| 1974 | University of Tennessee | Knoxville, TN | I. Alexeff |
| 1975 | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | R.R. Johnson |
| 1976 | University of Texas | Austin, TX | E.J. Powers |
| 1977 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY | R.L. Hickok |
| 1978 | Doubletree Inn | Monterey, CA | R. Schwirzke |
| 1979 | Universite de Montreal | Montreal, Canada | C. Richard |
| 1980 | University of Wisconsin | Madison, WI | J.L. Shohet |
| 1981 | Sweeney Convention Center | Santa Fe, NM | S.J. Gitomer |
| 1982 | Carleton University | Ottawa, Canada | A.J. Alcock |
| 1983 | Sheraton Harbor Island Hotel | San Diego, CA | J.L. Luxon |
| 1984 | Clarion Hotel | St. Louis, MO | T.J. Menne |
| 1985 | Pittsburg Hilton Hotel | Pittsburg, PA | M.D. Nahemow |
| 1986 | Ramada Renaissance Hotel & Bessborough Hotel | Saskatoon, Canada | A. Hirose |
| 1987 | Hyatt Regency Crystal City | Arlington, VA | F.C. Young |
| 1988 | Seattle Sheraton Hotel | Seattle, WA | L.C. Steinhauer |
| 1989 | Hyatt Regency | Buffalo, NY | D.M. Benson |
| 1990 | Hyatt Regency | Oakland, CA | J.N. Benford |
| 1991 | College of William and Mary | Williamsburg, VA | K.H. Schoenbach |
| 1992 | Hyatt Regency Westshore | Tampa, FL | N.L. Oleson |
| 1993 | Sheraton Landmark Hotel | Vancouver, Canada | A. Ng |
| 1994 | Sweeney Convention Center | Santa Fe, NM | A.L. Peratt |
| 1995 | University of Wisconsin | Madison, WI | J.E. Scharer |
| 1996 | Boston Park Plaza Hotel | Boston, MA | C. Chan |
| 1997 | Catamaran Resort Hotel | San Diego, CA | J. Hyman |
| 1998 | North Raleigh Hilton | Raleigh, NC | J. Gilligan |
| 1999 | Doubletree Hotel | Monterey, CA | C. Deeney |
| 2000 | Fairmont Hotel | New Orleans, LA | M. Mazzola |
| 2001 | Rio Hotel and Convention Center | Las Vegas, NV | T. Hussey |
| 2002 | Banff Centre for Conferences | Banff, Canada | R. Fedosejevs |
| 2003 | Lotte Hotel | Jeju, Korea | K.-S. Chung |
| 2004 | The Hyatt Regency-Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | R.J. Commisso |
| 2005 | Portola Plaza and Conference Center | Monterey, CA | R.C. Cauble |
| 2006 | Grand Traverse Resort and Spa | Traverse City, MI | J. Asmussen |
| 2007 | Albuquerque Convention Center | Albuquerque, NM | E. Schamiloglu |
| 2008 | Congress Center Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe, Germany | M. Thumm |
| 2009 | Omni Hotel San Diego | San Diego, CA | F. Beg |
| 2010 | Marriot Waterside | Norfolk, VA | M. Laroussi |
| 2011 | Hyatt Regency McCormick Place | Chicago, IL | A. Hassanein |
| 2012 | Edinburgh International Conference Centre | Edinburgh, UK | M. G. Kong |
| 2013 | Hyatt Regency Embarcadero | San Francisco, CA | B. Oliver |
| 2014 | Marriott-Wardman Park | Washington, DC | J. Schumer |