Alumni Achievement Award

The Alumni Achievement Award was established to recognize alumni who have distinguished themselves as leaders in their chosen field of endeavor by demonstrating a high standard of performance over and beyond normal expectations and realizing exceptional achievement in that field. No more than three alumni may be chosen each year to receive this award. The criteria include:

  • Recognized as a leader in his/her chosen field of endeavor by demonstrating a high standard of performance over and beyond the normal expectations and realizing exceptional achievement in the field.
  • Actively involved in the affairs of his/her community, church, civic matters, etc.
  • Shown continued support for Barton College since graduation.
  • Present during Homecoming to receive the award.

Award Recipients

2019Scott Edward Hemby, ’87
2018Kristie Lamm Bass, ’98
Gregory Lee Abeyounis, ’93
2017Linda Hanna Walling, ’78
Leigh Liles Foushee, ’97
2016Richard T. Clayton, ’77
Amy J. Denton, ’94
2015Mary Kay Grever Irwin, ’98
2014Lisa Boykin Batts, ’84
Thomas E. Brown Jr., ’83
2013R. Casey Prince, ’01
Donald E. “Chip” Bailey, ’86
2012Mary Elliott Strickland, ’86
2011W. Lyndo Tippett, ’63
Don E. Lassiter, ’74
2010Susan Maxwell Bane, ’87
Greg Killingsworth, ’75
Jess Maghan, ’63
2009Bobby Bennett, ’67
Scott Cruikshank, ’95
Steve Hart, ’92
2008Morgan P. Dickerman III, ’79
Gareth C. Hosford, ’91
2007Thomas F. Arrington Jr., ’73
Jack Edward “Eddie” Ferguson, ’97
Russell T. Rawlings, ’78
2006A. Stephen Ginn, ’59
Sharon H. Ginn, ’59
2005Reverend Charles Edmond Barnes, ’86
Eric Wayne Sellers, ’79
2004Dr. R. Carl Frazier Jr., ’80
Phyllis Parish-Howard, ’79
2003James W. Bishop, ’59
Dr. Marvin Joyner, ’68
2001Dr. Debra Wallace, ’79
Bobby Dean White, ’79
2000Miriam “Mickey” Moore Dunn, ’47
Dr. William Preston Nixon Jr., ’64
1999Walter B. Jones Jr., ’67
Donna J. Simms, ’76
Mary Elizabeth Burton-Williams, ’85
Dr. Martin K. Williams, ’85
1998George C. “Chuck” Finklea Jr., ’78
Edward Earl “Eddie” Summerlin, ’69
Katherine A, Vaughan, ’71
William A. Vaughan Jr., ’68
1997Thomas Edward Brown III, ’73
Dr. Donald W. Cameron, ’65
1996Major General Ellis Williamson, ’40
Dennis R. Sherrod, ’79
1995Robert L. “Bobby” Dunn Jr., ’60
Vivian M. Hamilton, ’56
Rick R. Stewart, ’68
1994Dr. Thomas G. Aycock, ’69
Dr. C.E. Maurice Belanger, ’64
Rev. A. Franklyn Brooks Jr., ’61
James V. Creasy, ’41
1993Gilbert Douglas Ferrell, ’54
Dr. Samuel Franklin Freeman Jr., ’33
Edward Daniel Shingleton, ’63
1992Robert Van Andrews, ’73
William Cole Andrews, ’73
Dr. William Ruffin Batchelor, ’62
1991Kenneth Hill Brinson, ’59
Nan Mattox Cheek, ’54
James Edwin Rogers Sr., ’39
Phillip H. Warren, ’71
1990Don E. Lee Jr., ’59
Kenneth R. Thornton, ’64
Mary Brewer Walters, ’36
1989G. Barry Lamm, ’58
Ambrose N. Manning, ’43
Dr. Kaoru Nonaka, ’57
Margarette D. Silverthorne, ’28
1988Dr. Johnas F. Hockaday Jr., ’51
Dr. G. Howard Phillips, ’50
Gerald H. Quinn, ’59
1987Eva Mae Whitley Brothers, ’34
Aaron E. Fussell Sr., ’46
Harold W. Hardison, ’46
Dr. Richard L. Harrison Jr., ’68
Lill C. Tomlinson, ’15
1986John Thurman Denning, ’36
Dr. Griffith A. Hamlin, ’39
Myra Joyner Mitchiner, ’36
Rev. Fred William Wiegmann, ’30
1985Onnie R. Cockrell Jr., ’38
Dewitt C. Daughtry, ’35
Hazel Gunter Sorrell, ’37
Dr. Woodrow B. Sugg, ’39
1984Sarah Loftin Adams, ’36
David C. Hardison, ’49
Joseph Q. Holliday, ’42
Harriet S. Plyler, ’11
1983Dr. Gilbert D. Davis Jr., ’46
Henry C. Hilliard, ’56
Dr. Darwin W. McCaffity, ’49
A.J. Walston, ’58
1982Elizabeth House Arline, ’36
Robert E. Carr, ’38
Selz C. Mayo, ’35
Samuel T. Ragan, ’36
1981Dr. Milton L. Adams, ’37
George Max Barber, ’57
Samuel M. Jones, ’16
Bethany Rose Joyner, ’47
1980Robert L. Denny, ’38
Lawrence A. Moye, ’20
E. Thomas Parham, ’63
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