| Julie Su | 2025 | former Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor |
| Shawn Fain | 2024 | President United Auto Workers (UAW) |
| Steven Greenhouse | 2023 | Journalist, former New York Times reporter |
| No Program | 2022 | Covid Pandemic |
| No Program | 2021 | Covid Pandemic |
| Rebecca Dixon | 2020 | Executive Director, National Employment Law Project (NELP) |
| John Stocks | 2019 | Executive Director, National Education Association (NEA) |
| Richard F. Griffin | 2018 | former General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board |
| Sarita Gupta | 2017 | Executive Director, Jobs With Justice |
| David Weil | 2016 | Administrator Wage and Hour Division U.S. Department of Labor |
| Larry Hanley | 2015 | International President, Amalgamated Transit Union |
| Steven A. Tolman | 2014 | President, Massachusetts Federation of Labor Union, (TUP Alumnus, 1980) |
| James Clancy | 2013 | President, National Union of Public and General Employees – Canada |
| Joseph Hansen | 2012 | International President, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), (TUP Alumnus, 1980) |
| Newton B. Jones | 2011 | President, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB), (TUP Alumnus, 1985) |
| George H. Cohen | 2010 | Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service |
| Leo Gerard | 2009 | President, United Steel Workers |
| Baldemar Velasquez | 2008 | President, Farm Labor Organizing Committee |
| Clayola Brown | 2007 | President, A. Philip Randolph Institute |
| Robert Solow | 2006 | Nobel Laureate Economics |
| Hassan Yussuff | 2005 | Secretary-Treasurer, Canadian Labour Congress |
| Harold Schaitberger | 2004 | President, International Association of Fire Fighters, (TUP Alumnus, 1972) |
| Richard Trumka | 2003 | Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO |
| Bruce Raynor | 2002 | President, UNITE |
| John Wilhelm | 2001 | President, HERE |
| Thomas Buffenbarger | 2000 | President, International Association of Machinists |
| Lynn Williams | 1999 | President, Retired United Steelworkers of America |
| Ernesto Cortes | 1998 | Southwest Regional Director Industrial Areas Foundation Network |
| Robert Reich | 1997 | Professor, Brandeis University Former US Secretary of Labor |
| Lynn Williams | 1996 | President, Retired, United Steelworkers of America |
| Fred Feinstein | 1995 | General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board |
| Thomas Kochan | 1994 | Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management |
| Sigurd Lucassen | 1993 | President, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America |
| John T. Dunlop | 1992 | Professor Emeritus, Harvard University and Founding Faculty, Trade Union program |
| Mary H. Futrell | 1991 | President, National Education Association |
| Thomas Donahue | 1990 | Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO |
| Raymond L. Flynn | 1989 | Mayor, City of Boston |
| Joseph P. Kennedy II | 1988 | US House of Representatives |
| Jack Driscoll | 1987 | Publisher/Editor, Boston Globe |
| Robert Pleasure | 1986 | Director, George Meany Center |
| Francis X. Hanley | 1985 | General Secretary/Treasurer, International Union of Operating Engineers |
| A. Michael Spence | 1984 | Dean-Designate, Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences |
| Gerald W. McEntee | Spring 1983 | President, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (TUP Alumnus, 1963) |
| Anthony J. Lutty | Fall 1982 | Secretary-Treasurer, United Food and Commercial Workers (TUP Alumnus, 1963) |
| Archibald Cox | Fall 1981 | Carl Loeb University Professor, Harvard Law School |
| Martin Pierce | Spring 1981 | Secretary-Treasurer, Int’l. Association of Fire Fighters (TUP Alumnus, 1961) |
| Harold Buoy | Fall 1980 | President, Int’l. Brotherhood of Boilermakers (TUP Alumnus, 1957) |
| Fred Kroll | Spring 1980 | President, Railway and Airline Clerks |
| Ole Berge | Fall 1979 | President, Maintenance of Way (TUP Alumnus 1963) |
| William Wynn | Spring 1979 | President, United Food and Commercial Workers |
| Robert Petronella | Fall 1978 | Vice President, United Food and Commercial Workers |
| Joseph Short | Spring 1978 | Education Director, Laborers Int’l. Union of North America |
| John O’Malley | Fall 1977 | Regional Director, AFL-CIO (TUP Alumnus, 1959) |
| William Doherty | Spring 1977 | Director, American Institute for Free Labor Development |
| James Power | Fall 1976 | Director of Training and Development, FMCS |
| Thomas Donahue | Spring 1976 | Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO |
| L.E. Dennis | Fall 1975 | President, Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks |
| Charles Gray | Spring 1975 | Deputy Director, Asian-American Free Labor Institute |
| D. Quinn Mills | Fall 1974 | Faculty, Harvard Business School |
| Joseph O’Donnell and James Healy | Spring 1974 | Harvard Trade Union Program |
| E.J. Carlough | Fall 1973 | President, Sheet Metal Workers |
| Peter Fosco | Spring 1973 | President, Laborers International Union of North America |
| Benjamin Aaron | Fall 1972 | Professor Of Law, UCLA |
| Daniel Horowitz | Spring 1972 | ILO Specialist, U.S. Department of State |
| William Usery | Fall 1971 | Secretary of Labor |
| Harold Gibbons | Spring 1971 | International Vice President, Teamsters |
| Stanley Jacks | Fall 1970 | Professor, M.I.T. |
| W.H. McClennan | Spring 1970 | President International Association of Fire Fighters |
| S.F. Raftery | Fall 1969 | President, International Brotherhood of Painters |
| David Shapiro | Spring 1969 | Professor, Harvard Law School |
| Walter Davis | Fall 1968 | Director of Education, AFL-CIO |
| John T. Dunlop | Spring 1968 | Professor and Founding Faculty, Harvard Trade Union Program |
| Stephen Fuller | Fall 1967 | Professor, Harvard Business School, G.M. |
| Charles Myers | Spring 1967 | Sloan School of Management, M.I.T. |
| Archibald Cox | Fall 1966 | Professor, Harvard Law School |
| George Lodge | Spring 1966 | Professor, Harvard Business School |
| Donald Price | Fall 1965 | Dean, Harvard School of Public Administration |
| Newell Carman | Spring 1965 | Secretary-Treasurer, International Union of Operating Engineers (TUP Alumnus, 1951) |
| Richard Hunt | Fall 1964 | Assistant Dean, Harvard University |
| Kenneth Kelley | Spring 1964 | Labor Officer, International Cooperation Administration |
| William Schnitzler | Fall 1963 | Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO |
| Walter Reuther | Spring 1963 | President, United Automobile Workers |
| Derek Bok | Fall 1962 | President, Harvard University |
| John Mara | Spring 1962 | President, Boot and Shoe Workers (TUP Alumnus, 1949) |
| John Callahan | Fall 1961 | President, Massachusetts Federation of Labor |
| Vincent Morreale | Spring 1961 | Counsel, Laborers Int’l. Union of North America |
| Leo Kramer | Fall 1960 | Executive Assistant to the President, AFSCME |
| George P. Delaney | Spring 1960 | ILO Representative, AFL-CIO (TUP Alumnus, 1945-1946) |
| Harry Poole | Fall 1959 | Executive Vice President, United Food and Commercial Workers (TUP Alumnus, 1945-46) |
| John Kabachus | Spring 1959 | Secretary-Treasurer, Int’l Association of Fire Fighters (TUP Alumnus, 1953) |
| Harold Crotty | Fall 1958 | President, Maintenance of Way (TUP Alumnus, 1948) |
| John Lyons | Spring 1958 | President, Int’l. Association of Iron Workers (TUP Alumnus, 1955) |
| Douglas Brown | Fall 1957 | Professor, Sloan School of Management, M.I.T. |
| Paul Herzog | Spring 1957 | Member, National Labor Relations Board |
| W.P. Kennedy | Fall 1956 | General President, United Transportation Workers |
| Joseph Keenan | Spring 1956 | General Secretary, Int’l. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers |
| J.K. Meskimen | Fall 1955 | Labor Director, Mutual Security Agency |
| Paul Hoffman | Fall 1955 | Director, Mutual Security Agency |
| Stuart Rothman | Fall 1954 | Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Labor |
| A.J. Hayes | Fall 1953 | President, Int’l. Association of Machinists |
