Roster of Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipients
1966 - Savannah Cross Lockey
1967 - Martin Dies, Jr
1968 - Ottis Lock
1969 - R.E. McGee
1970 - Victor Fain
1971 - Homer Bryce
1972 - Bob Murphey
1973 - Leon A. Fults
1974 - Denton Kerr
1975 - M.M. Stripling
1975 - Pitser Garrison
1977 - Joe Lacy
1978 - Charles Ruth
1979 - Robert A. Cashell
1979 - O.A. “Bum” Phillips
1979 - Thomas M. Reavley
1980 - W.F. Garner, Jr.
1980 - Claude Rogers
1981 - Ruth Fouts Pochmann
1981 - Joe Orville Todd
1982 - Arnodean Bolton Covin
1982 - O. Ray Hurst
1983 - Charles O. Kilpatrick
1983 - Glenn A. Chancellor
1984 - Joyce B. Swearingen
1984 - William F. Ross
1985 - James Campbell
1985 - Perry Britain
1986 - Peggy Wedgworth Wright
1986 - Walter C. Todd
1987 - Jimmy W. Murphy
1987 - Charles B. Runnels
1988 - John B. Sandlin
1988 - Ronald L. Neill
1989 - Paul H. “Pete” Smith
1989 - Bailey Marshall
1989 - Jett C. Arthur, Jr.
1989 - Mary Osborne Ray
1989 - Johnnie Dale Partin Spies
1990 - Hubert Almany
1990 - Charles E. Martin
1991 - Shirley Neel Crawford
1991 - Dan Haynes
1991 - Garland Irwin
1992 - George L. Cates
1992 - Frank E. Melton
1992 - Bennie O'Rear
1993 - Henry Dishburger
1993 - Betty Ann Fults
1993 - Jack Pierce
1994 - R.A. Brookshire
1994 - Joe Max Green
1994 - Charles Michael Harbordt
1995 - John Harold Bates
1995 - Laz Corley
1996 - R. Leon Hutchinson
1996 - Mitchell Jetton
1996 - Murray Lilly
1997 - Herman “Rip” Byrd
1997 - Ray Rinker
1997 - Nelson Rusche
1998 - Thomas E. Crawford
1998 - Frank Hood Goldsberry
1999 - Bob Sitton
1999 - Tom Franks
1999 - Roy Blake
1999 - Dee Ann McWilliams
2000 - Paul Beauchamp
2000 - Perry Reaves
2000 - Cal Varner
2001 - Tyann Brown Akins
2001 - Ford Cartwright
2001 - Joe May
2002 - Mary Agnes Milligan
2002 - Donnie R. Marshall
2003 - Judy McDonald
2003 - Robert A. Smith
2003 - Emmeline Irwin Dodd
2004 - Jackie Cannon
2004 - Mike Moses
2005 - Dave Spurrier
2005 - James “Buddy” Terry
2005 - A.B. “Sonny” Whitaker
2006 - F.E. “Ab” Abernathy
2007 - Nell Fortner