The Distinguished Auburn Engineer Award is presented annually to a living Auburn Engineering graduate who has attained a distinguished career, in engineering and/or management, which conveys a special recognition to Auburn University and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.
- The recipient shall be of unquestionable character and integrity.
- Engineers or associates who have an intimate knowledge of the individual’s career may substantiate the distinguished nature of the individual.
- Multiple awards are permitted.
2023 – Pam Boyd, Metrick Houser, Richard Kretzschmar, Mike Ogles and Ed Yeilding
2022 – Jim Cooper, Nicole Faulk, John MacFarlane, TK Mattingly
2021 – Brad Corson, Carol Godfrey, Ed Lewis, Gerald Pouncey, Regenia Sanders, Zeke Smith
2020 – Sharlene Evans, Nelda Lee, Brooks Moore, Gerald Smith, Ken Smith
2019 – Bobby Keith, Jim Odom, Olivia Owen, Dale York
2018 – Leslee Belluchie, Joe Cowan, Kenneth Kelly
2017 – John Chambliss, Jan Davis, Cindy Green, Linda Figg, Thomas Walter
2016 – Pedro Cherry, Gary Martin, Chris Moody, Rob Taylor, John Watson
2015 – Melissa Herkt, Charlie Miller, John Smyth, John Thomas
2014 – Charles Gavin III, Sanjay Govil, Larry Monroe
2013 – Anne M. Cleary, Oscar Harper, William B. Reed
2012 – Buzz Miller, Ed Reynolds, Jeff Stone
2011 – Wayne Owens, Hal Pennington, Dick Quina
2010 – Tom Lowe, Todd May, Wendell Mead, Bill Ward
2009 – Richard W. Amos, Edward C. Healy, William Denney Pate
2008 – Michael DeMaioribus, Raymond E. Loyd, Gregg K. Carr
2007 – Philip Gordon Fraher, Rodney L. Robertson, Walter S. Woltosz
2006 – James H. Carroll, Jr., James M. Hoskins, James S. Voss, Shaoqin Zhang
2005 – David W. Scobey, Jr., Jerry F. Thomas, Jimmie V. Adams, Michael Larry Tuggle
2004 – Robert L. Davis, W. George Hairston, III, Susan N. Story, Reginald I. Vachon
2003 – Wiley M. Cauthen, Theodore P. Crane, Jr., Stephen L. Davis, Dame S. Hamby
2002 – Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr., Charles D. McCrary, William R. McNair
2001 – Timothy D. Cook, Bill L. Harbert, Carver G. Kennedy, James E. Livingston
2000 – Thomas R. Johnson, Jr., Spiros G. Pallas, Dwight L. Wiggins, Jr.
1999 – Joe W. Forehand, Jr., Jackson L. Hulsey, Grady Sherman Jobe, James Kirk Newell, III
1998 – Lawrence Owen Brown, William P. Fricks, Frank B. Williams
1997 – Gerald B. Andrews, Ronald J. Harris, Earl B. Parsons, Jr., Roy H. Norris
1996 – Ronald M. Dykes, M. Miller Gorrie, John M. Rampy, Clyde H. Wood
1995 – Robert E. Alongi, Harry G. Craft, Jr., Billy M. Guthrie, William O. Whitt
1994 – Robert N. Heath, Wiley J. Robinson, Robert J. Sweeney, Jr.
1993 – Donald R. Luger, Michael B. McCartney, Joe T. McMillan, L. Ray Taunton
1992 – Ralph S. Cunningham, Roger R. Hemminghaus, J. David Irwin, Albert J. Smith, Jr.
1991 – Fred Birdsong, Larry O. Daniel, Julian Davidson, J. Tracy O’Rourke, Horace A. Shepard
1990 – John W. Brown, Sam Ginn, T. Keith King, Earle C. Williams
1989 – Dwight L. Carlisle, Jr., Rodney L. Grandy, Jr., Forrest S. McCartney, Douglas L. McCrary
1988 – Raymond M. Warren, Jr.
1987 – Cleveland L. Adams, Elmer B. Harris, Joe C. Jones, Philip W. Lett, Jr., Gerald G. McGlamery, Sr.
1986 – Robert H. Harris, James H. Martin, Jr., John H. Sanders
1985 – William F. Land
1984 – John T. Hartley, Jr.
1983 – Edgar C. Gentle, Jr.
1982 – Alan R. Barton
1981 – Richard G. Smith
1980 – Terry A. Kirkley
1979 – Fob James
1978 – George A. Mattison, Jr.
1977 – J. Kirk Newell
1976 – Robert E. Williams, Jr.
1975 – John M. Harbert, III
1974 – Frank M. Malone
1973 – Otis William Bynum
1972 – Harry M. Burns
1971 – W. Kelly Mosley
1970 – Leon Gottlieb
1969 – Ben S. Gilmer