
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI
Congratulations to the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Honorees!

DAVID DEETER
Co-founder & Tax Partner
Frazier & Deeter

JACK R. FOX
Retired Brigadier General
U.S. Army

BETH JOHNSTON
Retired Senior Vice President
Human Resources
Delta Air Lines

FELICIA MAYFIELD
Retired Associate Professor
Clark Atlanta University

T. DALLAS SMITH
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
T. Dallas Smith & Company
BECOME A SPONSOR
Our sponsors serve as a vital source of support for this program. With levels ranging from $500 to $5,000, sponsorship gives you exposure to more than 120,000 alumni worldwide.
- Two tables (complimentary tickets for 16) with VIP placement
- Verbal recognition at the event and sponsor name prominently displayed on your tables
- Special recognition of your individual/company name in the program and on the media screen during event
- Recognition during the Homecoming football game on Saturday, Oct. 14
- Promotion in two alumni e-newsletters (sent to 120,000+ contacts)
- One table (complimentary tickets for 8) with VIP placement
- Verbal recognition at the event and sponsor name prominently displayed on your table
- Special recognition of your individual/company name in the program and on the media screen during event
- Recognition during the Homecoming football game on Saturday, Oct. 14
- Promotion in two alumni e-newsletters (sent to 120,000+ contacts)
- Sponsor two students to attend the event
- Four complimentary tickets to the event
- Special recognition of your individual/company name in the program and on the media screen during event
- Promotion in one alumni e-newsletter (sent to 120,000+ contacts)
- Sponsor one Georgia State University student to attend the event
- Two complimentary tickets to the event
- Special recognition of your individual/company name in the program and on the media screen during event
*Full page ($1,000) or half page ($500) can be added to any package.
Past Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
1963 Antha Mulkey ’35
1963 Howard Johnson
1964 Loula Cantrell ’30, ’36
1964/89 William M. Suttles ’42
1965 Ordry P. Ray ’39
1965 George E. Manners ’35
1966 Laura Ruth McNeil ’45
1966 Thoben Elrod ’39
1967 Kathleen D. Crouch ’57
1967 Jeptha C. Tanksley ’52
1968 Dorothy J. Strange ’44
1968/88 W. Lee Burge ’42
1969 Georgann Tatman ’45
1969 A. L. Fieldman
1970 Katy L. Hope ’76
1971 Patricia L. Sartain ’60, ’70
1973 Glenn W. Sumerlin ’67
1974 Charles Davis
1975 Catherine Cheney
1975 Sidney Feldman ’42
1981 Marie Walters Dodd
1981 George E. Smith ’39
1981 Holfman Fulbright ’73
1981 Eric Lee ’79
1981 Norma Clifton ’78
1981 William S. Jamieson ’76
1982 Jack Nelson ’57
1982 William C. Hatcher
1982 Janice Hale ’74
1982 Judith Nervius
1982 Barbara Ray
1983 Jody Powell ’66
1983 E. Harold Stokes ’62
1983 Robert Sheehan ’77
1983 Kanute Rarey ’74, ’82
1983 Phil Peters ’71, ’74
1984 Deen Day Smith ’61
1984 Dan E. Sweat ’57
1984 Samuel Gray Garwood ’74
1984 Carol E. Thompson ’72
1984 Mary Jane Armstrong ’77, ’79
1985 Devon S. Collins ’70
1985 Samuel H. Turner ’61, ’63
1985 Ronald T. Brown ’78
1985 Margaret S. Hunter ’75, ’76
1985 Robert L. Doss Jr. ’61, ’72
1986 William G. Densmore ’65, ’73
1986 Thomas E. Boland ’57
1986 Carol C. Smith
1986 Gene Dyson
1986 Peggy Childs '85
1987 Tommy Clack
1990 A. W. Dahlberg III ’70
1991 James Copeland ’67
1992 Patrick Thomas ’71
1993 Patrick Flinn ’72
1994 Veronica Biggins ’70
1994 Helen Aderhold ’76
1995 W. Clayton Sparrow ’79
1995 Ruth Otte ’78
1996 Kenneth D. Lewis ’69
1996 Patrick C. Glisson ’75
1997 Jack Kelly ’64
1997 Grover Thomas Jr. ’85
1998 Vachel Pennebaker ’70
1998 Edwin Bryant ’69, ’70
1999 Debianne Peterman ’76, ’81, ‘05
1999 Jerry Dempsey ’55
2000 Elizabeth S. Perry ’74, ’80
2000 John Cowart ’59
2001 Fred Hedges Jr. ’51
2001 William D. Reeves ’59
2002 Carl R. Zwerner ’55
2002 Brenda James Griffin ’85
2003 Patrick L. Flinn ’72
2003 Jere A. Drummond ’68
2004 C. Michael Cassidy ’76
2004 Catherine Henson ’89
2005 Michael D. Easterly ’72
2005 William Guest ’74
2005 Richard H. Lenny ’74
2006 Mark Mori ’82
2006 Ed Baker ’74
2006 James Allan Stark ’66
2007 Ralph C. Moor ’37
2007 Bill Balzer ’98
2007 David Allen Stonecipher ’67
2008 Parker H. “Pete” Petit ’73
2008 Sam Massell ’51
2008 Wayne Reid ’70
2009 Gregory A. Adams ’81
2009 David M. Holland ’67, ’69
2009 Linda Frye Campbell ’82
2010 W. Frank Blount ’69
2010 Natalie Sweat ’74
2010 Sandra Bergeron ’82
2010 Jan Jones ’82
2011 David A. Dodd ’71, ’77
2011 Rhonda Scott ’97
2011 Kathy Berry ’72, ’86
2011 Carolyn Curry ’79, ’87
2011 Scott Slade ’89
2012 Anil Sawant ’88
2012 Geri Thomas ’85
2012 Joseph D. Sansone ’79
2013 Ahmet Bozer ’83
2013 Ronald J. Freeman Sr. ’85
2013 Lee Armstrong Lumpkin ’68
2013 Alicia Philipp ’82
2014 Eva Galambos ’69
2014 Sue Henderson ’75, ’78
2014 Eric Joiner ’66, ’69
2014 Iqbal Paroo ’72, ’75
2015 David Adelman ’85
2015 Jeff Hwang ’86
2015 Sherry Hwang ’87
2015 William Pate ’81, ’85
2016 Angela Z. Allen ’80
2016 Bradford W. Ferrer ’81
2016 Henry M. Huckaby ’65, ’68
2016 Connie D. McDaniel ’80
2017 Donna S. Buchanan ’73
2017 Tammy K. Jones ’96
2017 Kevin E. Lofton ’79
2017 William H. Rogers, Jr. ’86
2018 Anthony P. Burger ’71
2018 Ann-Marie E. Campbell ’05, ’07
2018 Vesta O. Jones ’73
2018 Lamar C. Smith ’69
2019 Ed H. Bowman ’68
2019 Kat Cole ’10
2019 Rene' M. Diaz ’87
2019 Cynthia J. Kuhlman ’74, ’80
2019 Christine M. Riordan ’89, ’95
2020 N.A.
2021 John M. Dyer '87
2021 Walter M. Kimbrough '96
2021 Donna A. Lee '86
2021 Steve W. Wrigley '81
2022 Neda Barqawi '10, '14
2022 W. Franklin Evans '84, '87, '88, '94
2022 Deepak Raghavan '98, '06, '09
2022 Ray Uttenhove '72, '75
2022 Christopher Volk '87
2023 David Deeter ’77, ’78
2023 Jack R. Fox ’75
2023 Beth Johnston ’85
2023 Felicia Mayfield ’75, ’80, ’87
2023 T. Dallas Smith ’86