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The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor that Navarro College bestows upon an outstanding alum. The award acknowledges and recognizes the outstanding accomplishments and exemplarily achievements of Navarro College alumni whose personal lives, professional achievements, and community service exemplify the objectives of their alma mater.  The award recipients are chosen by the Distinguished Alumni Award Selection Committee consisting of members of the Navarro College Foundation Board of Directors, two Navarro College employees (active or retired) and the Executive Director of the Foundation. 

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  PAST ALUMNI RECIPIENTS INDUCTED (1958-1969)  

Ted Spencer
Ted Spencer, '52
Charles Skelton
Charles Skelton, '47
Jack Baggett
Jack Baggett, '47
J.B. Carrington
J.B. Carrington, '49

 

Richard Neil Gay
Richard Neil Gay, '48
 
Joe Breithaupt
Joe Breithaupt, '49
Kenneth Douglas
Kenneth A. Douglas, '49
 
Beverly Henson
Beverly Henson, '49

 

Billy Moore
Billy J. Moore, '55
Edna Rawlings
Dr. Edna Innerarity Rawlings, '53
Bonnie Langley
Bonne Binford Langley, '63 
Wendell Cook
Dr. Wendell Cook, '50
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  PAST ALUMNI RECIPIENTS INDUCTED (1970-1979)  

Betty Jo Bell
Betty Jo Bell, '61
Ray Hildebrand
Ray Hildebrand, '60
Derrell Bulls
Dr. Derrell W. Bulls, '55 
McAfee Daniel
McAfee Daniel, '48
Billie Carroll
Billie Morris Carroll, '58
 

 

Euin Frank
Euin Frank, '57
Grady Rains
Grady Donald Rains, '61 
Robert McGhee
Dr. Robert N. McGehee, '62
Donald Fowler
Dr. Donald Robert Fowler, '55
JP Davis
J.P. Davis, '61
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  PAST ALUMNI RECIPIENTS INDUCTED (1980-1989)  

Jim Bob Ivey
Jim Bob Ivey, '48
Judy Gallin
Dr. Judy N. Gallin, '61
Lary Reed
Dr. Lary L. Reed, '59
 
Tony Sadberry
Anthony J. Sadberry, '70
 
Kim Wyatt
Kim Wyatt, '73
 

 

Rodney Albright
Dr. A. Rodney Allbright, '64
 
Carlos Moore
Dr. Carlos W. Moore '63
Gary Bennett
Gary Bennett, '75
Ralph Ferrell
Dr. Ralph Tillman Ferrell, '58
Jerry Worsham
Jerry Worsham, '57

 

Bill O'Neal
 Dr. Bill O'Neal, '62
George Barfield
Dr. George Barfield, '55
Michael Heiskell
Michael Heiskell, '70
Nedom Muns
Dr. Nedom C. Muns, '59
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  PAST ALUMNI RECIPIENTS INDUCTED (1990-1994)  

Ricky Griffin
Ricky W. Griffin, '70
Don Green
Dr. Don C. Green, '56
Ronald Deskin
Dr. Ronald Deskin, '59
Homer Wasson
Homer G. Wasson, '51
Jane Walker
Dr. Jane Watson Walker, '53
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  PAST ALUMNI RECIPIENTS INDUCTED (2022- )  

Ed Childs
Dr. Ed W. Childs, '83
Byron Cook
Honorable Byron Cook, '74
H.M. Davenport
H.M. Davenport, '68
James Einwaechter
James Einwaechter, '69

 

Terry Fator
Terry Fator, '83 
Helen Marguerite Reames Gray
Helen Marguerite Reames Gray, '65
Rusty Hitt
Rusty Hitt, '85
Barbara Kelley
Barbara Kelley, '91
 
Kevin Strength
Kevin Strength, '87
Lloyd Thompson
Lowell Thompson, '90
Brent Thompson
Brent Thompson, '97
Chad Walker
Chad Walker, '03
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