The Medallion of Merit is the highest honor given by Wake Forest and is presented annually for outstanding achievement and distinguished contribution to the University. Previous recipients include presidents of the University, trustees, benefactors and retired faculty and administrators.
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Sandra Combs Boyette (MBA ’95)
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Herman Edward Eure (PH.D. ’74)
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James Pierce Barefield
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James T. Williams, Jr (’62, JD ’66)
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Jenny Robinson Puckett (’71)
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Dr. Louis C. Argenta
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Michael J. Morykwas
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Dr. Margaret Supplee Smith
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Rhoda Bryan Billings (JD ’66)
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L. Glenn Orr, Jr., Chair, Board of Trustees and Benefactor
K. Wayne Smith (’60), Life Trustee and Benefactor
Barbara Babcock Millhouse (LHD ’88), founding president of Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Wake Forest trustee
Dr. Richard H. Dean, First President, Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Marvin D. Gentry (’57), First Chair, Wake Forest University Health Sciences Board of Directors
Murray C. Greason (’59, JD ’62), Chair, Board of Trustees
Edgar D. “Ed” Christman (’50, JD ’53), Chaplain, 1956-2003
Thomas K. Hearn Jr., 12th President, 1983-2005
T. Eugene Worrell (’40), Trustee and Benefactor
Timothy Pennell (’55, MD ’60), Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine, 1966-2002
Willis E. “Doc” Murphrey (’52, JD ’57), Old Campus Personality
Edwin G. Wilson (’43), Provost and Professor of English, 1951-2002
Leon H. Corbett Jr. (’59, JD ’61), Vice President and Counsel, 1968-2002
C. Douglas Maynard (’55, MD ’59), Chair, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, 1966-2003
Victor I. Flow Jr. (’52), Trustee and Benefactor
Richard Janeway, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, 1966-1997
>Mary Ann Taylor (’56, MD ’60), Director, Student Health Service, 1961-1991
Henry S. Stroupe (’35, MA ’37), Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of History, 1937-1984
Ivey C. Gentry, Professor of Mathematics, 1949-1989
Lula M. “Lu” Leake, Associate Vice President and Dean of Women, 1964-1997
Mark H. Reece (’49), Dean of Students and Dean of Men, 1956-1988
Thomas E. Mullen, Dean of the College and Professor of History, 1957-2000
Germaine Bree, Kenan Professor of Humanities, 1973-1985
Eugene Hooks (’50), Director of Athletics, 1956-1992
Elizabeth Phillips, Professor of English, 1957-1989
Weston P. Hatfield (’41), Chairman, Board of Trustees
Eben Alexander, Professor of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, 1949-2004
Harold M. Barrow, Chair of Physical Education, 1948-1977
Richard T. Myers, Chair, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, 1950-2000
Russell H. Brantley Jr. (’45), Director of Communications, 1953-1987
D. Wayne Calloway (’59), Chairman, Board of Trustees
Robert A. Dyer, Professor of Religion, 1956-1983
James Ralph Scales, 11th President, 1967-1983; Harold W. Tribble, 10th President, 1950-1967
Manson Meads, Vice President for Health Affairs, 1947-2001;
D.A. Brown, Professor of English, 1941-1973
Owen F. Herring (’13, MA ’14), Professor of Religion, 1946-1963
Nancy Susan Reynolds, Benefactor
James W. Mason (JD ’38), Chairman, Board of Trustees
Grady S. Patterson (’24), Registrar, 1924-1972;
A.C. Reid, Professor of Philosophy, 1920-1965
Melvin Q. Layton (’47), Superintendent of Grounds, 1951-1977
Clark Vincent, Professor of Medical Sociology, School of Medicine, 1964-1978
Carroll W. Weathers (’22, JD ’23), Dean and Professor of Law, 1950-1972
Egbert L. Davis Jr. (’33), Chairman, Board of Trustees
Charles M. Allen (’39, MA ’41), Professor of Biology, 1941-1989
H. Broadus Jones (’10), Professor of English, 1924-1959
Edgar Estes Folk (’21), Professor of English, 1936-1967
Lois Johnson, Dean of Women, 1942-1962
Jasper L. Memory(’21), Professor of Education, 1929-1971
J. Allen Easley (’43), Professor of Religion, 1938-1963
Clara Carswell, Benefactor
Harold T. P. Hayes (’48), Editor, Esquire magazine
Irving Carlyle, President, Board of Trustees
Camillo Artom, Professor of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, 1939-1961
