Meritorious Service Award
(first award presented in 1989)
Presented annually to a person (may be alumnus or not) who has shown loyalty and commitment to Truett McConnell University through outstanding service, e.g., as a trustee, financial contributor, student recruiter, administrator, faculty member or some area of Christian service.
ACADEMIC YEAR | RECIPIENT | YEAR RECIPIENT GRADUATED |
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1989 | **Mr. Jack Holcomb and Dr. Louise Holcomb (former students, faculty members and administrators of Truett McConnell) | |
1990 | **Mr. J. C. Driskell (former faculty member of Truett McConnell and benefactor of the Truett McConnell Baptist Student Union program) | |
1991 | **Dr. L. Lounell Mullis (former faculty member) | |
1992 | **Dr. Pearl Nix (charter faculty member, trustee and scholarship visionary) | |
1993 | Dr. Truett Gannon (pastor, former president of Georgia Baptist Convention, former chairman of Truett McConnell Board of Trustees) | |
1994 | **Mr. Earl Payne (former faculty member) | |
1995 | Mr. Colby Tilley (former Truett McConnell women’s basketball coach) | |
1996 | Mr. Rodney Fitzgerald (former Truett McConnell faculty member and administrator; current Truett McConnell adjunct instructor) | |
1997 | Dr. Helen Adams (former faculty member and drama director) | |
1998 – 2012 | Not awarded | |
2013 | **Mrs. Jessie L. White (former Truett McConnell trustee and former Alumni Director) | |
2013 | Ms. Edna Holcomb (former Truett McConnell registrar, former Alumni Director) | 1948 |
2013 | Rev. Barry Thompson (alumnus and former trustee) | 1973 |
2018 | Willis Melvin Shephard | 1960 |
2019 | John O. Yarbrough (former president of the GBC, retired TMU Alumni Director, pastor) | 1969 |
**deceased