AWARD RECIPIENTS
Distinguished Alumna and Alumnus Awards
Past Distinguished Alumna and Alumnus
1971
Luther H. Hodges
Robert Mayer Lumiansky
Grover E. Murray
Frances Grey Patton
Oliver L. Sause
1972
William T. Couch
Emanuel J. Evans
Charles B. Kuralt
James C. Wallace
Capus M. Waynick
1973
Page Ackerman
Samuel J. Ervin Jr.
Paul Eliot Green
James Kerne (Kay) Kyser
Hugh Thomas Swedenberg Jr.
1974
Archibald Kimbrough Davis
Holt McPherson
Thomas B. Stroup
Katharine Way
Tom Wicker
1975
Shelby Dade Foote
Gordon Gray
Frank Borden Hanes
Guion Griffis Johnson
Guy Benton Johnson
1976
William Haywood Bobbitt
Clement Eaton
Walter Gordy
Louis Harris
Charles Raper Jonas
1977
Nathaniel Perkinson Hayes
Phillip Hettleman
Susie Marshall Sharp
William Davis Snider
Shepperd Strudwick
1978
William McWhorter Cochrane
Andrew Samuel (Andy) Griffith
Eugene Pleasants Odum
Howard Thomas Odum
David Coston Sabiston Jr.
1979
Victor Silas Bryant
Jacob Berke Freedland
May Belle Penn Jones
Frank Hawkins Kenan
Joseph Maryon (Spike) Saunders
1980
Paul Alexander Johnston
Guy Owen
Julia Cherry Spruill
Comer Vann Woodward
Edwin Milton Yoder Jr.
1981
Richard Adler
Charles Knox Massey
Adeline Denham McCall
Henry William Scott Jr.
Colin Stokes
1982
Kay Knight Clarke
George Grizzard
Mary Elizabeth Mebane
David Stick
1983
Julius LeVonne Chambers
Herman Howe Fussler
Jane Smith Patterson
William Edgar Thornton
1984
John Marsden Ehle Jr.
Kathrine Robinson Everett
Sarah Taylor Morrow
James Wesley Silver
Sherwood Hubbard Smith Jr.
1985
Jane Triplett Carswell
Richard Hampton Jenrette
Bryce Jordan
Linsay Carter Warren Jr.
1986
Henry Ell Frye
Jeffrey Kenneth MacNelly
John Atterbury Montgomery
Rolfe Neill
Banks Cooper Talley Jr.
1987
Eli N. Evans
O.B. Hardison Jr.
George M. Harper
Judith A. Hines
Roy Parker Jr.
1988
Edward George Bilpuch
Gail Godwin
Richard Knight Jr.
Thomas Willis Lambeth
Roger Mudd
1989
Franklin Taylor Branch
Anne Coffin Hanson
Alexander Julian II
Warren Winkelstein Jr.
Jonathan Yardley
1990
Stephen Cambreleng Cowper
Charles Luke Powell
Eleanor Bernert Sheldon
1991
Beatrice Cummings Mayer
Gaillard Fitzsimons Ravenel II
Kenneth Claiborne Royall Jr.
Vermont Royster
1992
Marie Watters Colton
James Gooden Exum Jr.
Frank Russell Reynolds
Eugene Leslie Roberts Jr.
Donald Keith Sultan
1993
Mary Elizabeth Burkett
Mary Lindsay Elmendorf
William Happer
Joseph Quincy Mitchell
James Dickson Phillips Jr.
James Worrell Pruett
Terry Sanford
Louis Cornelius Stephens Jr.
1994
Ida Howell Friday
Martha Nell Hardy
Arthur Stanley Link
Mary Pope Osborne
Melvin Luther Watt
1995
Harlan Edward Boyles
Dorothy Sattes Ridings
Roberts Edgar Timberlake
1996
Carol Ann Kemp Aschenbrener
Herman Blumenthal
William Alexander Darity
Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti
John Paul Nickell
1997
William Clyde Friday
Mary Elizabeth Junck
Hugh MacRae Morton
William Stevens Powell
George Cashel Stoney
1998
George Alexander Heard
Bertha Merrill Holt
William Harris Hooks
Banks Dayton Kerr
John Lassiter Sanders
Bailey Daniel Webb
1999
Jerry Dean Campbell
Joel Lawrence Fleishman
Howard Nathaniel Lee
Margaret Elizabeth Senter
Edward Harris Wagner
2000
Russell Earl Banks
Nancy Stooksberry Cole
Walter Estes Dellinger III
Patricia Stanford Love
Willis Padgett Whichard
2001
James Alan Duke
Hugh Leon McColl Jr.
Anthony Eden Rand
P. Kay Wagoner
2002
Phillip Leroy Clay
Benjamin Franklin Long IV
2003
Mary Sue Coleman
Katherine Ann High
Shirley Friedlander Weiss
2004
Elson Sylvester Floyd
Charles Melvin Hudson Jr.
William Carter Jenkins
John Frederick Schultz
Marilyn Zschau
2005
Ana Lucia Almeida Gazzola
Thomas Forrest Kelly
James Arthur Merchant
Roy Hampton Park Jr.
2006
Valerie Alayne Batts
Angela Rebecca Bryant
William Burwell Harrison Jr.
Weiming Lu
Charles Barnet Nemeroff
George Edwin Stuart III
2007
Clyde Ritchie Bell
Donald Benjamin Cameron
Alan Stewart Murray
Anne Ponder
Charles Thomas Scott
2008
Molly Wilmer Barker
William Joseph Bynum Jr.
Walter Lowry Caudill
Leah McCall Devlin
Debra Wehrle Stewart
2009
Janie McLawhorn Fouke
Santiago Gangotena
Mariel Margaret (Mia) Hamm
Walter Edward Hussman Jr.
William Frederick Little
2010
James Larry Jameson
Harry Louis Jones Sr.
Harry Corpening Martin
Alane Salierno Mason
Charles Milton Shaffer Jr.
2011
Alan Bergman
Denise Jean Jamieson
Frederick Otto Mueller
Linda Ellen Oxendine
Thomas Hart Sayre
2012
Gregory Stanley Allgood
Mary Marshall Clark
Deborah Parham Hopson
Jonathan T. M. Reckford
2013
Stuart Bondurant
William Ewart Easterling III
Karol Virginia Mason
Todd Lincoln Miller
Gary Wilton Parr
2014
Patricia Dallas Horoho
James Baxter Hunt Jr.
Andrew McNally IV
James Richard Patton Jr.
Wade Marvin Smith
2015
Jacqueline Charles
Mona Carol Frederick
Betty Debnam Hunt
Sarah Parker
2016
Karen Bruton
Florence Fearrington
Rosalind Fuse-Hall
Sanford Shugart
Paula Brown Stafford
2017
Amy Lansky
Berrien Moore III
Judith Phillips Stanton
Richard Y. Stevens
Michael Lafon Wiley
2018
Donald A. Baer
Robert L. Bryant
Vaughn D. Bryson
Peter Blair Henry
Catherine Tift Merritt
2019
James E. Delany
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Jill C. McCorkle
Robert D. Newman
2020
Anu Anand
Francis Collins
Mary K. Estes
Daniel W. Patterson
Joel R. Skillern
Marla Smith-Nilson
2021
Michele Gross Buck
Vincent L. Carter
Estelle Louise Fletcher
Rodney E. Hood
Eugene Y. Lao
Norman E. Sharpless
John D. Swofford
Julian D. Wiles Jr.
2022
Nicole K. Bates
Jerry W. Blackwell
F. DuBois Bowman
Karen L. Parker Charles H. Robbins
2023
James W. Clark Jr.
Thomas F. Darden
Amy L. Greeson
Jennifer Han
Adolph L. Reed Jr.
2024
Brian P. Golson
Sharon Elizabeth Lawrence
Sallie Shuping-Russell
Gary J. White
University Teaching Awards
Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching
Yaiza Canzani, Department of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
Chapman Family Teaching Awards
Joshua Beaver, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Lini Ge Polin, Department of Asian andMiddle Eastern Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Shimul Melwani, Kenan-Flagler Business School
Dana Riger, School of Education
Distinguished Teaching Awards for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction
Cheryl Bolick, School of Education
Todd Cherner, School of Education
John Min, School of Medicine
Raul Necochea, School of Medicine
William C. Friday Award for Excellence in Teaching
Kenneth Donnelly, Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
Johnston Teaching Excellence Awards
Andrea Hussong, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, College of Arts and Sciences
Shahar Kovalsky, Department of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement
Sudhanshu Handa, Department of Public Policy, College of Arts and Sciences
J. Carlyle Sitterson Award for Teaching First-Year Students
BraLuc Bovens, Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences
Townsend Middleton, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
Tanner Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Vicki Chanon, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, College of Arts
and Sciences
Nita Eskew, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Corey Johnson, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Lucy Martin, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences
Kym Weed-Buzinski, Department of English and Comparative Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
Tanner Teaching Assistant Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
David Stilwell, Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
Joseph Tanner Bourne, Department of Romance Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Dianne Mann, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Clare Byers, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences
Andrew Lyons, Department of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
University Service Awards
Ned Brooks Award for Public Service
Mollie Scott, Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Robert E. Bryan Public Service Awards
Lily Chen, School of Nursing
Addie Imseis, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Rotimi Kukoyi, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Hilary Lithgow, Department of English and Comparative Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
Magic of Science Place-based health concentration, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award
Bob Goldstein, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Thomas Jefferson Award
M. Gregory Forest, Department of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
C. Knox Massey Awards
Linc Butler, Human Resources
Khin Su Su Kyi, Facilities Services
Robin Lee, Facilities Services
Summer Montgomery, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Desiree Rieckenberg, Student Affairs
Nicholas Siedentop, College of Arts and Sciences
Eric Montross Public Service Award
Tylee Craft (awarded posthumously)
Office of the Provost Engaged Scholarship Awards
Teaching Award
Caroline Roberts, School of Medicine
Research Award
Leah Frerichs, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Partnership Award
Fort Bragg Public Health Partnership
Outstanding Encouragement of Learning and Development Award
Ross Babinec, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
University Managers Association Manager of the Year Award
Joanna Shuett, Institute for the Study of the Americas
Commemorating the Laying of the Cornerstone of Old East on October 12, 1793
