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Distinguished Alumni Award

Past recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award:

1965
Earl C. Hankamer, Houston; Business
Gordon Teal, Dallas; Texas Instruments

1966
Price Daniel, Liberty; Lawyer, Governor, Judge
H. Bentley Glass, New York; Scientist

1967
W. R. Poage, Waco; Congressman
Milford Rouse, Dallas; Doctor

1968
W. Dewey Presley, Dallas; Banker
Leon Jaworski, Houston; Lawyer

1969
Thomas J. Harrell, Fort Worth; Business
Hannibal Jaworski, Waco; Doctor

1970
Irl Allison, Austin; Musician
Ben H. Williams, Fort Worth; Business

1971
Baker James Cauthen, Virginia; Denominational Leader
Gordon Russell Tatum, Maryland; Physicist

1972
Abner V. McCall, Waco; Educator, Lawyer
Cornelia Marschall Smith, Waco; Educator

1973
Joseph Martin Dawson; Pastor (posthumously)
Ross M. Sams, Waco; Business

1974
Joe L. Allbritton, Houston; Business
O. Morris Harrell, Dallas; Lawyer

1975
Lois Smith Strain, Waco; Educator
William Stone Wells, Austin; Business

1976
Jim D. Bowmer, Temple; Lawyer
Fred Hartman, Baytown; Newspaper
Robert S. Sparkman, Dallas; Doctor

1977
Fredrica Gross Dudley, Houston; Publishing
Ray Summers, Waco; Educator

1978
Jack E. Hightower, Vernon; Congressman
Sam D. Johnson, Austin; Lawyer, Judge
Ralph Storm, Corpus Christi; Business

1979
Milton T. Gregory, Houston; Business
Paul M. Stevens, Fort Worth; Denominational Leader

1980
Bettye M. Caldwell, Arkansas; Educator
Gibson Gayle, Jr., Houston; Lawyer

1981
Dan Goodrich McNamara, Houston; Doctor
Mills Cox, Houston; Oil Industrialist

1982
Jimmie Coker Holland, New York; Doctor
Charles W. Barrow, Austin; Lawyer, Judge
Thomas L. Holton; Business

1983
Frank S. Groner, Tennessee; Hospital Administrator
Russell H. Dilday, Jr., Fort Worth; Pastor, Educator
Orlin Corey, Louisiana; Theater

1984
Joyce Stripling Davis, Bryan; Doctor, Educator
Sam B. Hall, Jr., Marshall; Congressman
Leonard E. Jarrard, Virginia; Psychologist, Educator
Mark W. White, Jr., Austin; Governor

1985
Margaret Jones Chanin, Tennessee; Dentist
Will D. Davis, Austin; Lawyer
Gale L. Galloway, Louisiana; Business
Herbert H. Reynolds, Waco; Educator, Scientist

1986
Walter F. Beran, California; Business
Jack H. Dillard, Austin; Lawyer
Henry Jackson Flanders, Jr., Waco; Pastor, Educator
John Paul Stapp, New Mexico; Doctor, Scientist

1987
Catherine Atkinson Bell, Houston; Educator
Walker A. Lea, Jr., M.D., Waco; Doctor
Ann Willis Richards, Austin; State Treasurer
Foy D. Valentine, Tennessee; Denominational Leader

1988
Mary Allen English Engle, New York; Doctor, Professor
Jack D. Loftis, Houston; Journalism, Editor
Paul Powell, Tyler; Denominational Leader, Pastor
William Sessions, Washington, D.C.; Lawyer, FBI Director

1989
Barbara H. Bowman, San Antonio; Geneticist
Thomas G. Carpenter, Memphis, Tennessee; College President
Jody Conradt, Austin; Women's Basketball Coach
Milton E. Cunningham, Houston; Pastor, Denominational Leader

1990
Matthew Dawson, Waco; Lawyer, Educator
Olin Robison, Vermont; College President
Peggy Sartain, Dallas; Medical Researcher
Byron Tunnell, Austin; Businessman, State Legislator
Nancie Wingo, Israel; Missionary

1991
Wayne Fisher, Houston; Lawyer
Drayton McLane, Jr., Temple; Businessman
Boone Powell, Jr., Dallas; Hospital Administrator
Eleanor Whilden Tinsley, Houston; City Council Member
William Bert Tolar, Fort Worth; Educator

1992
Robert D. (Bob) Bullock, Austin; Texas Lieutenant Governor
David (Dave) Campbell, Waco; Sports Journalist
Gordon L. Hollon, Boerne; Lawyer, Judge
Bess Whitehead Scott, Austin; Journalist, Author
Cecil E. Sherman, Fort Worth; Pastor, Denominational Leader

1993
John S. Belew, Waco; Educator
Joseph R. Cipriano, Duncanville; Director, Superconducting Super Collider
Larry Dyke, Friendswood; Artist
Max R. Sherman, Austin; Educator

1994
John Wesley Cook, New York; Educator
L. Ruth Guy, Dallas; Professor-Medical
Bill Logue, Waco; Lawyer, Judge
Judy Jolley Mohraz, Dallas; Educator
Faith Willard, Massachusetts; Missionary and Humanitarian

1995
Carole Cook, California; Actress
Billy Ray Hearn, Tennessee; Co-chair and CEO, The Sparrow Corporation
Linda Bunnell Shade, Colorado; Chancellor, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Daniel Chi-wai Tse, Hong Kong; President, Hong Kong Baptist University
Hal C. Wingo, New York; International Editor and Assistant Managing Editor, People magazine

1996
John Hayden Fry, Iowa; Head Football Coach, University of Iowa
Martha Niendorff Gilmore; Director, Internship Program for Ministers, Perkins School of Theology, SMU
Joseph E. Hawkins, Jr.; Professor Emeritus, Otorhinolaryngology, University of Michigan Medical School

1997
A. W. "Bill" Bailey, Jr., Waco; Chair of Bailey Insurance & Risk Management, Inc.; Bailey Financial Services, Inc.; Bailey Managing General Agency, Inc.; & Wilkirson-Hatch Funeral Home, Inc.
Clyde Hart, Waco; Head Track Coach and Associate Athletic Director, Baylor University
Thomas Clifton Mann; Retired Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
Gilford A. "Gil" Stricklin Sr.; Founder and President, Marketplace Ministries, Inc.

1998
Judge P. Oswin Chrisman, Dallas; Lawyer, Judge
William Daniel Hillis, Waco; Physician; Vice President for Student Life, Baylor University
Honorable Thomas R. Phillips, Austin; Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court

1999
Jack Fields, Humble, President and CEO Texana Global; Twenty-First Century Group
Gerald W. Haddock, Fort Worth; President and CEO; Crescent Real Estate Equities
J. Harry Jeanes, Waco; Retired Chair and CEO, First Federal Saving and Loan
Lyndon L. Olson, Jr., Sweden; U. S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden
Jim L. Turner, Dallas; Owner and Chair, Dr Pepper Bottling Company of Texas

2000
Robert Fulghum, Washington; Author
Marjorie Scardino, London, England; Business
Mike Singletary, Illinois; Professional Athlete and Motivational Speaker
Robert B. Sloan Jr., Waco; President, Baylor University

2001
Howard E. Butt Jr., Kerrville; President, H. E. Butt Foundation
Col. Maria Cribbs, Washington, D.C.; Executive Secretary to U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen
Ruth Parker Graves, Virginia; President Emerita, Reading Is Fundamental
Dr. Lee Howard, Maryland; Retired, U.S. Agency for International Development

2002
Joann H. Goatcher, Arkansas; Missionary physician in Southeast Asia
Julia Saccar Graham, Dallas; Missionary to the Middle East
Dr. Frank Newport, New Jersey; Editor-in-Chief, The Gallup Poll
Dr. John P. Riola, Sugar Land; Chief Geophysicist, Texaco Worldwide Exploration

2003
Kenneth Q. Carlile, Marshall; Co-chair, The Carlile Companies
Gary R. Cook, Dallas; President, Dallas Baptist University
Barbara Montgomery Dossey, New Mexico; Director, Holistic Nursing Consultants
Bill Glass, Dallas; Founder, Champions for Life

2004
Joel Allison, Dallas; President and CEO, Baylor Health Care System
Carroll Dawson, Houston; General Manager, Houston Rockets and Houston Comets
Kent Gilbreath, Waco; Professor of Economics and The E. M. and Thelma Stevens Chair of Private Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
Betty Welch, Tyler; Linguist and Translator, Wycliffe Bible Translators

2005
A. T. "Gus" Blackshear Jr., Houston; Senior Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP
Dr. Sally B. Kilgore, Nashville, Tennessee; President and CEO, Modern Red SchoolHouse Institute
Dr. John M. Lilley, Reno, Nevada; President, University of Nevada, Reno
Dr. M. Ray Perryman, Odessa; Founder and President, The Perryman Group

2006
Gary Keller, Austin Co-founder and Chair of the Board for Keller-Williams Realty, Inc.
William T. McKinney, Chicago, Illinois Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Asher Center for the Study and Treatment of Depressive Disorders at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Priscilla Richman Owen, Austin Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Gale Pollock, Honolulu, Hawaii Chief of the Army Nurse Corps, Commanding General, Pacific Regional Medical Command and Commanding General, Tripler Army Medical Center

2007
James B. Adams, Retired director of the Texas Department of Public Safety
Philip D. Hardberger, Mayor of San Antonio
Steven Stucky, Composer and professor of music at Cornell University
Walter Umphrey, Senior managing partner of Provost & Umphrey, LLP
Dr. Dallas Willard, Author and professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California

2008
Steven A. Browning, U.S. Ambassador to Uganda
Virginia Cannaday DuPuy, Mayor of Waco
Mark Hurd, Chair/CEO Hewlett Packard
Dr. James H. Shelhamer, Deputy chief Critical Care Medicine Dept., Clinical Center National Institutes of Health
Abelardo L. Valdez, International lawyer, former U.S. Ambassador & chief of protocol for The White House


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