Distinguished Alumni Awards
The Distinguished Alumni Award is given annually to graduates who have brought extraordinary honor to Old Dominion University through distinction in their fields.
2010 Distinguished Alumni
Thomas Dicillo '75
Kenneth Stepka '74
Richard Thurman '76
Ting Xu '88
2009 Distinguished Alumni
Marcia Bartusiak ’79
Jodi Gidley ’94
Luke Hillier ’94
David Twardzik ’72
Renee Warren
2008 Distinguished Alumni
Maj. Gen. John Bednarek '75
Michael A. Franklin '95
Larry Kittelberger MBA '75
Shamina Singh '91
George T. Singley III ME '77
Tommy Smigiel '00
2007 Distinguished Alumni
Dr. Maurice Niel Ransom ’70 (MS ’71)
Clydette Powell, MD, MPH ‘72
Dr. Linda Davis ‘70
James V. Meath ‘71
Elizabeth A. Duke MBA ‘83
RADM Michael D. Hardee, USN ‘76
RADM Donald P. Loren, USN (Ret) MS ‘83
2006 Distinguished Alumni
Alphonso V. Diaz, MS ‘70
Dr. Linda L. Lilley, MS ‘84
Thomas J. Murphy ‘83
Deborah S. Stearns ‘80
Dr. Ella P. Ward, MS ‘93
RADM Charles H. Griffiths, Jr. MS ‘05
2005 Distinguished Alumni
Adriane M. Brown '80
Jamie M. Grooms '84
David L. McFarland '84
Keith Sutton '83
Joel Lewis '68
Victoria V. Sutton '86
Adm. Robert F. Willard (M.E.M. '05)
2004 Distinguished Alumni
Mr. Michael C. May '81
Oliver Purnell Jr. '75
BG Kathleen M. Gainey '78
Doña Storey '73
Dr. Barry S. Segal '69
Mr. H. Lynn Hopewell, Jr. '58
Barry Kornblau '71
Brian Holland '93
2003 Distinguished Alumni
W. Lance Anderson '84
Daniel J. Barchi (M.S.'97)
Anne T. Donovan '83
Nanci Little Gosnell '78
Alton Jay Harris '87
Mary Maniscalco-Theberge '78
Mark H. Thiemens (M.S. '75)
Richard W. Turner '69
2002 Distinguished Alumni
Joan P. Brock (M.A. '91)
Melissa Buffington (M.B.A. '91)
William B. Drewry '91
Gail R. Englert (M.S. '89)
Charles P. Fletcher, D.D.S. '50
Maj. Gen. Henry Osman '69
Michael Torrech (M.S. '96)
Ping-Shia Tsao Kung '83
Melody C. Watts, J.D. '83
2001 Distinguished Alumni
Jeffrey P. Black '82
Allen Cannon III '73
William Richard Conrad '70
Kenneth W. Dobbins '79
Harry A. Gard '56
Maj. Gen. Benjamin S. Griffin '69
J. Michael Pitchford '77
John G. Sanderson '78
Karen H. Weaver '82
2000 Distinguished Alumni
Richard G. Ellenberger '75
David W. Faeder '78
Nancy I. Lieberman-Cline '00
Patrick J. McNeela '72
Clarence L. Ray, Jr. '70
Ernie J. Smith '79
Mark A. West '83
1999 Distinguished Alumni
R. Bruce Bradley '78
W. Russell Corker '71
William J. Fallon '82
Robert J. Kasdon '72
Barbara Byrd Keenan '73, '75
Gregory A. Lumsden '82
Michael W. Matthews '82
Esther L. Wiggins '83
Rosemary Windsor-Williams '76
1998 Distinguished Alumni
Charles H. Greiner '74
Wallace G. Haislip '71
C. Edward Jordan, Jr. '67
Prabhav V. Maniyar '85
Pamela Hamilton Neferkara '86
Joseph B. Vestal '60
Peter Yngwe '84
1997 Distinguished Alumni
Richard R. Budacz '80
Curtis Cole, Jr. '75
Richard C. Davis, Jr. '77
George L. Hanbury II '77
Alan F. Levin '67
Joyce H. Trump '76
William E. "Bo" Turner III '95
Midge L. Wilson '76
1996 Distinguished Alumni
Joseph W. Boyd, Jr. '75
Marcia K. Brand '75, '77
Jan F. Callaghan '77
Kevin D. Franklin '82
William C. Harris '68
Joanna T. Lau '85
Robert D. Loy '63
1995 Distinguished Alumni
Marc I. Balmuth '70
Robert D. McKinnon '75
W. Patrick Monaghan '68
Meyera E. Oberndorf '64
Kenneth A. Samet '80
Lewis M. Warren '83
1994 Distinguished Alumni
Morton Coleman '58
Deborah M. DiCroce '74
Harold J. McGee '59
James H. Parker '38
Arthur M. White '65
1993 Distinguished Alumnus
George Dragas, Jr. '56
1992 Distinguished Alumnus
W. R. "Pat" Phillips, Jr. '57
1991 Distinguished Alumnus
William C. Eisenbeiss '64
1989 Distinguished Alumnus
Lew D. Derrickson '76
1987 Distinguished Alumnus
F. Bernard Kirsch III '64
1986 Distinguished Alumnus
Robert M. Stanton '61
1985 Distinguished Alumnus
L. Cleaves Manning '46
1984 Distinguished Alumnus
Samuel Norfleet Etheridge, M.D. '33
1982 Distinguished Alumnus
Alf J. Mapp, Jr. '61
1981 Distinguished Alumnus
Bruce Bishop '73
1979 Distinguished Alumnus
Albert B. "Buck" Gornto, Jr. '57
1974 Distinguished Alumnus
Robert L. Fodrey, Sr. '57
1973 Distinguished Alumnus
Henry E. Howell, Jr. '40
1970 Distinguished Alumnus
A. Rufus Tonelson '33
1966 Distinguished Alumnus
Milton B. Ames, Jr. '33
1965 Distinguished Alumnus
Ann H. Kilgore '42
1964 Distinguished Alumnus
Roy B. Martin, Jr. '40
1963 Distinguished Alumnus
Mills E. Godwin, Jr. '32
1962 Distinguished Alumnus
Forest D. Murden, Jr. '40
To nominate an alumnus or alumna for the Distinguished Alumni Award, contact Dana Allen, Assistant Vice President for Alumni Relations at dallen@odu.edu.