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Past Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients


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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Ted Spencer

Class of 1952

Inducted 1958
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Charles Skelton

Class of 1947

Inducted 1959
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Jack Baggett

Class of 1947

Inducted 1960
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J.B. Carrington

Class of 1949

Inducted 1961
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Richard Neil Gay

Class of 1948

Inducted 1962
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Joe Breithaupt

Class of 1949

Inducted 1963
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Kenneth A. Douglas

Class of 1949

Inducted 1964
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Beverly Ray Henson

Class of 1949

Inducted 1965
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Billy Moore

Class of 1955

Inducted 1966
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Betty Jo Bell

Class of 1961

Inducted 1970
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Ray Hildebrand

Class of 1960

Inducted 1971
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Derrell W. Bulls

Class of 1955

Inducted 1972
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McAfee Daniel

Class of 1948

Inducted 1973
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Billie Morris Carroll

Class of 1958

Inducted 1974
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Euin Frank

Class of 1957

Inducted 1975
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Grady Donald Rains

Class of 1961

Inducted 1976
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Robert N. McGehee

Class of 1962

Inducted 1977
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Donald Robert Fowler

Class of 1955

Inducted 1978
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J.P. Davis

Class of 1961

Inducted 1979
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Jim Bob Ivey

Class of 1948

Inducted 1980
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Judy N. Gallin

Class of 1961

Inducted 1980
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Lary L. Reed

Class of 1959

Inducted 1980
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Anthony J. Sadberry

Class of 1970

Inducted 1980
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Kim Wyatt

Class of 1973

Inducted 1981
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A. Rodney Allbright

Class of 1964

Inducted 1981
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Carlos W. Moore

Class of 1963

Inducted 1982
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Gary Bennett

Class of 1975

Inducted 1983
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Ralph Tillman Ferrell

Class of 1958

Inducted 1984
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Jerry Worsham

Class of 1957

Inducted 1985
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Bill O'Neal

Class of 1962

Inducted 1986
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George Barfield

Class of 1955

Inducted 1987
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Michael Heiskell

Class of 1970

Inducted 1988
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Nedom Muns

Class of 1959

Inducted 1989
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Ricky W. Griffin

Class of 1970

Inducted 1990
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Don Green

Class of 1956

Inducted 1991
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Ronald Deskin

Class of 1959

Inducted 1992
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Homer Gene Wasson

Class of 1951

Inducted 1993
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Jane Watson Walker

Class of 1953

Inducted 1994
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Ed W. Childs

Class of 1983

Inducted 2022
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Byron Cook

Class of 1974

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H.M. Davenport

Class of 1968

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James Einwaechter

Class of 1969

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Terry Fator

Class of 1983

Inducted 2022
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Helen Marguerite Reames Gray

Class of 1965

Inducted 2022
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Rusty Hitt

Class of 1985

Inducted 2022
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Barbara Kelley

Class of 1991

Inducted 2022
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Kevin Strength

Class of 1987

Inducted 2022
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Lowell Thompson

Class of 1990

Inducted 2022
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Brent Thompson

Class of 1997

Inducted 2022
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Chad Walker

Class of 2003

Inducted 2022
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John Henry Jenkins

Class of 1948

Inducted 2023
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Daniel Nesmith

Class of 1972

Inducted 2023
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Dianna Truelove

Class of 1968

Inducted 2023
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Weldon Hafley

Class of 1964

Inducted 2023
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Lloyd Huffman

Class of 1964

Inducted 2023
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Elisaveta Dolghih

Class of 2000

Inducted 2023
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George Solis

Class of 1961

Inducted 2023
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Thomas Vance

Class of 1972

Inducted 2023
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Linda Timmerman

Class of 1980

Inducted 2023
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Roy DeFriend

Class of 1985

Inducted 2023
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Ronald D. Watkins

Class of 1965

Inducted 2023
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Aaron Myers

Class of 2005

Inducted 2023
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Richard L. Aldama

Class of 1961

Inducted 2024
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Julie H. Arteaga

Class of 2000

Inducted 2024
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Adrain Johnson

Class of 1975

Inducted 2024
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Faith Boyd

Class of 2001

Inducted 2024
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Roberto Moreno

Class of 1962

Inducted 2024
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Darion I. Walton

Class of 2013

Inducted 2024
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Varion Walton

Class of 2013

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