Service Award
Mary E. Thornton
Awarded 2022
Mary Ellen Thornton’s career as an educator has made an impact on students. She also served as assistant director of information at Houston Baptist University. Her experience includes secondary teacher, department chair, English supervisor dean of instruction and principal in Houston ISD. She received the Houston ISD District 11 Principal of the Year Award. Additionally, she served a principal in Leverett’s Chapel and Kilgore ISDs and as a department chair and associate professor of English at Lon Morris College. Thornton is a Life Member of the SHSU Alumni Association.