DAA Previous Winners

PAST RECIPIENTS

Listed below are all of the SMU Dedman School of Law Distinguished Alumni Award recipients.
Note: All winners of the Storey Award for Distinguished Achievement are in bold. All winners of the Charles O. Galvin Award for Extraordinary Service are in italics. These awards were first presented in 1998. “H” indicates Honorary Alumnus Award winner.

1988 Hon. Charles E. Long, Jr. ‘35 Hon. James L. Noel, Jr. ’38 Herbert S. Kendrick ‘60 Hon. Charles J. Murray ‘50 Louis J. Weber, Jr. ‘56 Neil J. O’brien ‘57 Eugene L. Smith ‘58	1989 Harry A. Shuford ‘39 Edward B. Rust, Jr. ‘75
1990 Hon. Barbara Culver Clack ‘51 Charles W. Hall ‘54	1991 Robert G. Vial ‘50 Michael M. Boone ‘67
1992 Donald L. Case ‘39 Sidney Stahl ‘56	1993 E. Taylor Armstrong ‘31 J. Carlisle Dehay, Jr. ‘49 Louise B. Raggio ‘52
1994 John R. Johnson ‘65 Thomas W. Luce III ‘65	1995 Alan D. Feld ‘60 Carl W. McKinzie ‘66
1996 Robert Hyer Thomas ‘57 Robert L. Meyers III ‘60	1997 Blake Tartt, Jr. ‘59 Adelfa Botello Callejo ‘61 J.K. Loh ‘59
1998 Harriet Miers ‘70 Hon. Max N. Osborn ‘53	1999 Hon. Hideo Chikusa ‘62 Logan Ford ‘30 Felix Tsai ‘78 Hon. Craig T. Enoch ‘75 Hon. Barbara M. G. Lynn ‘76 William L. Hutchison ‘55 Hon. Raul Granillo Ocampo ‘88
2000 Robert H. Dedman, Sr. ‘53 E. Ray Hutchison ‘59 Hon. Nathan L. Hecht ‘74 Rona R. Mears ‘82 Stewart Morris ‘43 Hon. Meechai Ruchupan ‘66 Hon. John C. Creuzot ‘82 Hon. Will R. Wilson, Sr. ‘37	2001 Helmut Sohmen ‘66 Gordon R. Carpenter ‘48 Hon. James A. Baker ‘58 John R. Howie ‘76 Clark J. Matthews II ‘61 Hector A. Mairal ‘63 Hon. Antonio O. Garza, Jr. ‘83 Hon. Ron Kirk H‘00
2002 Erle A. Nye ‘65 John T. Sharpe ‘60 Hon. Deborah G. Hankinson ‘83 George W. Bramblett, Jr. ‘66 David B. Dillon ‘76 Hon. Shigeharu Negishi ‘60 Hon. Earldean V.S. Robbins ‘61 Jack M. Kinnebrew ‘67, ‘73 James C. Thompson H‘01	2003 Gerald J. Ford ‘69 Albon O. Head, Jr. ‘71 Hon. Sharon Keller ‘78 Webber W. Beall, Jr. ‘59 Robert B. Rowling ‘79 Hon. Lincoln Magalhães da Rocha ‘63 Hon. Ralph M. Hall ‘51 Vester T. Hughes, Jr. H’02
2004 Walter J. Humann ‘67 Judith K. Johnson ‘75 Hon. Fred Biery ‘73 Donald E. Godwin ‘73 Hon. Reynato S. Puno ‘67 Rhonda Hunter ‘80 Hon. Kay Bailey Hutchison H'03	2005 Darrell E. Jordan ‘64 Hon. Richard A. Schell ‘75 James H. “Blackie” Holmes III ‘59 Dr. Mohamed Aboul-Enein ‘67 Dawn E. Moore ‘81 Captain Glenn N. Gonzalez ‘74 Richard M. Hull, Jr. ‘64 Nancy McMillan Dedman H'04
2006 Harriet Miers ‘70 Hon. Terry R. Means ‘74 Edward V. Smith III ‘63 Robert E. Mellor ‘68 Dr. Julio Cesar Cueto-Rua ‘53 Hon. Dianne Jones ‘89 Rear Admiral Hugh Don Campbell ‘62 Martha Hardwick Hofmeister H'05	2007 Adelfa Botello Callejo ‘61 Martin Samuelsohn ‘41 Hon. Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. '77 John H. McElhaney '58 Hon. Bagir Manan '81 Raymond D. Noah ‘66 Hon Alberto Gonzales H'06
2008 William L. Hutchison ‘55 LL.B. Hon. Linda Thomas ‘73 Robert H. Mow, Jr. ‘63 Hon. Yukio Horigome ‘71 Emily A. Parker ‘73 Robert Ted Enloe III ‘64	2009 Rusty Hardin ‘75 Hon. Jane Boyle ‘81 Dr. Mieke Komar Kantaatmadja ‘70 Angela Braly ’85 Robert A. Gwinn ’54 Darwin J. Bruce ’95 Marilyn Hussman Augur H'08
2010 Hon. Nikki T. DeShazo ‘76 Hon. S.M. Krishna ‘59 Robert H. Dedman, Jr. ‘84 Frank L. Branson ‘69 John J. Nance ‘69 Anthony Atwell H‘09	2011 Jack D. Knox '63 Hon. Sobchok Sukharomna '81 Hon. Barbara J. Houser '78 Donald J. Malouf '62 Dr. Richard Wright Hogeland '57 Philip J. Wise '81 Marshall P. Cloyd H'10
2012 Edward B. Rust, Jr. '75 Hon. H. Harjono '81 Hon. Dean M. Gandy '50 W. Richard Davis '58 D. Wayne Watts '80 Hon. Sarah R. Saldaña '84 Carl Sewell H'11	2013 Wiley Yandell Rogers ‘61 Congressman Lamar S. Smith ‘75 Pablo Alliani ‘92 Dennis Grindinger ‘82 William D. Powell ‘57 Nancy Underwood H
2014 Hon. Mary L. Murphy ‘83 Wm. Stephen Boyd ‘81 Dr. Shen Shiaoming ‘81 Travis T. Tygart ‘99 Hon. Elizabeth Lang-Miers H	2015 Mary Elizabeth (Liz) Cedillo-Pereira '99 Siriporn Chaiyasuta '85 G. Michael Gruber '81 William O. Holston, Jr. '81 Joseph W. McKnight H
2016 A. Shonn Evans Brown '98 Jim Baldwin '86 Cece Cox '04 Windle Turley '65 Catharina Haynes H	2017 Robert Scott Hart ’87 Forrest Smith J.D. ’57, LL.M. ’63 Hon. Tonya Parker ’98 Hon. Lady Justice Catherine Bamugemereire LL.M. ’03 Angela (Wennihan) Zambrano ’97 Charles A. Tarpley H
2018 Clarke Heidrick ’75 T. Mark Kelly ’81 Kathleen McElroy LaValle ’82 Jinsung Lee LL.M. ’88 John K. Pierre ’85 Hope C. Shimabuku ’05 Clay G. Small ’75	2019 Christa Brown-Sanford '04 Joseph Wm. Foran '77 Michael P. Lynn '75 Hon. Irma C. Ramirez '91 Kelly Rentzel '02
2020* Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht '74 David S. Huntley H Timothy E. Powers '80 Kit Richardson Sawers '93 Yulise Reaves Waters '08

*Presentation of the 2020 awards was delayed until 2022 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.