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We are now accepting 2024 Outstanding Alumni Nominations
Deadline: September 6, 2024
The Outstanding Alumni Award is the highest recognition the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) bestows upon its former students. Since 2004, this award has served to honor recipients while highlighting the impact our College’s programs make on communities in Texas and beyond, as well as fostering pride among former students, faculty and staff.
Nominees for the Outstanding Alumni award must have earned their latest degree at least seven years ago. You can also nominate a former CEHD student for the Early Career Alumni award if they earned their degree within the past three to seven years.
Past recipients
2024
- Dr. Dae Seok Chai ‘16
- Dr. Tim Drain ‘91
- Becky R. Petitt, Ph.D. ‘08
- Dr. Carly E. McCord ‘13
- Matthew J. Etchells ’18 (Early Career)
- Dr. Jeff McCanna ’20 (Early Career)
- Mario I. Suárez, Ph.D. '18 (Early Career)
2023
- Dr. Shirley Hammond ’00
- Dr. David A. Ortiz ’92, ’94
- Carlos H. Rios ’90, ’97, ’12
- Luke Christian Lyons ’18 (Early Career)
- Genyne L. Royal ’15 (Early Career)
- Diana Wandix-White ’19 (Early Career)
2022
- Dr. Archie L. Blanson ’05
- Dr. William A. Jasper ’97
- Dr. Gena L. Jerkins ’95
- Dr. Brooke Kandel ’09
- Katherine Franklin ’14 (Early Career Recipient)
- Jeffrey Yarbrough ’12 (Early Career Recipient)
2021
- Dr. Miguel Angel Cano ’11
- Dr. Andrea Foster ’82, ’84, ’98
- Dr. Dave A.R. Louis ’05
- Dr. Emil R. Rodolfa ’81
- Captain Derek J. Bull ’13 (Early Career Recipient)
- Dr. Geovanny J. Ponce ’19 (Early Career Recipient)
2019
- Anthony Donato, Ph.D. ’04
- Olga Perez-Garcia Gentry ’86
- Tom Glenn ’73, ’77
- Matt Timmons ’00
- Kendra L. Williams-Diehm, Ph.D. ’99, ’02, ’06
- Lt. Cmdr. Josh Swift, Ph.D. ’10 (Early Career Recipient)
- Christie Whitbeck, Ph.D. ’11 (Early Career Recipient)
2018
- Matthew Allen ’03
- Jimmy Cheek ’69
- Judy Webb LeUnes ’76
- Charol Shakeshaft ’78
- Daphne Watkins ’06
- Rose Mason ’12 (Early Career Recipient)
- Edgar J. Villarreal ’07 (Early Career Recipient)
2017
- Dr. Steven Furney ’75
- Don D. Albrecht, Ph.D. ’76
- Gayle Bellomy ’74
- Henry J. Ostermann ’72
- Brandon R. Macias ’12 (Early Career Recipient)
2016
- Tiffany Barfield ’99
- Dr. Rita Barrera Hernandez ’86
- Gary Kubiak ’83
- Kelly Ricks ’92
- Dr. Terry Kidd ’11 (Early Career Recipient)
2015
- E. Brooks Applegate III ’86
- Trevor M. Burt ’95
- Meixia Ding ’05
- Barbara Teague Polnick ’99
- Eun Sook Kim ’08 (Early Career Recipient)
2014
- (Posthumously Awarded) John W. Logan ’83
- Ronald S. Palomares ’83 ’92
- Nico P. Pronk ’92
- Donald J. Stockton ’96
- Matthew Lee Smith ’08 (Early Career Recipient)
2013
- Bobbie Biggs ’76
- William Dee Nichols ’95
- Salvador Hector Ochoa ’89
- T. Gilmour Reeve ’76
- Melanie Sartore-Baldwin ’07 (Early Career Recipient)
2012
- Pebbles Fagan ’97
- Art Hernandez ’87
- Michael Sagas ’99 ’01
- Maria Shelton ’87
2011
- Kevin P. Jackson ’00
- June Scobee Rodgers ’83
2010
- Carla Chapman Amacher ’93 ’95
- Xitao Fan ’93
- John E. Trott, Jr. ’66 ’72
- Jennifer L. Milam ’01 ’08 (Early-Career Recipient)
2009
- Eddie J. Davis ’67 ’73 ’80
- Celia R. Goode-Haddock ’72
- Gertrude B. Henry ’95
- Deanna F. Yates ’91
- Jo Ann Bludau ’94
2008
- Peggy Coghlan ’76
- Susan J. Simpson ’03
- David P. Thompson ’84
- Jack Michael Willoughby ’67
2007
- Robin L. Hughes ’97
- Pamela Rodriguez Juarez ’77
- David A. Rubenstein ’77
- Emilie A. Naiser ’03 (Early Career Award)
2006
- James F. Fales ’72
- Deneese L. Jones ’88
- Joseph Mitchell ’83
2005
- Paul B. Beran ’96
- William A. Thomson ’79
2004
- Cecil B. Drain ’86
- Arno W. Krebs ’64
- James E. McMunigal ’86
Contact
For more information, please contact:
Wendy Kreider
wkreider@tamu.edu
979-845-6411
Hard Copy Nomination Packets can be sent to:
Wendy Kreider
Texas A&M University
College of Education and Human Development / Dean’s Office
802F Harrington Tower / 4222 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4222