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