Distinguished Alumni Nominate an Alumnus Home ... Departments Office of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving Awards Distinguished Menu Name Year Chris Tritico 2024 Dr. Nancy Rodriguez 2024 Dr. Roland Black 2024 Kelly and Beth Damphousse 2023 Monica Thompson-Guidry 2023 Vanessa Hicks-Callaway 2023 Jill Vaughan 2022 Troy Finner 2022 Kyle Lehne 2022 James Surls 2021 Terry Williams 2021 Stephen Morgan 2021 Ray Burgess 2021 Edgar Reeves 2021 Brian Hall 2021 LaTonya Goffney 2019 Chuck Jones 2019 Bill Byler 2019 Tom Freeman 2018 Alan Tinsley 2018 Russell Gordy 2018 Richard Mills 2017 John Simmons 2017 John Phelps 2017 Duke Austin 2016 James Lopez 2016 Carolyn Faulk 2015 Cynthia Marion 2015 Stan Blinka 2015 Hiram Jones 2014 Robert Steele 2014 Charles Beckner 2014 Sam Monroe 2013 Trisha Pollard 2013 Damian Mandola 2013 Michael Devine 2012 Anton Vincent 2012 John McManners 2012 James Ferris 2011 James Gaertner 2011 James Carey 2011 Allen Shamblin 2011 Walter Anderson 2011 Frederick Pirkle 2011 George Miles 2010 Marcus Luttrell 2010 Calvert Harrison 2010 Brenda Love 2010 Ronny Carroll 2009 Jerry Marshall 2009 Thomas Frank 2009 Ed Reyna 2009 George Yax 2008 John Ragsdale 2008 Jimmie Gibbs-Munroe 2008 Eleanor Garrett 2008 Melinda Estes 2007 Kemper Crabb 2007 Roger Lawrence 2007 Cecil Neely 2007 Ron Koska 2006 Ron and Ruth Blatchley 2006 Tarek Souryal 2006 James Hayley 2006 Robert Rod 2006 Glenda Dawson 2005 William Womack 2005 Joseph Haney 2005 Gary Dudley 2004 John Chandler 2004 Glenn McCarthy 2004 Preston Johnson 2003 Michael Lytle 2003 Mark Kroll 2003 W. Gage 2003 Thomas Ely 2003 Harry Bohan 2002 David Rex 2002 David Carter 2002 Ken Jordan 2002 Jerry Eversole 2001 Charlie Amato 2001 Thelma Terry 2001 Kailas Rao 2001 Carol McGuire 2001 Wayne Scott 2000 Clemon Montgomery 2000 Linda Quick 2000 Joe MacKenzie 2000 Arnold Allemang 2000 L.N. Sikes 1999 W.C. Daniels 1999 Thomas Stone 1999 Patty Davis 1999 Don Gilbert 1999 Tommy Austin 1998 Claude Reinke 1998 Karey Bresenhan 1998 David Adickes 1998 James Gilmore 1997 Frank Leathers 1997 Ronald Mafrige 1997 Gary Whitlock 1997 John Martin 1997 John Keller 1996 Thaksin Shinawatra 1996 W. Meurer 1996 Thomas Davis 1996 Lynne Liberato 1996 Jack Parker 1995 Maurice Wilkinson 1995 Samuel Dominey 1995 Jan Adams 1995 John Hannah 1994 Mary Park 1994 Maurice Cook 1994 Frank Robinson 1994 William Garrison 1994 John Hall 1993 Robert Hazelwood 1993 Virginia Sowell 1993 Allen Hightower 1993 Samuel Curl 1993 Thomas Sewell 1992 Norma Jones 1992 Eloise Powell 1992 William Lindley 1992 Johnnie Herrington 1991 Alton Burgess 1991 J. Myatt 1991 Thomas Burke 1991 John Thomas 1991 Z. Hamilton 1991 Robert Gammage 1990 James Mason 1990 Don Jobes 1990 Edwin Sandhop 1990 Charles Wilson 1989 Melvin Reimer 1989 Ken Armbrister 1989 Frank Dobbs 1989 William Merrell 1988 Virginia Irvin 1988 Roy Harris 1988 Jessie Clark 1988 William Lynch 1988 Fred Goeke 1987 T. Chisum 1987 Laurence Corely 1987 Grace Cox 1987 Lu Gibbs 1986 Ralph Yarborough 1986 Kelley McAdams 1986 Bill Burdeaux 1986 R. Bond 1985 Clinton Hackney 1985 Billy Brinkley 1985 Philip Warner 1985 Morris Waller 1984 Jack Tinsley 1984 Harmon Lowman 1984 Lee Drain 1984 Gibson Lewis 1983 Jack Kyle 1983 Ferol Robinson 1983 Meredith York 1983 August Gerlach 1982 Ione Clark 1982 James Crews 1982 M. Etheredge 1982 James Franklin 1982 Mance Park 1980 Thomas Moore 1980 Don Sanders 1980 Rice Tilley 1979 Eugene Addison 1979 Doyle Stuckey 1979 Everitt Walker 1978 Carroll Teague 1978 Thomas Spencer 1978 Raymond Scarborough 1978 Dana Andrews 1978 Arleigh Templeton 1977 Joel Leathers 1977 Newton Gresham 1977 Dan Rather 1977 Elliott Bowers 1976 Charles Hallmark 1976 Audrey Guerrant 1976 JL Moses 1975 LA Kucera 1975 Robert Eckels 1975 Robert Shepherd 1974 Douglas Stiernberg 1974 Logan Wilson 1974 Coy Perkins 1973