Awards & Recognition

This award is presented to an alumnus who, in four or more decades of service, has personally demonstrated those ideals that best exemplify the traditions and heritage of the university.

2026: Dr. Doris Mann, 1971, 1976 & Carol McMillan, 1974, 1976
2025: *
2024: Alex Gregory, 1978, 1979 * (awarded in 2025)
2023: Pam Grant, 1982, 1987, 2008
2022: Marcia Perry, 1961
2021: Dr. Susan Stewart, 1970
2020: Anne Spillers, 1970
2019: Dr. Helen M Lewis, 1946
2018: Celestine Hill Hunt, 1968
2017: Laura Willis, 1962
2016: Not Awarded
2015: Not Awarded
2014: Not Awarded
2013: Dr. Corinne Daniel, 1960
2012: Barbara "Babs" McAlister, 1962
2011: Dr. Lucretia Coleman, 1969, 1971
2010: Barbara J. Hendrickson Capizzo, 1962
2009: Betty Jaynes, 1968
2008: Dr. Mary Ellen Perkins, 1929, 1931
2007: Suzanne Pharr, 1961
2006: Dr. Sara Goolsby Hoover, 1950
2005: Dorothy Pinkston, 1951
2004: Mary Etna Bennett Dudley, 1950
2003: Helen Ennis Cook, 1934
2002: Olive Boline Willis, 1949
2001: Dr. Carol Graham Pryor, 1939
2000: Grayce Kenemer Barck, 1947
1999: Sypper Youmana Youngblood, 1928
1998: Billy Sweerus Crawford, 1948
1997: Catherine Everett Thurston, 1955, 1964, 1969
1997: Mary L. Lance, 1938
1996: Mary Betty Anderson Bogle, 1946
1996: Jane M. Haddock, 1938
1995: Miriam Dunson, 1952
1995: Francis Hardin, 1948
1994: Martha E. King, 1937, 1938
1994: Leotus Morrison, 1948
1993: Barbara A. Chandler, 1934
1993: C. Elizabeth Horne, 1943, 1964
1992: Not Awarded
1991: Not Awarded
1990: Selma Sherrer Erwin, 1927, 1940
1990: Lucile Fountain Holliman, 1924, 1940
1990: Annette Lawrence Westbrook, 1930
1989: Dorothy Parks Beall, 1929
1989: Harriett Fuller Body, 1935, 1937
1989: Philo Matthews Ainsworth, 1914, 1934
1988: Helen Green Battle, 1922, 1939
1987: Cornelia Chappell, 1915, 1930
1987: Loretta Chappell, 1915, 1932
1987: Sara L. Nelson, 1925, 1926
1987: Malissa Giles Tucker, 1919, 1926
1986: Helen Ione Green, 1928
1986: Artie Belle Carter Lowe, 1915
1985: Bessie Moran Chandler
1985: Mamie Padgett, 1912, 1923
1984: Georgia Bradfield Atkinson
1984: Katherine K. Scott, 1913

* In 2023, a decision was made to realign Alumni Awards ceremonies with GCSU Homecoming activities resulting in an incongruity between listed recipient and calendar years. In 2026, recipient and calendar years were adjusted to correspond. 

A distinctive award reserved for non-graduates who have rendered outstanding service to the university through work with the Georgia College Alumni Association. Approval of the recipient by the association's full board is required.

2026: Not Awarded
2025: *
2024: Not Awarded
2023: Not Awarded
2022: Max Crook
2021: Not Awarded
2020: Not Awarded
2019: Ted Smith
2018: Cecile Parker
2017: Dr. Joe Samprone
2016: Not Awarded
2015: Not Awarded
2014: Not Awarded
2013: Thomas "Tad" W. Brown, Jr. 
2012: Not Awarded
2011: Hugh Cheek
2010: Bernard "Ace" A. Parker
2009: Anthony Tan
2008: J. Michael "Mike" Augustine
2007: Dr. Robert Wilson, III
2006: Charles & Betty Garison
2005: Not Awarded
2004: Not Awarded
2003: Not Awarded
2002: Tom Watson Brown
2001: Paul D. Coverdell (in Memorium)
2000: Dr. Isabel Rogers
1999: Carol McRae
1998: Ann Q. Vinson
1997: Lloyd C. McNally
1996: Frances Ross Hicks
1996: Henry King Sanford
1995: Sarah Gordon
1994: John E. Sallstrom
1993: Thomas F. Armstrong
1992: Not Awarded
1991: Jane Seneker
1990: Ann McDonald Herringdine
1989: Louis H. Andrews
1988: Harriet O. Kidd
1987: James Lamar Smith
1987: Robert F. Wolfersteig
1986: William L. Eddins
1985: Joseph F. Specht
1985: Hazel Watson
1985: Harriett Whipple
1984: Dorothy E. Pitman
1984: Lucy Underwood
1983: R. Linton Cox, Jr. 
1983: John H. Lounsbury
1982: Sally F. Fitzgerald
1981: S. Truett Cathy
1980: Margaret Abercrombie
1980: Maribel Benton
1979: Turner Farmer
1979: Mary Jo Thompson
1978: Carolyn Currie Gettys
1978: Ralph E. Kickliter
1978: Betty Poindexter
1977: Gerald C. Becham
1977: Janice A. Hardy
1976: Holcomb T. Green
1976: Mary White Leyda
1975: Ruth Maynard
1974: Gladys Gilbert
1974: Regina Cline O'Connor
1973: Elsie Calhoun
1972: Sarah Hearn Garrard
1972: Rosa Lee Walston
1971: Not Awarded
1970: Not Awarded
1969: Bertha Holt
1968: Not Awarded
1967: Mary Dean Lott Lee 
1967: Robert E. Lee
1966: Virginia Satterfield
1965: Not Awarded
1964: Luttie Neese
1963: Ethel Adams
1962: Not Awarded
1961: Orion Arnold Bowden
1960: Alice Napier
1959-1950: Not Awarded
1949: Etta Barta

* In 2023, a decision was made to realign Alumni Awards ceremonies with GCSU Homecoming activities resulting in an incongruity between listed recipient and calendar years. In 2026, recipient and calendar years were adjusted to correspond. 

2026: *
2025: *
2024: *
2023: Beverly Woods
2022: Thomas Grabowski, 1990
2021: Not Awarded
2020: Christopher Reeves, 1996
2019: Leon Hoover, 1981
2018: Georgia Newman-Powell, 1968
2017: Lynda Knight, 1967
2016: Not Awarded
2015: Dallas Patterson Jankowski, 1956
2014: Not Awarded
2013: Barbara Bender, 1951
2012: Sherrilyn Kenyon, 1985
2011: Bobby Pope, 1970
2010: James C. "Chris" Clark, 1996
2009: Barbara J. Stickel, 1995
2008: Nancy C. Cobb, 1991
2007: Kimberly Hall Martin, 1981
2006: Anne-Marie Sparrow, 1965
2005: Dr. Helen Matthews Lewis, 1946
2004: Dr. Lynne S. Wilcox, 1975
2003: Lenette Ownes Burrell, 1966
2002: Michael L. Gilstrap, 1982
2001: Edward Alexander Gregory, Jr., 1970
2000: Marion Bennett Duncan, 1940
1999: Olza Minor "Tony" Nicely, 1986
1998: Katherine McLean Fuller, 1963
1997: William E. Massee, Jr., 1970
1996: Betty Jaynes, 1967
1996: Nancy B. Royal, 1971
1996: Jo Slade Wilbanks, 1969
1995: Margaret Kennon Lupo, 1940
1995: Lafayne H. May, 1953
1994: Deborah Griffin, 1973
1994: Jackie M. Ward, 1955
1994: Johnny W. Warren, 1977, 1994
1993: Mark Stallings, 1973
1993: Sandra Worsham, 1974
1992: Pearl C. Hojnacki, 1943
1991: Ann Smith Rice, 1947
1990: Selena Durden Dunn Anderson, 1950
1989: Miriam Collins, 1946
1988: Mildred Barrett West, 1957
1987: Gwendolyn Wilson Collier, 1948
1986: Milbrey Lunceford Jones, 1949
1985: Charles Glenn Hudson, 1973
1984: Laura Trapnell Hillman, 1954
1983: Bee McCormack, 1946
1983: Marian Moore Lewis, 1959
1982: Carol Graham Pryor, 1939
1979: Lucy Berry Gay Hagan, 1954
1978: Allie Murray Smith, 1926
1977: Margaret Weaver Westley, 1940
1976: Virginia Smith, 1937
1975: Annella Brown, 1938
1974: Chungil Choo, 1950
1973: Rebecca Dennard, 1950
1972: Margaret Inman Meaders, 1926
1971: Elizabeth Knowles Adams, 1945
1970: Gertrude Ehrlich, 1943
1968: Gussie Dickson Hingson, 1938

* In 2024, this award was segmented by academic college. Please see the other lists for those awards.

Georgia College & State University alumni who have graduated within the past 10 years are eligible for this award, established to honor the achievement of notable recognition in a professional or business career, and promise for continued success.

2026: Meghan Golden, 2019
2025: *
2024: Dr. Emily Bailey, 2014 
2023: Juawn Jackson
2022: Javier Becerra, 2012
2021: Sean Dolan, 2012
2020: Andrew Deneen, 2010
2019: Megan Moss, 2012
2018: Jason Hendrix, 2009
2017: Jake Allen, 2009, 2010
2016: Derek Chitwood, 2007
2015: D. Adam Hammond, 2008
2014: Not Awarded
2013: Roger Harrison, 2009
2012: Anthony "Morgan" Stallings, 2003
2011: Lenzy "Kyle" Hood, 2006, 2008
2010: Amanda C. Cagle, 2002
2009: Heather H. Holder, 1999, 2005
2008: William M. "Matt" Cardoza, 1998, 2000
2007: Dilanka Seimon, 2003
2006: Dr. Barry Darugar, 2003
2005: Edna Watts, 1998
2004: Maribeth Smith, 2000
2003: Pamela Studdard Nutt, 1998
1995: Carol Harn, 1989
1995: Tracy Harris, 1990
1994: Gary Sullivan, 1987
1994: Gary Lister, 1998
1993: Claude Garrett, 1986
1993: Raymond Tubb, 1989
1993: Robert Shelor, 1989
1993: Kenneth Joyner, 1983
1993: Marjorie Johnson, 1988
1992: Richard Bertoli, 1983
1992: Cynthia Doss, 1978
1992: Calvin Powell, 1984
1992: Louise Sallstrom, 1986
1991: Nancy Mann, 1985
1991: Michael Bouchillon, 1986
1991: Sylvia Bond, 1990
1991: Patsy Brown, 1980
1991: Kelly Mann, 1986
1991: Erin Weaver, 1994
1990: Danny Sapp, 1981
1990: John Lindsay, 1981
1989: Alan Davis, 1980
1989: William Bragg, 1982
1989: Sharon Joyner, 1981
1989: Robert Kecseg, 1981
1989: Alan Davis, 1980
1988: Anthony Seneker, 1982
1988: Vickie Brown, 1978
1988: James Brooks, 1982
1988: Deborah Kelly, 1984
1987: Agnes Deane, 1983
1987: Linda Purcell-Quinn, 1981
1987: Elizabeth Fleenor, 1980
1986: Stephen Stewart, 1977
1986: David George, 1982
1985: William Craig, 1976
1985: Linda Booth, 1980
1985: Melba Cooper, 1973
1985: Davis Lee, 1977
1985: Curtis Veal, 1976
1985: Martha Duke, 1927
1985: Pellie Newton, 1964
1985: Sandra Worsham, 1974
1984: Emily Johnson, 1974
1984: William Douglas, 1974
1984: Patricia Wilcox, 1975
1984: Eddie Bray, 1977
1984: Jacquelynn Nelson, 1971
1984: Edward Williams, 1978
1984: Catherine Powell, 1973
1984: Phillip Brantley, 1975
1983: Frank Howell, 1975
1983: Marcus Kimsey, 1972
1983: Brandyn Briley, 1976
1983: Rebecca Dargan, 1978
1983: Mary Kennickell, 1978
1983: Monica Manns, 1978
1983: Dan Riley, 1978
1983: William Deason, 1972
1983: Neil Allison, 1975
1983: Ellen Kirkland, 1975
1982: Vivian Hartman, 1978
1982: Lucretia Coleman, 1969
1982: William Douglas, 1974
1982: Michael Beck, 1974
1982: Crystal Branta, 1973
1982: Wayne Goodwyn, 1972
1982: E. Alex Gregory, 1978
1982: Amelia Stanford, 1973
1981: David Foster, 1973
1981: Steve Batson, 1974
1981: David Harrington, 1975
1976: Thomas Beacham, 1975
1974: William Douglas, 1974
1971: William Zattau, 1971
1970: Bobby Pope, 1970

* In 2023, a decision was made to realign Alumni Awards ceremonies with GCSU Homecoming activities resulting in an incongruity between listed recipient and calendar years. In 2026, recipient and calendar years were adjusted to correspond. 

This award recognizes graduates who have rendered the greatest service in recent years to both the university and the Alumni Association.

2026: Not Awarded
2025: *
2024: Jeff Wansley, 1987
2023: Not Awarded
2022: Pamela Booker, 1997
2021: Pamela Trawick, 1991
2020: Anresa Davis, 1975
2019: Coreda Shaw, 1958
2018: Not Awarded
2017: Not Awarded
2016: Not Awarded
2015: Not Awarded
2014: Not Awarded
2013: James Wall, 1981
2013: Kim Wall, 1981
2012: Not Awarded
2011: Betty Pettigrew Smith, 1975, 1976, 1978
2010: Not Awarded
2009: Dr. Susan C. Stewart, 1970
2008: Donald E. Rhodes, 1988
2007: Dr. Wendy Moore Bibb, 1989, 1996
2006: Jean Crittenden Morris, 1950
2005: Genie M. Snyder, 1982
2004: Jacqueline Becton Bell, 1951
2003: Muralidharan Thirumal, 1991, 1998
2002: Louise Clark Kranzberg, 1951
2001: Peggy George Sammons, 1946
2000: C. Elizabeth Horne,  1943, 1964
1999: Robert W. McMillan III, 1971
1998: Beverly Mallory McWilliams, 1965
1997: Rhonda Purser Wood, 1984, 1989
1996: Dan B. Riley, Jr., 1978
1995: Not Awarded
1994: J. Russell Lipford Jr., 1971
1993: Nancy H. Kitchens, 1974
1992: Stephen Mozo-Stewart, 1977, 1980
1991: Not Awarded 
1990: Dorrie P. Neligan, 1965, 1988
1989: Jackie Becton Bell, 1951
1988: Julia Carol Black, 1937
1987: Kaye G. Bloodworth, 1969, 1972
1986: Catherine Everett Thurston, 1955, 1964, 1969
1985: Vera Kirkland King, 1926
1984: Sarah Anne Staples, 1955
1983: Not Awarded
1982: Floride Moore Gardener, 1936
1981: Arthur F. Rauscher, 1970
1980: Cecile Humphrey Hardy, 1919, 1923
1979: Sara "Teny" Bethel, 1939
1978: Jane M. Haddock, 1938
1977: Eddie Neely Anderson, 1918, 1934
1976: Mary Burns, 1921, 1925
1975: Lorrie Moring Curl, 1925
1974: Ester L. Cathy, 1927
1973: Ann Simpson Smith, 1921, 1924
1972: Rebecca Hearn Daughtry, 1918, 1949
1971: Mattie Beall Butts Hargrove, 1942
1970: William Thomas Bone, 1910
1969: Mary Barbara Tate, 1957, 1962
1968: Zipporah Kidd Williams, 1921, 1934
1967: Not Awarded
1966: Beegee Clark Baugh, 1950
1965: Inez Lord Carpenter, 1917 

* In 2023, a decision was made to realign Alumni Awards ceremonies with GCSU Homecoming activities resulting in an incongruity between listed recipient and calendar years. In 2026, recipient and calendar years were adjusted to correspond. 

Graduates, associate and honorary alumni are eligible for this award, established in memory of an alumna from the class of '46, to honor the spirit of volunteerism among graduates. Appropriate candidates are characterized by a history of exemplary service, not necessarily in leadership positions, that resulted in visible improvements within his or her community.

2026: Dr. Jeffrey Wells, 2007
2025: *
2024: Dr. Katarzyna "Kasia" Shaw, 2015
2023: Sherrill Jones
2022: Amy Raburn, 1996
2021: Dr. Vincent Carey, 1987
2020: Briana Nowak, 2012
2019: Judge Peggy Walker, 1974
2018: Maidana Nunn, 1957
2017: Sandra McCall Rosseter, 1962
2016: Cedric B. Howard, 1994
2015: Rita Rattray Cannon, 1965
2014: Not Awarded
2013: Lt. Col. Bernard Warrington, Jr., 1992
2012: Keith Barlow, 1991
2011: Johnny Hurt, 1977
2010: Angela C. Edwards, 1990
2009: Dr. Robin O. Harris, 1991, 1993
2008: Betty Snyder, 1973
2007: Iona Cruey Pendergast, 1998, 2005
2006: Joan Roper Dorsett, 1962
2005: Alvalyn Hutto Pope, 1958
2004: Daniel Smith, 1983, 1990
2003: Not Awarded
2002: Martha Vassar Bowers, 1951
2001: Bobbie Lane Uliano, 1951
2000: J. Russell Lipford, 1971
1999: Lauren Evans Benson, 1990, 1993
1998: Angie Gheesling, 1990
1997: Kate M. McLaurin, 1948
1996: Harriet Claxton, 1965
 

* In 2023, a decision was made to realign Alumni Awards ceremonies with GCSU Homecoming activities resulting in an incongruity between listed recipient and calendar years. In 2026, recipient and calendar years were adjusted to correspond. 

Only bestowed from time to time, this award is reserved to honor friends of Georgia College who have rendered outstanding service to both the university and its community. This prestigious award is named in honor of alumna William T. Bone of the class of 1910. Nominees are not required to be alumni or connected to the Alumni Association; however, they must not have received honors from the university or the Association within the past four years.

2026: Not Awarded
2025: *
2024: Not Awarded
2023: Not Awarded
2022: Glenn Waddell
2021: Not Awarded
2020: Not Awarded
2019: Not Awarded
2018: Donald "Dee" Fuller
2017: Not Awarded
2016: Not Awarded
2015: Eve Puckett (posthumously)
2014: Not Awarded
2013: Not Awarded
2012: Stan Wilson, 1977
2011: Not Awarded
2010: E. Max Crook
2009: Not Awarded
2008: Maxine Goldstein
2007: Dudley Rowe
2006: Not Awarded
2005: Not Awarded
2004: Rep. Dubose Porter
2003: William L. Hartley, 1974
2002: Bobby E. Parham
2001: Dr. JoAnne Jones
2000: Not Awarded
1999: Stan Strickland
1998: Not Awarded
1997: Col. John B. Baum
1996: Tallulah Kinney Schepis, 1938
1995: Melvin Kranzberg
1994: Not Awarded
1993: Leslie G. Callahan Jr.
1992: Thomas F. Armstrong
1991: Culver E. Kidd Jr.
1990: Betty Sanders Snyder, 1973
1989: Frances Ross Hicks
1988: Winston H. Sibley Jr.
1987: Not Awarded
1986: Joseph Terrell Andrews
1985: Philip Newton Sr., 1964
1984: William Zarkowsky
1983: John Holder Smith
1982: James C. Bonner
1981: Helen Ennis Cook, 1934
1980: Janice A. Hardy
1979: J. Edgar Morris
1978: John H. Lounsbury
1977: Virgie Sellers Hefferman, 1958
1976: Bonnie Burge Johnson, 1938
1975: Betty Poindexter
1974: Helen Green Battle, 1922, 1939
1974: Alma Boyette, 1918
1974: Vera Kirkland King, 1926

* In 2023, a decision was made to realign Alumni Awards ceremonies with GCSU Homecoming activities resulting in an incongruity between listed recipient and calendar years. In 2026, recipient and calendar years were adjusted to correspond. 

The academic college alumni achievement awards are given to a graduate from that college who has excelled in a particular professional field, having attained prominence and/or having had a positive effect on the state, regional, or national level. 

2026: Brittany Curry, 2011
2025: *
2024: Jan Smith, 1978

* In 2023, a decision was made to realign Alumni Awards ceremonies with GCSU Homecoming activities resulting in an incongruity between listed recipient and calendar years. In 2026, recipient and calendar years were adjusted to correspond. 

The academic college alumni achievement awards are given to a graduate from that college who has excelled in a particular professional field, having attained prominence and/or having had a positive effect on the state, regional, or national level. 

2026: Jonathan Pope, 2008
2025: *
2024: Virgil Miller, 1992

* In 2023, a decision was made to realign Alumni Awards ceremonies with GCSU Homecoming activities resulting in an incongruity between listed recipient and calendar years. In 2026, recipient and calendar years were adjusted to correspond. 

The academic college alumni achievement awards are given to a graduate from that college who has excelled in a particular professional field, having attained prominence and/or having had a positive effect on the state, regional, or national level. 

2026: Dr. J. W. Mozley, 2003, 2005
2025: * 
2024: Holly Witcher, 2001
 

* In 2023, a decision was made to realign Alumni Awards ceremonies with GCSU Homecoming activities resulting in an incongruity between listed recipient and calendar years. In 2026, recipient and calendar years were adjusted to correspond. 

The academic college alumni achievement awards are given to a graduate from that college who has excelled in a particular professional field, having attained prominence and/or having had a positive effect on the state, regional, or national level. 

2026: Jennifer Joshi, 2012, 2016
2025: * 
2024: Dr. Angela Queen, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2022

* In 2023, a decision was made to realign Alumni Awards ceremonies with GCSU Homecoming activities resulting in an incongruity between listed recipient and calendar years. In 2026, recipient and calendar years were adjusted to correspond. 

The academic college alumni achievement awards are given to a graduate from that college who has excelled in a particular professional field, having attained prominence and/or having had a positive effect on the state, regional, or national level. 

2026: Sam Rauschenberg, 2007
2025: *
2024: Christopher Eby, 2011

* In 2023, a decision was made to realign Alumni Awards ceremonies with GCSU Homecoming activities resulting in an incongruity between listed recipient and calendar years. In 2026, recipient and calendar years were adjusted to correspond.