Alumni & Friends

The university sets and interprets nomination guidelines. The changing demographics of the Milligan community require that these guidelines be periodically reviewed and updated to more closely reflect our constituency.

Purpose

The Distinguished Alumnus/a Award exists to honor those alumni who have brought distinction to Milligan University through a lifetime of committed Christian service and through personal and professional accomplishments.

Qualifications

• The candidate must have successfully completed a minimum of 24 credit hours at Milligan.
• Graduates from a traditional undergraduate program must have received their degree at least twenty years prior to date of nomination; graduates from a non-traditional program or a graduate program must have graduated a minimum of 5 years prior to date of nomination.
• The candidate must have accomplished deeds of significance to society.
• The candidate must be of the finest Christian character.
• The candidate’s life and accomplishments must have brought distinction to Milligan University.

Nomination Process

Nominations must include a completed nomination form and data supporting the candidate’s accomplishments. (This data may consist of statistics, newspaper clippings, letters of reference, etc.) Anonymous nominations will not be considered.

• Nominations may be accepted from alumni, faculty, staff, administration and relatives of nominees.
• Nominations may remain active for three nominating periods.
• Nominations received by May 15 of the calendar year will be considered for the calendar year; nominations received after May 15 will be considered in the following calendar year.

The Selection Committee

The selection committee consists of the Director of Alumni Relations, the president of the Alumni Leadership Council and university administrators. Nominations are accepted from alumni and friends of the university.

First	Last	Award Year	Class Year
William H.	Millsaps	1970	1933
Marcus J.	Stewart	1971	1933
James F.	Landrum	1972	1958
Arnold D.	Albright	1973	1937
George W.	Kelly	1975	1934
Jimmie O.	Pierson	1976	1959
Robert L.	Taylor	1977	1921
Lawrence G.	Derthick	1978	1927
Ivor G.	Jones	1979	1926
Glen M.	Williams	1980	1940
Ada Elizabeth	Hart	1981	1925
James H.	Kegley	1982	1941
Harriette E.	Wells	1983	1934
Laken G.	Warnock	1984	1957
W. R.	Alexander	1985	1960
Ray A.	Giles	1986	1957
David A.	Nash	1987	1964
James L.	Perkins	1988	1964
William T.	Mathes	1989	1942
W. E.	Fine	1990	1961
Billye Joyce	Fine	1990	1963
W. M.	Smith	1991	1968
Joyce K.	Smith	1991	1968
Marshall W.	Hayden	1992	1963
Steve B.	Lacy	1993	1931
James M.	Swiney	1994	1957
James L.	Evans	1995	1957
Marshall J.	Leggett	1996	1951
Gary D.	Porter	1997	1968
James D.	Rose	1998	1950
James S.	Frasure	1999	1962
William A.	Nice	1999	1964
Keith N.	Schoville	2000	1956
Sonny	Smith	2001	1958
Del	Harris	2001	1959
Alan	Ahlgrim	2002	1969
Ben	Young	2003	1960
Dave	Snyder	2004	1982
Suzie	Snyder	2004	1983
Fred	Norris	2005	1963
John	Wiggins	2006	1961
David	Davis	2007	1991
Tony	Twist	2008	1974
Gary	Richardson	2009	1978
Cal	Wilson	2010	1970
Greg	Johnson	2011	1976
Becky	Lewis Johnson	2011	1975
Duard	Walker	2012	1948
Chip	Fowler	2013	1973
Troy	Hammond	2014	1989
Francis Gary	Powers	2015	1950
Lee	Magness	2016	1969
Patricia	Phillips Magness	2016	1969
Tom	Jones	2017	1977
Debbie	Fralish Jones	2017	1977
Paul	Blowers	2017	1977
Jeffrey	Moorhouse	2018	1991
Ben	Cachiaras	2019	1992 (MDiv)
Eric	Deaton	2021	1983
Clay	Runnels	2021	2006 (MBA)
Jamie	Swift	2021	1999
Roger	Babik	2022	1979
Dale	Clayton	2023	1973
Richard	Phillips	2024	1974

The university sets and interprets nomination guidelines. The changing demographics of the Milligan community require that these guidelines be periodically reviewed and updated to more closely reflect our constituency.

Purpose

The Milligan University Professional Excellence Award exists to honor those alumni who have excelled in their chosen field. It also serves to encourage and increase awareness of recipients’ notable achievements and contributions to their profession so that they might serve as an example for others to follow.

Nomination Process

• Nominations must include a completed nomination form and data supporting the candidate’s accomplishments. (This data may consist of statistics, newspaper clippings, letters of reference, etc.) Anonymous nominations will not be considered.
• Nominations may be accepted from alumni, faculty, staff, administration and relatives of nominees.
• Nominations may remain active for three nominating periods.
• Nominations received by May 15 of the calendar year will be considered for the calendar year; nominations received after May 15 will be considered in the following calendar year.

Qualifications

• The candidate must be have successfully completed a minimum of 24 credit hours at Milligan University.
• The candidate must have graduated at least ten years prior to date of nomination.
• The candidate must have brought distinction to Milligan University through his/her career (i.e. business, education, missions, ministry, science, medicine, research, volunteer service, journalism, art, music, etc.).
• The candidate must demonstrate high standards of integrity and Christian character.

The Selection Committee

The selection committee consists of the Director of Alumni Relations, the president of the Alumni Leadership Council, and University administrators. Nominations are accepted from alumni and friends of the University.

First	Last	Award Year	Class Year
Steven	Allen	1998	1980
Philip	Davis	1998	1962
William	Dever	1998	1955
Marsha	Elliott	1998	1969
Rebecca	Plumer	1998	1978
Frank	Sells	1998	1969
Mark	Webb	1998	1972
Bill	Clem	1999	1969
Louise	Clites	1999	1952
John	O’Dell	1999	1970
John	Willis	1999	1938
Hope	Marston	2000	1956
Tim	Bush	2000	1970
Cal	Wilson	2001	1970
Mary Lynn	Dell	2001	1981
Eric	Deaton	2001	1983
Gary	Richardson	2001	1978
Tammy	Boyd Ross	2002	1982
Dan	Foote	2002	1983
Ron	Dove	2002	1987
Dan	McCall	2003	1986
Greg	Allen	2003	1983
Judith	Giles Morgan	2003	1963
Robbie	Jones Anderson	2004	1973
Jim	Burgen	2004	1984
William Edward	Ringley	2004	1973
Laura	Caley Matney	2004	1972
Scott	Kent	2005	1991
Jeff	Smith	2005	1978
Leslie	Williams	2005	1986
Tom	Kim	2006	1969
Cathy	Barlow	2006	1970
Tim	Hartman	2006	1982
Tembra	Chaplain Aldridge	2007	1981
Rod	Irvin	2007	1970
Warren	Miller	2007	1972
Jim	Green	2008	1982
Lezlee	Eick Knowles	2008	1971
Greg	Moffatt	2008	1983
Gina	Adams Reynolds	2009	1996
Loren	Stuckenbruck	2009	1981
Dee	Ledermann England	2010	1976
Brian	Jobe	2010	1995
Ken	Oosting, II	2010	1983
Paul	Bajko	2011	1953
Jeff	Bourn	2011	1986
Tricia	Huffman	2011	2005 (MBA)
Becky	Schauer Robertson	2012	1995
Chuck	Sanders	2012	1983
Carolyn	Kustanbauter	2013	1973
Wilbur	Reid	2013	1988
Jack	Sale	2014	1967
Annie	Tipton	2014	2004
Marvin	Eichorn	2015	2010 (MBA)
Emily	Homrich Mitchell	2015	2001
Myra	O’Dell	2017	2004, 2018 (MBA)
David	Wantz	2017	1977
Will	Little	2018	2006
Kelli	Sams Scott	2018	2001, 2003 (MSOT)
Terence	Gadsden	2019	2003
Autumn	Hardy Pruitt	2019	2009
Jason	Derry	2022	1996
Suzanne	Lake Nadell	2022	1997
Corey	Paulson	2023	1996
Ronda	Vaught Paulson	2023	1997
Susan	Housholder Ashton-Lazaroae	2024	1989
Jeffrey	Dykes	2024	1979

The George W. Hardin Spirit of Milligan Award is named after an alumnus who gave significant time, money and encouragement to the school, ensuring its continued existence. The honor is given to an alum or friend of the University who has poured himself or herself into the institution.

Name	Year Inducted
Grace (Carroll ’38) Albright	2000
Roger(’50) and Louise (Griffin, ’52) Clites	2001
George (’42) and Janet Arnold	2002
Edgar Clinton Wilson	2003
Dennis and Cookie Helsabeck	2004
Carol Barker	2005
Jackie (Harrison ’55) Acker	2006
Jim and Ivy Rice	2007
Al (’58) and Marylyn (Rozell ’57) Covell	2008
Frank Jarrett	2009
Ed McKinney	2010
Clint (’95) and Adele (Adinolfi ’95) Holloway	2011
Tim Snyder (’85)	2012
Mignon (Mayfield ’62) Holben	2013
Aldridge and Greenwell Families	2014
The Restoration Crew	2015
Clarinda (Phillips ’71) Jeanes	2016
Dennis Helsabeck, Jr.	2018
Wendy (Hanselman ’71) Patrick	2019
Bill Gwaltney	2023
Bruce (’59) and Rosemarie (Klein ’59) Shields	2024

The Heritage Award is awarded in appreciation for longevity and dedication to Milligan.

Name	Year Inducted
Clem Families	2010
Marvin and Charliece Swiney	2011
Hesabeck/Hobson Families	2012
Hughston/Cassens Families	2013
Frasure Families	2014
Richardson Family	2015
Phillips/Magness Families	2022

Purpose

The Milligan University Athletics Hall of Fame exists to honor outstanding athletes, coaches and other significant participants in the athletics program of Milligan University. Induction serves to encourage and increase awareness of individuals’ significant achievements in and contributions to athletics and to provide a physical archiving of some of the university’s finest alumni, coaches and friends.

Qualifications

• The candidate must be an alumnus/a of Milligan University or have had a significant association with the Milligan University athletics program. (e.g. Dr. Orvel Crowder, who was inducted in 1996, was not an alumnus but was a professor and distinguished wrestling coach.)
• If an alumnus/a, the candidate must have graduated at least five years prior to date of nomination. However, greater consideration will be given to those who have graduated 10 or more years prior to the date of nomination.
• The candidate must have brought distinction to Milligan University through athletics participation.
• The candidate must demonstrate high standards of integrity and Christian character.

Nomination Process

Nominations must include a completed nomination form and data supporting the candidate’s accomplishments. (This data may consist of statistics, newspaper clippings, letters of reference, etc.) Anonymous nominations will not be considered.

• Nominations may be accepted from alumni, faculty, staff, administration and relatives of nominees.
• Nominations may remain active for three nominating periods.
• Nominations received by May 15 of the calendar year will be considered for the calendar year; nominations received after May 15 will be considered in the following calendar year.

The Selection Committee

The selection committee consists of the Director of Alumni Relations and college faculty and staff.