Distinguished Alumni Award Winners

Amy Knopps, BSEd ’01 Music Education
Svitlana Mayboroda, Ph.D. ’05 Mathematics
Wade Davis, Ph.D. ’03 Statistics

Thomas Curtright, BS, MS ’70 Physics
Pattiann Rogers, BA ’61 English
Terri Speiser, BSHE ’83 Clothing & Textiles

Jay Nouss, BA ’76 Economics
Jim Simon, MA ’78, PhD ’80 Chemistry
Azeema Akram, BA ’08 International Studies

Gloria Newton Logsdon, BA ’63 Sociology
Bryan Watson, BA ’93, Political Science, Geography, JD '96
Sally Williams, BA ’93 Communication

Gregory J. Dennis, MD, BA ’76 Biological Sciences
Michael A. Middleton, BA ’68 Political Science, JD ’71
Angie Wojak, MFA ’92 Art

Marcia Chatelain, BA ’01 religious studies, BJ ’01
Thomas B. Fomby, MA ’73, PhD ’75 economics
Elizabeth Howard Snyder, BFA ’02 art
James Hadley Williams, BA ’51, MA ’52 geology

Paul L. Leath, BS '61, MS '63, PhD '66 Physics

Rick Ross, BS '91 Chemistry, BFA '91, MA '97 Philosophy 

Mark Wilkins, BA '90 Political Science

Beth McCarter, BA '84 Political Science
Larry McMullen, BA '53 Political Science, JD '59

Major Garrett, BA ’84 Political Science, BJ ’84
Kenneth R. Mares, BA ’65 Zoology

Martin Sanders, BA ’75 Microbiology
Caroline Worra, MM ’93

Edward Buckler, PhD ’97 Biological Sciences
Sabra Tull Meyer, BA ’49, MA ’79, MFA ’82 Art
Cindy Mustard, BA ’65 History
Jane M. Robert, MA ’73 French

William A. Brock, BA ’65 Mathematics
June McAllister Fowler, BA ’78 Psychology
Chris Fuldner, BA ’73 Pre-med chemistry
Howard Richards, BA ’88 Communication

William F. Brinkman, BS ’60, PhD ’65 Physics
Jeanette W. Mann, BA ’57, MA ’63, PhD ’69 English
Ryan Yantis, BA ’83 History

Tyrone J. Flowers, BA ’93 Sociology, JD ’98
Dan L. Lindsley, BA ’47 Zoology, MA ’49 Biological Sciences (deceased)
Matt Taylor, BFA ’99 Art

Walter Bargen, BA ’70 Philosophy, MEd ’90 English Education
Steve Ellebracht, BS ’74, MS ’77 Chemistry
James F. Hoffmeister, BA ’67 Mathematics

Martha George, BS ’76 Geology
Tarek Mansour, PhD ’82 Chemistry
Michael Mulvihill, BA ’94 Communication
Ethel Pitts Walker, PhD ’75 Theatre

Allen Day Grimshaw, BA ’50 Anthropology/Sociology, MA ’52 Sociology (deceased)
Darwin Hindman, BA ’55 Political Science, JD ’61 (deceased)
Dandi Daley Mackall, BA ’71 French
Ron Mann, BA ’58 Art
Cecil M. Phillips, BA ’68 History
Eddie A. Williamson, MA ’73 Geological Sciences

Janet Campbell, BA ’74 Spanish
Jack Fishman, BA ’71 Mathematics
Thomas D. Holland, BFA ’79, MA ’85, PhD ’91 Anthropology
John Shaw, BA ’73, MA ’77 English, JD ’77

James H. Amos Jr., BA ’68 Political Science
Tyrone J. Christian, BA ’77 Speech and Dramatic Art (deceased)
Earl Coleman, BS Ed ’70 Music, MM ’76 Vocal Performance, MM ’81 Violin Performance
Flake L. McHaney, BA ’42 Economics (deceased)
Donald Packwood, PhD ’71 Physics
Naoma Powell, BA, BS Ed ’47, MA ’51 Art (deceased)
Andrew R. Sackin, BA ’73 Sociology

Jeffrey P. Bonner, BA ’75 Anthropology
Stuart A. Fraser, BA ’83 History
Diane Hall Glancy, BA ’64 English

Helgi Gunnlaugsson, MA ’85, PhD ’92 Sociology
Christopher A. Jensen, BJ ’89, MA ’91 Communication
Kathryn N. McFarland, MA ’71, PhD ’76 Chemistry
Sandra W. Rackley, BS Ed ’59, MA ’60 Speech and Drama
Gary A. Tatlow, BA ’62 Psychology, JD ’64, and Marilyn Silvey Tatlow, BA ’62 French (deceased)
Joseph W. Westphal, PhD ’80 Political Science
Gary Williams, BA ’73 Biological Sciences, MD ’78, MA ’79 Medical Physiology

June S. Hamra, MA ’59 Music
Judith Wangelin Scott, BA ’65 English
Beryl W. Sprinkel, BS PA ’47 Economics, LLD ’86 (deceased)
Albert “Bert” Winemiller, BS ’64, MS ’65 Statistics

Sam B. Cook, Arts ’41–’43 (deceased)
Paul C. Jackson, MFA ’92
Barbara J. Molette, PhD ’89 Theatre (deceased)
Jack Smith, BA ’62 Speech and Dramatic Art
M. Ray Thomasson, BA ’52, MA ’53 Geology

James L. Fergason, BS ’56 Physics (deceased)
Jim Goodrich, MA ’64, PhD ’74 History (deceased)
Katherine K. Hanley, BA ’65 French, BS ’65 Education
Charles A. Harbert, PhD ’67 Chemistry
Sidney Larson, BA ’49, MA ’50 Art (deceased)
Josephine Rosa Beatrice Wright, BM ’63, MA ’67 Music

Richard Bishop, MA ’69 Geological Sciences
Irwin Deutscher, BA ’50 Philosophy; MA ’53 Statistics, Sociology; PhD ’58 Sociology
Joel J. Gold, BA ’55 English, Sociology (deceased)
John A. Gordon, BS ’68 Physics
Sally Shelton Colby, BA ’66 French (deceased)

Brenna Hafer Bry, MS ’66, PhD ’69 Psychology
Larry D. Clark, MA ’61 Speech and Dramatic Art (deceased)
Chris Cooper, BGS ’76
Robert Gex, PhD ’78 Romance Languages (deceased)
Robert Lindholm, BA ’57 Speech and Dramatic Art; JD ’64 (deceased)

Richard G. Boehm, BS Ed ’60; MA ’62 Geography
Gus Giordano, BA ’50 English (deceased)
Winifred Bryan Horner, MA ’61 English (deceased)
Gary Kendall, BS Ed ’65; MM ’67
Gerald P. Koocher, MA ’70, PhD ’72 Psychology
Richard G. Miller, BA ’70 Mathematics

Edward H. Blaine, BA ’63 Chemistry; MA ’67 Zoology; PhD ’70 Physiology
James D. Freeman, BA ’32 English (deceased)
Kent Q. Kreh, BA ’57 Political Science
R. Bruce McMillan, MA ’63 Anthropology
Jonathan Staggers, BA ’70 Sociology
Susan R. Van Dyne, BA ’67 English, French

Jess Bushyhead, BA ’78 Communication
Gerald J. Fishman, BS ’65 Physics
Claire McCaskill, BA ’76 Political Science; JD ’77
Sonja Steptoe, BA ’82 Economics; BJ ’82
Paul Waltman, MS ’60, PhD ’62 Mathematics (deceased)
Seymour Weintraub, BA ’47 Spanish; BJ ’47 (deceased)

J.O. Davis, PhD ’42 Physiology, BS ’43 Medicine (deceased)
Alvin M. Liberman, BA ’38, MA ’39 Psychology (deceased)
Herman Ponder, BA ’55, PhD ’59 Geology (deceased)
Eugenie C. Scott, PhD ’74 Anthropology
Gene Watts, BM ’59

James Irwin, BA ’64 Speech and Dramatic Art (deceased)
Karen Ordahl Kupperman, BA ’61 History
Ike Skelton, BA ’53 Political Science; JD ’56 (deceased)
Hugh Stephenson, BA ’43 Zoology; BS Medicine ’43 (deceased)
Jack N. Thornton, BA ’54 Psychology
William Trogdon, BA ’61, MA ’62, PhD ’73 English; BJ ’78
Suk-Ryul Yu, MA ’70, PhD ’74 Political Science

Jean Becker, BA ’78 Political Science; BJ ’78
Dai-Chul Chyung, MA ’76, PhD ’84 Political Science
Walter D. Keller, BA ’21, MA ’24, PhD ’33 Geology (deceased)
William V. Miller, BA ’62 Biology; MD ’66
A. Mort Walker, BA ’48 Arts (deceased)
James C. Wang, PhD ’64 Chemistry
John R. Whitmore, BA ’54 Political Science; JD ’58

Neil S. Bucklew, BA ’62 History
Robert A. Burnett, BA ’48 Economics (deceased)
Victoria Corcoran, BA ’73 Art History and Archaeology
Linda M. Godwin, MS ’76, PhD ’80 Physics
B. Ray Holifield, BS Ed ’59; MA ’64 Geology (deceased)
Mary Lago, PhD ’69 English (deceased)

Lewis Atherton, BA ’27, MA ’31, PhD ’37 History (deceased)
Daniel Brenner, BA ’25 Political Science (deceased)
Diane Brukardt, BA ’50 Biology; BS ’52 Medicine (deceased)
Carolyn Cochran Clark, BA ’63 Political Science
James A. Heeter, BA ’70 Political Science
Judy Stewart Heeter, BA ’71 English
Fred G. Moore, BA ’70 Mathematics, MA ’71 Geography
William J. Schwartz, BA ’67 English, BJ ’67
Henry J. Waters III, BA ’51 Political Science
James R. Wiseman, BA ’57 Classical Languages, Archaeology

Bruce Barkelew, BA ’84 Computer Science
Tom Berenger, BA ’71 Speech and Dramatic Art
Dan Coffey, BA ’72 Russian
Robert C. Dickeson, BA ’62, MA ’63, PhD ’68 Political Science
Linda Garmon, BA ’78 Biology, Geography; MA ’80 Journalism
Martha E. Griffiths, BA ’34 English (deceased)
Thomas R. Smith, BA ’84 Computer Science
Clifford Tompson, BA ’51, PhD ’59 Physics

J. Rhoades Foster, BA ’28, MA ’29, PhD ’33 Economics (deceased)
T. Robert Castle, BA ’53 Political Science (deceased)
Margaret S. Peden, BA ’48, MA ’63, PhD ’66 Spanish

Ronald Barbie, BA ’67 Chemistry

Larry Smarr, BA ’70 Physics and Mathematics, MS ’70 Physics

John Hall Dalton, BA ’49 History (deceased)

Distinguished Service Award Winners

Textile and Apparel Management Industry Advisory Board

Mary Phillips, MPA ’93 Public Administration

Bill Moyes, ’75 BSEd,’79 MEd, ’83 EdSp, ’92 EdD

Scott Raymond, BA '72 MA '74 Geological Sciences 

Theodore A. Tarkow, Professor of Classics

Yvonne Lou Murray Clark, BGS '76 (deceased)
Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield

W. Dudley McCarter, JD '75

Donald L. Flora, BS ’66, MS ’68 Engineering, MS ’71 Health Sciences Management

Larry Clark (deceased)
Milton D. Glick (deceased)
Richard B. Schwartz
Richard L. Wallace
Armon Yanders (deceased)

Michael Ching

James Morgan
Lucille Salerno, PhD ’92 Psychology

Mary Nell Porter, BS ’69 Business (deceased)
Walter L. Pfeffer II, BGS ’89 General Studies

Joseph E. Warden, BS ’67 Business, (deceased), and Linda C. Warden

Col. Arthur C. Allen (Ret.) (deceased)

Charles L. Atkins, BS ’50 Business; MS ’64 Agriculture (deceased)
Richard D. Ross, MA ’75 History

Amy Tillman, BA ’99 Art & Communication

Kay Bonetti Callison, MA ’68 English

Gertrude Marshall (deceased)

John Marshall Jr., BA ’49, MA ’50 Geology (deceased)

Mary McCleary Posner, BA ’61 Speech & Drama

Soon Sung Cho

Thomas P. Battistoni, BA ’75 History

Robert J. Selsor, BA ’82 Economics, JD ’85 Law

Chung Uk Park, PhD ’74 Biological Sciences

Jean J. Madden, BS ’50 Education, MA ’51 English (deceased)

Ferd LaBrunerie

Recent Alumni Awards

Jerica Leiby, BSHES ’15 Textile and Apparel Management

Fares Akremi, BA ’15 Geography and Political Science

Mary Fama, BFA ’12 Graphic Design and Photography

Anne Marie Coultrap, BS ’16 Economics, Mathematics, Statistics

Michael A. Williams, BA’95 Political Science, JD ’98

Melanie Moore Paxson, BA ’94 Theatre

Dennis Barnes Jr., BA ’93 English
V. Penelope Pelizzon, PhD ’98 English

Grant Weber, BA ’91 Economics, History

Honorary Alumni Award

Jeff Zumsteg

Honorary Alumni

Wilma King

Vicky Riback Wilson, M Ed ’81

Richard L. Wallace

John Patterson, BS Ed ’59, M Ed ’64 Music

Christopher “Kit” Bond

Burt Reynolds (deceased)

Dean's Enduring Excellence

Sonja Steptoe, BJ, BA ’82 Economics

Spirit of Philanthropy

Ted Tarkow