. Kramer (d. 1995) | Duke University | 1962 |
| J. Clark Lagarias | University of California, Davis | 2001 |
| Anton Lang (d. 1996) | Michigan State University | 1967 |
| Ottoline Leyser | University of Cambridge | 2012 |
| Jiayang Li | Chinese Academy of Sciences | 2011 |
| Sharon R. Long | Stanford University | 1993 |
| Stephen P. Long (d. 2025) | University of Illinois | 2019 |
| Jake MacMillan (d. 2014) | University of Bristol | 1991 |
| Enid MacRobbie (d. 2024) | University of Cambridge | 1999 |
| George Melchers (d.19970 | Max Planck Institute for Biology | 1984 |
| Sabeeha S. Merchant | University of California, Berkeley | 2012 |
| Elliot Meyerowitz | California Institute of Technology | 1995 |
| Jack Myers (d. 2006) | University of Texas at Austin | 1975 |
| June Nasrallah | Cornell University | 2003 |
| Eldon Newcomb (d. 2022) | University of Wisconsin–Madison | 1988 |
| Krishna K. Niyogi | University of California, Berkeley | 2016 |
| Giles Oldroyd | University of Cambridge | 2021 |
| Lindsay S. Olive (d. 1988) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1983 |
| Winthrop Osterhout (d. 1964) | Harvard University | 1919 |
| Jeffrey Palmer | Indiana University | 2000 |
| William Peacock (d. 2025) | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | 1990 |
| Tom Phillips (d. 2018) | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | 1999 |
| Bernard Phinney (d. 2009) | University of California, Los Angeles | 1985 |
| R. Scott Poethig | University of Pennsylvania | 2014 |
| Michael D. Purugganan | New York University | 2024 |
| Peter Quail | University of California, Berkeley | 2004 |
| Natasha V. Raikhel | University of California, Riverside | 2012 |
| Kenneth B. Raper (d. 1987) | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1949 |
| Loren H. Rieseberg | University of British Columbia | 2020 |
| Reed C. Rollins (d. 1998) | Harvard University | 1972 |
| Eugenia (Jenny) Russinova | Ghent University | 2022 |
| Clarence A. Ryan Jr (d. 2007) | Washington State University | 1986 |
| Jozef Schell (d. 2003) | Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research | 1985 |
| Julian I. Schroeder | University of California, San Diego | 2015 |
| Folke Skoog (d. 2001) | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1956 |
| Albert Charles Smith (d. 1999) | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1963 |
| Douglas E. Soltis | University of Florida | 2017 |
| Pamela S. Soltis | University of Florida | 2016 |
| Christopher Somerville | Carnegie Institution of Washington | 1996 |
| Adrian M. Srb (d. 1997) | Cornell University | 1968 |
| Richard C. Starr (d. 1998) | The University of Texas at Austin | 1976 |
| Paul Stumpf (d. 2007) | University of California, Davis | 1978 |
| Tai-ping Sun | Duke University | 2024 |
| Venkatesan Sundaresan | University of California, Davis | 2023 |
| Armen Takhtajan (d. 2009) | Russian Academy of Sciences | 1971 |
| Steven Tanksley | Cornell University | 1995 |
| Thomas N. Taylor | University of Kansas | 1994 |
| Athanasios Theologis | USDA ARS Plant Gene Expression Center | 2011 |
| Kenneth V. Thimann (d. 1997) | University of Pennsylvania | 1948 |
| N. Edward Tolbert (d. 1998) | Michigan State University | 1984 |
| Keiko U. Torii | University of Texas at Austin | 2024 |
| John G. Torrey (d. 1993) | Harvard University | 1981 |
| Yi-Fang Tsay | Academia Sinica | 2021 |
| Marc Van Montagu | Ghent University | 1986 |
| Cornelis Bernardus van Niel (d. 1985) | Hopkins Marine Station | 1945 |
| Joseph E. Varner (d. 1995) | Washington University in St. Louis | 1984 |
| Richard D. Vierstra | Washington University in St. Louis | 2018 |
| Diter von Wettstein (d. 2017) | Washington State University | 1981 |
| Detlef Weigel | Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen | 2009 |
| Jonathan F. Wendel | Iowa State University | 2023 |
| F. W. Went (d. 1990) | University of Nevada, Reno | 1947 |
| Ralph H. Wetmore (d. 1989) | Harvard University | 1954 |
| Robert H. Whittaker (d. 1980) | Cornell University | 1975 |
| Shang Fa Yang (d. 2007) | University of California, Davis | 1990 |
| Longping Yuan (d. 2021) | Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center | 2006 |
| Patricia Zambryski | University of California, Berkeley | 2001 |
| Jan Zeevaart (d. 2009) | Michigan State University | 1998 |
| Meinhart Zenk (d. 2011) | Universitat Halle | 1992 |
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