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Past Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients


The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor that Navarro College bestows upon an outstanding alum. The award acknowledges and recognizes the outstanding accomplishments and exemplarily achievements of Navarro College alumni whose personal lives, professional achievements, and community service exemplify the objectives of their alma mater.  The award recipients are chosen by the Distinguished Alumni Award Selection Committee consisting of members of the Navarro College Foundation Board of Directors, two Navarro College employees (active or retired) and the Executive Director of the Foundation. 

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 PAST ALUMNI RECIPIENTS INDUCTED (1958-1969) 

Ted Spencer

Ted Spencer, '52

Charles Skelton

Charles Skelton, '47

Jack Baggett

Jack Baggett, '47

J.B. Carrington

J.B. Carrington, '49

 

Richard Neil Gay

Richard Neil Gay, '48

Joe Breithaupt

Joe Breithaupt, '49

Kenneth Douglas

Kenneth A. Douglas, '49 

Beverly Henson

Beverly Henson, '49

 

Billy Moore

Billy J. Moore, J.D., '55

Edna Rawlings

Edna Innerarity Rawlings, Ph.D., '53

Bonnie Langley

Bonnie Binford Langley, '63 

Wendell Cook

Wendell Cook, D.V.M., '50

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 PAST ALUMNI RECIPIENTS INDUCTED (1970-1979) 

Betty Jo Bell

Betty Jo Bell, '61

Ray Hildebrand

Ray Hildebrand, '60

Derrell Bulls

Derrell W. Bulls, D.B.A., '55 

McAfee Daniel

McAfee Daniel, '48

Billie Carroll

Billie Morris Carroll, '58

 

Euin Frank

Euin Frank, '57

Grady Rains

The Honorable Grady Donald Rains, '61 

Robert McGhee

Robert N. McGehee, M.D., '62

Donald Fowler

Donald Robert Fowler, M.D., '55

JP Davis

J.P. Davis, J.D., '61

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  PAST ALUMNI RECIPIENTS INDUCTED (1980-1989)  

Jim Bob Ivey

Jim Bob Ivey, '48

Judy Gallin

Judy N. Gallin, Ph.D., '61

Lary Reed

Lary L. Reed, Ed.D., '59

Tony Sadberry

Anthony J. Sadberry, J.D., '70

Kim Wyatt

Kim Wyatt, '73

 

Rodney Albright

A. Rodney Allbright, J.D., '64

Carlos Moore

Carlos W. Moore, Ph.D., '63

Gary Bennett

Gary Bennett, J.D., '75

Ralph Ferrell

Ralph Tillman Ferrell, Ph.D., '58

Jerry Worsham

Jerry Worsham, '57

 

Bill O'Neal

 Dr. Bill O'Neal, Hon. Litt.D., '62

George Barfield

George Barfield, D.D.S., '55

Michael Heiskell

Michael Heiskell, J.D., '70

Nedom Muns

Nedom C. Muns, Ed.D., '59

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  PAST ALUMNI RECIPIENTS INDUCTED (1990-1994)  

Ricky Griffin

Ricky W. Griffin, Ph.D., '70

Don Green

Don C. Green, Ph.D., '56

Ronald Deskin

Ronald Deskin, M.D.,'59

Homer Wasson

Homer G. Wasson, '51

Jane Walker

Jane Watson Walker, Ph.D., '53

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  PAST ALUMNI RECIPIENTS INDUCTED (2022- )  

Ed Childs

Ed W. Childs, M.D., '83

Byron Cook

The Honorable Byron Cook, J.D., '74

H.M. Davenport

The Honorable H.M. Davenport, '68

James Einwaechter

James Einwaechter, '69

 

Terry Fator

Terry Fator, '83 

Helen Marguerite Reames Gray

Helen Marguerite Reames Gray, '65

Rusty Hitt

Rusty Hitt, '85

Barbara Kelley

Barbara Kelley, '91

 

Kevin Strength

Kevin Strength, '87

Lloyd Thompson

Lowell Thompson, J.D., '90

Brent Thompson

Brent Thompson, '97

Chad Walker

Chad Walker, '03

 

John Henry Jenkins '48

John Henry Jenkins, J.D. '48

Daniel Nesmith

Daniel Nesmith, '72

Dianna Truelove

Dianna Truelove, '68

Weldon Hafley, '64

Weldon Hafley, '64

 

Lloyd Huffman, '64

Lloyd Huffman, '64

Elisaveta Dolghih, '00

Elisaveta Dolghih, J.D.,'00

George Solis, '61

George Solis, '61

Thomas L. Vance, '72

Thomas L. Vance, '72

 

Linda Timmerman, '80

Linda Timmerman, Ed.D., '80

Roy DeFriend, '85

Roy DeFriend, '85

Ronald D. Watkins, '65

Ronald D. Watkins, '65

Aaron Myers, '05

Aaron Myers, '05

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