This award is given to alumni who have (1) achieved distinction in their chosen field; and (2) by application of principles fostered at Berea have done much to enrich the lives of others.
1966 John and Ethel Adams N’28, A’31
1967 Dr. A. C. Russell ’28
1967 Dr. James M. Moler ‘’32
1968 Dr. Ralph W. Phillips ’30
1968 Rev. C. McCoy Franklin ’20
1969 Dr. Raymond M. Cable ’29
1969 William B. Welsh ’49
1970 Dr. Luther M. Ambrose ’20
1970 Billy Edd Wheeler ’55
1971 Dr. Charles E. Bishop ’46
1971 Irene Holcombe Clark ’36
1972 Fred J. Burkhard ’35
1972 Dr. Charles G. Hamilton ’25
1973 Tharon Musser ’46
1973 Dr. Stanley Wall ’38
1974 Rev. J. Clyde Wheeler ’34
1974 Dr. George W. McKinney Jr. ’42
1975 Dr. Edward B. Cooper ’30
1976 Dr. Dwight L. Blackburn ’49
1976 Dr. Ralph C. John ’41
1977 E.R. Brann ’42
1977 Earl G. Robbins A’28, ’32
1978 Dr. James W. Turpin V-5 ’45-’46
1979 Willie Fay Allen Spurlock ’30
1979 Dr. James S. Brown ’37
1980 Dr. Dean W. Colvard ’58
1980 Dr. James S. Burton ’58
1981 Dr. James E. Colvard ’58
1981 Dr. Robert R. Blake ’40
1982 Charles Counts ’56
1982 Rubynelle Waldrop Thyne ’56
1983 Bradley Kincaid V’20, A’22
1983 Harriet Simpson Arnow ’28
1983 Dr. Leonard Roberts ’39
1984 M. Elizabeth Culbreth ’64
1984 Dr. Badgett Dillard ’49
1985 Bishop R. Kern Eutsler ’40
1985 Dr. Sarah Hamilton Sell ’34
1986 Harvey ’36 and Jessie Hamm Meyer ’33
1986 Louise Garner Brock ’34
1987 Dr. John Bennett Fenn ’37
1987 Dr. Jack Reese ’51
1988 Dr. G. Samuel Hurst ’47
1988 Dr. Russell I. Todd ’23
1989 Dr. Franklin ’49 and Betty Parker Parker ’50
1989 Dr. John Haun ’48
1990 Charles McNeer ’50
1991 Jack Buchanan ’46
1991 Rosemary Maxie Weddington ’53
1992 Dr. Jack Hale ’49
1992 Dr. H.B. Clark ’37
1993 Dr. Harold Rosenbaum ’41
1993 Albert Stewart ’36
1994 Dr. Rachel Keen Clifton ’59
1994 Dr. Alice Manicur ’54
1995 Dr. Grover C. Miller ’50
1995 R. Elton White ’65
1995 Dr. Tom Kim ’52
1996 Dr. Constance Willard Williams ’56
1996 Dr. Rolande Goode ’46
1996 Dr. John Auxier ’51
1996 Dr. O. Glenn Hall ’57
1997 Judy Stewart Martin ’67
1997 Dr. Steele Mattingly ’50
1998 Wendell White ’58
1998 Bernie K. Peace ’54
1999 Rev. Raymond Gibson ’45
1999 Joyce VanSant Judge ’57
2000 Harvey and Doris Hinkle Musser ’55
2001 Muse Watson ’71
2000 Eddie Kennedy ’68
2001 David Shelton ’69
2002 Bill Hinchman ’43
2002 Charles Timberlake ’57
2003 Stephen Bow ’53
2003 Robert Gene Lawson ’61
2004 Dr. Chella David ’61
2004 W.M. “Mac” Davis ’50
2005 Dr. Brad Crain ’65
2005 Dr. Douglass Watts ’65
2005 Dr. George Lester ’54
2006 Dr. H.H. Cheng ’56
2006 Dr. Harry Stambaugh ’50
2006 Dr. Paul S. Peercy ’61
2007 Peter McNeill ’51
2007 Dr. Kyoko Iitaka ’59
2007 Dr. Donna Dean ’69
2008 Dr. Buelon Moss ’60
2008 Jerry B. Hale ’73
2009 Dr. Bill Best ’59
2009 Violet Johnson Farmer ’61
2010 Dr. Virgil Eldon Ball ’70
2010 Dr. Robert Ling ’61
2010 Virgie Mahaffey McIntyre ’45
2011 Terry L. Allebaugh ’91
2011 Dr. Wallace Campbell ’66
2011 Dr. Harold L. Moses ’58
2011 Dr. Patrick E. Napier ’49
2012 Dr. Charlotte Faye Beason ’70
2013 Dr. Warren E. Bulman ’48
2013 C. Dean ’55 and Nina Crabtree Cornett ’61
2013 Dr. Karen L. McElmurray ’80
2014 Dr. Sumit K. Ganguly ’77
2014 Dr. Robert M. Mayberry ’76
2014 Charles “Burt” Boyer Fd’58
2015 Dr. Jack C. Blanton ’57
2015 Michael S. Clark ’67
2016 Dr. Miles Hayes ’57
2016 David Welch ’55
2017 Dr. Robert Auerbach ’49
2017 Ann Beard Grundy ’68
2017 Dr. Charles F. Haywood ’49
2017 Bill Daugherty ’76
2018 Jim Branscome ’68
This award is given to alumni during or prior to their twentieth class reunion year, and whose achievements in career, public service and volunteer activities are worthy of recognition and have brought honor to Berea College.
1992 Jewrette Y. Johnson ’77
1992 Laura Menefee ’76
1992 Judge B. Wilson II ’78
1993 Bob Hawks ’77
1993 H. A. Musser ’80
1993 Vance Blade ’82
1994 Justine Conley ’80
1994 Roger Marcum ’74
1994 Dr. William Johnstone ’74
1995 Drexel Sammons ’80
1995 Diane Artist ’80
1996 Steve Ridder ’81
1996 Jerry Gilbert ’78
1997 Vickie Elaine Allums ’79
1998 Mike Caudill ’78
1999 Christopher O. Hines ’84
1999 Gary Chapman ’84
2000 Tracy E. Thompson ’80
2001 Willie Parker ’86
2002 Wade Biddix ’82
2003 William Jones ’95
2004 Michael Murphy ’84
2005 Jeanette Humphrey Byrd ’89
2005 Dr. Paul White ’89
2006 Major David L. Peeler Jr. ’88
2006 Alfreddie Hasan Davis ’92
2007 Corey Craig ’97
2008 Donna Sabino Butt ’90
2009 Della Justice ’93
2010 Dr. Ronnie Nolan ’95
2010 Joshua Powell ’97
2011 Kathryn Coughlin ‘95
2012 Katherine Silver Kelly ’91
2013 Vernon Johnson ’03
2013 DeJuana L. Thompson ’05
2014 Regina Ann Fugate ’02
2015 Cara Stewart Green ’03
2015 Mae Suramek ’95
2016 Charles Badger ’11
2016 Christian Motley ’09
This award is given to alumni who have rendered outstanding service to, and demonstrated loyal interest in, Berea College.
1982 Dr. Kearney R. Adams ’41
1982 Porter Gray ’25
1984 J. Ernest Hill ’36
1984 Margaret Dizney A’11
1984 Dr. Hugh Mahaffey ’24
1984 Dr. Key L. Barkley ’26
1986 Earl Robbins ’32
1987 Moir ’38 and Virgie Ferrell Pilson ’36
1987 Wilson ’30 and Ellen Best Evans ’30
1988 John Bill A’36, ’40 and Flora Allen ’40
1989 James “Pop” Hollandsworth ’37
1989 Lillie Mae Crouch Walters ’27
1989 Mildred Faulkner Dawn ’35
1990 Judy Drukker Stammer ’30
1990 Jack and Ann Saylor Mullins ’40
1990 Lily Bennett McGinty ’36
1991 Guy Wesley ’41
1992 Helen David Hieronymus ’46
1992 David ’55 and Joyce Loy Welch ’55
1993 L. T. ’41 and LaVerna McClure ’41
1993 Dean ’35 and Martha Colvard ’34
1993 Dr. Charles Haywood ’49
1994 Helena Jacobs Mink ’51
1995 Charles Crowe ’70
1996 Roberta Larew Allison ’45
1996 William S. Murphy A’29, ’33
1996 Jessie Reasor Zander ’54
1996 Kathryn Dick Christopher ’28
1997 William Allender ’43
1997 Nelvia Lowe Hunt ’52
1997 Marolyn Olson Dunlap ’52
1998 Mildred (Dink) Gorman Allen ’38
1998 James Crase ’58
2000 E.R. Brann ’42
2001 Virgina Ferrill Piland ’43
2002 George Wayne Eisenhour ’41
2004 Truman ’61 and Joyce Barnes Fields ’61
2005 William White ’65
2007 Judy Ann Coates Fray ’67
2008 Hilda Karlsson Roderick ’48
2011 Dr. P. Clayton ’61 and Dr. Linda Stewart Rivers ’62
2011 Frances Nichols Rogers ’66
2012 Elizabeth Culbreth ’64
2012 Brenda Williams Guy ’79
2016 Janie Adams Frazier ’72
2017 Larry Woods ’75
This award is given to non-alumni in recognition of their outstanding service to, and demonstrated loyal interest in, Berea College.
1964 Mr. and Mrs. “Pap” Foster Adams
1969 Dr. W. Gordon Ross
1970 Norbert “Newt” Stammer
1974 Dr. Louis Smith
1975 Allan T. Morreim
1975 Dr. Jerome Hughes
1976 Julian and Hilde Capps
1976 Dr. Charles E. Pauck
1976 Dr. Howard B. Monier
1977 Ethel Capps
1978 William E. and Nona Barlow Newbolt
1978 Dr. George S. and Marie Noss
1978 Dr. Rolf Hovey
1979 Freda Wyatt
1979 Margaret Belknap Allen
1979 Dr. Kenneth H. Thompson
1980 Bessie Dyke
1980 Faunice Hubble
1980 Anna Mae Shumaker
1980 Adelaide Gundlach
1981 Laverna Faulkner McClure
1981 Al and Jean Perrin
1981 Elvin Combs
1981 Ira J. and Ethel Martin
1982 Willis and Anne Weatherford
1982 Dr. Oscar H. Gunkler
1983 Dr. Charlotte P. Ludlum
1983 Dr. Pat W. Wear
1984 Dr. Charles Harris
1984 Dr. Dorothy Gates
1985 Alonzo Ballard
1985 Sarah Firor
1985 Richard T. and Mary Hougen
1986 Minnie Maude Macauley
1986 Agnes Aspnes
1987 Charity Comingore
1987 Hazel Lincoln
1987 Charles Allen
1988 Clara McDonald
1988 Gerrin Barnes
1989 Ethel Singleton
1990 John and Maxine Kessler
1990 George Kavanaugh
1990 John King
1991 Tom and Janet Kreider
1991 Martha Wylie Pride
1992 Les and Mary Lou Pross
1992 Dorothy Grossman
1993 Orville and Anne Boes
1993 Dr. John B. and Jane Stephenson
1993 Leigh Jones
1994 Dr. James Orwig
1994 Rude Osolnik
1994 Jack Marema
1994 Dr. Phillip V. Spears
1995 Amanda Walker
1995 Dr. Cleo Charles
1995 Rev. Randy Osborne
1996 Mrs. C. B. Hall
1996 Dr. Robert Johnstone
1996 John Chrisman
1996 Dorothy Chrisman
1997 Alice Van Krevelen
1997 Dr. John Hall
1997 Dr. Noel Stephens
1998 Roland Wierwille
1998 Dr. Paul Hager
1998 Wenona Thoma George
1999 Happy Booker
2000 Ruth Butwell
2000 Ora Lee Hill
2001 Rev. Lee Morris
2001 Charles and Annette Tinnin
2002 Dr. Maureen Flannery
2002 Molly Levey
2003 Ed Fitzgerald
2004 Glennis Walker
2004 Dr. Richard Drake
2008 Bill Bowman
2008 Dr. Larry D. and Nancy Shinn
2009 Dr. William A. Laramee
2010 Linda DuRand
2010 Duane and Betty High
2010 Jeffrey S. Amburgey
2011 Robert J. Lewis
2012 Dr. Stephen C. and Sandra S. Bolster
2014 Melissa S. Osborne
2015 Fred Baker
2017 Carl Carpenter
2017 Gary McCormick
2017 Dr. Kathy Bullock
2017 Keith Bullock
2018 Lavoyed Hudgins
(prior to 1998 this was known as the Award of Special Merit)
This award is given to alumni who have been employed by Berea College and are recognized for their outstanding service, demonstrated loyal interest and extraordinary quality of work to the Berea College family.
1973 Roy M. Walters ’27
1975 Wilson and Ellen Best Evans ’30
1975 W. Gordon Ross Hon. ’69
1975 Jerome Hughes Hon. ’75
1976 Clyde and Elsie Jones ’21
1976 Judy Drukker Stammer ’30
1977 Ruth Woods ’25
1978 John ’17 and Maude Kilbourne A’12
1979 Coach Clarence Wyatt ’33
1979 Betty Stephens Lamb ’59
1979 Francis and Louise Hutchins Hon. ’67
1980 Gilbert Roberts ’30
1981 Dr. L. T. McClure ’41
1981 Dr. J. Bates ’25 and Eleanor Knight Henderson ’25
1982 R. Maureen Faulkner ’26
1982 Ted and Margaret Kraatz Wright ’31
1983 Ben Welsh ’24
1983 Dr. Feaster Wolford ’23
1985 Virginia Auvil ’31
1986 Lillian M. McGuire A’33, ’38
1986 Maude Ledford A’23, ’28
1986 Lena Mae Elkin V’24
1986 Homer Biggerstaff A’17, ’21
1987 Sally Wilkerson ’42
1987 Dorothy Tredennick ’41
1988 Louise Scrivner ’47
1988 Dr. Carl Kilbourne ’43
1988 Kathryn Dick Christopher ’28
1988 Carl Ford ’34
1989 George Arthur Dick Fd’26 A’29
1989 Mary Lee Wynn Buckley ’27
1990 Mildred Roberts ’25
1991 Guy Wesley ’41
1991 Julia Woodfin Smith ’31
1992 Janie Ramsay ’34
1993 Bob Menefee ’40
1993 Loyal Jones ’54
1994 Marjorie Gabbard Hylton ’49
1994 Dr. D. Warren Lambert ’48
1995 Barbara Byrd ’56 and Paul Power ’58
1996 Louise Gibson ’55
1996 Dorothy Coffey Wierwille ’55
1997 Edith Calico Puckett ’41
1997 William Ramsay ’52
1998 Rod Bussey ’63
1998 Mary Goodrich Halstead Fd’48
1999 Betty Hyatt Olinger ’69
1999 James R. Masters ’58
1999 Dr. Smith T. Powell ’61
2000 Sidney Saylor Farr ’80
2000 Becky Henderson ’62 and John Cook ’60
2001 Paul David Nelson ’65
2001 Dr. Don Hudson ’65
2002 Chuck Morgan ’67
2003 Carl Thomas ’78
2004 Barbara Goddard ’48
2005 Rebecca Nelson ’65
2005 Susan Curtis Vaughn ’65
2007 Lynn Murphree ’67
2012 Mae Suramek ’95
2014 Carolyn Castle ’70
2014 Amy Carter Shehee ’91
2015 Dreama Gentry ’89
2017 Dr. Mike Johnson ’73