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.

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2024 Recipients

• Jami Longacre
• Ed Moydell
• Rob and Mary Shuey
• Carl Thoma

 

2023 Recipients

• Lionel Bentley*
• Heather Buckmaster
• Gary Clark
• Andy Cole
• Eddie Fields
• Terry Tippens

 

2022 Recipients

• John Fenderson
• Jeff Hilst
• Lenny Hughes
• Karen Eifert Jones
• Tammy Lee
• Patsiann Nix Smith

 

2021 Recipients

• Mindy Brashears
• Raymond Campbell
• Michael Galyean
• Brett Ramsey and Greg Ramsey
• Frank C. Robson

 

2020 Recipients

• Greg & Kristen Hart
• Richard Carter
• Michael Kenna
• Ken Pinkston

 

2019 Recipients

• Austin Kenyon
• Clint Roush
• Tererai Trent
• Susanne Wasson

 

2018 Recipients

• Charlotte Kirk Baer
• Frederick Drummond*
• Gregory Schultz*

 

2017 Recipients

• Richard Large*
• Bill Lingren
• Paul Redman

 

2016 Recipients

• Larry Ferguson
• Ron Justice
• Matthew Waits

 

2015 Recipients

• Minnie Lou Bradley
• James E. Kennamer
• Robert L. Westerman*

 

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