Tau Beta Pi - Distinguished Alumnus

Tau Beta Pi Distinguished Alumnus

The Tau Beta Pi Distinguished Alumnus Award Program was inaugurated in 1993 to recognize alumni who have continued to live up to the ideals of Tau Beta Pi as stated in our Eligibility Code and to foster a spirit of liberal culture throughout their lives after their college years. The program is an opportunity to mark in a fitting manner exemplary performance by alumni. Each winner receives a recognition plaque and is invited to the Convention and a $2,000 scholarship named in his or her honor is given to a student (since 2003).

Any chapter or member of Tau Beta Pi may nominate one (or more) alumnus member(s) for the award. A nomination must be submitted by February 1. Selection is made by a committee of Association Officials. Read the information sheet, Download a Distinguished Alumnus nomination form, or submit a one-page summary to .

The winners have been:

Year	Recipient	Year	Recipient
2020	Jerry Holmes, OK A '58; Paul Plotkowski, MI Q '80; Ronald Rousseau, LA A '66; & Dale Zimmerman, FL A '65	2008	Stephen D. Bechtel, Indiana Alpha ’46 & Warren G. Schlinger, California Beta ’44
2019	Wayne Davis, TN A '73; David Ford, IA A '67; William Jennings, GA A '85; & Abdallah Yabroudi, NY B '78	2007	Robert H. Foglesong, West Virginia Alpha ’68
2018	William Collins, FL G '75; Aprille Ericsson, DC A '86; James Halligan, IA A '62; & Gary Hoover, IA A '61	2006	William A. Anders, Ohio Eta ’62
2017	Lilia Abron, DC A '68; Terry Olberding, TN A '78; Tom Scholz, MA B '69; & Charles Sukup, IA A '76	2005	H. Vincent Poor, Alabama Alpha ’72
2016	N. Jan Davis, AL A '77; Eugene DeLoatch, DC A '59; & Michael Griffin, MD B '77	2004	Jill S. Tietjen, Virginia Alpha ’75
2015	Gil Amelio, GA A '65; Cheick Diarra, DC A '85; Patrick Harker, PA D '81; Michelle Johnson, CO Z '81; & Ray Rothrock, TX D '77	2003	Irwin M. Jacobs, New York Delta ’56 & Daniel D. Reneau, Louisiana Gamma ’63
2014	Delon Hampton, DC A '54; Asad M. Madni, CA E '69; & Col. Gary E. Payton, CO Z '71	2002	Lyle D. Feisel, P.E., Iowa Alpha ’61
2013	M. Lucius Walker, DC Alpha '57	2001	James E. Drewry, Virginia Alpha ’60
2012	None Awarded	2000	Chang-Lin Tien, California Alpha ’55
2011	Richard G. Higgins, Maine Alpha ’79	1999	Robert T. Herres, Ohio Eta ’60
2010	Merl Baker, Kentucky Alpha ’45	1998	William T. Snyder, Tennessee Alpha ’54
2009	Richard H. Stanley, Iowa Alpha ’55	1997	John W. Mincy, Alabama Epsilon ’70 & Chandra S. Brahma, California R ’62