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Distinguished Alumni Awards

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Formerly the COLLEGE OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

1998	Larry Bumgardner (‘77 – Attorney; adjunct Pepperdine professor; past director of The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Center for Public Affairs)
1999	Phillip Sprayberry (’76 – Lead Teacher for the Arts at Booker T. Washington Magnet School;Montgomery, Alabama)
2001	Dennis Loyd (‘58 – retired Lipscomb English professor)
2002	David Ralston (‘62 – President, Memphis Tom’s Sales; Memphis, TN
2003	David Sampson (’78 – U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development; Washington, DC)
2004	Lincoln Hanks (’91 – Professor of Music at Pepperdine University)
2005	Beth Halteman Harwell (Tennessee State Representative)
2006	Judy Leavell (’68 - Actress)
2010	Mr. Randy Goodman ('77 President and Founder of Lyric Street Records)
2010	Dr. Jean Anderson ('75 Founder, HIV Women's Health Program, Johns Hopkins University)

COLLEGE OF BIBLE AND MINISTRY

1998	Harvey Floyd ('53 – retired Bible professor; Lipscomb University)
1999	Clarence Dailey (’48 – Minister for 24 years at Union Ave.; Memphis, TN; on Brentwood Hills ministry staff since 1983)
2001	Larry Cantrell (’91 – Inner City Ministry)
2002	Philip Slate (’57 – North Blvd. Church; Mission Emphasis; Murfreesboro, TN)
2003	John Murphree (’49 – Minister)
2004	Clyde Miller (’48 – Teacher and Preacher; Nashville, TN)
2005	Johnny Markham (’85 – Youth Minister at College Hills in Lebanon, TN)
2006	Jerrie Barber (’67 – Minister at Berry’s Chapel Church of Christ)
2010	Dr. Jerry L. Sumney ('78 Professor of Biblical Studies, Lexington Theological Seminary)

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

1998	Gary Baker (’67 – Attorney; Baker,Campbell & Parsons)
1999	Karen Saul ('84 – President & CEO, The HR Group, LLC; Nashville, TN)
2001	David Costello (‘64 – CPA; President and CEO of NASBA, National Association of State Boards of Accountancy)
2002	Bruce Sullivan (’63 – retired partner, ERNST & YOUNG)
2003	Jeff Whitehorn (‘84 – Summit Medical Center)
2004	Ken Shumard (’65 – Chairman, Medical Doctor Associates; Atlanta, GA)
2005	Bob Sircy (’74 – VP, Corporate Controller for Southwestern/Great American)
2006	Ernie Hyne, II – (’73 – Attorney)
2010	Mr. Keith Dyer ('85 Director of Worldwide Channels, Cisco Systems)

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Formerly the COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

1998	Harry Kellam (’68 – first African American to graduate from Lipscomb; Social Work)
1999	Junior High (’70 – Retired Metro school principal; currently faculty in College of Education and Professional Studies)
2001	Caroline Cross (’53 – Cross Properties; widow of the late Bill Cross; has endowed a chair for Family and Consumer Sciences)
2002	Steve Liddle (’82 – coaching staff for Minnesota Twins)
2003	Sharon McLarty Dockins (’77 – Speech/Drama Teacher; Logan Co. High School)
2004	Tom Ingram (’67 – Chief of Staff, US Senator Lamar Alexander, Washington, DC)
2005	George Spain (’56 – CEO, Centerstone Community Mental Health Centers, Inc.; Nashville, TN)
2006	Bill Burton – (’70 – Administrative VP – Greater Atlanta Christian School)
2010	Mr. Scott Owens ('86 Principal, W.G. Rhea Elementary School)

Formerly the COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES

1998	Burton Elrod (’72 – Orthopaedic Surgeon; Tennessee Titans Physcian)
1999	Tom Breakfield (’62 – Director of Shutte Payload Operations for NASA)
2001	Oliver Yates (‘56 – retired/adjunct Biology faculty; Lipscomb University)
2002	Robert Pilkinton (’54 – Medical Doctor; Skyline and Tennessee Christian)
2003	Jimmy Netterville (‘76 – ENT Physician; Vanderbilt Hospital)
2004	David Elrod (’77 – General Manager, Aerospace Testing Alliance; Tullahoma, TN)
2005	J. David Hardison (’76 – Dental School Faculty at Univeristy of Kentucky)
2006	Sara Reed Stinchcomb (’61 – Public Health Physician)

RAYMOND B. JONES COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

2010

Mr. Bryan Thornton ('98 Founder, Net Reactions)