1917-18: William Oxley Thompson - president of Ohio State University
1918-19: Charles Franklin Thwing - president of Western Reserve University
1919-20: Rev. Lauress J. Birney - dean of the school of Theology at Boston University
1920-21: Rev. Fred Luke Wiseman - president of the Wesleyan Church in Great Britain
1921-22: Rev. Thomas Nicholson - bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
1922-23: Rev. Frank Du Moulin - bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church
1923-24: Eric C. Hopwood - editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer
1924-25: Rev. Samuel Chadwick - president of Cliff College
1925-26: Robert Ernest Vinson - president of Western Reserve University
1926-27: Everett William Lord - dean of the College of Business Administration at Boston University
1927-28: Fred Lewis Patte - professor of English at Pennsylvania State College
1928-29: Samuel Christian Schmucker - professor emeritus of biology at Pennsylvania State University
1929-30: Walter Scott Athearn - head of the Department of Religious Education at Boston University
1930-31: Robert Lincoln Kelly - executive secretary of the Association of American Colleges
1931-32: Donald John Cowling - president of Carleton College
1934-35: Rev. F.C. Eiselen - corresponding secretary of the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church
1935-36: G. Rowland Collins - associate dean and professor of marketing at New York City University
1936-37: Frank Durward Slutz - author and educator
1937-38: George Frederick Zook - president of the American Council on Education
1938-39: William Pearson Tolley - president of Allegheny College
1939-40: Lynn Harold Hough - dean of Drew Theological Seminary
1940-41: Whitney Jennings Oates - assistant professor of classics at Princeton University
1941-42: Bernard Chancellor Clausen - pastor of First Baptist Chruch
1942-43: James H. Straughn - resident bishop of the Pittsburgh Area of the Methodist Church
1943-44: Roy L. Smith - editor of the Christian Advocate
1944-45: Watler Kirkland Greene - president of Wofford College
1945-46: Fred Pierce Corson - resident bishop of the Philadelphia Area of the Methodist Church
1946-47: Joseph M. M. Gary - minister of Bexley Methodist Church
1948-49: Lloyd C. Wicke - resident bishop of the Pittsburgh Area of the Methodist Church
1953-54: Hazen G. Werner - resident bishop of the Ohio Area of the Methodist Church
1954-55: William Lincoln Hart - judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio
1984-85: Dr. Robert Jewett - professor of New Testament interpretation at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary
1987-88: Dr. Charles B. Ketcham - James Mills Thoburn Chair of Religion at Allegheny College
1994-95: Dr. James Reagan - ethicist of St. Elizabeth Medical Center
1998-99: Leonard I. Sweet - dean of the Theological School and vice president of Drew University
2004-05: Rev. Dr. John Haughey - S.J. professor of Christian ethics, Loyola University Chicago, Senior Fellow, Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University
2005-06: Dr. William Lane Craig - research professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology
2008-09: Dr. Tony Campolo - evangelist and sociologist
2009-10: Dr. Stanley Hauerwas - the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at the Divinity School of Duke University
2011-12: Dr. Gail O'Day - dean and professor of New Testament and preaching at Wake Forest University's School of Divinity
2014-15: Rev. Ray Buchanan presents Carr Lecture
2015-16: Rev. Dr. Ted A. Smith presents Carr Lecture
2017-18: Eboo Patel - founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core
2021: Chris Coles - musician and professor, creator of Nine Lives
2024: Garrett Potts - professor of religious studies at The University of South Florida.