Thomas A. Epting Outstanding Alumni Award
Presented to an alumnus/a over the age of forty (40) who best exemplifies commitment to and support of Newberry College. Additional consideration is given for service to church, community, state, and nation.
2025 - James P. Coggins '74 | Pamela Roberson '85
2024 - Dr. Laura Neath Black ’71
2023 - James "Jim" Hale '63
2022 - Angela Reid '02
2021 - Pierce J. Guard, Jr. '70
2020 - Michael Mack '82
2019 - Dr. Margaret "Peggy" Yonce Ward '64
2018 - Pastor Mary W. Anderson '78
2017 - L. Wayne Pearson '70
2016 - Otho L. Shealy '48
2015 - Dick Roberts '65 | Joanne Jumper '62
2014 - Dorothy "Dot" Jeffcoat '63
2013 - William P. Walker, Jr. '69
2012 - Robert “Bob” Hampton '61
2011 - Phillip M. Spotts '56 | Mary Kathryn "Kathy" Whitaker Spotts '63 | George W. Dominick '65
2010 - The Dufford Family
2009 - Nelson Rickenbaker '84 | Virgil Kester '41 | Frances Kester '41 | Edward "Buddy" Counts Jr. '63
2008 - Julie McLeod '59 - John Yost Jr. '43 | David Epting '44 | Daniel Koon '81
2006 - Bill Hilton Jr. '70 | John Hudgens '60
2005 - William Bethea '62 | Patrick Dennis '54 | Hap Corley '47
2004 - Virginia K. Aull '55 | Clarence Stucke '43
2003 - Christie C. Whitaker '84
2002 - James W. Ingram Jr. '69
2001 - E. Eugene Epting Jr. '69
2000 - Doris Dominick Sandberg '52 | John L. Sease '70
1999 - J. Asbury Bedenbaugh '38
1998 - Dorothy P. Brandt '54
1997 - Fred Voight Lester '42
1996 - Gaines Orin Boone '48
1995 - Murray L. Davis '53 | James Aull '53
1994 - Harry Weber '42
1993 - Margaret Paysinger '38
1992 - Rev. Charles J. Shealy, Jr. '40
1991 - Thomas A. "Bucko" Edens '47
1990 - Robert Eargle Seastrunk '55
1989 - Dr. David J. Haigler '44
1988 - Mary Ellen Rawl Wingard '53
1987 - Louise Eargle Seastrunk '27
1986 - The Rev. Henry McCullough, Jr. '29
1985 - Dr. James L. Graham Jr. '60 | Prema Lever Gnann '33
1984 - Francis Addy Snelgrove '45 | Dr. Herman L. Frick '29
1983 - Lawrence Benjamin Graves '46
1982 - Clifford B. Morgan '37
1981 - Elizabeth Shealy Hunter '44
1980 - Vernon Eptings '36
1979 - Rev. Fred E. Dufford '25 | Thomas Stilwell '26
1978 - Elizabeth Rice Boone '45
1977 - The Rev. J. Virgil Addy '31
1976 - The Rev. Henry S. Petrea '12
1975 - Clara Shealy Hawkins '38
1974 - Dr. Homer Eargle '25 | Harry L. Eleazer '28
1973 - Dr. John Clarson '23 | Esther Sherouse Preuett '29
1972 - Dr. Hubert Setzler '26 | Sadie Wagers Edwards '24
1971 - Philip T. Kelly, Jr. '33
1970 - Dr. Karl W. Kinard '22
1969 - Dr. James C. Kinard '16
1968 - Dr. J.A. Shealy '13