Alumni Honors Roster
Distinguished Service Award Recipients
1984 - Sanford and Martha Ulmer
1984 - Robert and Martha Montgomery Odom '24
1985 - Don Hunter '24
1985 - Ruth Kneeland Jacobs '29
1988 - Nellie Ferree '28
1989 - Edythe Stephenson Cothren '33
1990 - Adrian Cooper '79
1990 - Drew Turlington '51
1991 - Don Ludington, Jr. '41
1991 - Wayne Rimmer '53
1992 - Clyde Franz '32
1993 - John Keplinger '43
1994 - Marcella Klock Ashlock '46
1994 - Joe Crews '46
1995 - Warner McClure, Jr. '24
1996 - Ellsworth McKee '54
1997 - Douglas Bennett '51
1998 - Alice Smith Voorheis '75
1999 - P. William Dysinger '51
2000 - Paul Watson '50
2001 - Raymond Woolsey '51
2002 - P. J. Moore '39
2003 -2003 - Frances Clark '53 & '58 Frances Clark '53 & '58
2003 - Clifton Keller '58
2004 - Alfred McClure, Sr. '54
2005 - Harold Johnson '53 & '58
2006 - Donald Kenyon '52
2007 - Frances Andrews '49
2008 - Joel Tompkins '55
2009 - Jimmy Rhodes '59
2010 - Gerald Kovalski '63
2011 - James Tucker '62
2012 - John Thurber, '56
2013 - Philip Garver, '70
2014 - Gilbert Burnham, '65
2015 - O. Richard Caldwell, '69
2016 - Thomas Mostert, '63
2017 - Norman Gulley, '55
2017 - James Herman, '67
2018 - William Wood, '66
2019 - Douglas Jacobs, '73
2019 - Lanell Crump Jacobs, '77
2021 - A. David Jimenez, '75
2022 - Karen (Eckright) Pires, '83
2023 - LeClare Litchfield, '75
Alumni of the Year Award Recipients
1978 - O.D. McKee '28
1983 - Rochelle Kilgore 1904
1983 - Robert H. Pierson '33
1984 - James "Buddy" McElroy '60
1985 - Drs. Frederic and Edythe Stephenson Cothren '33
1986 - Lloyd "Buddy" Fisher '66
1986 - David Taylor '66
1987 - Cecil Coffey '49
1987 - Walter Clark '27
1988 - John Fowler '64
1989 - Beecher and JoAnne Wassell Lafever '72 & '66
1990 - Carl Jansen '58
1990 - James Joiner '53
1991 - Barbara Kitchun Choi '75
1992 - Allen Steele '65
1993 - Dwight Nelson '73
1994 - Lamar Phillips '63
1995 - Robert Bowers '57
1996 - L. Phil Hunt '74
1997 - Jim Cress '71
1998 - Mark Rumsey '80
1999 - Eva Lynne Zollinger Disbro '74
2000 - David Gates '80
2001 - G. Edward Reid '67
2002 - Karen Larsen Godfrey '88
2003 - Steve Darmody '78
2004 - Michael Lilly '71
2005 - Tim and Dawn Lindquist Holbrook '81 & '82
2006 - Chester Damron '57
2007 - Shandelle Henson '87
2007 - John W. Henson IV '80
2008 - Dayton Chong '78
2009 - Joseph Choi '95
2010 - Felicia LeVere Phillips '65
2010 - Jeffrey Grange '90
2011 - Wayne Smith '94 & '97
2012 - James Gulley, '87
2013 - Pavel Goia, '99
2014 - Lars Gustavsson, '79
2015 - Robert Jimenez, '87
2016 - Penelope Duerksen-Hughes, '82
2017 - Alice Loh Wong, '57
2018 - Sally McMillan, '78
2019 - Danae Bland Netteburg, '02
2020 - Healthcare and Essential Workers
Served through their selflessness contributions and leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 - Esther (Kim) Liu, '02
2022 - Pierre Monice, '07
Leslie Louis, '73
Young Alumni of the Year Award Recipients
1984 - Jim Closser '79
1985 - Denzil McNeilus
1986 - Debbie McKee Fowler '79
1987 - John Cress '77
1988 - Deborah Sales '79
1989 - David Cress '79
1989 - Young Huh '82
1989 - Kelly Wygal '81
1990 - James Christopher Haney '81
1990 - William "Bill" Robertson '81
1991 - Melanie Satterfield Graves '81
1992 - Rhonda Champion Malloch '82
1993 - Jeffrey Kuhlman '83
1994 - Lars Gustavsson '79
1995 - Elizabeth Mellor Francis '75
1996 - Terry Shaw '84
1997 - Terrie Ruff Long
1998 - Carla Gober '81
1999 - Kharl Bocala '97
2001 - Grant Corbett '96
2003 - Michelle Fetters '01
2004 - Kara Pennington Noble '92 & '94
2006 - Tyson Hall '97
2008 - Christopher Atkins '98
2009 - Michelle Erwin '98
2011 - Mindi Rahn '02
2012 - Thomas Wentworth, '06
2013 - Kelly Razzouk, '05
2015 - Kahlilia Morris Blanco, '08
2016 - Maranatha Hay, '07
2018 - Rubén Harris, '10
2019 - Luther Whiting, '12
2020 - The Class of 2020
Persevered to overcome challenges and achieve their goals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 - Chris Stiles, '14
2022 - Abner, '13, and Edely (Yepez), '09, Sanchez
Lauren (Swafford) Hall, '13
Graduate Studies Alumni of the Year
Award Recipients
2013 - Jeffrey Francis, '99
(awarded posthumously)
2014 - Julie Vincent, '12
2015 - Thomas Russell, '09
2017 - Tamekia Bush, '15
2018 - Luis Jimenez, '04 & '07
2019 - Tereshkova "Terri" Bonnick, '08
2021 - K. Jamal Hopson, ’09
2022 - Dorinda Harriss, '03, '06, '11
Bradford Goodridge, '13, '15
Southern Lady of the Year Award Recipients
1993 - Jeanne Davis
1996 - Marcella Klock Ashlock
1997 - Jane Brown
1999 - Joan Coggin
2001 - Lilya Wagner
2001 - Weslynne Sahly
2001 - Helen Knittel
2002 - Marian Kuhlman
2004 - Ann Rorabaw Clark
2005 - Earleen Heath
2006 - Lorabel Midkiff Hersch
2007 - Evie VandeVere
2008 - Helen Bledsoe
2009 - Barbara Jacobs Eller
2010 - Cora Stanley
2010 - Jacque Cantrell
2011 - Pat Silver
2012 - Ellen Mauldin Herman
2013 - Louesa Peters
2014 - Rita Vital
2014 - Peggy Davis Elkins
2015 - Gale Jones Murphy
2016 - Inelda Phillips Hefferlin
2016 - Beverly Trivett Rawson
2017 - Dolly Darbo Fillman
2017 - Myrna Nelson Odom
2018 - Shirley Haining Spears
2018 - Barbara Lorren Moore
2019 - Jeanette "Jeanie" Penner Meyer
2021 - Holly (Jones) Greer, ’92 & ’17
2022 - Janita (Robertson) Herod
Linda Marlowe, '97
Honorary Alumni Award Recipients
1972 - Charles "Chick" Fleming
1974 - Frank and Pauline Fogg
1975 - J. Mabel Wood
1980 - H. H. Kuhlman
1981 - Dorothy Evans Ackerman
1982 - William H. Taylor
1982 - Claire Lien
1984 - Jack McClarty
1985 - K. R. Davis
1985 - Ray Hefferlin
1994 - Don and Weslynne Sahly
1994 - Edgar and Valera Grundset
1994 - Cyril and Joy Roe
1996 - Ron and Colleen Barrow
1997 - Jack and Marion Blanco
1998 - Cyril and Gladys Futcher
1998 - Robert and Agnes Merchant
2004 - Bill and Gloria Estep
2004 - John and Barbara Keyes
2005 - Ray and Gloria Lacey
2006 - Larry and Eleanor Hanson
2007 - Clarence "Skip" McCandless
2008 - Chuck Lucas
2008 - Mitchell and Nancy Thiel
2009 - Ken and Sherrie Norton
2010 - Ed and Katie Lamb
2011 - Cliff Myers, Sr.
2013 - Frank and Brigitte Di Memmo
2014 - J. Bruce Ashton
2015 - Gordon and Cynthia Bietz
2016 - Bill and Rita Wohlers
2017 - Benjamin McArthur
(awarded posthumously)
2018 - Pam Dietrich
2019 - Bill and Beverly Wilson
2019 - Philip Samaan
2021 - Eric and Sherri Schoonard
2022 - Judy Glass
2022 - Rick Schwarz
2023 - Ben Wygal
Alumni Association Presidents
1927-31 - Walter B. Clark '27
1931-32 - Robert E. Cowdrick '23
1932-34 - George Fuller '25
1934-35 - T.R. Huxtable '22
1936-38 - Albert Hall '35
1938-40 - Gradye Brooke Summerour 1907
1940-42 - Maurine Shaw Boyd '27
1942-44 - Clare Botimer '26
1944-46 - J. Franklin Ashlock '25
1946-47 - Louise Walther '46
1947-48 - Edward Banks '31
1948-50 - Lawrence Scales '48
1950-51 - Ross Hughes '42
1951-52 - Milton Connell '47
1952-53 - Roscoe Mizelle '50
1953-55 - Paul Boynton '38
1955-56 - Roscoe Mizelle '50
1956-57 - Ted Graves '54
1957-58 - Roscoe Mizelle '50
1958-59 - Ellsworth McKee '54
1959-60 - J. Don Crook '53
1960-61 - Bill Hulsey '55
1961-63 - Harry Hulsey '53
1963-64 - Glen McColpin '57
1964-66 - J. Don Crook '53
1966-67 - Dewitt Bowen '42
1967-68 - R. Lynn Sauls '52
1968-69 - Wallace "Buddy" Blair '53
1969-70 - Glen McColpin '57
1970-71 - D.L. West '49
1971-72 - Warren Hammond '51
1972-73 - Floyd Greenleaf '55
1973-74 - Douglas Bennett '51
1974-75 - Ellsworth McKee '54
1975-76 - Minon Hamm '66
1976-77 - Jake Atkins '49
1977-78 - Minon Hamm '66
1979-80 - John Durichek '58
1980-81 - Dan Rozell '61
1981-83 - Susan Boyd Miller '63
1983-85 - John W. Henson III '54
1985-87 - Robert Lorren
1987-89 - Jan Rushing '58
1989-91 - Howard Kennedy '57
1991-93 - David Winters '71
1993-95 - Verle Thompson '69
1993-94 - Melanie Satterfield Graves '81
(Young Alumni Presidential Consultants)
1994-96 - Greg Vital '78
(Young Alumni Presidential Consultants)
1995-97 - Mary Elam '51
1997-99 - Georgia Butterfield O'Brien '85 & '87
(Young Alumni Presidential Consultants)
1997-99 - Carleton Swafford '75
1998-99 - Jeffrey Coston '84
(Young Alumni Presidential Consultants)
1999-01 - Evonne Kutzner Crook '79
2001-03 - Beverley Moon Self '71
2003-05 - Arnold Cochran '52
2005-06 - Ernie Stevens '70
2006-09 - Inelda Phillips Hefferlin '58
2009-11 - Helen Case Durichek '56 & '58
2011-13 - Dwight Herod '75
2013-15 - Herbert Coolidge, '65
2015-19 - Jay Dedeker, '88
2019-2023 - Moses Maier, '17 GOLD President
(Graduates of the Last Decade)
2019-2023 - Eric Dunkel, '99 Senior President
2023-Present - Kris Eckenroth, '99 Senior President
2019-2023 - Kelly Payne, attended GOLD President
(Graduates of the Last Decade)