The Hall Of Distinction
Initiated in 2007, the Alumni Hall of Distinction recognize and honor you for your professional accomplishments, outstanding character, community service and most importantly, your commitment to your Alma Mater. You are a symbol of respected and esteemed individuals who “Departed to Serve” and have “Linked Together in Unity and Serving Together with Purpose.”
We honor each of you.
*Deceased
^Posthumous
2023 Inductees
Prince Jernigan ’73
Dr. Deborah Daniels ’77
Jeanette Rankin ’79
Herman Floyd Peterson ’82
Dr. Kimberly Kelsey ’87
Katrina Grant ’95
2022 Inductees
Nancy C. Patterson Jernigan ’73
Debra Stewart Hart ’76
Kimberly Sherrill ’82
Myra Brower Waddell ’83
Valonda Bruinton Calloway ’94
Joyce Dove Leak ’94
William S. Horton, Jr. ’96
Tim Watkins ’10
2021 Inductees
Dr. Sophia Pierce ‘60
Milliceson Hayes ’61
^Michael Murrell ‘76
Christopher Wilson ’83
Benetta Dease Horton ’96
Deidra Artis Phyall ‘05
Ladia Rutledge ‘07
2020 Inductees
Doris Moore – ’81
George Jaggers, III – ’81
Stanley Harding – ’85
Sean A. Bellamy – ’05
2019 Inductees
Cleveland Ellison ’60
Mary Roseboro Gill ’64
Veronica Carter Jackson ’90
Octavius Robinson ’92
Clyde A. Caudle ’93
Dr. Siobahn C. Day ’05
2018 Inductees
Cheryl Brooks Akuma
Valeria Clark Edwards
Dr. Thomas Monterio
Lillie M. Walters
2017 Inductees
Regina Cason
Janice Brodie Perry
Calsine Pitt
Dr. Rosa Williams
2016 Inductees
Nina Christian ’64
Velma C. Hicks ’65
Gordon Everett *’78
2015 Inductees
Karen S. Hicks ‘84
2014 Inductees
Jacqueline Pittman Curteon ‘73
Aquadella Rivers ‘75
Dr. Reginald Sherard ‘78
Major (Ret.) Winfred Mack, Jr. ‘80
2013 Inductees
Sylvia A. Flack ’66
Claudia H. Skinner ’74
Barbara B. Williams ’78
Edna C. Sigers ’93
2012 Inductees
Alex Johnson
DeValdean Penn ’74
Barbara W. Puryear ’68
Carolyn Closs-Walford ’87
2011 Inductees
Patti Sanders-Smith ’76
Mary S. Woods
2010 Inductees
John Siger ’67
Tonya Talley-Smith ’70
Mose Belton ’72
Albert Mitchell ’75
Victor L. Bruinton ‘82
Kelvin Walton ’87
2009 Inductees
Mrs. Marie Allen Matthews’48
Herbert F. Stover ’60
Ms. Mary Catherine Reese Buford ‘61
Mr. Walter Marshall ‘65
Verndene Paylor Pettiford *‘65
Sandra Wilder ’67
Mr. Donald Ray Cureton, Sr.‘75
2008 Inductees
Charles Haynes* ‘53
Daniel A. Woodard ‘53
Verlia M. Haynes ‘54
Alice D. McNeil ‘55
Shirley F. Sims* ‘56
Barbara C. Manning ‘60
Herman McNeil ‘60
Donald R. Faison *‘62
* Larry W. Womble ‘63
Theodore Blunt ‘65
^Naomi Laws* ‘66
* Mildred R. Griffin ‘67
^Yvette L. Hatcher* ‘70
Earline M. Richardson ‘71
Curtis Richardson ‘76
2007 Inductees
^Susie Speight Hilliard*’31
Dr. Rachel Diggs Wilkinson*’33
^B. Nathaniel Cook*’34
^Lafayette A. Cook*’37
^Imogene Brown Ellis*’38
^Joseph O. Lowery*’38
^Edwin L. Patterson*’38
Dr. C.B. Hauser* ‘40
^Margaret A. Edmonds*’46
Peyton Hairston*’54
Clarence “Jeep” Jones ‘55
Dr. James “Pokey” Wright ‘55
Beaufort O. Bailey *‘57
James R. Jarrell ‘63
Paulette Gwyn Marshall ‘69
Quether Wilkins ‘72
Joseph L. Bumbrey, Sr. ‘73
Catherine Pettie Hart ‘74
Dr. Gwendolyn Johnson’75
Cheryl Harrison ‘82
^A.B. Reynolds*
^Jack A. Atkins*
Etta Hill*
Winslow Lowery’
Dr. Velma Jackson*
*Deceased
^Posthumous
