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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.

The winners have been:

Year Recipient Year Recipient
2018 William Collins, FL G '75; Aprille Ericsson, DC A '86;
James Halligan, IA A '62; & Gary Hoover, IA A '61
2007 Robert H. Foglesong, West Virginia Alpha ’68
2017 Lilia Abron, DC A '68; Terry Olberding, TN A '78;
Tom Scholz, MA B '69; & Charles Sukup, IA A '76
2006 William A. Anders, Ohio Eta ’62
2016 N. Jan Davis, AL A '77; Eugene DeLoatch, DC A '59;
& Michael Griffin, MD B '77
2005 H. Vincent Poor, Alabama Alpha ’72
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
2004 Jill S. Tietjen, Virginia Alpha ’75
2014 Delon Hampton, DC A '54; Asad M. Madni, CA E '69;
& Col. Gary E. Payton, CO Z '71
2003 Irwin M. Jacobs, New York Delta ’56 &
Daniel D. Reneau, Louisiana Gamma ’63
2013 M. Lucius Walker, DC Alpha '57 2002 Lyle D. Feisel, P.E., Iowa Alpha ’61
2012 None Awarded 2001 James E. Drewry, Virginia Alpha ’60
2011 Richard G. Higgins, Maine Alpha ’79 2000 Chang-Lin Tien, California Alpha ’55
2010 Merl Baker, Kentucky Alpha ’45 1999 Robert T. Herres, Ohio Eta ’60
2009 Richard H. Stanley, Iowa Alpha ’55 1998 William T. Snyder, Tennessee Alpha ’54
2008 Stephen D. Bechtel, Indiana Alpha ’46 &
Warren G. Schlinger, California Beta ’44
1997 John W. Mincy, Alabama Epsilon ’70 &
Chandra S. Brahma, California R ’62

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