ALUMNI AWARDS

the lifetime achievement award

The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes recipients for outstanding achievements in their professional lives, personal integrity and stature and service to the university. It was established in 2001 to honor extraordinary accomplishments by members of the Auburn family. Recipients of Lifetime Achievement Awards are selected by a committee of Auburn administrators, trustees, faculty and alumni.

2023 Award Recipients

2023 Lifetime Achievement Award winners

(L-R): John Morris, senior vice president for Advancement and president, Auburn University Foundation; Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Charles McCrary ’73; John Walter, Dale Walter and Jeff Walter, sons of Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Tom Walter ’55; Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Bobby Lowder ’64; Young Alumni Achievement recipient Rose-Gaëlle Belinga ’09; Tim McCartney ’80, son of Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Mike McCartney ’57 (awarded posthumously); and LuAnne Hart ’80, president, Auburn Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Lifetime Achievement Awards 2023

Enjoy Lifetime Achievement Awards Ceremony Photo Album

2023 award Recipients

Bill Barrick-circle headshot for LAA

Michael B. McCartney ’57

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J. Thomas Walter ’55

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Bobby Lowder ’64

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Charles D. McCrary ’73

2022 Past AWARD Recipients

Anita Newcomb standing with ski poles in front of snowy mountain

Ms. Anita Gentle Newcomb ‘76
Independent director
Luther Burbank Corporation

Bill McNair sitting on bench in park

Mr. William “Bill” R. McNair ‘68
Vice President of Network Operations (retired), Bellsouth
Partner, MCN Investments, LLC

Major James Hoskins walking in park

Major James “Jim” M. Hoskins ‘81
Chairman and CEO (retired)
Scitor Corporation

Jim Bullington sitting in his office in wheelchair

Diplomat James “Jim” R. Bullington ‘62
Retired Diplomat, Former Ambassador to Burundi

2021 Past award Recipients

Bill Barrick-circle headshot for LAA

Allen Reed ’70
RETIRED CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO GM ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY
Auburn University Bachelor of Science
Aviation Management

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Brooks Moore ’48
RETIRED PRESIDENT CONTROL DYNAMICS
Auburn University Bachelor of Science
Electrical Engineering

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Raymond Elliott Loyd ’61
CHAIRMAN EMERITUS DERBY FABRICATING
Auburn University Bachelor of Science
Mechanical Engineering

Octavia-circle headshot for LAA

Cecil Stanford Harrell ’58
RETIRED FOUNDER PHARMACY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
Auburn University Bachelor of Science
Pharmaceutical Science