RECIPIENTS OF OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS

Outstanding Alumnus Award
 
(first award presented in 1989)
 
Presented annually to a TMC graduate (or former student who has completed a minimum of 30 hours at the institution), who has shown outstanding achievement in a specific field of endeavor, while exhibiting loyalty to and support of the college.  
 
Academic Year Recipient of Outstanding Alumnus Award Class Year
1989-90  Mr. Al Dale (former ABC news bureau chief) 1961
1990-91 Dr. Myron Collins (orthopedic surgeon) 1956
1991-92 Dr. Robert N. Nash (former SBC missionary and seminary president in Philippines) 1956
 1992-93  Dr. Billy Frye (chancellor, Emory University)  1950
 1993-94  Mr. Larry Bryant (attorney)  1957
 1994-95  Senator Hinton Mitchem (state senator, State of Alabama)  1958
 1995-96  **Dr. Kenneth Barnes (Clayton County educator)  1955
 1996-97  **Dr. Donald L. Folsom (Executive Director of Georgia Baptist Foundation)  1954
 1997-98  **Rev. Claud Healan (former Director of Missions for Morgan, Appalachee and Mulberry Associations, GBC)  1954
 1998-99  Mr. Michael Tull (president of I. W. Tull Sales Company)  1975
 1999-00  Ms. Donna Kirby (former missionary to Hong Kong)  1959
 2000-01  Rev. Robert Hatfield (Minister of Music, Dawson Memorial Baptist Church)  1969
 2001-02  Mrs. Betty A. Walker (retired IMB missionary)  1960
 2002-03  Dr. Jerry C. Davis (President of College of the Ozarks)  1963
 2003-04  Dr. J. Donald Carroll (retired Director of Missions)  1954
**Deceased
 

Outstanding Young Alumnus Award

 
(first award presented in 1995)
 
Presented annually to a TMC alumnus who has graduated/attended within the past ten years, selected on the basis of personal achievement and loyalty to the college.  
 
Academic Year Recipient of Outstanding Young Alumnus Award Class Year
1995-96 Dr. Chris Childs (dentist in Gainesville) 1990
1996-97 Ms. Joy Parks (judge of White County Magistrate Court) 1988
1997-98 Mr. Stacy Butler (pharmacist and former international professional basketball player) 1988
1998-99  **Ms. Betsy Wynne (ADA Coordinator at the University of Georgia)  1992
1999-00  Mr. Jeremy Gates (Minister of Music in First Baptist Church, Eustis, Florida)  1994
2000-01  Rev. Johnathan Gray (pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, Fairburn)   1994
 2001-02 Mr. Ben T. Bridges (music teacher with Bibb County Board of Education)   1995
 2002-03  Ms. Allyson Harper (teacher of deaf/hearing impaired, Newnan High School)  1995
 2003-04 Mr. Scotty J. Wilbanks  (songwriter/professional musician)  1991
**Deceased 
 

Meritorious Service Award

 
(first award presented in 1989)
 
Presented annually to a person (may be alumnus or not) who has shown loyalty and commitment to Truett-McConnell College through outstanding service, e.g., as a trustee, financial contributor, student recruiter, administrator, faculty member or some area of Christian service.  
 
Academic Year Recipient of Meritorious Service Award
1989 Mr. Jack Holcomb and Dr. Louise Holcomb (former students, faculty members and administrators of TMC)
1990 **Mr. J. C. Driskell (former faculty member of TMC and benefactor of the TMC Baptist Student Union program)
1991 Dr. Lounell Mullis (former faculty member)
1992  **Dr. Pearl Nix (charter faculty member, trustee and scholarship visionary)
1993  Dr. Truett Gannon (pastor, former president of Georgia Baptist Convention, former chairman of TMC Board of Trustees)
1994  **Mr. Earl Payne  (former faculty member)
 1995 Mr. Colby Tilley (former TMC women’s basketball coach)
 1996 Mr. Rodney Fitzgerald (former TMC faculty member and administrator; current TMC adjunct instructor)
1997 Dr. Helen Adams (former faculty member and drama director)
**Deceased

 
TMC Alum Named Pharmacist of the Year
 
   Dr. Joshua Davis Kinsey (TMC class of 2001) was recently honored by the Georgia Pharmacy Association as the Georgia Retail Pharmacist of the Year.  The Georgia Pharmacy Association is a nationally recognized and respected organization with more than 2,000 members.  Kinsey also was elected to serve as the vice chairman of the Academy of Employee Pharmacists for the next two years and then will assume the chairmanship of the Academy’s Board of Directors.
 
   He was chosen for this prestigious award based on his involvement with the Georgia Pharmacy Association, his volunteer work in his community, and his dedication to his patients and the profession of pharmacy.  He is one of the youngest pharmacists to receive the honor in the history of the award.
 
   He is a 2005 honor graduate of Mercer University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and is currently employed as the pharmacist in charge of the Ingles Pharmacy in his hometown of Cleveland, GA.