Past Medallion of Merit Recipients
The Medallion of Merit is the University’s highest honor.
Dates following title indicate total years of service to Wake Forest.
2011 — K. Wayne Smith (’60), Life Trustee and Benefactor
2010 — Barbara Babcock Millhouse (LHD ’88), founding president of Reynolda House Museum of American Art and past Wake Forest trustee
2009 — Marvin D. Gentry (’57), Life Trustee; Dr. Richard H. Dean, president emeritus of Wake Forest University Health Sciences
2008 — Murray C. Greason (’59, JD ’62), Chairman, Board of Trustees
2007 — Edgar D. “Ed” Christman (’50, JD ’53), Chaplain, 1956-2003
2006 — Thomas K. Hearn Jr., 12th President, 1983-2005; T. Eugene Worrell (’40), Trustee and Benefactor
2005 — Timothy Pennell (’55, MD ’60), Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine, 1966-2002; Willis E. “Doc” Murphrey (’52, JD ’57), Old Campus Personality
2004 — Edwin G. Wilson (’43), Provost and Professor of English, 1951-2002
2003 — Leon H. Corbett Jr. (’59, JD ’61), Vice President and Counsel, 1968-2002
2002— C. Douglas Maynard (’55, MD ’59), Chair, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, 1966-2003
2001 — Victor I. Flow Jr. (’52), Trustee and Benefactor
2000 — Richard Janeway, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, 1966-1997
1999 — Mary Ann Taylor (’56, MD ’60), Director, Student Health Service, 1961-1991
1998 — Henry S. Stroupe (’35, MA ’37), Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of History, 1937-1984
1997 — Ivey C. Gentry, Professor of Mathematics, 1949-1989
1996 — Lula M. “Lu” Leake, Associate Vice President and Dean of Women, 1964-1997; Mark H. Reece (’49), Dean of Students and Dean of Men, 1956-1988
1995 — Thomas E. Mullen, Dean of the College and Professor of History, 1957-2000
1994 — Germaine Bree, Kenan Professor of Humanities, 1973-1985
1993 — Eugene Hooks (’50), Director of Athletics, 1956-1992
1992 — Elizabeth Phillips, Professor of English, 1957-1989
1991 — Weston P. Hatfield (’41), Chairman, Board of Trustees
1990 — Eben Alexander, Professor of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, 1949-2004
1989 — Harold M. Barrow, Chair of Physical Education, 1948-1977
1988 — Richard T. Myers, Chair, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, 1950-2000
1987 — Russell H. Brantley Jr. (’45), Director of Communications, 1953-1987
1986 — D. Wayne Calloway (’59), Chairman, Board of Trustees
1985 — Robert A. Dyer, Professor of Religion, 1956-1983
1984 — James Ralph Scales, 11th President, 1967-1983; Harold W. Tribble, 10th President, 1950-1967
1983 — Manson Meads, Vice President for Health Affairs, 1947-2001;
1982 — D.A. Brown, Professor of English, 1941-1973
1981 — Owen F. Herring (’13, MA ’14), Professor of Religion, 1946-1963
1980 — Nancy Susan Reynolds, Benefactor; James W. Mason (JD ’38), Chairman, Board of Trustees
1979 — Grady S. Patterson (’24), Registrar, 1924-1972; A.C. Reid, Professor of Philosophy, 1920-1965
1978 — Melvin Q. Layton (’47), Superintendent of Grounds, 1951-1977; Clark Vincent, Professor of Medical Sociology, School of Medicine, 1964-1978
1977 — Carroll W. Weathers (’22, JD ’23), Dean and Professor of Law, 1950-1972
1976 — Egbert L. Davis Jr. (’33), Chairman, Board of Trustees; Charles M. Allen (’39, MA ’41), Professor of Biology, 1941-1989
1975 — H. Broadus Jones (’10), Professor of English, 1924-1959
1974 — Edgar Estes Folk (’21), Professor of English, 1936-1967
1973 — Lois Johnson, Dean of Women, 1942-1962; Jasper L. Memory (’21), Professor of Education, 1929-1971
1972 — J. Allen Easley (’43), Professor of Religion, 1938-1963
1971 — Clara Carswell, Benefactor
1970 — Harold T. P. Hayes (’48), Editor, Esquire magazine
1969 — Irving Carlyle, President, Board of Trustees
1968 — Camillo Artom, Professor of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, 1939-1961
