Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipients
| 1970 | G. Harrold Carswell, LAW '48 Carl Vinson, LAW 1902 Henry Hall (Trot) Ware Jr. CLA '23 |
| 1971 | William A. Bootle, CLA '24, LAW '25, HON '82 J. Reginald Murphy, CLA '55 |
| 1972 | Wright Bazemore, CLA '38 Howard J. Bivins, CLA '25 |
| 1973 | Herbert Caudill, CLA '26 Judson Hawk, PHA 1912 Lamar R. Plunkett, CLA '32 |
| 1974 | Rufus C. Harris, CLA '17 |
| 1975 | Walter C. Dowling, CLA '25 |
| 1976 | Louie D. Newton, CLA 1913 |
| 1977 | Edward S. Shorter, CLA '20 |
| 1978 | Griffin B. Bell, LAW '48, HON '67 |
| 1979 | J. Buford Boone, CLA '29 |
| 1980 | Leila D. Denmark, TIFT '22, CLA '24, HON '91 |
| 1981 | Robert L. Cousins, CLA '24 |
| 1982 | Richard A. Chappell, CLA '26, LAW '62, HON '90 |
| 1983 | Charles P. McDaniel, CLA '47, EDU '49 |
| 1984 | E. Hunter Hurst, CLA '38 |
| 1985 | D. Douglas Barnard, CLA '42, LAW '48 |
| 1986 | Hardy Gregory, LAW '67 |
| 1987 | Barry P. Fanaro, CLA '75 |
| 1988 | Spencer B. King, CLA '59 |
| 1989 | Jimmy J. Carnes, CLA '59 |
| 1990 | Ferrol A. Sams, CLA '42 |
| 1991 | Andrew J. Fleming, CLA 1914 C. Albert Struby, CLA '38 |
| 1992 | Emmett W. Bowers, CLA '51 |
| 1993 | J. Nathan Deal, CLA '64, LAW '66, HON '03 |
| 1994 | Robert L. Steed, CLA '58, LAW '61, HON '79 |
| 1995 | Buckner F. Melton, CLA '49, LAW '49, HON '98 |
| 1997 | Carol Anne Wright Kelley, CLA '68 Corbett H. Thigpen, CLA '42 |
| 1999 | Susan W. Cable, CLA '71 James B. Hiers, CLA '50 |
| 2011 | Joseph M. Hendricks, CLA '55 Claude M. Kicklighter, CLA '55 |
| 2012 | Nancy Grace, CLA '81, LAW '84 |
| 2013 | Kevin Greenaugh, CLA '77 |
| 2014 | Milton L. Cruz, CLA '82 |
| 2015 | Benjy Griffith III, CLA '77 |
| 2016 | James A. "Bubber" Epps, Jr., CLA '65, EDU '69 |
| 2017 | Homer Drake, CLA '54, LAW '56 |
