Duke's Distinguished Alumni

Recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award given by the Duke Alumni Association, 1982-

1982-83    Juanita M. Kreps A.M. '44; Ph.D. '48 (Economist, Secretary of Commerce)
1983-84    William C. Styron '47; Litt.D. '65 (Writer)
1984-85    Elizabeth Hanford Dole '58 (US Secretary of Transportation, Senator)
1985-86    Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans '39; LL.D. '83 (Philanthropist)
1986-87    Reynolds Price '55 (Writer & educator)
1987-88    Edwin L. Jones, Jr. B.S.C.E. '48 (Engineer)
1988-89    W. David Stedman '42 (Business executive & philanthropist)
1989-90    Isobel Craven Drill '37 (Business executive & philanthropist)
1990-91    L. Neil Williams '58; J.D. '61 (Lawyer & civic leader)
1991-92    John H. Adams LL.B. '62 (Lawyer & environmentalist)
1992-93    Lenox D. Baker M.D. '34 (Physician & public servant)
1993-94    Les Brown '36 (Bandleader, composer & public servant)
1994-95    John A. Forlines '39 (Banker & civic leader)
1995-96    John Alexander McMahon '42 (Health administrator & public servant)
1996-97    Jay M. Arena, M.D.'32 (Pediatrician)
                  Eugene F. Corrigan '52 (Commissioner, Atlantic Coast Conference)
                  Margaret Taylor Smith '47 (Author & social activist)
1997-98    William M. Bevan, A.M. '43; Ph.D. '48; LL.D. '72 (Educator)
1998-99    Robert M. Price, Jr. '52 (Business executive & philanthropist)
1999-00    Dorothy Lewis Simpson '46 (Scientist, mathematician & arts supporter)
2000-01    John A. Koskinen '61 (Public servant)
2001-02    Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. '47 (Business executive & philanthropist)
2002-03    Edward Hartley Benenson '34 (Business executive & patron of the arts)
2003-04    James G. Dalton, Sr. '44 (Business executive & philanthropist)
2004-05    Raymond D. Nasher '43 (Business executive & patron of the arts)
2005-06    Sally Dalton Robinson, '55 and Russell M. Robinson II, '54, J.D., '56 (philanthropists)