Each year, the Harrison College of Pharmacy recognizes the Distinguished Alumnus and Distinguished Young Alumnus, as well as a Distinguished Service Award recipient. These are some of the highest honors bestowed by the college, recognizing those who exemplify its culture of excellence, innovation, and service.
The Distinguished Alumnus and Service Awards were first presented in 1976. The Distinguished Young Alumnus was first awarded in 2021.
| Distinguished Award Winners | |||
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| Year | Distinguished Alumnus | Distinguished Service | Distinguished Young Alumnus |
| 2025 | Don Copeland '68 | Lynn Stevenson '92 '94 | Grant McGuffey '14 |
| 2024 | Bobby Giles '92 | Jessica Jackson '11 | Matthew Jenkins '09 |
| 2023 | Susan Boyles '87 | Paul Jungnickel | Ross Woods '14 |
| 2022 | David Serota '69 | Senator Billy Beasley '62 | Garrett Aikens '11 |
| 2021 | Dan McConaghy '79 | Spencer Durham '07 | Takova Wallace-Gay '14 |
| 2020 | Ralph Sorrell '80 | Kori Caldwell | |
| 2019 | Darrell Craven '82 | Harold Harmon '69 | |
| 2018 | Tommy Whitworth '80 | Louise Jones | |
| 2017 | Joe Dalton '82 | Bobby Giles '92 | |
| 2016 | Jim Main '68 | R. Lee Evans Bill Ravis |
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| 2015 | Elaine Beech '83 | Hunter Peak | |
| 2014 | Dell Barker Walker '85 | Charles Woosley | |
| 2013 | Tim Martin '78 | Tom Smith | |
| 2012 | Kimberly Braxton Lloyd '94 | Brinda Lisano | |
| 2011 | J.T. Leatherwood '94 | Laurie Newton | |
| 2010 | Danny Cottrell '79 | Harold Harmon '69 | |
| 2009 | Chris Borden '98 | David Darby '82 | |
| 2008 | Billy Cox '88 | Phillip Rigsby '00 | |
| 2007 | No Award Given | No Award Given | |
| 2006 | Charlie Perry | Don Davino | |
| 2005 | Jim Schmid | Bill Felkey | |
| 2004 | Lucinda Maine | Chalres C. Thomas | |
| 2003 | Johnny Brooklere | Mac Jones Gwen Reid |
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| 2002 | No Award Given | No Award Given | |
| 2001 | Rebecca Jones Sorrell | Robert Bryan Crawford III | |
| 2000 | No Award Given | No Award Given | |
| 1999 | Charlie H. Armstrong | Samuel J. Maloy, Jr. | |
| 1998 | James T. Stewart | Johnny Bell | |
| 1997 | Charlie Thomas | Diane Beck | |
| 1996 | Roland Nelson | Tim Bishop | |
| 1995 | Thomas W. Butler Ron Johnson |
Burnis Breland Tim Martin Karren Weeks |
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| 1994 | Danny R. Johnson | Hilmer L. Jones | |
| 1993 | Lowell Barron Samuel Coker |
Gwen Reid | |
| 1992 | Charles A. Walton | Larry A. Tatum | |
| 1991 | Betty B. Thomas | Leon O. Wilken | |
| 1990 | James Kenneth Guin | Charles Darling | |
| 1989 | Dwight Henderson | Dee Powell | |
| 1988 | Roger C. Burnett Thomas Lester White |
C. Larry Thomasson | |
| 1987 | James E. Wright | Herman L. Lazarus | |
| 1986 | Anthony J. Brooklere James L. Scruggs |
James I. Harrison | |
| 1985 | James O. Walker Wyatt Williams |
Hazel S. Cooper | |
| 1984 | Alvie T. Bradford James A. Main |
G.F. (Tom) Grimaldi | |
| 1983 | Charles E. Prickett Phil S. Hudson |
Ben F. Cooper | |
| 1982 | Herbert H. Nelson Fred Rutledge |
James W. McLane | |
| 1981 | Charlie M. Loftin | Launia L. Thagard Byron B. Williams |
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| 1980 | L.J. Kirkland Mahlon G. Turner |
George L. Bradberry | |
| 1979 | Harry H. Wheat Joe M. Rash |
E.W. Griffith | |
| 1978 | James W. Myers Bob Scarborough Harold C. Sharpe, Jr. |
No Award Given | |
| 1977 | John P. Beasley James T. Davis |
Winfield Cotton | |
| 1976 | J. Miles Thomas S. Blake Yates |
W.W. Walker |