Alumni Awards

Nominations for all alumni awards will close on Oct. 1, 2024.

Distinguished Alumni AwardHonorary Alumni AwardJohn G. Eccles Student Leadership AwardM. Carey Brewer Alumni AwardSports Hall of FameT. Gibson Hobbs Memorial AwardThe Kenneth R. Garren Award

Distinguished Alumni Award

The Distinguished Alumni Award honors alumni who have made outstanding contributions to one or more areas of society, including professional, academic, and service to Lynchburg.

2024 Recipients

JoAnn Lord Koff ’73
Michael Cerreto ’79
Sharon Williams Wills ’83
Rhonda Fuller Turner ’94

Nomination form

Full list of recipients

2024	JoAnn Lord Koff ’73 Michael Cerreto ’79 Sharon Williams Wills ’83 Rhonda Fuller Turner ’94
2022	Todd Parker ’79 Pavar Snipe ’98 Amy Brunner-Craig ’96 Joseph Randazzo ’78 Dr. Isaac Wood ’78
2020/2021	Kasey McCullough Rangan ’94 Charles Tooley ’68
2019	Richard N. deNiord ’75 Elizabeth “Betsy” Carter Smith ’67 Francessca Spencer Vasquez ’00
2018	Susan Manning-Hughson ’86 (deferred from 2017) Jeffrey D. Krantz ’87 Oneal C. Sandidge ’78
2017	Susan Manning Hughson ‘86 Willard R. Kesling, Jr. ‘70 J. Kevin Scott ‘94
2016	Gary M. Mignogna ’86 MBA Laurie Shelton Moran ‘81 Syed S. Towheed ‘93
2015	Scott Johnston ‘84 Lynn Laing ‘73
2014	Sterling A. Wilder ’08 MEd
2013	John H. Hughes ’98, ’00, ’09 MBA
2012	John D. Bower ’57 William C. Foutz ’57 Richard G. Pumphrey ’74
2011	Robert H. Fredrickson ’67 Betty May Kovacs Hamilton ’56 Charles D. Poindexter ’64
2010	Carolyn Austin Eubank ’67 Patricia Davis Price ’95, ’05 MEd
2009	Roger L. Roberts ’69, ’71 MEd Charles S. Nusbaum ’79
2008	James Flynn ’75 H. Myron Kauffman ’56 (posthumously) James McQuillan ’84
2007	Joan Fitzgerald Foster ’69, ’70 MEd, ’85 Ed.S Shelley M. Blumenthal ’79, ’82 MEd Randi Alper Pupkin ’84
2006	Joseph E. Blackburn ’41 A. Wayne Riggs ’53 Nan Howard Brown ’60
2005	Harvey Ernest Jr. ’71 W. Scott Mann ’82
2004	Homer W. Wooldridge Jr. ’54 William S. Hudson ’59 Ronald T. Davidson ’73
2003	Charlotte “Sue” Holland ’59 Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow ’55 Edward D. Woolridge Jr. ’57 Fred L. Fauber ’67, ’70 MEd George E. Grzenda ’71, ’73 MEd
2002	Charles “Chip” Berry ’78 Beverly R. Cosby ’46 (Posthumous) E. Bruce Harvey ’42
2001	John Mark Johnson ’78, ’80 MEd
2000	James Carter Wootton ’37
1999	Reese F. Cropper III ’82 David L. Johnson ’58 Marguerite Bolling Law ’73 MEd (Posthumous) Ann Montgomery Watts ’51
1998	C. Wayne Godsey ’68 Kathryn Mitchell Pumphrey ’75, ’88 MEd Ben M. Smith ’67
1997	Lowell D. Cooper ’64 (Posthumous) Robert W. McCullough ’59 Richard F. Snavely ’50 (Posthumous) Steven L. Stephenson ’68
1996	E. Virginia Fones ’29 Newton B. Fowler Jr. ’54 William A. Mills ’51 Edwin W. Welch ’65 Frank M. Yeiser Jr. ’76 (Posthumous)
1995	William J. Bodine ’78, ’89 M.Ad. Joy Fowler Flowers ’57, ’68 MEd Raymond G. Moseley ’65 Nancy M. Welch ’68
1994	Owen W. Brodie ’58 Corinne Beasley Gott ’49 Paul B. Hensley ’67 R. Woods Kent ’57 Walter B. Potter Sr. ’81 MBA (Posthumous)
1993	Joyce Knowles Crouch ’58 Judith Germaine Goding ’69, ’75 MEd David G. Longfellow ’64 Richard K. Martin ’54
1992	Marcus D. Bryant ’49 John A. Hagy ’56 Lorraine Mecca ’71 A. Glenn Moseley ’71 Lillian Black Nunnelly ’51 Rosel Hoffberger Schewel ’71 MEd, ’83 Ed.S. Richard L. Witcofski ’56
1991	David C. Derby ’55 John P. Eckert ’75 MBA Shirley Laudin Foutz ’56 Samuel J.R. Gamble ’37 Franklin P. Hall ’61 R. Marc Jordan ’69 Carlton P. Minnick Jr. ’54 Steven J. Phillipson ’82 H. Raymond Pillow ’61 A. Simone Reagor ’61
1990	Eugene G. Frantz ’71, ’76 MEd Jesse S. Hise Jr. ’53 J. Bernard McDearmon ’41 (Posthumous) H. Dennis Moore ’42 Estherina Shems ’54
1989	William D. Brown ’59 Joseph P. Crouch ’56 (Posthumous) James O. Howell ’66 Bernard D. Reams Jr. ’65 George A. Williams Jr. ’46
1988	No Award
1987	Daniel D. Gilbert ’59

Honorary Alumni Award

The Honorary Alumni Award, presented since 1986, honors non-alumni of Lynchburg for exceptional interest, dedication, and/or service to Lynchburg.

2024 Recipients

Patricia Aronson
Elaine Drysdale
Daniel Lang
Elza Tiner
Debra Wyland

Nomination form

Full list of recipients.

2024	Patricia Aronson Elaine Drysdale Daniel Lang Elza Tiner Debra Wyland
2022	Karen Zongrone
2020/2021	Richard Burke
2019	Sally Selden Nancy Schneider
2018	Rhonda Johnson Sim Stidham
2017	Barry Lobb, professor of computer science and mathematics
2016	Matthew L. Brandon Shaun P. Dearden, Dining Services co-director & operations manager
2015	Todd Olsen, Head Coach, Women’s Soccer and professor of health & physical education Denise Scruggs, Director, Beard Center on Aging and the Life Course
2014	Stephen R. Koudelka, Men’s Lacrosse coach Joseph H. Turek, Dean, School of Business and Economics
2013	Elizabeth “Betty” W. Howell, administrative assistant for Alumni Relations
2012	Emma G. Hensley, visit coordinator of enrollment services Dr. Phillip H. Stump, retired professor of history
2011	Anne Gibbons, associate chaplain Dr. Richard J. Shores, professor emeritus of mathematics and retired tennis coach
2010	James “Jim” L. Owens, professor of history Donna McGill, director of health and counseling services David J. Lipani, professor of English
2009	Heidi Koring, Director of Academic Advising Warren Wright, College Photographer
2008	Enza Inturrisi Steele-Thomas, associate professor of health and physical education, and field hockey coach Neal Sumerlin, professor of chemistry, and director, University of Lynchburg Observatory
2007	Kenneth and Sheila Garren Greg Nayor
2006	Edward DeClair John Eccles Heywood “Woody” Greenberg
2005	No Award
2004	A. Boyd Claytor III Leslie Louise Lytle May
2003	Jan G. Linn Betty W. Spencer Nancy O. Caldwell (Posthumous)
2002	Ellie Blanton Michial Neal William H. Young
2001	Anne Marshall Huston George N. Rainsford (Posthumous)
2000	Edward A. Polloway C. Rex Mix (Posthumous) Charles Warren Nancy Warren
1999	Dora Jean Ashe
1998	No Award
1997	Frances W. Cloyd
1996	Thomas C. Brickhouse
1995	Elliott S. Schewel
1994	James A. Huston
1993	Lois M. Daniel
1992	Jacqueline W. Asbury Charles R. Perkey R. Kendall North Virginia B. Perkey Barbara T. Owen Sheldon Vanauken
1991	Gwynn W. Ramsey Roy T. Savoian G. Kenneth West R.L. “Ronnie” Wilmore Walter R. Winmean
1990	Lucille J. Ferrell Robert C. Hailey Sr.
1989	James C. Fox George T. Stewart William H. Shellenberger Thomas B. Surber
1988	No Award
1987	Betty B. Arington
1986	D. L. “Pete” Warren

John G. Eccles Student Leadership Award

Established in 2016 by the Lynchburg Alumni Board (Association), this award honors John G. Eccles and his service to Lynchburg from 1986 to 2016. The award is presented to one undergraduate student each year who has shown exceptional leadership capabilities through energetic participation in student activities, dedication to Lynchburg, and engagement with the alumni association. This award is intended to recognize a student leader who emulates John G. Eccles’ integrity, sense of humor, and passion for leadership at Lynchburg.

2024 Recipient

Kelsey Spickler ’24

Nomination form

Full list of recipients

2024	Kelsey Spickler ’24
2022	Sloane Kelly ’22
2020/2021	Laura Arriaza ’20
2019	Nicholas J. Savino ’19
2018	Elise Togbe ’18
2017	Zachary Betterton ’17
2016	Sara K. Toliver ’16

M. Carey Brewer Alumni Award

The M. Carey Brewer Alumni Award, honoring Dr. Carey Brewer ’49, the seventh president of Lynchburg College, has been presented since 1983. Recipients of the award have made an outstanding contribution in one area of society, including civic, religious life, or service to alma mater.

2024 Recipient

Carter Elliott IV ’19

Nomination form

Full list of recipients

2024	Carter Elliott IV ’19
2018	Joseph C. Sancio ’10 Dustin C. Williams ’05
2017	Johnathan G. Harris ’02
2016	Jamar M. Hawkins ’04
2015	Ryan Cranston ’08
2014	Noble Ackerson-Bonsu ’02 Timothy L. Grant ’03
2013	Tracy K. Epps ’01 Delano P. Douglas ’00
2012	Ira D. Marshall ’00 Mark E. Nichols ’00
2008	Chris Whelan ’00, ’02 MEd
2007	Andrew “Drew” Miller ’00
2006	Christopher Boyd ’97 Jason Campbell ’97, ’98 MBA
2005	Robert D. Eldridge ’90
2004	No Award
2003	Erin M. Mone ’93 Stormie Shelton-Hazen ’93
2002	No Award
2001	Grant Azdell ’89 Bradford L. Yates ’89, ’93 MEd
2000	James R. Corbett ’90, ’98 MBA
1999	No Award
1998	Vincent P. Burks ’83
1997	Lisa Wilson Davison ’88 Susan Manning-Hughson ’86 Diane Shannon Price ’84 (Posthumous)
1996	Marianne Davi Barnhardt ’82 Sharon Lanzi Bateman ’85, ’86 MEd Kathleen Hermes Groover ’82 Carol Wilson Hill ’82 Jennifer S. Wright ’90
1995	Myrna Foster-Kuehn ’81 Nathaniel X. Marshall ’83
1994	M. Stephen Allen ’79 R. Scott Johnston ’84 Patricia Racioppi ’89
1993	John C. Crank Jr. ’79 Lee A. Kirkpatrick ’80 Oneal C. Sandidge ’78 Mary Lynne Hughes Tweedy ’84, ’87 MEd
1992	Frances Miles Atherton ’79 John Mark Johnson ’78, ’80 MEd Daniel J. Palmer ’78 Isaac Keith Wood ’78 Susan Rigney Wood ’78
1991	William J. Bodine ’78, ’89 M.Ad.
1990	Shelley M. Blumenthal ’79, ’82 MEd Susan Michele Boucher ’87, ’90 MEd Ellen Whelan-Harrington ’80
1989	Ellen M. Morrison ’79
1988	Andrew J. Tatom III ’78
1987	Mary Allyn Walton Rhodenhiser ’77
1986	Robert A. McKee ’71
1985	Melanie Joan Biermann ’71 W. Colby Brown III ’75 Catherine Paolino Garbini ’70
1984	Richard D. Jacques ’71 R. Marc Jordan ’69 Gwendolyn Garrett McDonald ’77 Stephen G. Raymond ’73
1983	Gregory B. English ’69

Sports Hall of Fame

The Lynchburg Sports Hall of Fame was established in 1978 to recognize and honor outstanding athletes and teams for their athletic performance, leadership, and team contributions while students at Lynchburg. Since 1975, men’s athletics and in 1981, women’s athletics began competition in Division 3 of the NCAA.

Annually, the Lynchburg Alumni Association, through its Board of Directors, appoints a committee to review the nominations for the Sports Hall of Fame. Any alumnus/a, staff member, or friend of Lynchburg may make nominations for this award.

Nomination form

2023 Recipients

Katie Bruce Leuci ’11 -Softball
Drew Jamison ’07 -Men’s soccer
Ronnie LaBrie ’10 -Baseball
Shelly Milks ’13, ’16 DPT- Field Hockey
Caitlin Sarkisian Engelberg ’96 -Women’s Lacrosse
Tyler Tolson ’09 -Men’s Lacrosse
Enza Steele, Field Hockey and Women’s Lacrosse head coach
Team of Distinction: 2023 Baseball
Team of Distinction: 2022-23 Equestrian

Full list of recipients

2024	Katie Bruce Leuci ’11 -Softball Drew Jamison ’07 -Men’s soccer Ronnie LaBrie ’10 -Baseball Shelly Milks ’13, ’16 DPT- Field Hockey Caitlin Sarkisian Engelberg ’96 -Women’s Lacrosse Tyler Tolson ’09 -Men’s Lacrosse Enza Steele, Field Hockey and Women’s Lacrosse head coach Team of Distinction: 2023 Baseball Team of Distinction: 2022-23 Equestrian
2022	Jeff Taylor Jr. ’10, ’15 DPT – Baseball Dara Sandifer Cranney ’08, ’10 MEd, ’14 DPT – Softball Patrick Brown ’10 – Men’s Soccer Elizabeth Perkins ’08, ’10 MEd – Softball Team of Distinction: 1976 Men’s Soccer
2020/2021	Donna Hansen Bazyk ’91 – Women’s Lacrosse Scott LeVay – ’88 Men’s Soccer Ashley Palmer Thomasey ’05, ’10 MEd – Track and Field Paul Venturella ’04 – Men’s Lacrosse Team of Distinction: 2010 Men’s Soccer
2019	Ashley Hoath ’10, ’13 DPT – Women’s Soccer Lucas E. Jones ’05 – Baseball Andrea Fleming McPike ’06, ’09 MEd – Field Hockey Allison Weir ’10 – Field Hockey Caroline Wesley ’07 – Womens Basketball Wypkjen Osinga Younger ’00 – Track & Field – High Jump
2018	Peter C. Crassweller ’70 – Tennis Caroline D. Cubbage ’07 – Softball Garrett B. Curran ’08, ’10 MBA – Mens Lacrosse Steven P. Scott ’06 – Baseball Team of Distinction: 2008 Women’s Softball
2017	Shawn M. Abell ’06, ’14 MEd Lauren M. Askey ’08 Chad J. Clark ’06, ’08 MEd Anthony D. Palmisano ’04 Kimberleigh B. Vaughan ’07, ’10 MEd Teams of Distinction: 1991 Mens Cross Country, 1997 Womens Soccer
2016	Jennifer Overstreet ’04 Brandon P. Childs ’04, ’08 MEd Timothy Crawford ’78 Laurie Haggerty Dolian ’73 Cotrena D. Liggon ’00, ’02 MEd Teams of Distinction: 2001 Field Hockey, 2003 Mens Lacrosse Special Citation: Marie Lewis
2015	Hannah H. Besanceney ’96 Linda J. Delaney ’03 Erin E. Johnson ’05 Carrie W. LeCrom ’02 Melinda M. McCord ’93 William Billy F. McCulloch ’05 Walter Miller ’30 (posthumous) Michelle Edelen Snyder ’03 Team of Distinction: 2014 Womens Soccer Special Citation: Todd Olsen
2014	Melissa C. Beaver ’99 Amy T. Edwards ’99 Martin O. Jakovics ’00 Abby R. Pyzik ’04 Mark C. Sprague ’01 Teams of Distinction: 1973 Mens Soccer, 2008 Womens Soccer
2013	Richard A. LaReau ’80 Chad M. Evans ’95 Michael A. Marchetti ’94 Megan A. Wiseman ’03 Josh A. Zobenica ’04 Teams of Distinction: 1977-8 Men’s Basketball, 1981-2 Field Hockey
2012	Johnny G. Harris ’02 Blair F. Hayden ’02 Karen O’Connor Shollenberger ’01 Kristen Kowit Solmose ’01, ’03 MBA Teams of Distinction: 1981-2 Women’s Volleyball, 1971-2 Men’s Soccer Special Citation: Ricky W. Cash ’88, ’92 MEd
2011	James A. Goss ’01 Safwan J. Williams ’02 Jason C. Smith ’00 Otis Tucker III ’97 Mark L. Granger ’85 Teams of Distinction: 1976 Baseball, 1986 Women’s Lacrosse
2010	Philip C. Smith ’86 Thomas E. Clark III ’93 James J. “J.J.” Bolton ’94 Joseph J. Martin ’84
2009	Raymond “Joe” Bedard ’98 David F. Lichtenstein ’98
2008	T. Wayne Davis ’78 Dawn Gibson Simmons ’97 Grattan Garbee ’85, ’91 MBA
2007	John H. Lockman ’96 Seth D. McGruffin ’96 Daryle A. Dooms ’92
2006	Robert Leahy ’83 John Guagliano ’90 Roy Roberson ’92 C. Matt Richards ’96 Kara Summers ’95 Special Citation: Richard Shores
2005	Tim Bennett ’94, ’96 MBA W. Kenny Holt ’70
2004	William E. Weld ’70 Kinnon L. Shiflett ’81 Todd M. Abell ’89 Robert L. Harding Jr. ’84 Alicia Galione Miller ’86 Timothy L. Kinni ’81
2003	Andrew T. Barbin ’88 Gregg W. Cavaliere ’93 John B. Cardwell ’93 Tracy B. Lewis ’93 John “Abe” Naff ’81, ’88 MEd Kevin J. Versen ’81
2002	Richard “Dick” Berry ’49 (Posthumous) James W. Walker ’96 Allison Daly McDermott ’88 Michael O. Buhler ’78 Amalia “Litsa” Coroneos Wethern ’91
2001	Stuart Friedman ’71 James J. White ’76 David S. Jones ’79 Nancy Maroney Miller ’84 Terry J. Tabb ’88
2000	Charles J. “Charlie” Cumiskey ’52 Paul Johnson ’89, ’92 MEd Rutledge S. Moon ’52 (Posthumous) Tom Selinger ’78, ’80 MEd Russell “Nowlin” Wingfield Jr. ’72, ’81 MS
1999	Percy R. Abell ’87 Jon David Foster ’89 Karen N. Bonsack ’81 William R. Herndon III ’71
1998	Coston A. Cheatham Jr. ’87 James O. Sargent ’84 James F. Crawford ’78
1997	David H. Graham Jr. ’87 Thomas A. Pellatt ’85 Dennis Laughlin ’72 Richard D. Pillow ’78 Anne M. Overton ’86 Special Citations: Pat Walker Mitchell ’66, Frances A. Simpson ’65, ’74 MEd
1996	Kerry Berman Armbruster ’83 Kevin G. Record ’82 Katherine Fraher Fitzgerald ’86 Major L. Tallent Jr. ’86 Conrad Frey III ’84 Special Citations: Robert L. Floyd ’55, John M. Gazzola Jr. ’51
1995	Terry Apperson-Jubb ’85 Margaret Brogan Judge ’82 Gertrude Marschean Coffer ’83, ’92 MEd Joseph P. Killeen III ’85 Norton W. Hurd ’38 Tracey A. Roark ’85
1994	John M. Amorim ’83 Scott M. McGahan ’79 Kenneth R. Brady ’81 Jack D. Morris Jr. ’50 Phebe Phelps Long ’84 Robert H. Whitmore ’59 Special Citation: Donald W. Vaden ’76
1993	Betty Jackson Franklin ’83 John D. Hobbs ’78 Steven H. Goodman ’73 Dewayne G. Kitts ’81 Wayne S. Harrison ’83 Charles M. Smith ’82
1992	Edward W. Driskill ’70, ’79 MEd Catherine D. Ennis ’75 Michael D. Duggan ’77 James T. Napier ’75 William D. Edmonds ’81 Special Citation: Gerald R. Thomas ’61, ’83 Ed.S.
1991	Darlene E. Anderson ’73 Jerry R. Stroop ’80 Thomas K. Emmons ’81 David L. Taylor ’81 Elwood D. Schechterly ’80 Special Citation: Richard D. Martin ’71
1990	Welby S. Bailey ’79 Barbara A. Hathaway ’80 Randall W. Thomas ’77, ’87 MEd Robert Brewer ’77 James E. Duggan ’79
1989	Patricia J. Bell ’60 James W. May ’64 Shelley M. Blumenthal ’79, ’82 MEd E. Keith Scruggs ’74 Jeffrey S. Freeman ’79
1988	Robert M. Coote ’76 Jack M. Toms ’69 Dennis C. Craddock ’67 Stephen R. Wheeler ’75 Carlos A. Gorostiaga ’70
1987	John B. Cardwell ’63 Ernest T. Guill Jr. ’69, ’77 MEd Robert H. Fredrickson ’67 Richard M. Osmer Jr. ’77
1986	Kenneth R. Burnett ’60 Nancy Webber Crawley ’57 David U. Campbell ’49 Ralph E. Shaner Jr. ’57 Brenda Thompson Clements ’71 Special Citation: Charles R. Perkey
1985	Esther Wray Barbee ’26 Frank G. Murray Jr. ’70 Joseph E. Blackburn ’41 Laura A. Rich ’72 Special Citation: M. Carey Brewer ’49
1984	Gordon H. Bragg ’48 Aubrey R. Moon Jr. ’56 Carl C. Gillespie Jr. ’54 Frederick A. Tanner Sr. ’49 Henry S. Mierzwa Jr. ’73
1983	Eugene E. Barnum ’36 Sharon D. Loving ’69 Walter B. Bass Jr. ’65 Herbert J. Saunders ’39 Special Citation: Katherine V. Switzer ’68
1982	Joseph M. Cobb Jr. ’52 John M. Turner Jr. ’29 Donald M. Martin ’59 Eric B. Wagner ’72 Mary Witt Potter ’54 Special Citation: Lloyd G. Flint Jr. ’41
1981	H. Dale Almond ’57 Archie Mackey ’36 John H. Krebs ’52 Robert S. Parker ’34 Special Citation: Calvin L. Porter ’51
1980	George M. Parker ’24 Arnold G. Thornhill ’60 Eugene E. Ross ’28 Leslie C. Young ’33 C. Todd Scully Jr. ’70 Special Citation: Jacqueline W. Asbury, Wilbert H. Norton Jr. ’51
1979	William G. Booker Jr. ’64 Clement A. Syndor Jr. ’29 Nelly W. Finch ’55 Joseph A. Thomas ’31 Carolyn V. Hodges ’64 Laura Hundley Thomas ’32 William F. Nee ’23 George D. West ’27 Patricia Mitchell Rhodes ’69 Edward A. Witt ’25 Wilbur O. Riley ’28 Daniel E. Woodridge ’56 Ralph B. Shank ’27 Special Citation: William W. Ferguson
1978 Charter Members	Lawson A. Andrews ’63 George B. Arnold ’21 Patricia Ingham Barrett ’59 M. Harold Bell ’30 Frank J. Bennett ’32 Leslie C. Blankenship ’32 Patricia Feeley Brewer ’52 Sue Ann Brown ’61 Shields A. Brubeck ’38 Ruby Walton Carper ’26 Aldo A. Cipolat ’39 W. Carlyle Crigler ’28 Allen M. Eckstine ’34 Sally Jo Entsminger ’68 Fred C. Evans Jr. ’50 L. Taylor Goode ’57 E. Madison Grant ’28 Frances Lawrence Hensley ’66 Clara L. Hoye ’28 Grant Hudson ’51 John T. Hundley ’19 Irene Kiser Johnson ’28 Jean Shaner Lee ’58 John J. Malloy Jr. ’51 Harrison McMains ’27 Mary Swartz Morgan ’53 Joseph M. Oliver ’25 Neal D. Oliver ’25 Paul A. Pollard ’31 E. Wayne Proffitt ’67 Harry C. Ragsdale ’30 W. Glen Rardin ’29 Ann Hundley Riley ’29 Marie Enke Shaner ’53 Frank T. Suttenfield ’26 Glen F. Taylor ’65 Rothwell Taylor ’68 Haswell H. Walker ’23 Helmut Werner ’61 R. Frederick West ’38 William G. West ’37 George C. Wiebel ’33 Special Citations: James C. Fox, William H. Shellenberger

T. Gibson Hobbs Memorial Award

The T. Gibson Hobbs Memorial Award, named for the late Thomas Gibson Hobbs, a member of Lynchburg’s first graduating class (1904), is the highest honor given to an alumnus or alumna of Lynchburg by the Lynchburg Alumni Association.

The award is given to alumni who demonstrate an exemplary record of service in each of 3 areas: church (interpreted in a broad and ecumenical manner as deemed appropriate), community, and alma mater.

2024 Recipient

Alexander Costa ’87

Nomination form

Full list of recipients

2024	Alexander Costa ’87
2022	Dr. Sinclair Booker McCracken ’87
2020/2021	Janet Cocke Sigler ’65
2019	Gregory B. Rice ’69
2018	James E. Deady ’62
2017	Paul E. Goldenbaum ’66 Yuille “Skipper” Holt III ’67
2016	Polly Blackwell Flint ’71, ’73 MEd Helen Mundy Witt ’67, ’78 MEd, ’13 DEd
2014	William G. Pappas ’71
2013	Jeffrey L. Aultice ’62 James L. Davidson ’60 Kathryn Mitchell Pumphrey ’75,’88 MEd, LC Trustee
2009	Mary Rose Carpenter Ragsdale ’57
2008	Joanne Cheatham Burgess ’61 Joy Fowler Flowers ’57, ’68 MEd Raymond E. Oliver ’48 F. Neal Thompson ’62
2007	Daniel S. Brown ’62
2006	Eugene “Gene” Frantz ’71, ’76 MEd
2005	Joe T. Lindsoe ’52
2004	Betty Thornton Neighbours ’55 Dorothy “Bundy” Turner Potter ’64
2003	David L. Edwards ’70 Thomas L. Cassidy ’73
2002	H. Dale Almond ’57 Barbara Jones Walker ’54 William H. Whitehurst ’54 Mary Whitehurst Peris ’67
2001	William C. Blackwell ’51
2000	Joan Shepherd Jones ’77 MEd
1999	No Award
1998	Milton G. Kay ’50
1997	Bernadette Kulp Kyle ’40 Nancy K. Young ’66 MEd
1996	Rosel Hoffberger Schewel ’71 MEd, ’83 Ed.S Betty Johnson Thomson ’48 MEd
1995	Judith G. Goding ’69, ’75 MEd Edward H. Parrish III ’70 John L. Suttenfield ’49
1994	Lindsay D. Brown ’51 Clara Lee Miller ’49 Aubrey R. Moon Jr. ’56
1993	Iva Campbell Burford ’71 C. Raine Sydnor Jr. ’53
1992	Helen Godsey Murray ’42
1991	Rhodes M. Artz ’44 H. Marshall Booker ’59 Clifton W. Potter Jr. ’62
1990	Linton C. Beasley ’52 Jean Plunkett Daane ’42 Hugh C. Toler ’49
1989	Kay Putney Gantt ’62, ’71 MAT. Thomas C. Tiller Jr. ’56 Sherwood N. Zimmerman ’64
1988	H. Joseph Blanton ’51 James R. Henson ’32 Belle Morton Hill ’36
1987	Lorraine Kiley Flint ’43 Walter R. Frank Jr. ’64
1986	Dorothy Lumsden Fleshman ’32 Eloise S. Lucas ’23
1985	Fred R. Cawthorne ’49 Owen L. Goolsby ’29 Lucy Hundley Wilkins ’29
1984	Cecile Davis Thompson ’26 Ernest R. Worrell ’36
1983	Percy Wootton ’53
1982	Lloyd G. Flint Jr. ’41
1981	Dorothy Hall Givens ’30 Mervin W. Williamson ’48
1980	W. Procor Harvey ’39 Albert H. Shuster ’43 Julius A. Sigler ’62
1979	Dorothy Flint Brandon ’40 Julian A. Hawthorne ’31 John W. Johnson ’46
1978	T. Gibson Hobbs Jr. ’39
1977	Thomas A. Walker ’53
1976	Delberta Bell Bennett ’32 Viola Moore Whitehurst ’23
1975	Clyde C. Caldwell ’26 Leroy Moran ’49 Raymond M. Nee ’26 Reginald M. Wood ’32
1974	Leighton B. Dodd ’56 Quincy B. Montgomery ’27 Frederick E. Peace ’37 Agnes Howard Tilson ’10
1973	Barnard P. Edwards ’37 Hattie Shelburne Graham ’16 George M. Parker ’24
1972	Nell Summers Corey ’26 W. Carlyle Crigler ’28 James E. McKinney ’44
1971	Frank J. Bennett ’32 James R. English ’16
1970	M. Carey Brewer ’49 Wilbert H. Norton ’22 Herman M. Thompson ’26
1969	Samuel D. Green ’24 Herman A. Norton ’44 Estherina Shems ’54 Harold B. Singleton ’29
1968	C. Russell Badlock ’29 Harrison McMains ’27
1967	Leslie C. Blankinship ’32 Ruth Reynolds Straley ’27
1966	Ramon N. Redford ’28 Richard H. Thornton ’07
1965	Wilbur O. Wiley ’28 Paul A. Robertson ’12
1964	Elmer B. Givens ’08 Charles L. Harman ’29
1963	Alfred T. Degroot ’26 Maury Hundley Jr. ’38
1962	Carl C. Gillespie ’30 G. Curtis Jones ’33 W. Meredith Morment Jr. ’33 Ina Miller Rau ’10 Kingsley M. Stevens ’43 Edwin B. Wolford ’37
1961	Edgar N. Helsabeck ’05 George N. Mayhew ’22 Winnifred Watson Smith ’33 C. Raine Syndor Jr. ’29
1960	Floyd H. Crews ’22 John G. Mahan ’40 Zada Cave Walker ’19
1959	M. Harold Bell ’30 Joseph N. Harker Jr. ’25 Clara Lucille Hoye ’28 Howard A. Kester ’25 Herman M. Reynolds ’20
1958	Virgil E. Lowder ’26 W. Glen Rardin ’29 Iva Gardner Redford ’25 Shirley E. Rosser ’40
1957	M.E.N. Lindsay ’26 Kate Walker Montgomery ’20 Oren A. Oliver ’08 Ada Belch Petty ’26 Ralph B. Shank ’27
1956	Estella K. Cochran ’27 Maggie Fuller Dickinsin ’08 James O. Helsabeck ’05 J. Dexter Montgomery ’16 Chapman L. Ramsey ’20
1955	Thelma Waston Hastings ’24 Edith Lacey ’21 Hunter H. Newman ’26 Lois Hasselvander Russell ’23 Allen B. Stanger ’33
1954	James L. Hammer ’14 J. Clopton Knibb ’33 Rosa Lewis Schnek ’12
1953	William E. Gilbert ’07 Myrtle McPherson Helsabeck ’04 Haswell H. Walker ’23
1952	None
1951	Hugh M. Burleigh ’29 Mildred Pritchett Reynolds ’24 John M. Turner Jr. ’29
1950	Bessie Larue Jones ’24 J. Paul McConnell ’21 Ernest B. Motley ’08
1949	Fred Helsabeck ’29 Joseph M. Smith ’33 John A. Tate ’08
1948	Belle Boone Beard ’23 Riley B. Montgomery ’19 Harvey Gary Russell ’20 John L. Suttenfield ’25 Orville W. Wake ’32

The Kenneth R. Garren Award

This award was established in 2019 by the Lynchburg Alumni Association. It honors Dr. Kenneth R. Garren and his service to Lynchburg College/University of Lynchburg as its president from 2001-20. The award is given yearly to one University of Lynchburg graduate student who is engaged in class, mentors other students, participates in conferences and helps promote the graduate program to prospective students within their field.

2024 Recipient

Lindsey Bateman ’23 MPAM, ’24 DMSc

Nomination form

Full list of recipients

2024	Lindsey Bateman ’23 MPAM, ’24 DMSc
2022	Jyoti Aggarwal ’18 MEd, ’22 EdD

Distinguished Alumni Award

2024 Recipients

Honorary Alumni Award

2024 Recipients

John G. Eccles Student Leadership Award

2024 Recipient

M. Carey Brewer Alumni Award

2024 Recipient

Sports Hall of Fame

2023 Recipients

T. Gibson Hobbs Memorial Award

2024 Recipient

The Kenneth R. Garren Award

2024 Recipient

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