The previous awardees are :

• 1988: Neil  Bartlett (University of California, Berkeley, USA) and George Cady (University of Washington, Seattle, USA);
• 1991: Harry J. Emeléus (University of Cambridge, UK);
• 1994: Robert  N.  Haszeldine (UMIST, University  of  Manchester, UK);
• 1997: Paul  Hagenmuller (University of Bordeaux I, France);
• 2000: Karl Christe (USC, Los Angeles and Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA);
• 2003: Dick Chambers (University of Durham, UK);
• 2006: Darryl D. DesMarteau (Clemson University, SC, USA);
• 2009: Herbert Roesky (University of Göttingen, Germany)

The Award ceremonies took place at the 12^th (Santa Cruz, California), 13^th  (Bochum, Germany), 14^th (Yokohama, Japan), 15^th (Vancouver, Canada), 16^th (Durham, UK), 17^th (Shanghai, China, postponed from 2003 to 2005), 18^th (Bremen, Germany) and 19^th (Jackson Hole, USA) International Symposia on Fluorine Chemistry (ISFCs), respectively.