Distinguished Alumni Awards
Recognizing Our Distinguished Alumni Award Winners
Distinguished Alumni Award
Established in 1973 by the Alumni Board of Directors, and given at the discretion of the board, the Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes conspicuous contributions to Washington and Lee University, community service and personal and professional achievements. The honor was first bestowed in May 1974 and was expanded in 1994 to permit recognition of the university's younger alumni. The award affirms the university's finest traditions of leadership, responsibility and service.
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Past Winners
1974
Rugeley P. DeVan Jr. '34
William E. Brock III '53
C. Walton Rex '25 (posthumously)
1975
S. L. Kopald Jr. '43
Charles F. Clarke Jr. '38
1976
John Newton Thomas '24
L. Palmer Brown III '30
Benjamin F. Fiery '13
1977
George B. Craddock Sr. '30
Emmett W. Poindexter '20, '23L
Frederick Bartenstein Jr. '39, '41L
1978
No Awards Made
1979
James H. Bierer '40
Joseph M. Glickstein '20L
Everett Tucker Jr. '34
1980
Houston H. Harte '50
Henry P. Johnston '29
Lewis A. McMurran '36L
1981
No Awards Made
1982
Parke S. Rouse Jr. '37
Archibald A. Sproul III '37
James D. Sparks '32L
1983
Sherwood W. Wise '32, '34L
Adrian L. McCardell Jr. '29
Edwin J. Foltz '40L
1984
Elbert E. Hall '31
Charles E. Long Jr. '32
John M. Jones III '37
1985
Francis W. Plowman '24
Charles C. Stie II '45
Robert G. Brown '49
1986
Bertram R. Schewel '41
Richard H. Turrell '49
Samuel B. Hollis '51
1987
W. D. Bain Jr. '49L
Edgar M. Boyd '42
Horace Gooch Jr. '31L
1988
Omer Lee Hirst '36
Andrew H. Baur '37
Earl T. Jones '30
1989
Robert W. Hilton Jr. '39
Paul J. B. Murphy Jr. '49
J. Hardin Marion '55, '58L
1990
William N. Clements II '50
Oliver M. Mendell '50
Albert D. Darby Jr. '43
1991
Edward L. Bishop III '68
Alvin T. Fleishman '41
John W. Folsom '73
1992
C. DuBose Ausley '59
James W. Jennings Jr. '65, '72L
William C. Washburn '40
1993
John D. Klinedinst '71, '78L
Vernon W. Holleman Jr. '58
Ernest Williams II '38
1994
A. C. Hubbard Jr. '59, '62L
Glenn O. Thornhill Jr. '63
Pamela J. White '77L
1995
William T. Brotherton Jr. '47, '59L
C. Howard Capito '68
Richard W. Smith '41
1996
Alexander M. Harman Jr. '44L
William C. Norman Jr. '56
J. Richard O'Connell '56
1997
H. Tyndall Dickinson '39, '41L
Roscoe B. Stephenson Jr. '43, '47L
S. Maynard Turk '52L
1998
Andrew H. McCutcheon '48
Hatton C. V. Smith '73
Charles (C. B.) Tomm '68, '75L
1999
Earle P. Brown '44
Jorge E. Estrada '69
John A. Wolf '69, '72L
2000
Thomas P. O'Brien Jr. '58, '60L
Daniel T. Balfour '63, '65L
Thomas N. McJunkin '70, '74L
2001
Reno S. Harp III '54, '56L
J. Thomas Touchton '60
2002
Richard R. Warren '57
Raymond W. Haman '52L
John W. Vardaman Jr. '62
Frederick H. Pitzer Jr. '42 (posthumously)
Robert C. Walker '42 (posthumously)
2003
Christopher Todd Porter '80
Parker Kirwin Smith Jr. '53
2004
Frank A. Parsons '54
Steve S. Sloan '54
2005
James A. Meriwether '70
William W. Schaefer '60
Raymond D. Smith Jr. '55
2006
Walter D. Kelley Jr. '77, '81L
J. Michel Marcoux '66
James M. Turner Jr. '67, '71L
2007
Robert M. Couch '78, '82L
Robert A. Maslansky '52
2008
Ruel W. Tyson Jr. '53
Alex S. Jones '68
2009
David W. Stovall '69
Russell W. Chambliss '74
2010
Peter James Lee '60
A. Prescott Rowe '60
2011
Dr. E. Darracott Vaughan Jr., '61
John A. Cocklereece Jr. '76, '79L
2012
R. William Ide III '62
William H. Miller III '72
J. McDaniel Holladay '67
2013
The Honorable Paul S. Trible Jr. '71
Floyd M. Wiley III '88
Ashley T. Wiltshire Jr. '63
2014
Arthur E. Broadus '64
Conway H. Sheild III '64, '67L
Michael C. Holifield '89
Emily Bevill Lordi '89
2015
William G. Broaddus '65
Max L. Shapira '65
Meredith Attwell Baker '90
Mary H. Hipp '90
2016
James D. Humphries, III '66, '69L
John A. Ebner '91
Carol Dannelly O'Kelley '91
Raymond J. Welder, III '91
2017
Robert B. Priddy '67
William S. Wildrick '67
Wangdali C. Bacdayan '92
Devon McAllister Rothwell '92
2018
Harold Stowe '68
Wick Vellines '68, '73L
Lee Rorrer Holifield '93
Lewis Perkins '93
2019
Willis M. Ball '69
L. Richards McMillan '69
Elizabeth Berkheimer Pakenas '94
2020
John Nolan '70
Edward Powell '70
Elizabeth Holleman Brown '95
Reuben Munger '95
2021
Madison “Matt” F. Cole Jr. ‘71
Andrew G. Kumpuris ’71
Harry “Buddy” D. LeTourneau, Jr. ’71
Staman Ogilvie ’71
Joseph B. Tompkins, Jr. ’71
Betsy Blunt Brown ’96
Megan Fernstrum Taylor ’96
Patrick White ’96
2022
Lex O. McMillan '72
Edward G. Moore '72
Robert Covington '97
Erika Snyder Hagberg '97
2023
Mr. Donald Eavenson, Jr. ’73
Mr. Craig B. Jones ’73
Mr. Andrew W. Tate ’98
Dr. Rebecca L. Bagdonas ’98
2024
Theodore “Ted” Bauer ’74
James “Jim” Farrar ’74
William “Bill” Wallace ’74, ’77L
Thomas “T.” Blair ’99
Elizabeth Richey Thompson ’99
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