Previous Years' Wilson Wyatt Alumni Awards Honorees
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The University of Louisville Wilson Wyatt Alumni Awards are the highest honor bestowed by Louisville Alumni. These awards recognize distinguished graduates who are exemplary ambassadors for the university and their college or school. Recipients reflect the high standing and character of their alma mater. Each year, as part of the Homecoming celebration, the University of Louisville and Louisville Alumni honor and celebrate the exceptional and diverse achievements of our alumni.
Signature Award Recipients
2025 - Randall J. Bufford BBA '81
2024 - James E. Holthouser BA '81, BS '83, MA '85
2023 - Steve Trager JD '85
2022 - Lucy Lee Helm BA '79, JD '82
2021 - General Joseph Martin MEd '97
2020 - Alice Houston MEd '75
2019 – Jenny L. Sawyer BS '78
2018 – Patricia Heaton BS '86, MD '90
2017 – Bruce Henderson BS, MS '73
2016 – Ernest E. Allen BA '68, JD '72
2015 - J.D. Nichols JD '64
2014 - Robert C. Hughes, MD '81, '84
2013 - Debby M. Oxley MEd '78
2012 - Harry S. Frazier, Jr. BA '56, MBA '63
2011 - Dan Ulmer BS '55
2010 - Dr. Salem George, MD '84
2009 - Hank Conn BS '64 MBA '69, MS '72
2008 - Westley S. Unseld BA, BS '68
2007 - James Patterson Sr. BSBA '55
2006 - Sam Gilliam BA '55, MA '61
2005 - Owsley Brown Frazier '60, '69, '07
2004 - David A. Jones Sr. BBA '54
2003 - J. Chester Porter JD '66
2002 - Ulysses “Junior” Bridgeman Jr. BS '75
2001 - Robert Nardelli MBA '75, PhD '01
2000 - Richard Green PhD '69
1999 - Gov. Louis B. Nunn LLB '50
1998 - Elizabeth A. Wilson '24, '38
1997 - Sue T. Grafton BA '61 - Malcolm B. Chancey Jr. '54
1995 - Hon. Romano L. Mazzoli JD '60
1994 - Sen. Mitch McConnell Jr. '64
1993 - Sen. James B. Edwards DMD '55
1992 - Helen E. Abell '36
1991 - Gen. Russell E. Dougherty JD '48
1990 - Sen. Marlow W. Cook BA, LLB '50
1989 - Leonard E. Lyles '58
1988 - Richard C. Atkinson MA '51
1987 - Wilson W. Wyatt Sr. BA, LLB '27
1986 - J. David Grissom JD '62
1985 - H. Charles Grawemeyer BS '34
1984 - Hon. Charles M. Allen LLB '43
1983 - Dr. Hoyt D. Gardner MD '50
Wilson Wyatt Sr. graduated from the University of Louisville in 1927. Wyatt was a former attorney while also serving as Louisville mayor, Kentucky Lieutenant Governor and chairman of UofL’s Board of Trustees. Wyatt’s service and philanthropic support of the university are honored through the distribution of this award annually.
2025 - Larry W. Horn BSBA '08, MBA '11
2024 - Audwin A. Helton
2023 - Hank Conn BS '64 MBA '69, MS '72 (posthumous)
2022 - Charles P. Denny BSBA '75, MSF '80
2021 - Randy Bufford BBA '81
2025 - Loay Elbasyouni BS '04, MS '05
2024 - Derwin L. Webb BA '92, JD '97
2023 - Karina Barillas BA '96, MEd '02
2022 - Sadiqa N. Reynolds BS '93
2021 - Steven Kniffley BS '08
2025 - Eric Wood BA '08
2024 - DeShara C. Doub BA '10, MSSW '18
2023 - Alex Frommeyer BS '10, MS '11
2022 - Evan Holladay BS '13
2021 - Whitney Austin BS '03, MBA '09
2025 - Al Riggle BS '76
2024 - Andrew J. Lombardo MS '13
2023 - Michael L. Kaelin BSBA '72
The Military Alumni Award was established in 2023.
Alumni Fellows
2025 - Elmer Lucille Allen MA '02
2024 - Reba Ann Page BA '71, JD '76, MS '83
2023 - Marianne Butler BS '89, MPA '93
2022 - Dr. Lois S. Cronholm BA '62, PhD '67
2021 - Michele Lawlis Shelton BA '01
2020 - Antigona Mehani BS '11, MBA '22
2019 – George Nichols III MA '85
2018 – Ernest Brooks BA '96
2017 – Kenneth Crawford, II BS '87
2016 – Roman Oben BA '95
2015 - Joseph M. McSweeny BA '71
2014 - Barbara A. Perry BA '78
2013 - David “Jelly” Helm BA '87
2012 - Kenneth F. Hohman BA '74, MA '76
2011 - Angela M. Ford BA '82
2010 - Monica Kaufman Pearson BA '75
2009 - Mitzi B. Friedlander BA '52, MA '71
2008 - Lucy Helm BA '79, JD '82
2007 - Charles Wheeler, Jr
2006 - W. Dale Hopkins
2005 - Edward N. Hamilton, Jr. BA '04
2004 - J. Angelo Corlett
2003 - Jerry Dennis BA '81
2003 - Rodney Williams (posthumous)
2002 - Lawrence J. Hamilton, II BA '78
2001 - Carl R. Hausman
2000 - Roderick A. Scofield BS '64
1999 - Estella Conwill Majozo BA '75, MA '76
1998 - Michael N. Harreld BA '66, JD '69
1997 - Gregory L. Geoffroy BS '68
1996 - Sara Walter Combs BA '70
1995 - Essie Cynthia Jenkins
1994 - James G. Baker MA '88
1993 - Sue Grafton BA '61
1992 - Sam Gilliam MA '61
1991 - Joseph A. Wittreich, Jr. BA '61, MA '62
1990 - Lawrence F. Dahl
2025 - David Krebs BSBA '75
2024 - Chris Dischinger BSBA '90
2023 - Camilla Abel Schroeder BSBA '90
2022 - E. Lynn Hampton BA '78, MBA '83
2021 - W. Earl Reed BS '73
2020 - Jimmy Shircliff BS '72
2019 – Raymond E. Loyd MBA '68
2018 – Lowry Watkins, Jr. BS '68
2017 – William J. Ready BSBA '01
2016 – Randall J. Bufford BSBA '81
2015 - W. Kent Oyler, III BSBA '80, MBA '82
2014 - Diane B. Medley BSBA '80
2013 - Thomas R. Davidson BS '62
2012 - Kathleen M. Smith BS '70, MS '05
2011 - Robinson S. Brown, III BSBA '69, MBA '72
2010 - Maria L. Bouvette BSBA '78
2009 - Charles P. Denny BSBA '75, MBA '80
2008 - Charles A. Brown, Jr. BS '62, MBA '67
2008 - Norman V. Noltemeyer BS '62
2007 - Robert A. Taylor BA '76, BSBA '79
2006 - Terry E. Forcht BS '59, JD '64
2005 - Leonard V. Hardin BS '70
2004 - Emanuel J. Eads BSBA '80
2003 - Dwayne D. Woodruff BSBA '79, JD '88
2002 - Gerald L. Nichols MBA '68
2001 - Greta E. Marshall
2000 - Kenneth C. Gardner '72
1999 - Robert L. Nardelli MBA '75, PhD '01
1998 - Robert C. Fraim
1997 - David E. Sams, Jr.
1996 - Bobby Johnson BSBA '75, BS '01, MS '03
1995 - Jane O. Burns BSC '61, MBA '68
1994 - Robert Alan Edwards BSBA '88
1993 - George M. Sherman MBA '70
1992 - M. Paul Kelly
1991 - Charles Stephen Lynn MBA '73
1990 - James C. Bowling DBA '97
2025 - Julie Watts McKee DMD '83
2024 - Ann M. Windchy BS '67, MBA '71, DMD '80, '86
2023 - N. James Strull DMD '62, '65
2022 - Amy B. Farnsworth DMD '92, '95
2021 - Sherry Babbage Melisizwe BS '72, DMD '81
2020 - Gary Inman BS '72, DMD '76, '78
2019 – Karen Pierce West BA '77, DMD '82, MPH '92
2018 – Mark Schulte DMD '77
2017 – Gary C. Ball DMD '78
2016 – Christine Roalofs DMD '94
2015 - James and Virginia Wilson DMD '84, DH '84
2014 - Arthur C. Jee DMD '75
2013 - Monroe Harris, Jr. DMD '84
2013 - Jill Bussey Harris DMD '87
2012 - O. Wayne Mortenson DMD '79
2011 - Robert L. McGuinn DMD '74
2010 - William E. Collins DMD '91
2009 - John N. Williams DMD '80, MBA '87
2008 - Eric J. Dierks BA '70, DMD '74, MD '79
2007 - William Kendall Rich DMD '75
2006 - Kenneth A. Krebs DMD '67
2005 - Wood E. Currens DMD '67
2004 - William J. Mansfield DMD '82
2003 - Harry M. Bohannan BA '48, DMD '53
2002 - Ernest M. Ellison DMD '47
2001 - Walter F. Turbyfill, Jr. DMD '59
2000 - Edrie Lohri
1999 - John A. Atkinson DMD '31
1998 - John E. Flocken DMD '42
1997 - James E. Skaggs DMD '43
1996 - John C. Greene
1995 - Karl W. Lange DMD '60
1994 - Fitzhugh N. Hamrick DMD '47
1993 - Charles David Carter DMD '52
1992 - Philip E. Blackerby, Jr.
1991 - Theodore E. Logan DMD '71, '74
1990 - James B. Edwards DMD '55
2025 - Anees B. Chagpar MA '09
2024 - Latonia Craig BA '04, MA '06
2023 - Cedric Francois PhD '04
2022 - Michael D. Anthony MA '05, PhD '10
2021 - Shyam Sharma MA '08, PhD '12
2025 - Justin "Jay" Miller PhD '13
2024 - Anita P. Barbee MS '01
2023 - Tomarra Adams BA '96, MS '97, PhD '04
2022 - Dr. Renee Campbell MS '82
2021 - Michael Robinson MS '06, PhD '10
2020 - Judy Lambeth MSW '80
2019 – Ruby S. Gordon BS '66, MSW '72
2018 – Lottie Cook MSW '85
2017 – Rosalyn Taylor O’Neale MSW '80
2016 – Marcelo Mitchell Matamoros MSW '75
2015 - Betty J. Tatro BA '70, MSW '73
2014 - Lawrence J. Michalczyk MSW '76
2013 - Maria Hernandez-Peck MSW '68
2012 - Gary L. Dennis MSW '74, PhD '95
2011 - Alfonso R. Batres MSW '78
2010 - Rev. Timothy H. Moseley MSW '83
2009 - Jay P. Davidson MSW '91
2008 - Carey D. Cockerell MSW '74
2007 - Jane M. Thibault MSW '78
2006 - William B. Wagner MSW '81
2005 - Stephan L. Buckingham MSW '83, PhD '09
2004 - Betty J. Kramer
2003 - Diana Garland MSW, PhD '73
2002 - Helen C. Austin MSW '53
2001 - Gail Huecker
2000 - Yono Ito
1999 - John B. Rabun, Jr. MSW '71
1998 - Merrily Orsini MSW '77
1997 - Jakob Braun
2025 - Chadwick N. Gardner JD '95
2024 - John E. Montgomery BS '64, JD '69
2023 - Angela McCormick Bisig, BA '87, JD '90
2022 - Gulam R. Zade JD '11
2021 - Harry Shapiro BS '62, JD '63
2020 - Bart Greenwald
2019 – Edwin S. Hopson, Sr. BS '67, JD '69
2018 – Jonathan Helfat JD '71
2017 – Marshall L. Matz JD '71
2016 – Nancy Niederman JD '80
2015 - Demetrius O. Holloway BA '97, JD '00
2014 - Lucy Lee Helm BA '79, JD '82
2013 - Stephen T. Porter JD '68
2013 - Jill Bussey Harris DMD '87
2012 - George R. Rawlings
2011 - Howard D. Fineman JD '80
2010 - Professor Barbara B. Lewis
2009 - Judge Lisabeth Hughes Abramson BA '77, JD '80
2008 - Judge Denise M. Clayton JD '76
2007 - Judge Janice Martin BA '77, JD '80
2006 - Senator Gerald A. Neal JD '72
2005 - Gordon B. Davidson JD '51
2004 - Laura M. Douglas BA '71, JD '74
2003 - Michael Harreld BA '66, JD '69
2002 - Owsley Brown Frazier
2001 - Christopher Dodd JD '72
2000 - J. Michael Brown JD '79
1999 - Nicholas N. King JD '73
1998 - Larry B. Franklin
1997 - Ann B. Oldfather JD '76
1996 - Louise B. Lancaster JD '72
1995 - Wilson W. Wyatt, Sr. JD '27
1994 - Romano L. Mazzoli JD '60
1993 - John S. Palmore JD '39
1992 - John D. Ayer BA '64, JD '68
1991 - Charles M. Allen JD '43
1990 - L. Stanley Chauvin, Jr. JD '61
2025 - Glenn D. Bossmeyer BS '71, JD '74, MBA '75
2023 - Michael A. Kelly BA '70
2024 - N/A
2022 - Carol Friedman Abrams BA '68
2021 - Donna Moser Peak BA '77, MBA '84
2020 - Jessica Loving BA '68
2019 – Morris M. Weiss, Jr. MD '58
2018 – Dick Wilson BS '74
2017 – Guy, 68A, 76GA, and Libbye Montgomery