Award Recipients
Previous Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
The Ferguson College of Agriculture Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes and honors graduates who have contributed significantly to society and have brought distinctive credit to the Ferguson College of Agriculture, inside or outside the agricultural profession.
2024 Recipients
2023 Recipients
2022 Recipients
2021 Recipients
2020 Recipients
2019 Recipients
2018 Recipients
2017 Recipients
2016 Recipients
2015 Recipients
2014 Recipients
- Larry Shell
- Ross McKnight
- Barry Pollard
2013 Recipients
- Randy Davis
- Butch Meibergen
- Bob Sherrer
2012 Recipients
- Ron Sholar
- Tommy Kramer
2011 Recipients
- Terry Forst
- Scott Dewald
- Don Schieber
2010 Recipients
- Keith Kisling
- Joe Schulte
- Doug Tippens
2009 Recipients
- Claud Evans
- Mark Hodges
- Ken Starks
2008 Recipients
- Clem McSpadden*
- Joe Neal Hampton
- Mike Kubicek
2007 Recipients
- Byrd Collins Curtis
- Edward A. Smith
- Dennis R. White
2005 Recipients
- Pongsak Angkasith
- Frank D. Lucas
2003 Recipients
- Don Peters
- R. Larry Watkins*
2002 Recipients
- George Hall
- Quintus Herron*
- Billy Tucker*
2001 Recipients
- Burke Healey*
- Ronnie Morgan
- Donald Ramsey*
2000 Recipients
- Ralph Dreessen*
- Paul Hitch*
- Lew Meibergen*
1999 Recipients
- Terry Nipp
- Orville Sweet*
- Emmett Thompson
1998 Recipients
- Bobby Moser
- Russell Pierson*
1997 Recipients
- Robert Ealy*
- David Williams
1996 Recipients
- Willard Sparks*
- Walter Woolley Jr.*
1995 Recipients
- Ray Kimsey*
- Alan Ritchey*
1994 Recipients
- Doyle Keirn*
- Jean Neustadt*
1993 Recipients
- Harold Burkhart*
- William McDonald Jr.*
1991 Recipients
- Richard Crowder*
- Richard Willham*
1990 Recipients
- U. Jerry Grant*
- Ed Long*
- Francis Tuttle*
- Robert Walton
1989 Recipients
- Duane Acker
- William Taggart*
- Wes Watkins*
1988 Recipients
- Zerle Carpenter*
- J.D. Fleming
- Henry Ponder
1987 Recipients
- Frank Baker*
- Henry Hitch Jr.*
1986 Recipients
- K.C. Emerson*
- Lloyd Long*
- William May*
1985 Recipients
- Whitham Finney*
- Leon McDonald*
1984 Recipients
- Melvin Jones
1983 Recipients
- Henry Bellmon*
- Fred Merrifield
- Herbert Swim*
*Deceased