Past Winners
Established in 1973, the Alumni Distinguished Service Awards are the highest honor bestowed on an alumnus/alumna by the Virginia Tech Alumni Association. Presented at commencement, this award recognizes individuals on the significance of their contributions to the university, the Alumni Association, and their communities, with additional consideration for professional achievements and accomplishments. Here are a list of past recipients.
- 2025: Deseria Creighton-Barney and Mark Lawrence
- 2024: Greta J. Harris and James E. Pearman Jr.
- 2023: A. Carole Pratt and Jay S. Poole
- 2022: John E. Dooley and James “Jim” Watkins
- 2021: H. Pat Artis and Michael J. Quillen
- 2020: Deborah Petrine and Lance Smith
- 2019: Frank M. Beamer, Joe W. Meredith, Raymond D. Smoot Jr., Charles W. Steger Jr. (awarded posthumously), and Thomas C. Tillar
- 2018: James Hatch and Mary Nolen Blackwood
- 2017: Nancy Moga and Charlie Wood
- 2016: Jeanne Centracchio DaDamio, James E. Smith
- 2015: David Calhoun, Harold “Hal” W. Schneikert Jr.
- 2014: Wayne Robinson, Curry Roberts
- 2013: Ben J. Davenport Jr., David E. Lowe
- 2012: John R. Lawson II, Jean Arnold Dodge
- 2011: John C. Watkins, Sidney C. Smith Jr.
- 2010: Jim Shuler, E. Ann Spencer
- 2009: Marni Byrum, Patricia Caldwell, John Higginbotham
- 2008: Kimble Reynolds Jr., Nancy Bowman Sauer
- 2007: Charles E. Broadwater Jr., W. Thomas Clark Jr.
- 2006: Calvin D. Jamison, Paul M. Saunders
- 2005: Marcella K. Arline, Eddie F. Hearp, Eugene E. Fife
- 2004: Gene A. James, James Eugene Justice, L. Preston Wade
- 2003: James E. Turner, Carlton Southworth
- 2002: Alexander F. Giacco, John Grado
- 2001: Cecil R. Maxson Jr., Clifton C. Garvin
- 2000: Robert B. Delano, John G. Rocovich Jr.
- 1999: Mary Virginia Jones, Sam Lionberger
- 1998: Daniel W. Bird, Jr., G. E. “Buddy” Russell
- 1997: Mace T. Coleman, William W. Moseley
- 1996: William C. Latham
- 1995: Charles O. Strickler, Leo A. Vecellio Sr.
- 1994: Thomas W. Moss Jr., J. Landon Short
- 1993: Harold N. Hoback, Joseph C. Thomas
- 1992: H. M. (Mac) McEver, Joseph Metzger (posthumously)
- 1991: George A. Costan, Kenneth L. Motley
- 1990: William K. Barlow, William E. Jamerson
- 1989: Horace G. Fralin, Willis S. White Jr.
- 1988: Lucian Y. Grove, G. Truman. Ward
- 1987: Henry J. Dekker, Kenneth V. Brugh Jr.
- 1986: Earl T. Gresham Jr., James B. Jones
- 1985: Richard M. Bagley, W. Ernest Norcross
- 1984: Roie M. Godsey, Henry B. Redd (posthumously)
- 1983: William E. Skelton, Lee C. Tait
- 1982: Fitzhugh C. Moore
- 1981: Christopher C. Kraft Jr.
- 1980: Parke C. Brinkley, Annie S. Leeper, William C. Wampler
- 1979: Edward R. English, George W. Litton, J. Kenneth Robinson, John E. Scott Jr.
- 1978: Charles B. Kirk Jr., W. Martin Johnson
- 1977: Julian N. Cheatham, Lewis A. Hall, Davidson Charlton Wysor
- 1976: J. Edwin Givens, Henry B. Boynton, Lucy Lee Lancaster
- 1975: Henry G. McBurney, Margaret R. Svoboda, William S. Moffett, Clarice Slusher Pritchard, Harry N. Gustin II, William E. Betts Jr.
- 1974: Gordon D. Bowman, Clifford A. Cutchins III, Charles O. Gordon, Gilbert L. Seay, Wyatt A. Williams
- 1973: John W. Bates Jr., Guy L. Furr, Robert O. Goodykoontz, John W. Hancock Jr., Charles R. Harris, Adger S. Johnson, Edward H. Lane Sr., Walter S. Newman, Robert B. Pamplin Sr., Samuel D. Preston, Herman L. Pritchard, W. Thomas Rice, Frank L. Robeson, Heath M. Robinson, C. Eugene Rowe, Carrie T. Sibold, Oscar F. Smith III, Erwin H. Will, Robert F. Willey, Harry C. Wyatt