Alumni Association Awards
The Alumni Association has four awards that are given out yearly to extraordinary alumni. If you or someone you know should be nominated for one of these awards, please fill out the individual award forms below.
How do I nominate a deserving recipient?
Please reference the individual award forms below in order to see the nomination information needed.
How are the nominees selected?
The Awards and Recognition Committee of the Alumni Board of Directors meets to review nominations and recipients are approved by the entire board during its winter meeting. Award winners are notified and are invited to receive their award at the annual Awards Dinner during Alumni Weekend. Nominees remain on the nomination list for three years.
Nomination Submission
You can submit your nomination in the following ways:
- Filling out one of the online award forms below
- Emailing the Alumni Relations Office at [email protected].
- Mailing your nomination to:
Alumni Relations Office
Oglethorpe University
4484 Peachtree Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30319
Talmage Award
The Talmage Award is the most prestigious award given by the Alumni Association. The recipient of the Talmage Award contributes time, talent or financial resources to one or more programs of the university and/or is distinguished in the business, philanthropic or professional world. Recent recipients include: James V. Hartlage, Jr. ’65, Eric Scharff ’63, Dean DuBose Smith ’70, Tom O’Connor ’67, and Karen Head ’98.
James V. Hartlage, Jr. ’65
Eric Scharff ’63
Dean DuBose Smith ’70
Tom O’Connor ’67
Karen Head ’98
Robert Bowden ’66
Bill Carter ’59
Sydney Mobley Moss ’59
Martha Laird Bowen ’61
Laura Turner Seydel ’86
Yetty Levenson Arp ’68
Dr. Manning M. Pattillo ’94
David N. Cooper ’71
Ray Willoch ’80
Clare Findley Magbee ’56 (posthumous)
Donald Rubin ’56
Steve Malone ’73
Terry Davis ’82
Paul Hudson ’72
O.K. Sheffield ’53
Robert L. Boggus, Jr. ’49
Eugene W. Ivy ’49
Robert B. Baker, Jr. ’79
Timothy P. Tassopoulos ’81
Deborah S. Gabbard ’90
Max Sidney Flynt ’34
Howard “Nappy” Thranhardt ’35 (posthumous)
W. Elmer George ’40
Belle Turner Lynch ’61
Thomas W. Phillips ’63
William J. Hogan ’72
Mary L. Watkins MacNeil ’51
William H. Reynolds ’37
J. Fred Agel ’52
Franklin L. Burke ’66
Mack A. Rikard ’37
Paul B. Bacon ’31
George A. Murphy ’27
Lewis Moseley ’28 (posthumous)
Mary Ellen “Liz” Graydon ’75
Myrta “Tommie” Carper ’37
Thomas L. Camp
Edward L. Chandler ’49
Cammie Lee Stow Crouch ’29
Medora Fitten Wallace ’40
John W. Crouch ’29
Virgina O’Kelley Dempsey ’27
Stephen J. Schmidt ’40
Jean Fuller Schmidt ’42
Mary Bishop Asher ’43
Marshall A. Asher, Jr. ’41
Otis M. Jackson ’24
Carillon Award (Formerly School Bell Award)
Formerly the School Bell Award, the Carillon Award recognizes alumni, or past or present faculty members, who have made lasting contributions in education, civic engagement, or innovation. Recent recipients include: Stephanie Szalkowski ’89, Kerensa Shoemake Wing ’90, Angela Satterfield ’97, Dr. Linda Taylor, and Carletta Hurt ’98.
Stephanie Szalkowski ’89
Kerensa Shoemake Wing ’90
Angela Satterfield ’97
Dr. Linda Taylor
Carletta Hurt ’98
Matthew Thompson ’93
Susan Goodchild Jordan ’66
Bruce Hetherington
Emily Ellison ’97
Elgin MacConnell “Dean Mac”
Vicky Weiss
The Faculty of Oglethorpe University, past and present
Mike Emery ’82
William Brightman
Glenn Jones ’44
Irwin Ray
Randall Lee ’72
Phil Zinsmeister
John Goldthwait ’43
William Shropshire
Betty Brumbelow O’Quinn ’53
Eugene C. Bales, Jr. ’59
Lila McGahee Adair ’67
Sue Ward Astley ’87
Susan Grady Wood ’75
Gwen Banks Moore ’57
John Stephens
Sam G. Hudgins ’61
Nancy Tarrant Calhoun ’60
Barbara Payne Stancil ’52
Lucile Moore Wilson ’54
Martha C. Abney ’56
Jacqueline Miles Boles ’56
Vicki Foddrill Wilson ’70
G. Malcolm Amerson ’90
T. Lavon Talley
Diane R. Rowles
William G. Hasty, Sr ’48
Mary Helen Ford ’63
Mary Bishop Asher ’43
Jeannette Bentley Moon ’38
William A. Strozier
Walter L. Morris
Margaret S. Lackland
Helen Cable Wallace ’52
James H. Hinson, Jr. ’49
Jewel Booth Palmer ’54
Frank M. Hughes, Sr.
Robert McNeill Sims
William F. Cummings ’54
Noah Langsdale, Jr.
The Hon. Carl E. Sanders
Emma L. Wilkinson ’46
James S. Peters
Ethel Taylor Cooper
L. “Pop” Crow (posthumous)
Mauney D. Collins ’31
Ira Jarrell ’28
Belle Turner Lynch ’61 Spirit of Oglethorpe Award
The recipient of the Belle Turner Lynch ’61 Spirit of Oglethorpe Award is an alumni member who lives by the Oglethorpe motto: Make a life. Make a living. Make a difference, and demonstrates the attributes of a liberal arts education by exhibiting creativity, purposefulness, and a commitment to improving the quality of their community. Recent recipients include: Mark DeLong ’03, Soumya Kantamneni Silver ’08, Jody Stephenson ’03, Stephanie Everett ’96, and Shaniece Broadus Criss ’02.
Mark DeLong ’03
Soumya Kantamneni Silver ’08
Jody Stephenson ’03
Stephanie Everett ’96
Shaniece Broadus Criss ’02
Jaime Wojdowski ’03
Ken Davis ’64
Heather Goddard Clark ’03
Robert Straub Currey ’66
Suzanne Straub Currey ’65
James Leggat ’87
Lucy Lindsey Smith ’59
Emily Gurley ’96
Janice McNeal ’98
Carol Morgan Flammer ’89
Bob Amick ’72
Jeff Hall ’94
Andrea Spencer Shelton ’91
O.K. Sheffield ’53 Young Alumna/us Award
The O.K. Sheffield ’53 Young Alumnus Award recognizes a graduate of the last ten years who has shown leadership and inspired other young alumni through participation in career, public service, volunteer, or continuing education activities. Recent recipients include: Edmund Smith ’15, Ruwa Romman ’15, Awet Woldegebriel ’14, Malika Whitley ’11, and Matthew Claiborne ’11.
Edmund Smith ’15
Ruwa Romman ’15
Awet Woldegebriel ’14
Malika Whitley ’11
Matthew Claiborne ’11
Trevor Sheffield ’09
Nathaniel Goldman ’11
Clifford “Cliff” Foster ’11
Nobles Green ’03
Teal Sherer ’03
Anna Blacklidge Breton ’02
Lance Ozier ’01
Allen Whitehart ’06
Ashish Thakur ’99
Monique Anderson ’01
Jody Stephenson ’03
Nicole Urbanek ’00