To nominate distinguished alumni, faculty members, and friends of the College of Liberal Arts for the Pro Bene Meritis award, please visit our Nominations page.
| Name | Year |
|---|---|
| Harry H. Ransom, Ph.D. | 1984 |
| Mr. C. B. Smith, Sr. | 1984 |
| Mrs. Sue Spivey Killam | 1985 |
| Mr. Lowell H. Lebermann, Jr. | 1985 |
| Stanley R. Ross, Ph.D. | 1985 |
| Rev. Everett H. Jones | 1986 |
| Mr. Lenoir M. Josey II | 1986 |
| Mr. Willis W. Pratt | 1986 |
| Mrs. Annette G. Strauss | 1986 |
| Robert and Nancy Dedman | 1987 |
| Winfred P. Lehmann, Ph.D. | 1987 |
| Clarence and Henriette Cline | 1988 |
| Bernard and Audre Rapoport | 1988 |
| Archibald A. Hill, Ph.D. | 1989 |
| Wolfgang and Marian Michael | 1989 |
| Walt and Elspeth Rostow | 1989 |
| Nettie L. Benson, Ph.D. | 1990 |
| Robert D. King, Ph.D. | 1990 |
| Charles and Sarah Seay | 1990 |
| Mr. Morton H. Meyerson | 1991 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Temple | 1991 |
| Baine and Mildred Kerr | 1992 |
| William S. Livingston, Ph.D. | 1992 |
| S. Chad Oliver, Ph.D. | 1992 |
| Margaret C. Berry, Ph.D. | 1993 |
| Mrs. Liz Carpenter | 1993 |
| Ira Iscoe, Ph.D. | 1993 |
| James R. Roach, Ph.D. | 1993 |
| Warner J. Barnes, Ph.D. | 1994 |
| James and Mari Michener | 1994 |
| The Honorable J. J. Pickle | 1994 |
| Walter I. Firey, Jr., Ph.D. | 1995 |
| Edwin and Rebecca Gale | 1995 |
| James L. Kinneavy, Ph.D. | 1995 |
| Robert A. Divine, Ph.D. | 1996 |
| Mr. William B. Hilgers | 1996 |
| William O. S. Sutherland, Ph.D. | 1996 |
| Lucy S. Meritt, Ph.D. | 1997 |
| John R. Silber, Ph.D. | 1997 |
| Stanley N. Werbow, Ph.D. | 1997 |
| James T. Willerson, M.D. | 1997 |
| Mr. Rex G. Baker, Jr. | 1998 |
| Wales and Abby Madden, Jr. | 1998 |
| Americo Paredes, Ph.D. | 1998 |
| Sheldon Ekland-Olson, Ph.D. | 1999 |
| Mr. Gordon Appleman | 2000 |
| James B. Ayres, Ph.D. | 2000 |
| Mrs. Ann B. Brinkerhoff | 2001 |
| W. Roger Louis, D.Phil. | 2001 |
| Ms. Barbara M. Myers | 2001 |
| Mrs. Sandra E. Snyder | 2001 |
| Mr. Creekmore Fath | 2002 |
| William Goetzmann, Ph.D. | 2002 |
| James W. McKie, Ph.D. | 2002 |
| Paul B. Woodruff, Ph.D. | 2002 |
| Elizabeth Fernea, Ph.D. | 2003 |
| Betty Sue Flowers, Ph.D. | 2003 |
| Joe and Terry Long | 2003 |
| 2003 | |
| Mrs. Carrin Patman | 2004 |
| Bernth O. Lindfors, Ph.D. | 2004 |
| John R. Trimble, Ph.D. | 2004 |
| Robert Helmreich, Ph.D. | 2005 |
| Shannon Ratliff | 2005 |
| Prudence Mackintosh | 2005 |
| Larry D. Carver, Ph.D. | 2006 |
| Miguel Gonzalez-Gerth, |
2006 |
| Denton Cooley, M.D | 2007 |
| David Oshinsky, Ph.D. | 2007 |
| Robert Solomon, Ph.D. | 2007 |
| Julius Glickman | 2008 |
| Judith Langlois, Ph.D. | 2008 |
| Lynn Schusterman | 2008 |
| Tom Staley, Ph.D. | 2008 |
| Leslie D. Blanton | 2009 |
| Maureen H. Decherd | 2009 |
| Sidney Monas, Ph.D. | 2009 |
| Frances B. Vick | 2009 |
| Frank Denius | 2010 |
| W. Parker Frisbie, Ph.D. | 2010 |
| Ellen Clarke Temple | 2010 |
| Martin W. Dies III | 2011 |
| Austin Ligon | 2011 |
| Howard Miller, Ph.D. | 2011 |
| Carolyn and Peyton Townsend | 2011 |
| H.W. Brands, Ph.D. | 2012 |
| Thomas M. Cable, Ph.D. | 2012 |
| O. Howard Frazier, M.D. | 2012 |
| Michael L. Gillette, Ph.D. | 2012 |
| The Honorable Ben Barnes | 2013 |
| Toyin Falola, Ph.D. | 2013 |
| Jeanne and Michael Klein | 2013 |
| Marion Mark, Ed.D. | 2013 |
| Robert Henry Dedman, Jr. | 2014 |
| James Garrison, Ph.D. | 2014 |
| Judith W. Perkins | 2014 |
| Peggy Beckham | 2015 |
| Austin Gleeson, Ph.D. | 2015 |
| Bill Powers | 2015 |
| Stephen Ballantyne | 2016 |
| Elizabeth Cullingford, Ph.D. | 2016 |
| Max Miller, Ph.D. and Sylvia Miller | 2016 |
| Edmund T. Gordon |
2017 |
| Robert L. Patton, Jr. | 2017 |
| Keith D. Sharman | 2017 |
| Bianna Golodryga | 2018 |
| Richard Harper, M.D. | 2018 |
| Jeremi Suri, Ph.D | 2018 |
