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Zeno C. Tharp Award

The Zeno C. Tharp Award was established in 1955 and named in honor of the sixth president of Lee, who served 1935-1944. The award is given to the graduate who shows the greatest promise of making a significant contribution to the life of the Church.

​Throughout its history, the Lee University faculty has established only three awards for graduating seniors which are voted on by the entire university faculty: F. J. Lee Award, Zeno C. Tharp Award, and the Charles Paul Conn Award. These awards are given each year at spring graduation.

YEAR
STUDENT RECIPIENT
1955
Donald Gibson
1956
W. H. Dean
1957
Odine Morse
1958
Jimmy Bilbo
1959
Jack H. Smith
1960
Ruth Crawford Lindsey
1961
Harold Stephens
1962
Martha Smith
1963
Philip Morris
1964
John Lombard
1965
Jim Burns
1966
Bob Varner
1967
Paul Conn
1968
Joel Harris
1969
Thomas Russell
1970
Dan Boling
1971
Dorothy Leek
1972
Fransisco Son
1973
Dollas Messer
1974
Jerome Boone
1975
Larry Knowles
1976
Phil Thomas
1977
Keith Munford
1978
Terry Cross
1979
Robin Killman
1980
Keith Elliott
1981
Bruce Tucker
1982
Phyllis Bare
1983
Cheryl McTammany
1984
Marc A. Morris
1985
Jeff Little
1986
Phil Morris
1987
Lisa Peterson
1988
Chris Fraley
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STUDENT RECIPIENT
1989
Michael Fuller
1990
Jeremy Robinson
1991
Kimberly Cannon
1992
Deana Lytle Thompson
1993
Sherry D. Carter
1994
Marlon Allers
1995
Bonnie Weatherford
1996
Faye Bodley
1997
Mattew Mondi
1998
Heather J. Miller
1999
Jeremy C. Mauldin
2000
Rita Michelle Tau
2001
Robert Fultz
2002
Jodi Southerland
2003
William Love
2004
Kimberly Reed
2005
Kathryn Marlow
2006
Amy Beth Bullard
2007
Andrew Quinley
2008
Josiah Ewing
2009
Breanna Dillon
2010
Lydia ​Nascimento
2011
Jenna Dunson
2012
Laura Sherwood
2013
Hollie Heerak Kim
2014
Abigail Greves
2015
Ashley Matthews
2016
Kelsie Wymore
2017
Dalton McBeath 
2018
Nicholas Eckert
2019
Alejandra de Jesus Guajardo
2020
Nicolette Gordon
2021
Grace Anne Cochrane
2022
Kelsey Yoder
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