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Duke's Distinguished Alumni

Recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award.
Given by the Duke Alumni Association, 1982-
1982 Juanita M. Kreps A.M. 1944, Ph.D. 1948 (Professor; Economist; Secretary of Commerce)
1983 William C. Styron 1947, Litt.D. 1965 (Writer)
1984 Elizabeth Hanford Dole 1958 (Secretary of Transportation; Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission; President, American Red Cross)
1985 Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans 1939, LL.D. 1983 (Philanthropist; Chair, The Duke Endowment)
1986 Reynolds Price 1955 (Writer; Professor)
1987 Edwin L. Jones, Jr. B.S.C.E. 1948 (Engineer; President, J. A. Jones Construction Company)
1988 W. David Stedman 1942 (Textile Business Executive; Philanthropist)
1989 Isobel Craven Drill 1937 (Business Executive; Trustee; Philanthropist)
1990 L. Neil Williams 1958 J.D. 1961 (Lawyer; Civic Leader, Chairman, Board of Trustees)
1991 John H. Adams LL.B. 1962 (Lawyer; Environmentalist)
1992 Lenox D. Baker M.D. 1934 (Physician; Public Servant)
1993 Les Brown 1936 (Bandleader; Composer; Public Servant)
1994 John A. Forlines 1939 (Banker; Civic Leader; Trustee)
1995 John Alexander McMahon, 1942 (Health Administrator; Public Servant; Trustee)
1996 Jay M. Arena, M.D., 1932 (Pediatrician)
Eugene F. Corrigan, 1952 (Commissioner, Atlantic Coast Conference)
Margaret Taylor Smith, 1947 (Author; Social Activist; Chair, Kresge Foundation)
1997 William M. Bevan, A.M., 1943; Ph.D., 1948; LL.D., 1972 (Educator)
1998 Robert Price, Jr., 1952 (Business Executive; Philanthropist)
1999 Dorothy L. "Dottie" Simpson, 1947 (Scientist; Mathematician; Arts supporter)
2000 John Koskinen, 1961 (Federal government official, Trustee)
2001 Edmund T. Pratt, Jr., 1947 (Business executive, Philanthropist)

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