May 16, 2025: Mr. Russell Guerard West '88, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist; Former President of Market Scan Information Systems; Co-Founder of Wings & Warriors
May 13, 2023: Mr. Zachry "Zac" Brown, Renowned Musician, Singer-Songwriter, Founder and Lead Singer of Zac Brown Band
May 10, 2018: Mrs. Nellie Dunaway Duke, President and CEO of the Georgia Women's Institute
May 10, 2018: Mrs. Laura Richards, Founder and Chair of the Friends of Carrollton GreenBelt LLC
May 11, 2017: Mr. Steve R. Adams, West Georgia Ambulance
April 30, 2016: Ms. Melissa "Missy" P. Dugan, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta
April 26, 2014: Mr. Steve Penley, nationally recognized artist
April 27, 2013: Mr. Phillip E. Kauffman, owner and manager of several real estate investment companies
December 8, 2012: Mr. A. Paul Cadenhad, prominent trial attorney
April 28, 2012: Mr. Bob Stone, founder of Systems and Methods
May 9, 2009: Dr. J. Willis Hurst, nationally recognized cardiologist, teacher, research, clinician, and writer – Emory School of Medicine
May 10, 2006: Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, Director of the National Cancer institute and Acting Commissioner of Food & Drugs, Food & Drug Administration
May 11, 2005: Mr. Richard H. Glanton, Sr. VP of Corporate Dev. for Exelon Corp. & 1968 alum
July 31, 2004: Mr. Dan Cathy, President and Chief Operating Officer of Chick-fil-A
August 3, 2002: Ms. Alice H. Richards, widow of the founder of Southwire, Roy Richards, Sr.
May 9, 2001: Dr. Richard Zare, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University
August 5, 2000: Dr. Nikki Giovanni, Poet & Civil Rights Activist and Professor of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
May 8, 1999: Mr. Mallard Fuller, Habitat for Humanity International
Aug. 15, 1998: Howard Hollis “Bo” Callaway (Callaway Gardens)
June 15, 1997: Dr. Julian C. Stanley, Director, Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth, Johns Hopkins University
June 14, 1996: Mr. Roy Richards, Jr., Chairman & CEO of Southwire Company
