Distinguished Alumni



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.





2010 - 2011 Award Recipients

Mark Gwyn- Professional Achievement

Don and Hanna Witherspoon- Service to the University

Horace "Pete" Taylor - Service to the Community

Michael Latterell - Young Alumni Achievement


2008
Linda Hooper ('63)
Ken Victory (67)
Timothy Pettus ('73)
          Micheal Burt ('98) *          
1992
Medford P. Bowman ('28)
Dr. O. Thomas Johns ('68)
Pamela J. Wright ('73)
              James Kent Syler ('83) *            
                                               
1976
David Adkisson ('35)
Thomas E. Fox ('40)
John Hood ('54, '74)

 
 
2007

Lana Seivers ('72)
Sandra Trail ('72)
Gale Prince ('57)
          Brady Barnett ('97) *   



 1991
Lillian Simms Duneer ('50)
William F. Ketron ('76)
Robert E. Russell ('56)
Forrest D. Toms ('74, '76) *
 1975
Ross Spielman ('55, '66)
Cromer Smotherman ('51)
Roy S. Nicks ('55)
 
2006
Joe Coleman ('76)
Wayne Rollins ('75, '76)
Christopher Davenport ('00)*


 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) *
 1974
John Greer ('49)
Charlie Kerr ('33)
Lytle (Jug) Landers ('50)

 
2005
Don Ash ('77)
Nancy Duggin ('74, '77, '91, '96, '04)
John Hill ('57)
Stephanie Bellis Warner ('97)*


 1989
George E. Gardner ('57)
May Dean Coop Eberling
('61, '68, '89)
James E. Sullivan ('56, '61)
Terry M. Weeks ('72, '75) *
 1973
Bealer Smotherman ('33)
Maycie Southall ('15)
B. B. Gracy III ('40)
 
2004

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


 1988
Dollye T. Cardwell ('46, '53)
William Wallace Robertson ('57)
George Stotser ('56, '71)
Susan I. Gendrich ('80) *
 1972
Alma Williams David ('38)
Thomas Hewgley ('38)
John E. Windrow ('19)
 2003
Norman Gary Brown ('66)
David Singer ('55)
Robert McLean ('72)
Meredith Anne Simmons Higgs ('97 '00 '01)*

 1987
David T. Dodd ('50)
H. Lynn Greer ('63)
Elizabeth W. Hudson ('66)
Michael E. McDonald ('79) *
 1971
James Buchanan ('40)
Whitney Stegall ('37)
Thomas Tucker ('40)
2002
Patrick Doyle ('65)
Emmett Kennon ('38)
William "Bud" Morris ('68 '75 '81)
Darrell Freeman ('87 '90)*


 1986
Mike Alford ('41)
Joe Jackson ('49)
Gerald Parchment ('44)
 1970
Roy Dowdy ('32)
Kenneth Ezell ('35)
Charles Grigsby ('36)
 2001
Paul W. Martin, Jr. ('75)
Tommy Campbell ('74)
Cliff Gillespie ('71)
Courtney Erikson Yates ('83)*

 1985
Sid Huggins ('45)
Joseph Smith ('51)
Anne Rideout ('69)
 1969
Carolyn Bock ('40)
Charles Murphy ('38)
Homer Pittard ('36)
 
2000
Charlie Myatt, ('69)
Bob Lamb ('69, '77)
Billy Pittard, ('78)
Holly Thompson Lynch ('94)*

 1984
Charles W. Holt ('33)
Donald W. Duckworth ('57)
Rita Davenport ('66)
 1968
John Bragg ('40)
Jesse L. Nunley ('26)
Thomas B. Woodmore ('29)
 
1999
Andy Adams, ('68)
William Ronald Fryar ('73)
Andrew W. Miller, ('66)
Gregory D. Smith, ('85)
 1983
William Lawson Osteen ('20)
Bob G. Nobiltt ('59)
Edward L. Jennings ('30)
 1967
Mary Anderson ('43)
Will H. Atkins ('38)
J. Howard Warf ('30)
 
1998
Howard Dye Wall, ('63)
Dr. Elizabeth Rhea, ('55)
Bob Parks, ('70)
Lisa Cullum Brace, ('80)*


 1982
Elmer Malone ('30)
Charles Lewis ('32)
Buleah Davis ('36)
 1966
Myrtle Gunn Dye ('50)
Walter Campbell ('32)
Charlotte Chesnut Shenk ('35)
1997
Congressman Bart Gordon, ('71)
Mary Ann Zumbro Todd, ('47)
R. Eugene Smith, ('57)
Scott Higdon, ('86)*

 1981
J. Eldred Wiser ('38)
Charles I. Davis ('34)
Frank Sheppard ('42)
 1965
Carl Adams ('35)
Fred Delay ('26)
Noah Turpen ('29)

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

 1980
Ann Abbay Eaden ('59)
Joe E. Nynley, Sr ('47)
Charles Sarver ('36)
 1964
Robert Abernathy ('29)
Fred Gilliam ('36)
Rex Turman ('30)


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


1979
Jimmy Earle ('58)
Quentin Lane ('54)
William (Barney) Bragg ('40)
 1963
J. Pope Dyer ('30)
D. Harley Fite ('27)
Joseph Parks ('27)

 
1994

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


 1978
Miles McMillan ('40)
Stanley Rogers ('61)
Mary E. &
Walton O. Warren ('41)     
  
1962
Halbert Harvill ('27)
Baxter Hobgood ('30)
          Helen Womack ('29) 
     
 
1993
Jim Free ('69, '72)
Bob Womack ('48)
David (Andy) Womack ('70)
Fred L. Allen ('76) *


 1977
John E. Ellington ('56)
Leonard B. Mansfield ('36)
T. J. (Jack) Sharber ('50)
 1961
Preston Y. Overall ('21)
Clifford H. Stark ('19)
Randolph Wood ('41)
   
1960
Frank Bass ('26)
Albert Gore ('32)
Quintin M. Smith ('13)


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