2006
Joe Coleman ('76)
Wayne Rollins ('75, '76)
Christopher Davenport ('00)*


2005

Don Ash ('77)
Nancy Duggin ('74, '77, '91, '96, '04)
John Hill ('57)
Stephanie Bellis Warner ('97)*

2004
Gordon DeFriese ('63)
Pete Fisher ('87)
Garry Hood ('77)
Charles Pruett ('88)*

2003
Norman Gary Brown ('66)
David Singer ('55)
Robert McLean ('72)
Meredith Anne Simmons Higgs ('97 '00 '01)*

2002
Patrick Doyle ('65)
Emmett Kennon ('38)
William "Bud" Morris ('68 '75 '81)
Darrell Freeman ('87 '90)*

2001
Paul W. Martin, Jr. ('75)
Tommy Campbell ('74)
Cliff Gillespie ('71)
Courtney Erikson Yates ('83)*

2000
Charlie Myatt, ('69)
Bob Lamb ('69, '77)
Billy Pittard, ('78)
Holly Thompson Lynch ('94)*

1999
Andy Adams, ('68)
William Ronald Fryar ('73)
Andrew W. Miller, ('66)
Gregory D. Smith, ('85)*

1998
Howard Dye Wall, ('63)
Dr. Elizabeth Rhea, ('55)
Bob Parks, ('70)
Lisa Cullum Brace, ('80)*


1997

Congressman Bart Gordon, ('71)
Mary Ann Zumbro Todd, ('47)
R. Eugene Smith, ('57)
Scott Higdon, ('86)*

1996
Charles R. Ray,('70)
Barton Dodson, ('88)*
Frances Shoffner, ('37)
Burrell H. Crowel, ('50)

1995
George S. Clinton ('69)
Hubert L. McCullough ('51)
Leslie S. Dale ('50)
Karla Winfrey ('82) *

1994
Yvonne L. Slatton ('60)
Elsie Burrell ('28)
Cecil T. Cantrell ('53)
Brian D. Lamkin ('78) *


1993
Jim Free ('69, '72)
Bob Womack ('48)
David (Andy) Womack ('70)
Fred L. Allen ('76) *

1992
Medford P. Bowman ('28)
Dr. O. Thomas Johns ('68)
Pamela J. Wright ('73)
James Kent Syler ('83) *




1991
Lillian Simms Duneer ('50)
William F. Ketron ('76)
Robert E. Russell ('56)
Forrest D. Toms ('74, '76) *

1990
Lowell W. Crane ('34)
David A. Cullum ('55)
Marynell Meadors ('65, '67)
Clarence M. Barker ('77) *
James B. Barker ('80) *
John H. Barker ('81) *

1989
George E. Gardner ('57)
May Dean Coop Eberling
('61, '68)
1989
James E. Sullivan ('56, '61)
Terry M. Weeks ('72, '75) *

1988
Dollye T. Cardwell ('46, '53)
William Wallace Robertson ('57)
George Stotser ('56, '71)
Susan I. Gendrich ('80) *

1987
David T. Dodd ('50)
H. Lynn Greer ('63)
Elizabeth W. Hudson ('66)
Michael E. McDonald ('79) *

1986
Mike Alford ('41)
Joe Jackson ('49)
Gerald Parchment ('44)

1985
Sid Huggins ('45)
Joseph Smith ('51)
Anne Rideout ('69)


1984
Charles W. Holt ('33)
Donald W. Duckworth ('57)
Rita Davenport ('66)

1983
William Lawson Osteen ('20)
Bob G. Nobiltt ('59)
Edward L. Jennings ('30)

1982
Elmer Malone ('30)
Charles Lewis ('32)
Buleah Davis ('36)

1981
J. Eldred Wiser ('38)
Charles I. Davis ('34)
Frank Sheppard ('42)

1980
Ann Abbay Eaden ('59)
Joe E. Nynley, Sr ('47)
Charles Sarver ('36)


1979
Jimmy Earle ('58)
Quentin Lane ('54)
William (Barney) Bragg ('40)

1978
Miles McMillan ('40)
Stanley Rogers ('61)
Mary E. &
Walton O. Warren ('41)


1977
John E. Ellington ('56)
Leonard B. Mansfield ('36)
T. J. (Jack) Sharber ('50)



 

1976
David Adkisson ('35)
Thomas E. Fox ('40)
John Hood ('54, '74)

1975
Ross Spielman ('55, '66)
Cromer Smotherman ('51)
Roy S. Nicks ('55)

1974

John Greer ('49)
Charlie Kerr ('33)
Lytle (Jug) Landers ('50)

1973
Bealer Smotherman ('33)
Maycie Southall ('15)
B. B. Gracy III ('40)

1972
Alma Williams David ('38)
Thomas Hewgley ('38)
John E. Windrow ('19)

1971
James Buchanan ('40)
Whitney Stegall ('37)
Thomas Tucker ('40)

1970
Roy Dowdy ('32)
Kenneth Ezell ('35)
Charles Grigsby ('36)

1969
Carolyn Bock ('40)
Charles Murphy ('38)
Homer Pittard ('36)

1968
John Bragg ('40)
Jesse L. Nunley ('26)
Thomas B. Woodmore ('29)

1967
Mary Anderson ('43)
Will H. Atkins ('38)
J. Howard Warf ('30)

1966
Myrtle Gunn Dye ('50)
Walter Campbell ('32)
Charlotte Chesnut Shenk ('35)

1965
Carl Adams ('35)
Fred Delay ('26)
Noah Turpen ('29)

1964
Robert Abernathy ('29)
Fred Gilliam ('36)
Rex Turman ('30)

1963
J. Pope Dyer ('30)
D. Harley Fite ('27)
Joseph Parks ('27)

1962
Halbert Harvill ('27)
Baxter Hobgood ('30)
Helen Womack ('29)

1961
Preston Y. Overall ('21)
Clifford H. Stark ('19)
Randolph Wood ('41)

1960
Frank Bass ('26)
Albert Gore ('32)
Quintin M. Smith ('13)


* denotes recipients of the Young Alumni Achievement Award
The Middle Tennessee State University Alumni Association
annually seeks and accepts nominations for the Distinguished Alumni
and Young Alumni Achievement Awards.

The selection is made from candidates who have distinguished themselves by obtaining a high level of service to their profession, their community and/or Middle Tennessee State University.

Nominate someone for the 2008-2009 Awards.
Deadline: April 1, 2008.


Presenting the recipients of the MTSU Distinguished Alumni and Young Alumni Achievement Awards:

2007 - 2008 Distinguished Alumni

Lana Seivers - Professional Achievement

Sandra Trail - Service to the University

Gale Prince - Service to the Community

Brady Barnett - Young Alumni Achievement