The Grand President’s Award was first awarded in 1974 and acknowledges the best chapter of Phi Delta Chi. It symbolizes all that is good about our Fraternity. A broad base of judges, including undergraduates, alumni, Regional and Grand Officers, grade the six components of the award to provide impartiality. The Executive Director compiles and weights the individual reports to determine the ultimate winner. * Prohibition against receiving Thurston Cup two years in a row lifted after 1980 evaluation.
Award Recipients
| Year | Chapter | Pharmacy School |
| 2022 | Tau | Purdue University |
| 2021 | Beta Nu | Rutgers University |
| 2020 | Alpha Psi | University of the Pacific |
| 2019 | Alpha Psi | University of the Pacific |
| 2018 | Alpha Psi | University of the Pacific |
| 2017 | Alpha | University of Michigan |
| 2016 | Alpha Gamma | University of North Carolina |
| 2015 | Alpha Psi | University of the Pacific |
| 2014 | Psi | Drake University |
| 2013 | Alpha Gamma | University of North Carolina |
| 2012 | Psi | Drake University |
| 2011 | Psi | Drake University |
| 2010 | Delta | University of Wisconsin |
| 2009 | Omega | University of Tennessee-Memphis |
| 2008 | Omega | University of Tennessee-Memphis |
| 2007 | Beta Omega | Wingate University |
| 2006 | Alpha Theta | Albany College of Pharmacy |
| 2005 | Psi | Drake University |
| 2004 | Omega | University of Tennessee-Memphis |
| 2003 | Omega | University of Tennessee-Memphis |
| 2002 | Psi | Drake University |
| 2001 | Psi | Drake University |
| 2000 | Psi | Drake University |
| 1999 | Beta Gamma | Duquesne University |
| 1998 | Beta Gamma | Duquesne University |
| 1997 | Beta Gamma | Duquesne University |
| 1996 | Beta Lambda | Nova Southeastern University |
| 1995 | Beta Gamma | Duquesne University |
| 1994 | Beta Gamma | Duquesne University |
| 1993 | Eta | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy |
| 1992 | Beta Gamma | Duquesne University |
| 1991 | Alpha Eta | Wayne State University |
| 1990 | Delta | University of Wisconsin |
| 1989 | Beta Gamma | Duquesne University |
| 1988 | Beta Gamma | Duquesne University |
| 1987 | Alpha Eta | Wayne State University |
| 1986 | Beta Gamma | Duquesne University |
| 1985 | Beta Gamma | Duquesne University |
| 1984 | Alpha Phi | Butler University |
| 1983 | Alpha Phi | Butler University |
| 1982 | Beta Gamma | Duquesne University |
| 1981 | Alpha Phi | Butler University |
| 1980 | Alpha Psi | University of the Pacific |
| 1979 | Chi | Auburn University |
| 1978 | Beta Gamma | Duquesne University |
| 1977 | Chi | Auburn University |
| 1976 | Beta Beta | University of Louisiana- Monroe |
| 1975 | Beta Gamma | Duquesne University |
| 1974 | Beta Beta | University of Louisiana- Monroe |