Awards and Honors
FMU enjoys a faculty and student body that work hard to foster a positive environment and yield success for Patriots from all walks of life.
Honorary Degree Recipients
Honorary degrees are delivered to outstanding individuals who have impacted the culture of FMU in positive ways.
Howard Stokes
William Herman Patterson
John Carl West
Robert Duncan Bass
Hugh F. Rankin
Maceo Nance Jr.
Patrick Chesley Smith
Gordon Williams Blackwell
Edith Mitchell Dabbs
Matthew James Perry Jr.
Alexander McQueen Quattlebaum
James B. Edwards
Theodore Sanders Stern
Margaret M. Bryant
James Woodrow Lewis
May 13, 1972
May 13, 1973
May 13, 1973
May 11, 1974
May 11, 1974
May 10, 1975
May 10, 1975
May 15, 1976
May 14, 1977
May 14, 1977
May 14, 1977
May 13, 1978
May 13, 1978
May 12, 1979
May 12, 1979
Helen Joanne Harrar
William S. Hoole
John G. Wellman
Hubert Vernon Manning
James A. Morris
Dan T. Carter
Julian Lorin Mason Jr.
John Charles Lindsay
William Thomas Putnam
Ronald E. Carrier
James Alton Rogers
Strom Thurmond
Earle E. Morris Jr.
John Bruce Pitner
Charles Brown MacDonald
Bernard Shaw
Charles Alex Harvin III
David Bomar Smith
William Reed Howard
Walter Douglas Smith
Fred Cleon Fore
James Alexander Grimsley Jr.
Larry Artope Jackson
David Walker Harwell
Hugh K. Leatherman
Thomas Travis Medlock
T. Boone Pickens Jr.
May 10, 1980
May 10, 1980
May 9, 1981
May 9, 1981
May 8, 1982
May 14, 1983
May 14, 1983
Dec. 22, 1983
Dec. 22,1983
April 7, 1984
April 7, 1984
April 7, 1984
May 12, 1984
Dec. 18, 1984
May 7, 1985
Dec. 16, 1985
Dec. 16, 1985
May 7, 1986
Dec. 18, 1986
Dec. 18, 1986
May 6, 1987
May 6, 1987
May 6, 1987
Dec. 15, 1987
Dec. 15, 1987
Dec. 15, 1987
May 5, 1988
Charles Moss Duke Jr.
Fred C. Perry Jr.
David N. Thomas
Sherwood H. Smith Jr.
Marcia Curtis
Fitz-John Creighton McMaster
Charles A. Horner
Catherine White Ingold
Phillip N. Truluck
L. Glenn Orr Jr.
James C. Hooks Jr.
Nathaniel W. Rosenfeld
Adele B. Kassab
John Kassab
Jean Hoefer Toal
May 5, 1990
July 1, 1990
July 1, 1990
Sept. 7, 1990
Dec. 15, 1990
May 4, 1991
Dec. 21, 1991
May 9, 1992
Dec. 19, 1992
Dec. 18, 1993
May 7, 1994
May 7, 1994
Dec. 18, 1999
Dec. 18, 1999
Dec. 18, 1999
L. Morgan Martin
Christopher James Yahnis
Edward Eli Saleeby Sr.
John Drummond
Ashpy Parnell Lowrimore
Ernest A. Finney Jr.
John Yancey McGill
David H. Wilkins
Glenn F. McConnell
C. Edward Floyd
Thomas G. Keegan
Leroy Davis Sr.
Robert W. Harrell Jr.
Douglas Jennings Jr.
Archie Lee Chandler
Matthew James Perry Jr.
W.C. Stanton
Inez M. Tenenbaum
John H. Waller Jr.
Marshall Clement Sanford Jr.
Kurt G. Beck
Marva A. Smalls
Sompong Kraikit
Charlene Wages
James Enos Clyburn
Thomas Graham Edwards
Edward Conyers O’Bryan Jr.
Robert E. McNair
Philip G. Grose Jr.
James S. Konduros
John M. Spratt Jr.
Liston D. Barfield
Allie E. Brooks Jr.
Lindsey O. Graham
Iris R. Campbell
W.O. “Billy” Powers
Joseph E. Heyward
Marvin W. Lynch
Eugene N. Zeigler Jr.
William C. Moran
Frank R. Avent
Emerson F. Gower Jr.
James H. Hodges
Harriet H. Keyserling
Kenneth M. Autrey Jr.
Kent M. Williams
William Hayne Hipp
Gerald Malloy
Frank Eugene Willis
Elizabeth Ivey Cooper
Sylvia Rhyne Hatchell
Denny Woodall Neilson
James A. Battle Jr.
Mary A. Burgan
Robert Weston Patterson
May 6, 2000
May 6, 2000
Dec. 16, 2000
Dec. 16, 2000
Dec. 16, 2000
May 5, 2001
May 5, 2001
May 5, 2001
Dec. 15, 2001
Dec. 15, 2001
Dec. 15, 2001
May 4, 2002
May 4, 2002
May 4, 2002
Dec. 14, 2002
Dec. 14, 2002
Dec. 14, 2002
May 10, 2003
May 10, 2003
Dec. 13, 2003
Dec. 13, 2003
May 8, 2004
May 8, 2004
May 8, 2004
Dec. 18, 2004
Dec. 18, 2004
Dec. 18, 2004
May 7, 2005
May 7, 2005
May 7, 2005
Dec. 18, 2005
Dec. 18, 2005
Dec. 18, 2005
May 6, 2006
May 6, 2006
May 6, 2006
Dec. 16, 2006
Dec. 16, 2006
Dec. 16, 2006
May 5, 2007
May 5, 2007
Dec. 15, 2007
Dec. 15, 2007
May 3, 2008
May 3, 2008
May 3, 2008
Dec. 13, 2008
Dec. 13, 2008
Dec. 13, 2008
May 9, 2009
May 9, 2009
May 9, 2009
Dec. 19, 2009
Dec. 19, 2009
Dec. 19, 2009
John Calhoun Land III
Reamer B. King
Mark Wilson Buyck Jr.
Joseph Patrick Riley Jr.
Michael Anthony Blue
Kaye Gorenflo Hearn
Pearl Frances Moore
William Haigh Porter
Carl Lovetta Anderson
Stephen K. Benjamin
Sylvia Rabb Lufkin
David Keith Best
John L. Bruce Jr.
Joseph H. Melrose Jr.
Floyd L. Keels
E. LeRoy (Toy) Nettles Jr.
Margaret B. Seymour
Marian Cusac Green
Charles W. Gould
Robert M. Hitt III
William Phillip Diggs
Minor Mickel Shaw
Lucy Crosland Thrower
Morgan Baxter Coker
Ellen C. Hamilton
Stephen J. Wukela
Dorothy M. Harris
James H. Lucas
Henry McCall Swink
Phillip D. Lowe
Molly M. Spearman
Rannie D. Gamble
Hugh Thompson Rice, Jr.
Richard N. Chapman
Jackie Hayes
Teresa Myers Ervin
Vincent A. Sheheen
Frank J. Brand II
Rebecca Hendrick Flannagan
May 8, 2010
May 8, 2010
Dec. 18, 2010
Dec. 18, 2010
Dec. 18, 2010
May 7, 2011
May 7, 2011
May 7, 2011
Dec. 17, 2011
Dec. 17, 2011
Dec. 17, 2011
May 5, 2012
May 5, 2012
May 5, 2012
Dec. 15, 2012
Dec. 15, 2012
Dec. 15, 2012
May 4, 2013
May 4, 2013
May 4, 2013
Dec. 14, 2013
Dec. 14, 2013
Dec. 14, 2013
May 3, 2014
May 3, 2014
May 3, 2014
Dec. 13, 2014
Dec. 13, 2014
Dec. 13, 2014
May 9, 2015
May 9, 2015
Dec. 19, 2015
Dec. 19, 2015
May 7, 2016
May 7, 2016
December 17, 2016
December 17, 2016
May 6, 2017
May 6, 2017
AAFSC Diversity Award
The AAFSC was founded at FMU in 1995 to stimulate and enhance cultural awareness, and to promote professional development and welfare among faculty, staff and students. The organization’s goals include increasing morale, and communication among members; creating an atmosphere of community for FMU African-American faculty, staff and students; serving as a liaison between the administrative personnel of FMU and the African-American faculty and staff; and examining the university’s efforts in recruitment and retention of African-American faculty and staff.
AAFSC Diversity Award Recipients include: Dr. Daniel Brauss, Dr. Erica James, Dr. Shayna A. Wrighten, Dr. Ruth Wittmann-Price, Professor Jason Owens, Dr. Rebecca Lawson, Dr. Louis Venters, Ms. Angela Crosland, Dr. Rhonda Brogdon, Ms. Yvonne Davis, Mrs. Crystal Graham, and Dr. Will Wattles.
