Tulane Alumni Association

Alumni Awards

Distinguished Alumnus/a Award

The Distinguished Alumnus/a Award is presented on an annual basis and is the highest form of recognition given by the Tulane Alumni Association. The awards committee defines the recipient as: "One singularly successful individual who, through exemplary accomplishments and recognition, epitomizes the potential of a Tulane education and thereby brings credit and honor to the university".

Distinguished Alumnus/a Award Recipients

2009 C. Berdon Lawrence

2008 Denis Henry McDonald

2007 Alan B. Levan

2005 His Eminence Francis Cardinal George

2004 Darryl Berger

2003 Carol Lavin Bernick

2002 John G. Weinmann

2001 Martha Walters Barnett

2000 Peter A. Aron

1998 Joe H. Stroud

1997 Robert L. Livingston

1996 Arthur Q. Davis Sr.

1995 Betty Werlein Carter

1994 Harold A. Rosen

1993 Robert W. "Bobby" Brown, MD

1992 Mary Louise Christovich

1991 John W. Deming, MD

1990 Harry Bartlett Kelleher Sr.

1989 John Minor Wisdom

1988 Angela Gregory

1986 Howard K. Smith 

1985 Corinne C. Boggs

1984 J. Bres Eustis

1983 Floyd W. Lewis / W. Kennon McWilliams Jr.

1982 G. Shelby Friedrichs

1981 Harry McCall Jr.

1980 David Connor Treen

1979 Edgar Hull MD

1978 Robert E. Flowerree Jr.

1977 Jack B. St. Clair

1976 Gerald L. Andrus

1975 Richard W. Freeman

1974 Michael E. DeBakey MD

1973 Clifford P. Favrot Jr.

The criteria for this award are as follows:

Distinguished Alumnus/a:

The criteria for this award are as follows:

The recipient must be an alumnus/a of Tulane University.
The recipient must be in attendance at the designated ceremony in order to receive the award.
The recipient should have definable career accomplishments and/or excellence in his/her chosen field of endeavor.