Dedicated to the spirit of the Volunteer, the Distinguished Alumnus/a award is the single highest alumni award given and is reserved for alumni who have excelled at the national or international level.

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2021 – Leslie Freemon Benmark (BS IE ’67, MS IE ’70)

2021 – Wayne T. Davis (MS Environmental Engineering ’73, PhD CE ’75)

2019 – Scott Kelly (MS Aviation Systems ’96)

2018 – General J. Mike Holmes (BS EE ’81)

2017 – Michael C. Crabtree (BS EE ’73, MS EE ’75)

2014 – Terry Douglass (BS EE ’65, MS EE ’66, PhD EE ’68)
Kim Greene (BS ES ’88)

2012 – Mark Dean (BS EE ’79)
Ann (BS Elementary Education ’65) and John Tickle, Sr. (BS IE ’65)

2011 – Joseph C. Cook, Jr. (BS IE ’65)

2008 – Chad Holliday (BS IE ’70)

The Alumni Professional Achievement Award recognizes alumni with outstanding contributions to their profession.

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2021 – Jerry L. Johnson (BS ChE ’94)

2017 – Barbie S. Bigelow (MS CS ’85)

2016 – Mitch Patel (BS CE 1991, MS CE ’93)

2015 – Nathan Sam Dougherty, Jr. (BS ME ’62, MS AE ’70)
Jim Flood (BS CE ’80)
Dwight Hutchins (BS ChE ’86)

2014 – Harold Conner (BS ChE ’68, MS ChE ’78)

2013 – Kathy Caldwell (BS CE ’85)

2012 – Hashem Hashemian (MS NE ’77)

2011 – Ralph Heath (BS EE ’70, MBA ’75)

The Alumni Service Award recognizes exceptional service or leadership to the University of Tennessee.

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2021 – Bill Eversole (BS EE ’73)

2019 – Cavanaugh Mims (BS NE ’86)

2018 – Thomas Edwards (BS ME ’72)
Ralph Heath (BS EE ’70, MBA ’75)
Rick Kuhlman (BS IE ’73)

2016 – Edwin A. McDougle (BS CE ’69, MS CE ’75)

2015 – Howard E. Chambers (BS ME ’64)

2013 – W. Dwight Kessel (BS IE ’50)

2012 – Charles Wharton (BS IE ’65)

The Alumni Promise Award recognizes alumni no older than 40 who have demonstrated distinctive achievement in their career, civic involvement, or both.

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2019 – Syreeta Vaughn (MS Geology ’05, MS IE ’13)

2016 – Joel B. Seligstein (BS CompSci ’06)

2012 – Stefan Duma (BS ME ’95)
Kristin Qualls (BS CE ’03)

2011 – W. David Merryman (BS ES ’01, MS ES ’02)
Amy A. Millslagle (BS ChE ’00)

2009 – Stephen Kennedy (BS ChE ’97)

The Accomplished Alumni Award program is designed to honor UT alumni who have achieved great things in their profession, volunteer roles, or civic involvement.

Read about recent Accomplished Alumni honorees.

2020 – Jim Flood (BS CE ’80)

2020 – Oscar Lee Martin Jr. (MS ChE ’96)

2019 – Bob Luther (BS EE ’63)

2018 – Mary Lee (BS CompSci ’88)

2015 – Mitch Patel (BS CE ’91, MS CE ’93)
Barry Wilmore (MS Aviation Systems ’94)

2013 – Pete Hoffman (BS ME Tech ’82, MS ME ’84)
Ken Huntsman (MS CompSci ’77)

2012 – Jorge Sotolongo (BS IE ’88)

2011 – Stefan Duma (BS ME ’95)
Carol (MS Planning ’79) and Jim Tevepaugh (MS ME ’79)

2010 – Shirley Pih Broadbery (BS Acc ’79)

2009 – Alan Gottlieb (BS NE ’71)
Colonel Hank Hartsfield, Jr. (MS ES ’71)
Jerry Johnson (BS ChE ’94)
John Stevens, Jr. (BS ME ’86)