Alcornite of the Year is the highest honor awarded to a prominent alumnus/alumnae who has achieved distinction though exceptional contribution to our international, national, state, or community welfare.

Recipient Number Award Year Award Winner
#001 1948 George Cox
#002 1949 Richard Sylvester Grossley
#003 1950 Milan W. Davis.
#004 1951 Daniel W. Ambrose
#005 1952 George W. Lee
#006 1953 Robert Hunter
#007 1954 Ruby Elizabeth Cowan Stutts Lyells
#008 1955 Hampton P. Wilburn
#009 1957 John D. Boyd
#010 1959 W. S. Demby
#011 1961 Cleopatra D. Thompson
#012 1962 Chester L. Marcus
#013 1963 Jessie A. Morris
#014 1964 Delors E. Magee
#015 1965 Benjamin Franklin McLaurin
#016 1966 Rube Harrington Jr.
#017 1967 George J. Bacon
#018 1968 Evans T. Hawkins
#019 1969 William Earthy Ammons
#020 1970 James Charles Evers
#021 1971 James C. Gilliam
#022 1971 James C. Gilliam
#023 1973 James E. Miller
#024 1974 Calvin Rhodes
#025 1975 David Wilson Wilburn
#026 1976 Luther Alexander
#027 1977 Robert Jordan
#028 1978 Henry R. Smith
#029 1979 Andrew Graves
#030 1980 E. A. Dumas
#031 1981 Fred Cunningham
#032 1982 Jewell C. Lockhart
#033 1983 Vera H. Bryant
#034 1984 Issac L. Thomas
#035 1985 Kenneth L. Simmons
#036 1986 Lottie H. Powell
#037 1987 37.1987
#038 1988 Alpha L. Morris
#039 1989 Mack Willie Payton
#040 1990 Mary P. Demby
#041 1991 Matthew W. Thomas Jr.
#042 1992 George Jones Jr.
#043 1993 Robert Wayne Bowles
#044 1994 Thomas Madison Moman II
#045 1995 Laplose Turner Jackson Sr.
#046 1996 Davis “Redskin” Weathersby
#047 1997 John E. Walls Jr.
#048 1998 Arthur Bennett Peyton
#049 1999 Laura Hart Hearn Hearn
#050 2000 Lonnie Edward Moore Sr.
#051 2001 James Walter Hill Sr.
#052 2002 Allene Demby Gayles
#053 2003 James “Bo” Clark
#054 2004 Irma R. Smith Walton
#055 2006 Barbara Darris Bacon
#056 2007 Zelmarine Murphy
#057 2008 Percy O. Norwood Jr.
#058 2009 Jo Ella (Harrison)
#059 2010 Willie C. Harper
#060 2011 Exie Ola Griggs Williamson
#061 2012 Charles Franklin McClelland Sr.
#062 2013 Ella Robinson
#063 2014 Clarence E. Magee
#064 2015 Charles E. Davis
#065 2016 Neddie Winters
#066 2017 James F. McDonald