Distinguished Alumni
2022
Brad D. Smith
2019
David Allie
2018
Bob Lang
Marilyn Johnson
2017
Jeffrey Porter
2016
Lester Hicks
2015
Anthony Crutchfield
2014
Eric George
2013
Dr. David Wiley
2012
Jeffrey S. Sandy
2011
James Farley
2010
Gregory Hale
2009
Joe Gillette
2008
Beth McVey
2007
Mike Bartrum
2006
Troy Brown
J. Mark McVey
2005
Robert F. Cosmai
2004
Sean Callebs
William Willis
2003
Mel Cottone
Ellen Mosley-Thompson
Lonnie Thompson
2002
C. Carwood Lipton
Paul W. Ambrose
Kathy Eddy
2001
Nathaniel Ruffin
Joseph Johns
2000
None
1999
Donald L. Blankenship
1998
Robert L. Pruett
1997
Burl Osborne
1996
Robert C. Byrd
1995
Matthew Reese
1994
Ronald Allen
1993
Lewis Carroll
1992
James F. Madison
1991
Lawrence E. Bruce Jr.
1990
M. Wilson Tabor
1989
John R. Karickhoff
1988
Morris D. Busby
1987
John C. Fiedler
1986
Richard O. Curry
Verna Kaye LeMasters Gibson
1985
Howard Bay
A. Dixon Callihan
1984
Victor Anthony Politano
Thomas W. Dunfee
1983
Johnnie H. Corns
David W. Stallings
Albin G. Wheeler
1982
Virginia Thabet Habeeb
1981
Alfred George Duba
1980
Harry Lyle Pardue
1979
Charles J. Gould Jr.
1978
Joseph D. Duffey
1977
John D. (Jack) Maurice
1976
William E. Hatfield
Soupy Sales
1975
William R. (Sonny) Allen
1974
Alfred R. Neumann
Gaynell Pauley Sehon
1973
Marvin L. Stone
J. Ben Robinson
1972
None
1971
James O. Porter
1970
Ernest F. Leaberry
1969
Harry F. Moate Jr.
Charles A. (Carl) Hoffman
1968
John Deaver Drinko
1967
Robert E. Yancey
Orin E. Atkins
David A. Foard Jr.
1966
James Comstock
L. Marie White
Jane Whitley Mittendorf
1965
Charles V. Kelly
1964
Joseph Silverman
C.O. (Pete) Wilson
1963
Raymond Brewster
1962
Frank E. Hanshaw Sr.
Lucy McKnight Fitch
1961
William A. (Buck) Thompson
Mack Hugh Brooks
Mildred Stafford Ritter
Mary Catherine Cundiff Boggs
Distinguished Service
2022
Alys Smith
2019
Mike Kirtner
2018
Homer Preece
Terry Deppner Hardin
2017
Red Dawson
2016
Michael Sellards
2015
Elizabeth Murray
2014
Charles Lanham
2013
James P. Summers
2012
No Award Given
2011
Richard Slater
2010
Janis Winkfield
Shelba Pew
2009
Robert Walker
John McHaffie
2008
Mark George
2007
Sarah Denman
2006
Jeffery Porter
James E. Gibson
2005
Robert Plymale
Bob Brammer
2004
Gary White
Joeseph Williams
2003
Nick J. Rahall II
2002
Jack Lengyel
Edward H. Greene
2001
Deborah Novak
James “Buck” Harless
2000
No Award Given
1999
Ralph Denver May
1998
Betty Sue Haden Kiinzer
1997
Wilbur E. Myers
1996
David E. Haden
1995
Robert B. Hayes
1994
Erland P. “Ernie” Stevens Jr.
1993
Carole Allen Vickers
1992
John P. Ward
1991
Phillip E. Cline
1990
Elizabeth McDowell Lewis
1989
Robert C. Saunders
1988
Parker L. Ward Jr.
1987
Sam E. Clagg
1986
Richard G. Miller Jr.
1985
No Award Given
1984
No Award Given
1983
C. I Thornburg
1982
Owen Keith Taylor
1981
Harry Wolfe Jr.
1980
Joseph Walter Hunnicutt III
1979
Charles H. Moffat
1978
W. Donald Morris
1977
James Michael Maroney
1976
John L. (Patsy) Jefferson Jr.
1975
Ruth Thompson Jones
1974
Arch A. Moore
W. Page Pitt
1973
Winfield C. John
J. Leroy Caudill
Dolores (Dee) White Caudill
Albert C. Esposito
1972
Curtis F. Baxter
1971
John J. Goff
1970
No Award Given
1969
George Van Zandt
1968
James A. Hickman
Everett N. Roush III
Elias J. Sahadi
Community Achievement
2022
William Joseph Kehoe
Kathy Burns
2019
Frankie Nowlin
2018
Frank Jones
Donna Harbour
2017
George Smailes
Brandy Barkey Sweeney
2016
Lea Ann Parsley
2015
Missy Browning
2014
Karen Williams
2013
Lt. Col. Kenneth L. Hale
2012
B. Scott Miller
2011
Samuel Moore
2010
Tiney McComb
2009
Robert Melott
2008
Jeff St. Clair
2007
Dan M. Butcher
2006
Barbara P. Guyer
2005
Sylvia Ridgeway
Sally Love
2004
William Smith
Vickie Pullins
Jaqueline Frazier
2003
Marie Redd
David Akers
2002
Laura Darby
2001
Linda M Turner
Willard F. Daniels, Jr.
2000
No Award Given
1999
Edward Handy Maier
1998
Charles Edward “Skip” Turner
1997
Eulalia “Feet” Francisco Magann
1996
William A. Dodson Jr.
1995
Betty Lovett Spencer
1994
Margaret “Peggy” Neel Fox
1993
Charles D. Wise
1992
David Kirk
1991
Marian M. Korczowski
1990
Robert P. Alexander
1989
Robert H.C. Kay
Roberta Shinn Emerson
1988
A. Michael Perry
1987
Richard D. Jackson
1986
No Award Given
1985
Caryl Sue Toth
1984
No Award Given
1983
No Award Given
1982
Dorothy Nell Moore
Robert A. Anderson
1981
Joesph A. Slash
Margaret H. Zolinsky Zolen
1980
James Lee Farley
Bert Edward McCormick
1979
John F. Santrock Jr.
H. Russell Troutman
1978
Beatrice Nelson Orr
1977
Eugene Hill Brown
Charles C. Lanham
1976
William E. Blevins
1975
Robert E. Fleming
Bertha Steinbach Filson
1974
W. Ray McCoy
Walter E. Brewer