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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)

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Ted Spencer, '52

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Charles Skelton, '47

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Jack Baggett, '47

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J.B. Carrington, '49

 

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Richard Neil Gay, '48

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Joe Breithaupt, '49

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Kenneth A. Douglas, '49 

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Beverly Henson, '49

 

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

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Edna Innerarity Rawlings, Ph.D., '53

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Bonnie Binford Langley, '63 

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

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PAST ALUMNI RECIPIENTS INDUCTED (1970-1979)

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Betty Jo Bell, '61

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Ray Hildebrand, '60

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Derrell W. Bulls, D.B.A., '55 

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McAfee Daniel, '48

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Billie Morris Carroll, '58

 

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Euin Frank, '57

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The Honorable Grady Donald Rains, '61 

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

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Donald Robert Fowler, M.D., '55

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

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PAST ALUMNI RECIPIENTS INDUCTED (1980-1989) 

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Jim Bob Ivey, '48

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

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

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

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Kim Wyatt, '73

 

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

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

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Gary Bennett, J.D., '75

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Ralph Tillman Ferrell, Ph.D., '58

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Jerry Worsham, '57

 

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 Dr. Bill O'Neal, Hon. Litt.D., '62

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

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Michael Heiskell, J.D., '70

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

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PAST ALUMNI RECIPIENTS INDUCTED (1990-1994) 

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

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

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Ronald Deskin, M.D.,'59

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Homer G. Wasson, '51

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Jane Watson Walker, Ph.D., '53

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PAST ALUMNI RECIPIENTS INDUCTED (2022-2024)  

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

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

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The Honorable H.M. Davenport, '68

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James Einwaechter, '69

 

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Terry Fator, '83 

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Helen Marguerite Reames Gray, '65

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Rusty Hitt, '85

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Barbara Kelley, '91

 

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Kevin Strength, '87

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Lowell Thompson, J.D., '90

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Brent Thompson, '97

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Chad Walker, '03

 

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John Henry Jenkins, J.D. '48

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Daniel Nesmith, '72

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Dianna Truelove, '68

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Weldon Hafley, '64

 

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Lloyd Huffman, '64

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Elisaveta Dolghih, J.D.,'00

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George Solis, '61

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Thomas L. Vance, '72

 

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Linda Timmerman, Ed.D., '80

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Roy DeFriend, '85

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Ronald D. Watkins, '65

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Aaron Myers, '05

 

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Richard Aldama, '61

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Julie Arteaga, '00

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Adrain Johnson, '75

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Faith Boyd, '01

 

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Roberto Moreno, '62

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Darion Walton, '13

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Varion Walton, '13

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