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)
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