Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipients
| Award Year | Name | Grad Year | Degree | | | 1970 | Dr. Floyd D. Golden | 1925 | BS | Deceased | | 1970 | James Henry Sears | | | Deceased | | 1971 | B. Raymond Evans | 1946 | BS | Deceased | | 1971 | Raymond L. Thompson | 1926 | BA | Deceased | | 1972 | Cloyce K. Box | 1949 | BBA | Deceased | | 1972 | Dr. Ruth Lowes | 1925 | BA | Deceased | | 1973 | Robert De Witt Leachman, M.D. | 1949 | BS | Deceased | | 1974 | Boyce Murrell Box | 1949 | BS | Deceased | | 1974 | Wayne Elvin Thomas | 1947 | BA | Deceased | | 1975 | Milton A. 'Buff' Morris | 1934 | BS | Deceased | | 1975 | Ralph E. Wayne | 1953 | BA | | | 1976 | Bill J. Montgomery | 1947 | BBA | Deceased | | 1977 | Dan Hemphill | 1941 | BS | Deceased | | 1978 | George F. L. Bishop | 1935 | BS | Deceased | | 1979 | Dr. Evelyn L. Milam | 1942 | BA | Deceased | | 1980 | Judge George E. Dowlen | | | | | 1981 | Leo Forrest | 1929 | BA | Deceased | | 1982 | Sen. William C. Sarpalius | 1978 | MAG | | | 1983 | Dr. Ulane Zeeck Bonnel | 1940 | BA | | | | Dr. Donald E. Savage | 1937 | BS | Deceased | | 1985 | Sharon H. Brown | 1966 | BBA | | | | MG Raymond E. Haddock | 1958 | BS | | | 1986 | Dr. Lester D. Langley | 1961 | BA | | | | Mary Ellen Lazenby | 1934 | BS | | | 1987 | James W. Caldwell, M.D | 1950 | BS | | | | H. Dean Kelley | 1957 | BA | | | 1989 | Bob G. Schneider | 58, 68 | BS, MED | | | 1990 | Frank E. Barrett | 1961 | BS | Deceased | | | R. Weldon Trice | 1950 | BS | Deceased | | 1991 | J.W. Foust | 1943 | BBA | Deceased | | 1992 | Kenneth Gibson | 1951 | BS, MED | Deceased | | 1993 | Lela Hickox Elgin, O.D | 1937 | BS | Deceased | | | Ernie M. Schur | 1940 | BBA | Deceased | | 1994 | Vernon H. Harman | 1929 | BS | Deceased | | | B. Glen Parkey | 1960 | BBA | | | 1995 | Dr. Kenneth M. Laycock | 1950 | BS, MED | | | | Ross W. Wilson | 1938 | BS | Deceased | | 1996 | E.W. 'Bill' Boedeker | 1936 | BS | Deceased | | 1997 | Geneva Schaeffer | 1955 | BS | | | 1998 | Phillip R. Cates | 1969 | BS | | | | W. Mitchell Jones, M.D. | 1951 | BS | | | 1999 | Cong. Larry Combest | 1969 | BBA | | | | Col. Dewey D. Wheat Jr. | 1974 | BS | | | | Connie Ratliff Wootton | 71, 76 | BS, MED | | | 2000 | Alby Kuehler Peters | 1959 | BS | | | | Dr. Bob Robinson | 1970 | BS | | | | Dee Anne Caison Trotter | 1981 | BS | Deceased | | 2001 | Robert L. 'Bob' Brandon | 1969 | BS | | | | Don L. Patterson | 1952 | BBA | | | | Russell D. 'Red' Steagall | 1960 | BS | | | | First Lady Anita Thigpen Perry | 1974 | BSN | | | 2002 | Clifford Baker | 59, 64 | BS, MED | | | | Bill Piehl | 1960 | BS | Deceased | | | Chairman Donald E. Powell | 1963 | BS | | | 2003 | Joseph C. Austin | 1979 | BBA | | | | Robert L. Devin | 71, 77 | BAS, MAG | | | | G.D. 'Dick' Railsback | 54 | BBA | | | 2004 | Dr. Flavius Killebrew | 70, 71 | BS, MS | | | | Stanley Schaeffer | 55, 70 | BBA, MBA | | | | Tom Christian | 55 | BS | | | 2005 | Louis Hinders | 1948 | BS | | | | Helen Piehl | 1971 | BBA | | | | Mike Sheffield | 1995 | BM | | | 2006 | Barbara Bain | 1960 | BS | | | | Charles Vaughan | 1965 | BBA | | | | Dwayne Mires | 1950 | BBA | Deceased | | 2007 | Dr. Lowell Catlett | 1973 | BS | | | | Stan Sigman | 1970 | BBA | | | 2008 | Sterlin Holmesly | 1953 | BS | | | | Rep. John Smithee | 1973 | BBA | | | | David Wilder | 1965 | BBA | | | 2009 | Don Hodges | 1956 | BS | | | | Paul Ray Lyons | 1978, 1983 | BS | | | | J. Pat Richmond | 2007 | BGS | | | 2010 | Gary Culp | 1971 | BS | | | | Dr. J. Paul Matney | 1973 | MA | | | | Dr. Travis McBride | 1957, 1958 | BA, MA | | | | Myrna Raffkind | 1988, 1995 | MA | | | | Ron Watts | 1971 | BBA | | | 2011 | Dr. N. Andy Cole | 1971 | BS | | | | L. Don Lee | 1977 | BBA | | | 2012 | Brigadier General Jesse Cross | 1979 | BBA | | | | Larry and Sandra Oldham | 1975 and 1976 | BBA and BS | | | | Sharla Valdez | 1984 | BSN | | | 2013 | J. Evetts Haley, Sr. | 1925 | | | | | Ed Wright | 1970 | BS | | | | Cody Myers | 1979, 1987 | | | | |
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