Awards

Each year the Alumni Association recognizes Outstanding Alumni. All honorees are celebrated during Northeastern's Homecoming festivities.

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Distinguished Alumnus: Past Recipients
Outstanding Young Alumnus
President's Award for Community Service
Citation of Merit
Outstanding Seniors

Distinguished Alumnus
This award is presented annually to an NSU alumnus who, through personal achievement and service, has brought honor and distinction to both himself/herself and the University. Past recipients are below.


1964: Guy Lookabaugh
1965: Maurine Smith
1966: D.M. Wadley
1967: Valgene Littlefield
1968: Phillip Bohart
1969: Jack Dobbins
1970: O.W. Jones, Jr.
1971: William Bright
1972: Bertha Parker
1973: James O. Davis
1974: Vaud A. Travis, Sr.
1975: Rennard Strickland
1976: Capt. Frank Manson, U.S.N.R.
1977: John Kenneth Selby
1978: J. Roy Dodds
1979: Errol McKoy
1980: Grace Hudlin
1981: Jack Kaufman
1982: Jack Kisner
1983: G.L. Hollabaugh
1984: Jack Graves
1985: Gene Branscum
1986: Bob Cunningham

back to top		 1987: L.P. Woods, Jr.
1988: Capt. John D. MacDonald
1989: Dr. Warren Gwartney
1990: G.G. Morgan
1991: Betty (Ross) Gruenberg
1992: Sandy Garrett
1993: Oren Terrill
1994: Mary Golda Ross
1995: Larry D. Fleming
1996: Shawntel Smith
1997: Dr. Victor Robards
1998: Charles Faudree
1999: G. Ellis Gable  -  Billie Letts  -  Dr. Diane Willis  -  Dennis Letts
2000: Joan Hill
2001: Dr. William Bright  -  Betty Durham Price
2002: Larry Coker  -  Dr. Harold Battenfield
2003: Senator Herb Rozell  -  Jack Castleberry
2004: Bill & Doris Hinds  -  Gregg Wadley  -  Drew Edmondson
2005: Larry Adair  -  Dr. John Carletti
2006: Phillip Driskill  -  Robert Roady
2007: Teresa Miller
2008: Michele McCarthy  -  Dr. Linda Sue Warner
2009: Bob Berry - Ron Evans

Outstanding Young Alumnus
First awarded in 2000, this award is presented annually to an NSU alumnus who graduated in the past twenty years, and through personal achievement and service, has brought honor and distinction to both himself/herself and the University. Past recipients are below.

2000: Matt Henderson
2001: Allan Trimble
2002: Ryker Young
2003: Senator Glenn Coffee
2004: John deSteiguer
2005: Susan Illgen
2006: Todd Allen Rolland
2007: Linda Hasler-Reid
2008: Eddie Miller
2009: Jenyfer Glisson

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President's Award for Community Service
First awarded in 2003, this award is designed to recognize an alumnus or friend who has rendered outstanding service, support, or courtesy to the community. Past recipeients are below.

2003: Larry Reasor
2005: Roy & Mary Cartwright
2006: Drs. Tim & Isabel Baker
2007: Dr. Jack Dobbins
2008: Wilma Mankiller
2009: Betty Price

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Citation of Merit
This award is designed to recognize an alumnus or friend who has rendered outstanding service, support, or courtesy to NSU. Past recipients are below.

   

1970: Steve Taylor
1972: Harrell E. Garrison (posthumously)
1974: Dwight Strawhun & Enos Semore
1975: Vance McSpadden & C.Q. Cherry
1976: Jane Self, Ken Hayes, & Betty Durham Price
1977: Kim Killingsworth
1978: Charles Paulk & Dixie Woodall
1980: Lee Quiett, Willa Faye Mason, Charles Rogers,  Lucille Hurd & Henri Minsky (posthumously)
1981: Calvin Turnbow & Claude Dyer (posthumously)
1982: Bob Cunningham & W. Roger Webb
1983: Dewey G. Ballew, Claude Berry, Joan Hill, LaFerne Smith & J. Ross Underwood
1984: George Elliott, Arman Franklin & Jack Kaufman
1985: Gwen Webb, Vincent Elliott & James Wasson
1986: G.G. Morgan & Chester H. Pheiffer, Joe D. Sears & Gerald "Snowball" Hudson (posthumously)
1987: Kent Lashley, Gwen McKeeman & Orville Shapley,
Ralph Whitworth & The Descendants of Seminary Students

1988: Elsie Hood, Patrick D. Lester & Herbert J. Rozell
1989: Maxine Maniss, Robert L. Thomason, Sr. & Ralph J. Williams, Jr.
1990: Carl Nick, Charles Prigmore & Patty Skinner
1991: Goodwin Cobb II, James K. Howard, James K. Malone & Bill Trickett
1992: Marie Bishop, Richard Gaddis & Carthel Means
1993: Dr. Don Betz, Barbara Clark, Michael Fine & Dr. Neil Morton
1994: Jay Hannah, Lillian Jayne, Ruth Burbage Persson & Wes Studi
1995: Dr. Larry Griffin, Kelly Rae Ross & J. W. Patterson
1996: Jerry Belton & Fred James Taylor
1997: Kenneth "YoYo" Collins, Leo Mayfield & Dean Wadley Jr.
1998: Veraman Davism Kay Felts Arman (posthumously), Althea Franklin & Kristye Kirk-Shores
1999: M.J. VanDeventer
2000: Mary Jane Letts & Maurice Turney
2002: Clay Felts

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Outstanding Seniors
This award is designed to celebrate seniors who have exemplified the spirit of NSU through scholarship, volunteering, community and campus service. The Alumni Association recognizes a group of seniors each fall. After interviewing with members of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, one male and one female are selected to receive the Alumni Association Outstanding Senior Award, which is awarded at the Jack Kaufman Outstanding Senior Reception each spring. Past recipients are below.

 

 
1981: Roger Clark Montgomery & Lisa Ann Reed
1982: William Edward Nowlin & Donna Marie Baker
1983: Robert Lee Fleming & Deanna Gayle Clark
1984: John deSteiguer & Sally Jean Miller
1985: Mark Bullard, Darla Smith & Kristye Kirk
1986: Jeff Elkins & Holly Cunningham
1987: Jeanie Lee Stone & James Kent Rountree
1988: Todd R. Martin & Paula D. Linville
1989: Kristin M. Bennett & V. Glenn Coffee II
1990: Peggy J. Glenn & Jonathan Nichols
1991: Tina Pierce & James L. Gore
1992: Emily Lim & Matthew Benjamin
1993: Amy Beth Dasher & Jeffery W. Oliver
1994: Jennifer B. Lindblad & Ryan L. Adams

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1995: Carla Jolyn Carey-Rose & Kyle Panter
1996: Ben Storie & Erica Swearingen
1997: Bob Cole & Christy Vidacak
1998: Cori Grayson & M. Daniel Isbell
1999: Amber Arterberry & Tom Russell
2000: Starr Cliff & Jared Webster
2001: Jay Moore & Mandy Burgess
2002: Zeddie Cantrell & Sarah Burton-Vann
2003: Kristina Robel & Ryan Hiesterman
2004: Jerrod Murr & Rebecca Neely
2005: Jamie Campbell & Cerissa Brown
2006: Jill Webster, Whitney Collins & Ryan Eller
2007: Cody Brumley & Breanna Walker
2008: Challis McDonald & Jake Prill
2009: Rachel Lynn & Patrick Vaughan





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