About the CAS Outstanding Alumni Award
Each year, the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) presents the Outstanding Alumni Award to a former student in the College. The award was instituted in 1998 to honor alumni who have distinguished themselves through their remarkable contributions to a profession, through their ability to provide leadership, through public service activities, through outstanding creative endeavors or through other accomplishments.
2024-25 Recipient: Haley Hopper Gentry ‘91
Associate Vice Chancellor of Alumni Engagement Stephanie Billings '92 (left) and College of Arts and Sciences Dean Mike Madritch (right) with Haley Hopper Gentry ‘91, the Chief Executive Officer of Charlotte Douglas International Airport (middle), at the 2025 Alumni Awards Gala on July 12, 2025. Photo by Chase Reynolds
Previous Recipients
Year | Award Winner |
|---|---|
2024-25 | Haley Hopper Gentry |
2023-24 | Tommy Guy |
2022-23 | Ashley-Nicole Russell |
2021-22 | Dr. Lara Souza |
2020-21 | Kit Gruelle |
2019-20 | Carlton Paylor |
2018-19 | William "Larry" Bridges |
2017-18 | Carmen Scoggins |
2016-17 | R. T. Smith |
2015-16 | Michael Peoples |
2014-15 | Dr. Kimberlee Elmore |
2013-14 | Doug Cotton |
2012-13 | Stephen D. Wyatt |
2011-12 | Lewis Ledford |
2010-11 | Dr. Grace Toney Edwards |
2009-10 | Susan "Scotty" Jackson |
2008-09 | Thomas Carroll |
2007-08 | Kristi Graves |
2006-07 | Carolyn Hampton |
2005-06 | Richard McQuellon |
2004-05 | Brad Wilson |
2003-04 | Carmen Wilson |
2002-03 | Keith Ramsey |
2001-02 | Christy Lohr |
2000-01 | Rogers V. Whitener |
1999-2000 | B.F. Benfield |
1998-99 | Ed Greene |