The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes alumni who attain distinctive success in his or her chosen field or profession, perform outstanding service to their community or both.
1970 Edmon Low
1971 Paul Joseph Hughes
1971 Ernest W. McFarland
1972 Dr. C. Dan Procter
1972 Jack T. Conn
1973 Major General La Vern E. Weber
1973 Dr. Muriel H. Wright
1974 Dr. Charles F. Spencer
1974 Dr. Ross H Miller
1975 Dr. James A. Thomas, Sr.
1975 Dr. William J. Benham, Jr.
1976 William P. Willis
1976 Betty Roper
1977 Governor George Nigh
1977 Marvin W. Stokes
1978 Dr. Robert Naylor
1978 Lowell F. Green
1979 Ferdie J. Deering
1979 William D. Little, Jr.
1980 Dr. R. Darryl Fisher
1980 Hugh B. Warren
1981 Mae Boren Axton
1981 Farris E. Willingham
1982 Bill J. Harris
1982 Lonnie Abbott
1983 Dr. Joe Leone
1983 J. Angela Ables
1984 Lyle Boren
1984 Dr. Bill J. Tillman
1985 George Ing
1985 Philip Wimbish
1986 Bowie C. Ballard
1986 Dr. Gil Morgan
1986 Oscar Parker
1986 Bertha Teague
1986 W. Harvey Faust
1986 Dr. Portia Isaacson
1986 Leon Polk Smith
1987 Harland Stonecipher
1987 Leonard L. Limes
1988 Dr. Stanley Wagner
1988 Dr. Carlos Johnson
1989 Rudolph Hargrave
1989 Dr. James West
1990 Juanita Kidd
1990 James Saied
1990 J.V. Smith
1990 Ron Stone
1991 Dr. Raymond Estep
1991 Dr. Clarence G. Oliver, Jr.
1992 Hallie Brown Ford
1992 Charles E. Cummings
1992 Dr. Dorothy I. Summers
1993 Dr. Doyle A. McCoy
1993 Dr. Joe Struckle
1994 Dr. H.D. Hall
1994 Gary D. Maynard
1994 Dr. Joe Parsons
1995 Governor Bill Anoatubby
1995 Frank Crabtree, Sr.
1995 Eleanor Waner Dedmon
1996 Robert S. Kerr
1996 Glenn Floyd
1997 George Abshire
1998 Diane Criswell
1998 Tom Criswell
1999 Sterling L. Williams
2000 Lee Horne
2000 John Lowry
2001 Derrill Cody
2001 Dick Wilkerson
2002 Dr. Donnie Nero
2003 Kevin Turner
2004 Janice Diamond
2004 Bob Diamond
2004 Randy Harp
2004 Representative Danny Hilliard
2005 Dr. Harvey Dean
2005 Dr. Tommy Hewett
2006 Brad Fenton
2007 Shirley Pogue
2008 Jefferson Keel
2008 Lt. General James D. Thurman
2009 Bill Bridgwater
2010 Randy Grinnell
2010 August Petersen
2011 Stephanie Canada
2011 Elizabeth Smith
2012 David Porter
2013 Alan Marcum
2013 Steve Stokes
2013 Bill Thrash
2014 Bill G Lance
2014 Senator Susan G Paddack
2014 Becky Gallup Payton
2015 Deborah Cornelison
2015 Todd Graham
2016 Jimmy Scales
2016 Judge Frank Davis
2016 Jim Spencer
2017 J. Michael Prince
2018 Michael O. Brown
2018 Janice L. Gray
2018 Craig Scheef
2019 James R. Hamby
2019 Tony A. Scott
2020 Dr. Ed Huckeby
2020 Ruben Elizarde
2021 Jeremy Humphers
2022 Anita Holloway
2022 Dewey McClain
2023 Tom Darter
2023 Paula Kedy
2023 Randy Nail
2023 Steve Williamson