CLASS OF 2024
Elizabeth Curtis
K-12 Leader and Literacy Champion
The Honorable Joel Dubina
Senior United States Circuit Judge
Kathy Shaver-Wetzel
Professor Emerita and former Associate Dean of Student Services and Certifiction
Sue Brannan Walker
Professor Emerita and former Alabama Poet Laureate
CLASS OF 2023
Dr. William A. Meehan
Retired President, Jacksonville State University
Dr. Douglas J. Phillips
Creator, Discovering Alabama
Jeana Ross
Retired Secretary, Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education
CLASS OF 2022
Vickie G. Brown
Retired Educator
Dr. James E. McLean
Retired Dean, College of Education
Margaret Morton
Executive Director, Sylacauga Alliance for Family Enhancement Family Services Center
Dr. Carol Schlichter
Professor Emeritus, Multiple Abilities Program
CLASS OF 2021
Dr. Frank B. Ashley III
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University
Margaret O’Neal
Retired K-12 Educator
Dr. Cathy Randall
Chairman of the Board, Pettus Randall Holdings, LLC
Dr. W. Ross Palmer
Retired Higher Education Educator
Dr. Joffre T. Whisenton
President, Joffre T. Whisenton and Associates, Inc.
CLASS OF 2020
Dr. Marcia Burke
Retired Assistant Superintendent, Tuscaloosa City Schools
Dr. Lee Freeman
Clinical Professor Emeritus, Elementary Education
Dr. Michael Malone
Former Troy State University at Dothan and vice chancellor of the Troy State University System
Theresa Snoddy
Retired Educator
Dr. Karl Stegall
Minister and Education Leader
CLASS OF 2019
Mary Ann Blackmon
Tuscaloosa Educator, Music and Community Builder
Dr. John Cody Hall
Science Teacher and Assistant Director of the Alabama Museum of Natural History1945–2016
Melba Richardson
Retired Head of School, Saint James School
Dr. Martha W. Tack
Professor Emerita, Educational Leadership, Eastern Michigan University
CLASS OF 2018
Sandra H. Ray
Former member, Alabama State Board of Education
Dr. Barbara S. Rountree
Founder and School Director, The Capitol School
CLASS OF 2016
Dr. Autherine Lucy Foster
American activist who was the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama1929–2022
CLASS OF 2015
CLASS OF 2014
Marian Loftin
Former Director, State of Alabama Department of Child Abuse Prevention/The Children’s Trust Fund
Dr. Joseph B. Morton
Former Alabama State Superintendent of Education
