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Distinguished Alumnus of the Year

Lee University recognizes one individual each year who is a graduate of the university and is deserving of special recognition. The award is presented annually at the university's Homecoming events. The following persons have been recognized as distinguished alumni by Lee:
YEAR
RECIPIENT
1960
Charles W. Conn
1961
James A. Cross
1962
J. H. Walker Sr.
1963
Roy Earl Hamilton
1964
Charles R. Beach
1965
James A. Stephens
1966
Paul H. Walker
1967
David Lemons
1968
O. Wayne Chambers
1969
W. C. Byrd
1970
William E. Johnson
1971
Dora P. Myers
1972
Ray H. Hughes Sr.
1973
J. H. Walker Jr.
1974
Odine Morse
1975
Bill Higginbotham
1976
Ralph E. Williams
1977
Jerry Lambert
1978
Paul Conn
1979
Cecil B. Knight
1980
Bennie S. Triplett
1981
Zeno C. Tharp
1982
E. C. Thomas
1983
Paul L. Walker
1984
Robert White
1985
Lucille Walker
1986
R. Lamar Vest
1987
Billie Jones
1988
Don Medlin
1989
Robert E. Daugherty Sr.
1990
Kenneth E. Hall
1991
Loran Livingston
1992
J. Patrick Daugherty
1993
Raymond Conn
YEAR
RECIPIENT
1993
Gary Sharp
1994
G. Dennis McGuire
1995
Mark Harris
1996
Robert Jenkins
1997
Bill F. Sheeks
1998
C. DeWayne Knight
1999
Raymond Culpepper
2000
Bill Balzano
2001
Marty Smith
2002
Donald Price
2003
David Black
2004
Bill George
2005
John Gentry
2006
Judy Markham Pittman
2007
Steve Dorman
2008
Jeff Conn
2009
Andrea Hudson
2010
Marcus Lamb
2011
Darlia McLuhan Conn
2012
Andrew and Tori Smith
2013
Delton Alford
2014
Cyndi Howell Joiner
2015
Claire Sanger
2016
Nathan Chapman
2017
Alisa White
2018
Patricia Carroll
2019
Danny Murray
2020
Stephanie Taylor
2021
Steve Black
2022
Christopher Camp
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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