NOTE: The list below continues to be a work-in-progress as we try to complete our historical records.
| Year | Herty Medalist | Affiliation |
| 1933 | Fred Allison | Alabama Polytechnic Institute |
| 1934 | Charles H. Herty | Herty Laboratory |
| 1935 | F. P. Dunnington | University of Virginia |
| 1936 | W. H. MacIntire | University of Tennessee |
| 1937 | J. L. Howe | Washington and Lee University |
| 1938 | C. E. Coates | Louisiana State University |
| 1939 | F. K. Cameron | University of North Carolina |
| 1940 | J. Sam Guy | Emory University |
| 1941 | W. F. Hand | Mississippi State College |
| 1942 | T. R. Leigh | University of Florida |
| 1943 | J. H. Yoe | University of Virginia |
| 1944 | J. E. Mills | Sonoco Products Company |
| 1945 | P. M. Gross | Duke University |
| 1946 | W. A. Lazier | Southern Research Institute |
| 1947 | E. Emmett Reid | Johns Hopkins University |
| 1948 | W. F. Rudd | Medical School of Virginia |
| 1949 | Osborne R. Quayle | University of Georgia |
| 1950 | R. W. Bost | University of North Carolina |
| 1951 | J. T. MacKenzie | American Cast Iron Pipe Company (Alabama) |
| 1952 | Alton E. Bailey | Humko Company, Inc. (Tennessee) |
| 1953 | Raymond W. McNamee | Carbide & Carbon Chemical Company (West Virginia) |
| 1954 | John R. Sampey | Furman University |
| 1955 | Frank J. Soday | The Chemistrand Corp. (Alabama) |
| 1956 | M. P. Etheridge | Mississippi State University |
| 1957 | S. J. Floyd | |
| 1958 | L. A . Bigelow | Duke University |
| 1959 | C. Harold Fisher | USDA (Louisiana) |
| 1960 | Arthur E. Wood | Mississippi College |
| 1961 | Howard E. Skipper | Southern Research Institute (Alabama) |
| 1962 | Charles R. Hauser | Duke University |
| 1963 | Jack Hine | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 1964 | S. Y. Tyree, Jr. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 1965 | Charles T. Lester | Emory University |
| 1966 | James E. Copenhaver | University of South Carolina |
| 1967 | G. H. Cartledge | Chemistry Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| 1968 | Charles N. Reilley | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 1969 | George L. Drake, Jr. | Southern Regional Research Center, USDA (Louisiana) |
| 1970 | Robert E. Lutz | University of Virginia |
| 1971 | S. William Pelletier | University of Georgia |
| 1972 | Kent C. Brannock | Tennessee Eastman Company, Eastman Kodak |
| 1973 | D. Stanley Tarbell | Vanderbilt University |
| 1974 | John Montgomery | Southern Research Institute (Alabama) |
| 1975 | Mary L. Good | Louisiana State University |
| 1976 | Henry C. R. McBay | Morehouse College |
| 1977 | William L. Marshall | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| 1978 | George B. Butler | University of Florida |
| 1979 | Mary E. Carter | Southern Regional Research Center, USDA (Louisiana) |
| 1980 | Irwin Fridovich | Duke University |
| 1981 | Jacob H. Goldstein | Emory University |
| 1982 | Norman L. Allinger | University of Georgia |
| 1983 | Albert Padwa | Emory University |
| 1984 | Eugene C. Ashby | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 1985 | Raymond B. Seymour | University of Southern Mississippi |
| 1986 | Lockhart E. Rogers | University of Georgia |
| 1987 | Charles K. Bradsher | Duke University |
| 1988 | Jett C. Arthur, Jr. | Milliken Research Corp. (South Carolina) |
| 1991 | Ernest L. Eliel | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 1992 | Isiah M. Warner | Emory University |
| 1993 | Leon H. Zalkow | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 1994 | William D. Ehmann | University of Kentucky |
| 1995 | R. Bruce King | University of Georgia |
| 1996 | David W. Boykin | Georgia State University |
| 1997 | Fredric M. Menger | Emory University |
| 1998 | Gordon L. Nelson | Florida Institute of Technology |
| 1999 | Richard D. Adams | University of South Carolina |
| 2000 | James C. Powers | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2001 | F. Ivy Carroll | Research Triangle Institute |
| 2002 | Lanny S. Liebeskind | Emory University |
| 2003 | Alan G. Marshall | Florida State University |
| 2004 | Michael T. Crimmins | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 2005 | Dennis C. Liotta | Emory University |
| 2006 | Gary B. Schuster | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2007 | Luis Echegoyen | Clemson University |
| 2008 | Gregory H. Robinson | University of Georgia |
| 2009 | Craig L. Hill | Emory University |
| 2010 | Ken B. Wagener | University of Florida |
| 2011 | R. Mark Wightman | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 2012 | Alvin L. Crumbliss | Duke University |
| 2013 | David G. Lynn | Emory University |
| 2014 | Luigi G. Marzilli | Louisiana State University |
| 2015 | David N. Beratan | Duke University |
| 2016 | Brooks H. Pate | University of Virginia |
| 2017 | Rigoberto Hernandez | Johns Hopkins University |
| 2018 | Sandra J. Rosenthal | Vanderbilt University |
| 2019 | Lisa McElwee-White | University of Florida |
| 2020 | Susan D. Richardson | University of South Carolina |
| 2021 | Anne-Frances Miller | University of Kentucky |
| 2022 | H. N. Cheng | US Department of Agriculture |
| 2023 | C. David Sherrill | Georgia Institute of Technology |
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