Distinguished Alumni Award
The Distinguished Alumni Award was established to honor alumni who have given outstanding service to Barton College and who have distinguished themselves as leaders in the areas of civic, religious, and/or professional life. This is the highest award given to a Barton College alumnus/a. The recipient must meet all of the following criteria:
- A Barton graduate.
- Shown continued support for Barton College since graduation and made significant contributions toward the advancement of its goals.
- Distinguished him/herself as a well-known leader in his/her profession by being recognized for outstanding accomplishments.
- Distinguished him/herself as a leader in the affairs of his/her community, church, civic matters, etc.
- Be present during Homecoming to receive the award.
Award Recipients
| 2019 | James M. Adams, Sr., ’68 |
| 2018 | Phillip Brooks Hylemon, ’67 |
| 2017 | Russell T. Rawlings, ’78 |
| 2016 | Sharon Hazelrigg Ginn, ’59 A. Stephen Ginn, ’59 |
| 2015 | E. Thomas Parham Jr., ’63 |
| 2014 | Dr. William P. Nixon Jr. ’64 |
| 2013 | Bobby D. White, ’79 |
| 2012 | Ashley T. Hooks, ’69 |
| 2011 | Phyllis Parish Howard, ’79 |
| 2010 | Phillip H. “Butch” Warren, ’71 |
| 2009 | A. J. Walston, ’58 |
| 2008 | Miriam “Mickey” Moore Dunn, ’47 |
| 2007 | Nan Mattox Cheek, ’54 |
| 2006 | Dan Shingleton, ’63 |
| 2005 | Robert L. “Bobby” Dunn Jr., ’60 |
| 2004 | Aaron E. Fussell, ’46 |
| 2003 | George C. Finklea Jr., ’78 |
| 2002 | Kenneth R. Thornton, ’64 |
| 2001 | Virginia “Gina” McCuen, ’65 |
| 2000 | Zeb M. Whitehurst III, ’55 |
| 1999 | Rebecca Lennon Crowder, ’65 |
| 1998 | Stephen V. Sprinkle, ’74 |
| 1997 | John F. Lee, ’82 |
| 1996 | Margaret Brown McCaffity, ’52 |
| 1995 | A. C. Dawson, ’37 |
| 1994 | Gilbert D. Davis Jr., ’46 |
| 1993 | Joseph Q. Holliday, ’42 |
| 1992 | Bethany Rose Joyner, ’47 |
| 1991 | Darwin W. McCaffity, ’49 |
| 1990 | Samuel T. Ragan, ’36 |
| 1989 | James B. Hemby Jr., ’55 |
| 1988 | Claylon D. Weeks, ’41 |
| 1987 | James D. Daniell, ’48 |
| 1986 | Georgia Brewer Campion, ’36 |
| 1985 | Johnnie C. Baker, ’63 |
| 1984 | Ray G. Silverthorne, ’40 |
| 1983 | Jack D. Brinson, ’33 |
| 1982 | Cecil A. Jarman, ’28 |
| 1981 | William W. Shingleton, ’40 |
| 1980 | Sarah Bain Ward, ’38 |
| 1979 | Robert M. Clark Jr., ’49 |
| 1978 | Howard E. Blake, ’43 |
| 1977 | Paul C. Southard, ’26 |
| 1976 | C. Manley Morton, ’09 |
| 1975 | Milton L. Adams, ’37, and Madeline Tripp, ’38 |
| 1974 | Larry A. High, ’41 |
| 1973 | William E. Tucker, ’53 |
| 1972 | J. E. Paschall, ’18 |
| 1971 | J. P. Tyndall, ’45 |
| 1970 | H. Leman Barnhill, ’26 |
| 1969 | Naomi E. Morris, ’43 |
| 1968 | Norman (Tweetie) Etheridge, ’37 |