Previous Distinguished alumni recipients
2023
Living: Nancy Freudenthal (JD '80) and Nicholas Murdock (JD '77)
Posthumous: Rebecca (Becky) H. Noecker (JD '79)
2022
Living: Matt Mead (JD '87) and Dave Freudenthal (JD '80)
Posthumous: Judge W. Jack Nicholas (JD '52)
2021
Living: Ray Hunkins (JD '68)
Posthumous: Margie Meacham (JD '54)
2020
Living: Honorable Gregory Phillips (JD '87)
Posthumous: Georgina "Gina" Guy (JD '75)
2019
Living: Honorable E. James Burke (JD '77) and Paul J. Hickey (BA '72, JD '75)
Posthumous: Honorable Larry L. Lehman (JD '76) and Richard E. Day (JD '60)
2018
Living: Honorable J. Wade Brorby (JD '58)
Posthumous: James L. Applegate (JD '58) and Donald E. Chapin (JD '49)
2017
Living: William U. Hill (JD '74) and W. Perry Dray (JD '64)
Posthumous: Bob C. Sigler (JD '52)
2016
Living: Greg C. Dyekman (JD '80)
Posthumous: Richard Bostwick (JD '47)
2015
Living: Honorable Alan B. Johnson (JD '61)
Posthumous: Warren Lauer (JD '80)
2014
Living: Honorable Barton Voigt (JD '79)
Posthumous: Honorable John J. Hickey (JD '34)
2013
Living: Terrence W. Mackey (JD '70) and William R. Jones (JD '51)
Posthumous: Thomas S. Smith (JD '59)
2012
Living: Honorable Michael Golden (JD '67)
Posthumous: Honorable Joseph F. Maier (JD '47)
2011
Living: Honorable Betty Kail (JD '59)
Posthumous: Lawrence A. Yonkee (JD '61)
2009
Living: Carl M. Williams (JD '56)
Posthumous: Harold E. Meier (JD '59)
2008
Living: Honorable Marilyn S. Kite (JD '74)
Posthumous: Honorable Teno Roncalio (JD '47)
2007
LIving: Honorable Michael J. Sullivan (JD '64)
Posthumous: Honorable G. Joseph Cardine (JD '54)
2006
Living: Joseph R. Geraud (JD '50)
Posthumous: Honorable Robert R. Rose (JD '41)
2005
Living: Honorable William A. Taylor (JD '59)
Posthumous: F. Stewart Blunk (JD '40)
2004
Living: Honorable Alan K. Simpson (JD '58)
Posthumous: George J. Millett (JD '37)
2003
Living: Charles Kepler (JD '48)
Posthumous: William H. Brown (JD '36)
