Outstanding Alumnus Award
Presented annually to a TMU graduate (or former student who has completed a minimum of 30 hours at the institution), who has shown outstanding achievement in a specific field of endeavor, while exhibiting loyalty to and support of the university.
Academic Year | RECIPIENT | YEAR RECIPIENT GRADUATED |
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1989 | Al Dale (former ABC-TV Southeastern News bureau chief and Pulitzer Prize recipient) | 1961 |
1989 | Dr. Myron Collins (orthopedic surgeon) | 1956 |
1982 | Dr. Robert N. Nash (former SBC missionary and seminary president in Philippines) | 1956 |
1993 | Dr. Billy Frye (former provost, Emory University) | 1950 |
1994 | Mr. Larry Bryant (attorney) | 1957 |
1995 | **Senator Hinton Mitchem (state senator, State of Alabama) | 1958 |
1996 | **Dr. Kenneth Barnes | 1955 |
1997 | **Dr.Donald L. Folsom (Executive Director of Georgia Baptist Foundation) | 1954 |
1998 | **Rev. Claud Healan (former Director of Missions for Morgan, Appalachee and Mulberry Associations, GBC) | 1954 |
1999 | Mr. Michael Tull (president of I.W. Tull Sales Company) | 1975 |
2000 | Ms. Donna Kirby (former missionary to Hong Kong) | 1959 |
2001 | Rev. Robert Hatfield (Minister of Music, Dawson Memorial Baptist Church) | 1969 |
2002 | Mrs. Betty A. Walker (retired IMB missionary) | 1960 |
2003 | Mr. Jerry C. Davis (President of College of the Ozarks) | 1963 |
2004 | Dr. J. Donald Carroll (retired Director of Missions) | 1954 |
2005, 2006, 2007 | Not awarded | |
2008 | Mr. Ryan A. Bowman (Senior Leadership Consultant Chick-fil-A) | 1994 |
2009 | Dr. Diego Humphrey (Cardiologist, Muskogee, OK) | 1979 |
2010 | **Col. Ron Trotman (Retired Air Force Colonel) | 1959 |
2011 | Not awarded | |
2012 | Dr. Harris R. Malcom | 1973 |
2013 | Dr. Frank Cox (North Metro Baptist) | 1976 |
2014 | Margie Webb | 1961 |
2015 | Dr. Matthew Thompson (School Psychologist, Barrow County School System) | 1997 |
2016 | Don Howell (retired pastor) | 1961 |
2017 | B. Aldon Dixon | 1957 |
2018 | Tony Hamilton | 1976 |
2019 | Mike Anchors | 1960 |
**deceased