Outstanding Alumni
The Outstanding Alumni Award is the highest honor the University bestows upon a former student. It is given in recognition of outstanding professional and personal achievements that have brought honor and distinction to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. One must be a graduate or former student having attended no less than 10 years ago. It is traditionally awarded annually in the fall.
2023 Outstanding Alumni Award recipient, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot
Past Recipients
2023 Claire Babineaux-Fontenot
2022 Dr. Amelie Hollier
2022 Harold G. Osborn III
2021 John Bordelon
2021 Ambassador Cindy Courville, Ph.D.
2020 Dr. Steven Conrad
2020 Walter Imahara
2019 Jan Latiolais Hargrave
2019 Dr. John "Jackie" Peck
2019 Dr. Shawn Wilson
2018 Donald T. "Boysie" Bollinger
2018 Dr. Herman D. Hughes
2018 Warren A. Perrin
2017 Donald Mosing, Sr.
2017 Dr. William "Kip" Schumacher
2016 Secretary of State J. Thomas Schedler
2015 Stacey H. Dore
2015 Dr. Michael W. Langston
2014 Steve Oubre, Jr.
2013 James Doyle
2012 Hon. Jolivette Brown
2012 Stefni Lotief
2011 Kenneth Blanchard
2011 Dr. Keith Melancon
2010 Dr. Steve Landry
2009 Cong. Charles Boustany
2009 Cong. Charlie Melancon
2009 Denis Reggie
2008 Col. Charles DeBellevue
2007 Dr. Ray Authement
2006 Dr. Gordon Bernard
2006 John McDonnel
2005 Hollis Conway
2005 Floyd Sonnier
2003 Dr. George Rodrigue
2003 Ron Guidry
2002 Kenneth A. Ardoin
2002 Lloyd J. “Red” Lerille
2001 Cynthia Bridges
2001 Cecil Picard
2001 Dr. E. Joseph Savoie
1999 Kim Perrot*
1999 Espy J. Price
1999 Jay F. Honeycutt
1997 Louis Michot
1997 Margaret McMillian
1996 Dr. Sammie Cosper
1996 Harold Suire
1994 Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
1994 J. Weldon Granger
1994 Hon. Richard T. Haik
1994 A. Hays Town
1993 Dr. Doris Meriwether
1993 John Allen Prejean
1992 Dr. Donald B. Williams
1991 Harvey G. Bacque
1991 Dr. Bernard J. Bienvenu
1991 Philip J. Burguieres
1990 Congressman James A. Hayes
1990 Dr. John A. Bertrand
1989 Maj. Gen. John B. Marks
1989 Brig. Gen. Dorothy Butcher Pocklington
1988 Brian E. Schexnayder
1988 Dr. Allen D. Tillman
1986 Capt. Steven L. Bennett*
1986 Dr. Jane Ellen Carstens
1985 Dr. Geneva R. Johnson
1985 Frank W. Summers
1985 Edward W. Stagg
1984 Mario Mamalakis
1984 John W. Morriss
1984 B.I. Moody
1984 John W. Melton
1984 Sen. John Breaux
1983 Dr. Thomas J. Arceneaux
1983 Mary Holly Ducharme
1983 Dr. James A. Foret
1983 Marie Louise Comeaux Manuel
1982 Margret Chauvin Steen Villemez
1982 J. Luke Soileau
1982 Roland J. “Tom” Cambre
1982 Leon C. Moncla
1981 Julian C. “Dutch” Reinhardt
1981 Dr. James R. Oliver
1980 J. Rayburn Bertrand
1980 Dr. David H. Fisher, Sr.
1980 Herbert A. Hamilton
1980 E. Glynn Abel
1980 J. Otto “Chingle” Broussard
1979 Vesta Richard Bourgeois
1979 F.M. “Kit” Carson
1979 W.O. “Moon” Carson
1979 Hardy F. Edmiston, Jr.
1979 Jorge L. Gonzales-Paralitici
1979 Herbert Heymann
1978 William T. Bass
1978 Billy W. Bolton
1978 E. Raymond DesOrmeaux
1978 Sidney C. Ory
1978 Hon. Kaliste Saloom, Jr.
1978 D.S. “Shine” Young
1973 M. Eloi Girard
1971 Ambassador Jefferson Caffery