Alumni Awards - Huntingdon College

Honoring Achievement, Loyalty, Young Alumni

The National Alumni Association presents three types of awards annually to deserving recipients. Alumni are invited to nominate other alumni or to self-nominate for award consideration. The deadline for nominations is March 1.

Alumni Achievement Awards

Established in 1937, the Alumni Achievement Award is given to recognize the accomplishments of alumni. In 2023, the College introduced six categories for Alumni Achievement Awards: Arts, Sciences, Education, Law and Public Service, Business, and Religion.

(Year of Induction: Name, Class Year)

Achievement Award Recipients

1937: Louise Chrenshaw Ray, 1908*
1938: Olive M. Stone, 1918*
1939: Ellen Rush Sturdivant, N.C.*
1940: Christin McCann, 1915*
1941: Louise Branscomb, 1921*
1942: Addie Lee Farrish, 1918*
1943: Bess Adams, 1914*
1944: Alma Sims Martin, 1923*
1945: Eloise Siddon Soper, 1916*
1946: Mary M. Smith, 1897*
1947: Ruth Lawrence (Mezynski), 1923*
1948: Anne Elizabeth May, 1927*
1949: Mary Elizabeth Skinner, 1903*
1950: Lorraine Buck, 1920*
1951: Zora Ellis, 1922*
1952: Lillie Maude Bell Alexander, 1924*
1953: Lena Vail Davis, 1917*
1954: Julia Walker Russell, 1928*
1955: Olivia Dannelly, 1916*
1956: Lucile Branscomb, 1928*
1957: Inez Shofner Murray, 1909*
1958: Evelyn Walker, 1927*
1959: Lucia Giddens Myers, 1924*
1960: Sally Mayes Danner, 1899*
1961: Susie McCrary Williams, 1919*
1962: Susie Peach Foster, 1927*
1963: Caroline Marshall Draughton, 1931*
1964: Francey Finley, 1919*
1965: Elizabeth Lewis, 1927*
1966: Mildred Lock Labuzan, 1925*
1967: Mary Jane Crump Brannon, 1937*
1968: Allie Mae Sessions Chapman, 1909*
1969: Laura Johnston, 1928*
1970: Charlotte Hereford Jones, 1926*
1971: Kathryn Tucker Windham, 1939*
1972: Robbie C. Wood Patterson, 1919*
1973: Mary George Jordan Waite, 1939*
1974: Louise Long, 1929*
1975: Willard “Jack” Hurley, 1950*
1976: Marie Baker Sinclair, 1944*
1977: Annette Kelly Marks, 1945*
1978: Marilyn E. Stone, 1947*
1979: Dr. Ruth Rankin Diaz-Plaja, 1961*
1980: Jean Rodgers, 1949*
1981: Edna Earl Smith Arnold, 1932*
1982: John Ed Mathison, 1960
1983: Kay Kennedy Miller, 1964
1984: Jerrell* & Joyce Mathison, 1961
1985: Dorothy Rainer Sellars, 1948*
1986: Arline Hanke Johnson, 1941*
1987: Phillip Dale Segrest, 1964
1988: David T. Rodgers Jr., 1958
1989: Nia Katechis Terezakis, 1956
1990: Betty Bottoms Grundy, 1960*
1991: Mary Elizabeth Jones Fine, 1929*
1992: Wanda Marie Ruffin, 1965
1993: Mary George Jester, 1968
1994: Linda Caldwell Fuller, 1966
1995: Blanche Carlton Sloan, 1945*
1996: Jefferson Beauregard Sessions Jr., 1969
1997: Claudia Adkison, 1964
1998: Nimrod T. Frazer, 1954*; Mary Ann Oglesby Neeley, 1954*; Ouida Fay Paul, 1930*
1999: W. Foster Eich III, 1960; Gaylan Schrieber Pugh, 1970*; John Bell, 1971
2000: Donald Allen Harp, 1963*; Merritt Wayne Moseley, Jr., 1970; Rockland Osgood, 1980
2001: Reese Howell McKinney Jr., 1972; Elinor Warr Roberts, 1957*
2002: Billie Ruth Stewart Sudduth, 1967*; George Corley Wallace Jr., 1977; Lisa Lacy White, 1982
2003: Dr. Curtis Glenn Armstrong Jr., 1972; Susan White Bennett, 1970; Janet Miller Dapitan, 1956*
2004: Paul Allen, 1968; Elizabeth McDuffie Bricken Jones, 1965; Alexis Clegorne Tibbetts, 1974
2005: Kristi Dubose, 1986; George Mathison, 1967
2006: Minnie Lamberth, 1983; Joe R. Rambo, 1987
2007: Ruth Griffin Crosby, 1970; Camilla Sessions Wible, 1965
2008: Jacob Martinson*, 1954; Paul Kazuo Nakane, 1958
2009: James Mungenast, 1971; Rick Yates, 1982
2010: Janice Woolf Hendrickson, 1965; William S. Richardson, 1965
2011: Leura Garrett Canary, 1978; Elizabeth Cumming Hight, 1974
2012: James Anderson, 1976; Kimberly Braxton Lloyd, 1989; Thomas Moore, 1973; Stan Self, 1966
2013: Carl Barker, 1970; Frances Hastings Moore, 1946*; James Yarbrough, 1959*
2014: Mary Sue Barnette McClurkin, 1969; William Peck, 1970; Virginia Rath Whitfield, 1964
2015: Carl Barranco, 1964; Neil McDavid, 1969; Betty Seymour Perdue, 1951*; Gale Marie Stallworth Stone, 1987
2016: Katrina Keefer, 1995; Desiree Weems Murray, 1989
2017: Dr. Michele Scharff Olson, 1986; Dr. Greg Waller, 1980
2018: Jim Abbott, 1986; William B. Wilson, 1990
2019: Jeff Spiller, 1976; Quesha Starks, 1996
2020: Melba Bolton Richardson, 1968; Ethel Heinecke Bauer, 1960*
2021: Donna Marietta, 1981; Bessie House-Soremekun, 1978
2022: Connie Deal, 1987; Maureen Murphy, 1978
2023: William Bozeman, 1967 (Education); Lucinda Smilie Chappelle, 1979 (Business); Emily Dueitt Kincaid, 2006 (Religion); Leah Nesbitt Kottyan, 2005 (Sciences); Terry Moorer, 1983 (Law and Public Service); Jacqueline Allen Trimble, 1983 (Arts)
2024: Randy Clark 1980 (Law and Public Service); James W. Duke 1995 (Sciences); Diane Parkmann Hett 1971 (Law and Public Service); Cecilia Connell Homison 1984 (Business); Ellen Edwards Kennedy, 1969 (Arts); Dan Morris 1979 (Religion); Madeline Nichols Moseley 1972 (Education); Stephanie Yasechko 2016 (Sciences)

Alumni Loyalty Award

The National Alumni Association of Huntingdon College may recognize annually individuals who, through their continuing expression of affection and commitment to Huntingdon College, are deserving of the Alumni Association’s Alumni Loyalty Award. Recipients of these awards must be alumni.

Loyalty Award Recipients

1974: Jane Greene Collins, 1945*; Frances Powers McLeod, 1925*; William Pearson, 1947*; Special Awards: Guy Youngerman, Allen Reynolds
1975: Helen Marsh Bothfeld, 1939*; Olivia Dannelly, 2016*; Special Award: Bishop Carl J. Sanders
1976: Barbara Johnston Dismukes, 1950*; Ethel Ellis Gibson, 1949*; Wyn Gray Sittason, 1950*
1977: Jean Rodgers, 1949*; John Ed Mathison, 1960; Dorothy Rainer Sellars, 1948*
1978: Lena Vail Davis, 2017*; Laura Johnston, 1928*; Charles Turner, 1957; Special Award: Julia Walker Russell ’28*
1979: Dr.* & Mrs.* Gordon T. Chappell; Zuleika Eanes Collins, 1925*; Dale Segrest, 1964; Special Award: Wilmer R. Bottoms*
1980: Catherine Cannon Jones 1950*; Lessie Mae Hall Stone*; Chris Williams, 1974
1981: Zora Ellis, 1922*; Claire Paulk Sartain, 1916*; Ann Strickland White, 1944*
1982: Ruth Brady Brink, 1946*; Sybil Smith Lebherz, 1926*; Mary George Waite, 1939*
1983: Frances Manci Law 1951*; Charlotte Hereford Jones, 1926*; Rhoda C. Ellison*; Special Award: Allen K. Jackson*
1984: Wes Sarginson, 1966; Sadie Gibson Jackson, 1953*; Erle Danley; Special Award: W.T. Benson
1985: JoAnna Breedlove Crane, 1952*; Dorothy Marsh Fairchild, 1942*; Jeannette Garrett, 1921*; Special Award: James W. Wilson, Jr.*
1986: Ann Rogers Roton, 1937*; Jeff Sessions, 1969; Kathryn Tucker Windham, 1939*; Special Awards: Barbara Jackson, Philip Sellers*
1987: Mildred Davis, 1932*; Asa Boozer, 1956*; John Bransford Nichols*
1988: Foster & Ginger Graves Eich, 1960; Gail Golson Phillips, 1955; Catherine Dixon Roland, 1958*
1989: Carl A. Barranco, 1664; Lorena Manci Bryars, 1941*; Charles G. Tomberlin, 1960; Special Award: Betty M. Collier, 1949*
1990: Don Meadows, 1963; Marie Chapman Benson, 1930*; Walter Ellisor, 1955*
1991: Gerald Garrick, 1965*; Frances Hastings Moore, 1946*; Lizzie Reed Penn, 1923*
1992: Grace Ellis Larson, 1932*; Mary George Jester, 1968; Evelyn Mixson Parker, 1942*
1993: Margaret Dean Pitts 1941*; Blanche Carlton Sloan, 1945*; Margaret Garrett Bynum, 1924*
1994: Marilyn Cogburn McLeod, 1944*; David G. Myrick, 1967; Elinor Warr Roberts, 1957*; Special Award: Mildred Abrams Hill, 1925*
1995: Betty Finlay Brislin, 1949*; Jean Elizabeth Sandberg, 1939*; Marie Baker Sinclair, 1944*
1996: Mark & Beth Anderson Kingry, 1987/1988; Anne White Mitchell, 1970; Sue Cross Savage, 1957*; Special Award: Norma Villareal Zambrano, 1945*
1997: Dorothy Hoag Bell, 1952*; Elizabeth Couey Smithart, 1986; Pat Shadoin Williamson, 1967
1998: Kay Kennedy Miller, 1964; Rev. Si Mathison, 1949*; Betty Kimbrough Hastings, 1951
1999: Mimi Leisy Rush, 1984; Mary Sample Mabson, 1952*; Anna Louise Calhoun Duffey, 1942*
2000: Herb Patterson, 1971; Fred Wilkerson, 1952*; Josie Parker Greene, 1944*
2001: John S. Bell 1971; Ronald Wise, 1968*
2002: Gregory E. Sellers 1986; Marie Stafford, 1968*; Dr. Eugene Stanaland, 1960
2003: Dorothy Kreis Golab, 1967*; Phebe Mason Lee, 1969; Jane Black Roberts, 1945*
2004: John A. Mabry, Sr., 1961*; Jennifer Gaston Rodopoulos,1988
2005: June Burdick Bisard, 1956; Thelma Braswell, 1962
2006: Claire Peacock Helms, 1962; Sarah McCarthy Mingledorff, 1969
2007: Betty Gensert Towey, 1945*; Dr. Thomas F. Staton*
2008: Wayne Gibson, 1961*; Sara Stembridge Perry, 1954*
2009: Shirley Parker Watkins, 1956; Betty Thurman McMahon, 1964
2010: Leanne Hundley Boykin, 1987; Elizabeth Rush Denson Lipscomb, 1950
2011: David Hudson Jr., 1981; Maureen Kendrick Murphy, 1978
2012: Emmie Cardwell Bolden, 1944*; Judy Watson Kingry, 1962; Virginia McLean, 1945*
2013: David Allred, 1992; Glenda Atwell Allred, 1991; Beverly Gordy McKinney, 1970
2014: John Bricken, 1967; Celia Smith Rudolph, 1980; Mary Blackshear Sessions, 1969
2015: Laura Hinds Duncan, 1994; Michael Seth Ward, Sr., 1976
2016: Mary K. McGuffey, 1994
2017: Winifred “Winnie” Lightfoot Stakely, 1966; Diane Smith Wendland, 1953*
2018: Margaret Ward Kneisel, 1971; Charles Lee, 1962
2019: Terri Smith Francis, 1980; Ed Glaize, 1985; C. Gray Price, 1969*
2020: Sara Dickert Bowden, 1951*; Billy Gaither, 1955
2021: DJ Conville, 1997; Peggy Sewell Parker, 1963
2022: Reita Sample Davis, 1955; Bobbie Sue Coop Welch, 1954
2023: Amy Woodard Klugh, 1996
2024: Larry Hinds, 1963; Austin Worley, 2013

OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD

The National Alumni Association, in order to recognize genuine achievement, loyalty, and service, may present the Outstanding Young Alumni Award annually to a recipient who is a graduate of Huntingdon College. Winners will remain eligible for both the Loyalty and Achievement Awards.

Young Alumni Award Recipients

2002: Karla M. Wesley, 1992
2003: Amy Sue Miller, 1999
2005: Eric Koin Ross, 1992
2006: Brian Daniel Mann, 1995
2007: Marquell Johnson, 2001
2008: Anne Shinn, 2000
2009: Cynthia Barnes Hayden, 1999
2010: Ryan Shores, 1998
2011: Casey Malone Maugh, 2000
2012: Zach Billingsley, 1999
2013: Hope Theresa Richard, 2000
2014: Mindy Bevan La Branche, 2005; Robert La Branche, 2006
2015: Gillian Lisenby Walters, 2008
2016: Dave Barkalow, 2003
2017: R. Walker Garrett, 2007
2018: Larry McLemore, 2004
2019: Taylor Zarzour, 2000
2020: James Robinson, 2004
2021: Jhavonn Brown, 2014; James Robinson, 2004
2022: Kyle Futral, 2007; Kirk Johnson, 2012
2023: Dexter Dean, 2013
2024: Jacob Godwin, 2007

Award Nominations

To nominate alumni for these awards, complete and submit the online nomination form. If you have questions or prefer to nominate by phone, mail, or email, please contact the Office of College and Alumni Relations at alumni@hawks.huntingdon.edu or (334) 833-4564.