Awards
Distinguished Service Medal Recipients
The GAA's Distinguished Service Medal has been awarded since 1978 to alumni and others who have provided outstanding service to the GAA and/or the University. It is presented at the Annual Alumni Luncheon each spring. 2008
Russell Miller Carter '71
Dennis and Joan Gillings
Roger Lee Perry Sr. '71
James Moeser 2007
William Wallace Guthridge
Anthony Stephen Harrington '63
Jean Almand Kitchin '70
Nelson Schwab III '67 2006
Max Carrol Chapman Jr. '66
Mary Anne Dickson '63
Carl L. Matheson '57
C. Dixon Spangler Jr. '54 2005
Doris Waugh Betts '54
Richard R. Cole
Julian Hart Robertson Jr. '55
Richard Tyrone "Stick" Williams '75 2004
Nancy Faison Bryson '60
Vaughn Douglas Bryson '60
Marjorie Bryan Buckley '62
David Gardner Frey '64
Willis Padgett Whichard '62 ('65 LLBJD) 2003
Marc Basnight
Paul Hardin
Margaret Taylor Harper
Richard Hampton Jenrette '51 2002
Harvey Elliott Beech '52 (LLB)
Johnny Harris '69
Roy Parker '52
Earl Norfleet "Phil" Phillips Jr. '62 2001
Richard Allen Baddour '66 ('75 MA)
Richard J. Richardson
Frances Angas Weaver '49 ('77 MSLS) 2000
Michael K. Hooker '69
William Octavius McCoy '55
Ann Lewallen Spencer '50
Charles McKimmon Winston '53 1999
William Preston Aycock II '65 ('70 JD)
Susan Haughton Ehringhaus '66 ('68 JD)
Joel Lawrence Fleishman '55 ('59 JD, '60 MA)
Edward Hooper Hardison '55
Howard Nathaniel Lee '66 (MSW) 1998
Anthony Eden Rand '61 ('64 LLBJD)
James Terry Sanford '39 ('46 LLBJD)
Charles Milton Shaffer Jr. '64 ('67 JD) 1997
Stuart Osborne Bondurant Jr. '50
Esphur E. Foster
Paul Fulton '57
James Baxter Hunt Jr. '64 (LLBJD)
Ernest Warriner Williamson '51('52 MED) 1996
J. Allen Adams '52 ('54 LLBJD)
Timothy Brooks Burnett '62
Thomas S. Kenan III '59
Eleanor Saunders Morris '55 1995
William J. Armfield IV '56
Woody L. Durham '63
C. Felix Harvey III '43
Douglass Hunt '46
Charles B. Kuralt '55 1994
Walter Royal Davis
Maurice John Koury '48
Anne Ellen Queen ('92 LLDH)
Paul Joseph Rizzo '50
Richard Yates Stevens '70 ('74 JD, '78 MPA)
Richard Allen Vinroot '63 ('66 LLB) 1993
Henry W. Lewis '37
Betty Ray McCain '52
W. Travis Porter III '53 ('60 LLBJD)
Wade M. Smith '60 ('63 LLBJD) 1992
Gladys Hall Coates
Raymond Lewis Jeffries Jr. '47
Thomas Willis Lambeth '57
John Lassiter Sanders '50 ('54 JD)
John B. Turner 1991
Anne Wilmoth Cates '53
Gillian Townsend Cell
James G. Exum Jr. '57
E. Eugene Jackson '55
R. D. McMillan Jr. '34 1990
William McWhorter Cochrane '37 ('41 LLBJD)
Elizabeth Stetson Dowd '53
James A. Harrell Sr. '44
John A. Tate Jr. '38 1989
Robert C. Eubanks, Jr. '61
Lloyd M. Jard '43
Dean E. Smith
Ralph N. Strayhorn Jr. '47 ('50 LLBJD) 1988
William B. Aycock '37 (MA, '48 JD)
Christopher C. Fordham III '47 (CMED)
J. Carlyle Sitterson '31 ('32 MA, '37 PhD)
N. Ferebee Taylor '42 1987
Raymond Howard Dawson '58 (PhD)
Sarah Virginia Dunlap
S. Philip Harris Jr. '54
Mebane Moore Pritchett '57
Edward L. Rankin Jr. '40 1986
Ida Howell Friday '47 (MPH)
William Clyde Friday '48 (LLB) 1985
R. Mayne Albright '31 ('34 MA, '36 JD)
Orville Bentley Campell '42
Sibyl Goerch Powe '47
Kenneth Claiborne Royall Jr. '40
James Edgar Wadsworth '34 ('41 MED) 1984
Ray Simpson Farris Jr. '62 ('67 JD)
Barbara Byrd Fordham '49
J. Harold Lineberger '26
Joseph W. Lineberger '33 1983
W. Thomas Bost Jr. '35
Bernard Joseph Flatow '41
Daniel Lindsey Grant '21
Grace Rutledge Hamrick '41
Edward M. O'Herron '38 1982
Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles '41
Charles Milton Shaffer '35
Charlotte Winborne Shaffer '34
Clarence Earl Whitefield '44
Jane Pittard Whitefield '48 1981
Grace Mewborn Aycock '69 (MSW)
George Watts Hill Sr. '22
Robert B. House '16
Nancy Howard Sitterson '41
Louise Ellington Taylor 1980
Henry A. Foscue Sr. '26
Charlie Justice '50
Fred W. Morrison '13 ('13 MA)
Corydon P. Spruill '20
Thomas J. White Jr. '27 1979
L. Roy Armstrong '26
Albert Coates '18
James Evans Davis '40 ('42 CMED)
C. Knox Massey Sr. '25
Hugh M. Morton '43 1978
Archibald K. Davis '32 ('76 MA)
Frank Borden Hanes Sr. '42
Frank Hawkins Kenan '35
Porter Cowles Pickell '33
J. Maryon Saunders '25 ('26 MA) Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award Recipients
The University's Distinguished Alumna/Alumnus Award, established in 1971, recognizes alumni for outstanding contributions to humankind. Drawn from nominations from various entities across the campus, including the GAA Board of Directors, recipients are recommended by the faculty's Committee on Honorary Degrees and Special Awards and are approved by the Faculty Council and the Board of Trustees. 2007
Clyde Ritchie Bell '43
D. Benjamin Cameron '75
Alan Stewart Murray '77
Anne Ponder '71
Charles Thomas Scott '70 2006
Valerie Alayne Batts '74
Angela Rebecca Bryant '73
William Burwell Harrison Jr. '66
Weiming Lu '56 (MRP)
Charles Barnet Nemeroff '76 (PhD, '81 MED)
George Edwin Stuart III '75 (PhD)
2005
Ana Almeida Gazzola '74 (MA, '78 PhD)
Thomas Forrest Kelly '64
James Arthur Merchant '73 (PhD)
Roy Hampton Park Jr. '61 2004
Elson S. Floyd '78, '82 (MED, '84 PhD)
Charles Melvin Hudson Jr. '62 (MA, '65 PhD)
William Carter Jenkins '77 (MPH, '83 PhD)
John Frederick Schultz '65 AB
Marilyn Zschau '59 AB 2003
Mary Sue Coleman '69
Katherine A. High '78
Shirley Weiss '58 2002
Philip Leroy Clay '68
Ben Long '67 2001
James A. Duke '52
Hugh McColl Jr. '57
Anthony E. Rand '61
P. Kay Wagoner '70 2000
Russell Earl Banks '67
Nancy Stooksberry Cole '67
Walter Estes Dellinger III '63
Patricia Stanford Love '50
Willis Padgett Whichard '62 1999
Jerry Dean Campbell '72
Joel Lawrence Fleishman '55
Howard Nathaniel Lee '66
Peggy Senter '73
Edward Harris Wagner '72 1998
George Alexander Heard '38
Bertha Merrill Holt '41
William Harris Hooks '47
Banks Dayton Kerr '43
John Lassiter Sanders '50
Bailey Daniel Webb '39 1997
William Clyde Friday '48
Mary Elizabeth Junck '71
Hugh MacRae Morton '43
William Stevens Powell '40
George Cashel Stoney '37 1996
Carol Ann Kemp Aschenbrener '71
Herman Blumenthal '37
William A. Darity '64
Lawrence M. Ferlinghetti '41
John Paul Nickell '42 1995
Harlan Edward Boyles '51
Dorothy Sattes Ridings '68
Roberts Edgar Timberlake '59 1994
Ida Howell Friday '47
Martha Nell Hardy '51
Arthur Stanley Link '41
Mary Pope Osborne '71
Melvin Luther Watt '67 1993
Mary Elizabeth Burkett '75
Mary Lindsay Elmendorf '37
William Happer '60
Joseph Quincy Mitchell '29
James Dickson Phillips Jr. '48
James Worrell Pruett '55
Terry Sanford '39
Louis Cornelius Stephens Jr. '42 1992
Marie W. Colton '43
James G. Exum Jr. '57
Frank R. Reynolds '41
Eugene L. Roberts Jr. '54
Donald K. Sultan '73 1991
Beatrice Mayer '43
Gaillard Ravenel '69
Kenneth Royall Jr. '40
Vermont Royster '35 1990
Stephen C. Cowper '60
C. Luke Powell Jr. '69
Eleanor B. Sheldon '42 1989
Taylor Branch '68
Anne Coffin Hanson '51
Alexander Julian '69
Warren Winkelstein '43
Jonathan Yardley '61 1988
Edward Bilpuch '50
Gail Godwin '59
Richard Knight '78
Tom Lambeth '57
Roger Mudd '53 1987
Eli Evans '58
O.B. Hardison Jr. '50
George Harper '51
Judith Hines '61
Roy Parker Jr. '52 1986
Henry Ell Frye '59
Jeffrey K. MacNelly '69
John Atterbury Montgomery '51
Rolfe Neill '54
Banks Cooper Talley Jr. '50 1985
Jane T. Carswell '54
Richard H. Jenrette '51
Bryce Jordan '56
Lindsay C. Warren Jr. '46 1984
John M. Ehle '49
Kathrine R. Everett '20
Sarah T. Morrow '42
James W. Silver '27
Sherwood H. Smith Jr. '56 1983
Julius LeVonne Chambers '62
Herman Howe Fussler '35
Jane Smith Patterson '61
William Edgar Thornton '52 1982
Kay Knight Clarke '60
George Grizzard '49
Mary Elizabeth Mebane '61
David Stick '41 1981
Richard Adler '43
C. Knox Massey '25
Adeline Denham McCall '22
Henry William Scott Jr. '37
Colin Stokes '35 1980
Paul Alexander Johnston '50
Guy Owen '47
Julia Cherry Spruill '23
Comer Vann Woodward '37
Edwin Milton Yoder Jr. '56 1979
Victor Silas Bryant '18
Jacob Berke Freedland '33
May Belle Penn Jones '23
Frank Hawkins Kenan '35
Joseph Maryon Saunders '25 1978
William McWhorter Cochrane '37
Andrew Samuel Griffith '49
Eugene Pleasants Odum '34
Howard Thomas Odum '47
David Coston Sabiston Jr. '45 1977
Nathanial Perkinson Hayes '21
Phillip Hettleman '21
Susie Marshall Sharp '29
William Davis Snider '41
Shepperd Strudwick '29 1976
William Haywood Bobbitt '21
Clement Eaton '19
Walter Gordy '33
Louis Harris '42
Charles Raper Jonas '25 1975
Shelby Dade Foote '39
Gordon Gray '30
Frank Borden Hanes '42
Guion Griffis Johnson '27
Guy Benton Johnson '27 1974
Archibald K. Davis '32
Holt McPherson '28
Thomas B. Stroup '26
Katharine Way '38
Tom Wicker '48 1973
Page Ackerman '40
Samuel J. Ervin Jr. '17
James Kerne Kyser '27
Hugh Thomas Swedenberg Jr. '37 1972
William T. Couch '26
Emanuel J. Evans '28
Charles B. Kuralt '55
James C. Wallace '44
Capus M. Waynick '11 1971
Luther H. Hodges '19
Robert Mayer Lumiansky '42
Grover E. Murray '37
Frances Gray Patton '26
Oliver L. Sause '39 Distinguished Young Alumni Recipients
Established in 1989, the GAA's Distinguished Young Alumni Award recognizes alumni age 40 or younger whose achievements have brought credit to the University. 2007
Gwendolyn Michele Bounds '93
Serena Bowen Wille '93 2006
Rye M. Barcott '01
Andrea Jean Bruce '95
2005
Douglas McCurry '94
Stuart Scott '87
Dacia Toll '94 2004
Bradley Lee Daugherty '86
Adam Frederick Falk '87
Kevin Jeffrey Martin '89 2003
Sallie Lee Krawcheck '87 2002
H. Holden Thorp '86 2001
Gregory Scott Michie '85
Draggan Paul Mihailovich '83 2000
J. Michael Cumpsty '82
Daniel Henry Johnson '98 1999
Steven Philip Aldrich '91 1998
Randy Kane Jones '79
Sharon Elizabeth Lawrence '83 1997
Mia Hamm '94
David Herr Gardner '88
Melanie Ann Sill '81 1996
Roy A. Cooper III '79
Victoria Ann Livengood '83 1995
Donald Aaron Baer '76
Joyce Lee Fitzpatrick '76 1994
Jill Collins McCorkle '80
Alan Stewart Murray '77 1993
Joel Graham Brinkley '75
Kaye Batts Gibbons '84 1992
Thomas Victor Morris '74
Patricia Ann Timmons-Goodson '76 1991
Leslie Holland Garner Jr. '72
Karol Virginia Mason '79 1990
Michael Jeffrey Jordan '86
Deborah Ann Potter '72 1989
James Hayes Shofner Cooper '75
Rebecca Wesson Darwin '75 Faculty Service Awards
Established in 1990, the GAA's Faculty Service Award honors faculty members who have performed outstanding service for the University or the alumni association. 2008 Judith W. Wegner
2007 George Lensing Jr., English
2006 Jane D. Brown, Journalism and Mass Communication
2005 John P. "Jack" Evans, Business
2004 Douglas Eyre, Geography, and Mary Turner Lane '53 (MED), Education
2003 Thad Beyle, Political Science
2002 William S. Powell '40, History
2001 William Leuchtenburg, History
2000 Ruel W. Tyson Jr., Religious Studies
1999 Berton H. Kaplan '53 (MSPA), '62 (PhD), Epidemiology
1998 James L. Peacock, Anthropology, International Studies
1997 Chuck Stone, Journalism
1996 Rollie Tillman '55, Business
1995 Richard Hiskey, Chemistry
1994 Richard Richardson, Political Science
1993 David Griffiths, History
1992 Doris Betts '54, English, and Joel Schwartz, Political Science
1991 William Little, Chemistry
1990 H.G. Jones, Curator of the North Carolina Collection 2006-2007 Outstanding Clubs
Outstanding Club Awards are awarded each year to Carolina Clubs who are judged to be meritorious by the Clubs Committee of the GAA Board of Directors based on criteria including community service and leadership. Outstanding Club Awards are presented annually at the Conference for Club Leaders. Outstanding Club Awards
Atlanta
Austin
Cabarrus-Rowan, NC
Charlotte
Chicago
Fearrington Village, NC
Forsyth County, NC
Lake Norman, NC
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Orange County (CA)
Orange/Durham, NC
Orlando
Rhode Island
Richmond
San Francisco
Tampa Bay
Wake County, NC
Washington, DC Honorable Mentions
Birmingham
Black Alumni of Atlanta
Boston
Denver
Foothills, NC
Milwaukee
Palm Beach
Puget Sound
San Antonio
San Diego
St. Louis Awards of Achievement
Volunteer Recruitment and Retention (concerted efforts to recruit and retain club volunteers): Chicago
Community Service (continued efforts and commitment beyond Tar Heel Service Days): Forsyth County
Student Recruitment (outstanding effort in contacting and engaging current students): Minneapolis/St. Paul
Harvey E. Beech Awards
The Harvey E. Beech Outstanding Alumni Award, Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award and the Outstanding Senior Award are given each fall during the annual Black Alumni Reunion (BAR). During the 1989 Black Alumni Reunion weekend, the alumni and faculty/staff awards were renamed in honor of Harvey E. Beech '52, the first African American to receive a degree from Carolina. At the conclusion of the 1997 reunion, the Harvey E. Beech Outstanding Senior Award was created.
* Faculty/Staff Award
** Outstanding Senior Award BAR 2007
Maxine Brown-Davis '74
Terrence Burroughs '82
Herbert Davis '73 (MS, '80 MPA, '88 EdD)*
Dr. Ernest Goodson '76
Shawn Guy '08**
Dr. Eddie Hoover '65 BAR 2006
Elbert L. Avery '82
Joretta Durant '77
Randy K. Jones '79
W.H. "Joe" Knight Jr. '76
Reba A. Nunley '07**
Hayden B. Renwick '66 (MED)* BAR 2005
Thurbert E. Baker '75
Derwin Dubose '06**
William H. Fuller '86
James H. Johnson*
John L. Johnson '74
Jon M. Regis '73
BAR 2004
Julius Chambers '62
Charles Daye*
Karol Mason '79
Andrea McAfee '05**
Karen Parker '65 BAR 2003
Norledia S. Moody '04**
Ben Ruffin '76 (MSW)
Janet H. Southerland '82
L. Donnell Thompson '81
Richard "Stick" Williams '75
Harold Woodard '78* BAR 2002
Bryan Beatty '87 (JD)
Archie W. Ervin '99 (PhD)*
Stephen Fortson '83
Constance R. Jones '03**
Joy E. Paige '85
Stuart Scott '87 BAR 2001
Constance Battle '77
Kelvin Harris '82
Erica S. Lee '02**
Chuck Stone*
Patricia Timmons-Goodson '76
Charles Waddell '75 BAR 2000
Barry Brinkley '01**
Angela R. Bryant '73
Roz Fuse-Hall '80
Blyden and Roberta Jackson* (posthumously awarded)
Michael Moseley '74
Paula Newsome '77 BAR 1999
Niccole Cosby '00**
Henry Frye '59 (JD) BAR 1998
Tamara Bailey '99**
Taunya Monroe '96* BAR 1997
Brian Holiday '90 BAR 1996
Valerie Kaalund* BAR 1995
Johnnie Southerland '81 BAR 1991-1994
Not presented BAR 1990
Vic Hackley '76 (PhD)
Sonya Stone* BAR 1989 (award renamed for Harvey E. Beech)
Harvey E. Beech '52 (LLB) BAR 1988
Not presented BAR 1987
Kelly Alexander, Jr. '70
Kristy L. Blackman '77
Laura R. Foxx '75
Allen Mask, Jr. '74
Reginald McAfee '75
Ellis Stanley, Sr. '73
Hubert Williamson Jr. '74 BAR 1986
Sibby E. Anderson '87
Donella Croslan*
Carl R. Fox '75
Trudier Harris* BAR 1985
Christopher C. Fordham '47*
Robyn S. Hadley '85
Sandra Renwick* BAR 1984
Henry Frye '59
Conrad Odell Pearson*
Marion C. Phillips*
Valora Washington* BAR 1983
Phillip McAlphin '75
Hortense McClinton*
Edith Mayfield Wiggins '64 (MSW)
Melvin L. Watt '67 BAR 1982
Pamela C. Chisholm '73
Ernie Pitt '74
Harold Wallace* BAR 1981
Angela Bryant '73
Richard Epps '73
Sonya Stone*
Blyden Jackson* |
