Centenary Alumni Association Awards

Annually, the Association is proud to honor members of our alumni community at the Alumni Awards Banquet during Homecoming. The awards include:

Alumni Hall of Fame
Young Alumni Leadership (40 years of age or younger)
Athletic Hall of Fame
Alumni Loyalty Award (selected by the President of the College & the Director of Alumni Relations)
Honorary Alumnus (loyal friends of the College)
Bentley Sloane Award (CLC/Church Careers alumni award) - Nomination Form

Click here to Nominate fellow alumni & friends.

Past Alumni Award Recipients

Alumni Hall of Fame

1966 – Mr. Paul M. Brown *
1967 – Mr. G. W. James *
1968 – Mr. Edwin F. Whited *
1969 – Mr. James Serra *
1970 – Mr. Algur Meadows*
1971 – Dr. Virginia Carlton *
1972 – Judge Chris Barnette*
1973 – Mrs. Virginia Shehee
1974 – Mr. R. Z. Beidenharn*
1975 – Dr. D. L. Dykes*
1976 – Mr. John B. Atkins, Jr.*
1977 – Dr. B.C. Taylor*
1978 – Dr. Charles T. Beaird*
1979 – Mr. Charles Ellis Brown
1980 – Mr. A. Harvey Broyles*
1981 – Mr. H. Blume Johnson*
1982 – Mr. Austin G. Robertson, Sr.*
1983 – Mr. Harry Balcom*
1984 – Dr. R. Leonard Cooke* & Mr. Cecil E. Ramey*
1985 – Mr. Sam B. Grayson*
1986 – Dr. R. Bentley Sloane*
1987 – Mr. Richard L. Ray*
1988 – Dr. Webb Pomeroy*
1989 – Mr. Sam Peters*
1990 – Mr. Marlin Drake*
1991 – Mr. James N. Patterson*
1992 – Judge John Dixon*
1993 – Dr. John A. Hendrick, Jr.*
1994 – Mr. James F. Dean*
1995 – Dr. W. Juan Watkins
1996 – Mr. William E. Bradford
1997 – Dr. Walter Colquitt*
1998 – Dr. Bettina Hilman
1999 – Mr. Robert L. Goodwin* & Dr. Beverly Turner Lynds
2000 – Mr. Edwin C. Harbuck*
2001 – Mr. William G. Anderson
2002 – Mr. Taylor F. Moore
2003 – Dr. Paul Michael Mann
2004 – Dr. Leonard Riggs
2005 – Dr. Charles Knight
2006 – Mr. Hal E. Sutton
2007 – Dr. Will K. Andress
2008 – Mr. Austin G. Robertson, Jr.
2009 – Judge Eugene Bryson, Jr.
2010 – Lt. General John Spencer Hardy
2011 – Rev. William E. “Wishy” Nolan
2012 - Mrs. Nancy Boone Word

(displayed in the Hall of Fame Room of Bynum Commons)

Athletic Hall of Fame

1987 – Jake L. Hanna* & Connie Mack Rea
1988 – Paul “Hoss: Geisler* & Robert Parish
1989 – Conway Baker * Cecil Upshaw*
1990 – Robert “Cal” Hubbard* & Tom Kerwin
1991 – Files “Dutch” Binion* & Hal Sutton
1992 – Kathy Johnson & Raymond “Buddy” Parker*
1993 – Harold “Shorty” Oslin* & Manning Smith*
1994 – Orvis U. Sigler
1995 – Walter “Cowboy” Hohmann*
1996 – Lauren Cotter Wilson, F. H “Buss” Delaney*, Vannie Edwards, & Willie Jackson
1997 – Mike McCarthy, Kathy Nester Bolton, James “Cotton” Barnes ‘41*, Cherokee Rhone, Lenny Fant*, & Eddie “Touchdown” Townsen*
1998 – Mitch Ashmore, Jill Brown Hirsch, Larry Little, Albet “Bobo” Thomas, & Bob Wright
1999 – Ken Babcock, Winfred Bynum*, Bo McMillin*, John Montelepre, Tommy Poole, Melvin Russell, Peyton Shehee*, & Riley Wallace
2000 – Margo Todd Evans, James Farrar, & Jimmy Harrison*
2001 – Carrie Flemmer, Mike Collier, & Barry McLeod
2002 – Valerie Harrison Woolbert, Larry Robinson, & Keith Wilhite
2003 – Nate Bland, Beth Johnson Graziadio, Curtis Partain, & Andy Shehee
2004 – Bill Causey, Sr.*, Barrie Haynie, Beth Bain Lamkin, Richard Plant, Andy Watson, & the 1984 Gymnastics Team
2005 – Patrick Greer, Bob Griffin, Leon Johnson, Kristy Risner-Conrad, & Zebber Satcher-Jackson
2009 – J. Howard Hooper
2011 – Kimberly Bolin, Glenn Evans, & Hebert “Flight Time” Lang
2012 - Shelley Marusak Greenlee

(displayed in the Gold Dome)

Alumni Loyalty Award

1994 – Mrs. Marilee Harter*
1996 – Mr. Leonard Riggs, Sr.*
1997 – Mr. Peyton Shehee*
1998 – Mrs. Katherine Cheesman
2000 – Mr. Camp* and Mrs. Carolyn* Flournoy
2001 – Dr. William and Mrs. Jean Entrikin Harwell
2002 – Mr. James and Mrs. Jean Goins
2003 – Mrs. Mitzi Lowe Perry
2004 – Mrs. Del Harbuck
2005 – Mrs. Bonnie Watkins
2006 – Honorable Gene and Mrs. Charlotte Bryson
2007 – Dr. Wayne Hanson
2008 – Mr. Tom and Mrs. Jane Ellis
2009 – Mr. Hoyt D. Bain
2010 – Mrs. Jane Hutchinson James
2011 – Mr. Harbin D. Boddie
2012 - Miss Charlotte E. Webb

(displayed in the lobby of Hamilton Hall)

Honorary Alumni

1968 – Mr. Bonneau Peters* * Mr. Charlton Lyons, Sr.*
1969 – Dr. David Kimball*, Mr. A.C. “Cheesy” Voran*, Mr. D. P. Hamilton*
1970 – Mrs. G. M. Anderson*, Mrs. Joe J. Mickle*, Mr. George D. Nelson, Sr.*
1971 – Dr. Mary Warters*
1972 – Mrs. L. B. Kilpatrick*
1974 – Mr. Maurie Wayne*
1975 – Mrs. Paul M. Brown*
1976 – Mr. Leo Vanderkuy*
1977 – Mrs. Bryant Davidson*
1978 – Mr. Albert Sklar*, Mrs. Betty McKnight Speairs, Dr. Ted Kauss
1979 – Mrs. Ed Hurley*
1980 – Mr. Nicholas H. Wheless, Jr.
1981 – Mr. Howard Sutton & Mr. Ray Morris*
1982 – Mr. Don Duggan*
1983 – Mrs. Anita Mary Steinau* & Mr. Fariebee P. Self*
1984 – Mr. G. W. James, Jr.
1985 – Mrs. Virginia Laskey*
1986 – Mrs. Bea White*, Mrs. Cornelia Brown*, & Mrs. Doris Box
1987 – Lt. General Kenneth Peel, Jr.*
1988 – Mrs. Minnie Sue Entrikin*, Dr. Donald A. Webb, & Mrs. Renee’ Mowbray Webb
1989 – Mr. Norman Kinsey*
1990 – Dr. Earle Labor
1991 – Dr. Dorothy Bird Gwin
1992 – Mrs. Sandra B. Wiener, Mr. J. Hugh Watson, & Mr. Herman Williamson, Jr.*
1993 – Mrs. Edward J. Crawford*
1994 – Mr. O. Delton Harrison, Jr. & Mr. Bob Buseick
1995 – Mrs. Levail Stewart & Ms. Bess Hudgings*
1996 – Dr. Lee Morgan
1998 – Honorable Carl Stewart & Mr. Fletcher Thorne-Thomsen
1999 – Honorable Joe D. Waggonner, Jr.*
2000 – Mr. Roy Hurley
2001 – Mrs. Martha Ann Moore*
2002 – Mr. Edward Crawford, III & Mrs. Miriam Sklar*
2003 – Mrs. Pat Hendrick*
2004 – Mr. William* & Mrs. Ruth Atkins
2005 – Mrs. Gretchen Crow
2006 – Dr. Rosemary Seidler & Dr. Brad McPherson
2007 – Mrs. Peggy Burkenroad Selber
2008 – Dr. Kenneth L. Schwab
2009 – Dr. Ann B. Dobie
2010 – Dr. Victoria A. LeFevers & Ms. Carolyn Querbes Nelson