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Distinguished Alumni
Since 1955, Friends University has chosen to highlight a few select alumni for their contributions to the University and society. Listed chronologically by induction year, those Friends alumni are featured below.
| Year Inducted |
Distinguished Alumni | Graduation Year |
| 1955 | Alta Howard Hoyt Charles Brown Lloyd Pickrell |
1904 1924 1926 |
| 1956 | Daniel Binford Pauline Eagle Casado Paul White |
1907 1924 1918 |
| 1957 | Dr. Claude Holmes Dr. Errol Elliot Edra Miller Weathers |
1907 1927 1936 |
| 1958 | Laura Howe Ralstin Dr. E.D. Carter Charles A. Wells |
1911 1913 1926 |
| 1959 | Gervas Carey N. Russell Johnson Lawrence Wilbur |
1914 1929 1928 |
| 1960 | Dr. Virgil Holland Moon Elmer Moore Dr. Joseph Togba |
1909 1926 1940 |
| 1961 | Dr. H. Ernest Crow Dr. Howard Kershner Mary Louise Bacon Lyman |
1909 1914 1914 |
| 1962 | Dr. O.B. Baldwin Charles Hill |
1906 1914 |
| 1963 | Dr. W.A. Young Dr. James F. Crow |
1905 1937 |
| 1964 | Dr. S.A. Watson Dr. William Newman Dr. Orcenith Smith |
1918 1930 1939 |
| 1965 | Dr. Louise Fulton Bush Dr. Katherine Pennington |
1928 1937 |
| 1966 | Dr. Virgil Bottom Dr. Margaret Joy |
1931 1918 |
| 1967 | Paul Brown Dr. Ernest Crow Dr. James Herbertson |
1938 1942 1936 |
| 1968 | Edith Ratcliff Howard Hoyt |
1940 1939 |
| 1969 | Waldena Martindale Baldwin Esther Choate Carl Dillon Dr. Lloyd Woods |
1906 1932 1941 1930 |
| 1970 | Dr. Dorothy Craven Margaret Raines Fred Stearns |
1940 1926 1912 |
| 1971 | Craig Ferris Flora Fry Dr. Kenneth Andrew |
1934 1919 1940 |
| 1972 | Evelyn Clark Elliott Darrell Bartee |
1922 1930 |
| 1973 | Gerald Wood Helen Hester Wood Dr. Cecil J. Riney |
1925 1925 1953 |
| 1974 | Vern Miller Kent Frizzel Raymond "Bud" Wamsley Dr. Robert Michener Edith Riner Michener |
1951 1953 1953 1922 1924 |
| 1975 | Dr. Emerson Smith | 1950 |
| 1976 | Nyle Miller LaRuba Billings Henderson |
1927 1928 |
| 1977 | Geraldine Noeler Nold Mother Mary Ann McNamara Henry Ribet |
1942 1937 1934 |
| 1978 | Tony Casado Mike Taylor |
1937 1942 |
| 1979 | Dr. Robert Jolley | 1950 |
| 1980 | Harold Newby | 1933 |
| 1981 | Dr. A.I. Mahan Harold "Deak" Wiley |
1931 1923 |
| 1982 | Eleanor McMillian Olsen Howard Ellis Eva Ellis |
1937 1929 1929 |
| 1983 | Floyd V. Moore Orian Landreth |
1933 1923 |
| 1984 | Milton Howard Day | 1934 |
| 1985 | J. David Jackson | 1929 |
| 1986 | Florence Clark Richardson George Franklin Dillon Lowell Roberts David Leach (posthumous) Sheldon Louthan (posthumous) |
1936 1936 1936 1959 1956 |
| 1987 | Paul Schultz Dr. Marie Ferguson Parker Waldo Toevs |
1937 1937 1937 |
| 1988 | Albert Kimmel Maynard Whitelaw Helen Ott Harmon Duane Dyer Jimmie Downing |
1927 1931 1939 1964 1958 |
| 1989 | Dr. Charles Hubbard | 1951 |
| 1990 | Mike Schoonover Dr. McClure Smith Clifford Osborn |
1922 1960 1939 |
| 1991 | Paul Schultz Dr. Marie Ferguson Parker Waldo Toevs |
1937 1937 1937 |
| 1992 | Dr. Robert Cowan | 1942 |
| 1993 | The Rev. Bruce Blake | 1959 |
| 1994 | Tom Mitchell Linda Unruh Mitchell |
1969 1970 |
| 1995 | E. Paul Boles | 1954 |
| 1996 | Harvey McCoy M. Faith Bertholf McCoy Eric Metz |
1934 1934 1977 |
| 1997 | John Wine, Jr. | 1975 |
| 1998 | Richard Mullins (posthumous) | 1995 |
| 1999 | Michael Wilson Natalie Wilson |
1967 1999 |
| 2000 | E. Frances Eastwood Daryl Pitts Rodney Pitts |
1939 1957 1982 |
| 2001 | None | - |
| 2002 | Dr. Leroy Brightup Eva Brightup |
1958 1986 |
| 2003 | Ronald W. Holt | 1973 |
| 2004 | Philip R. Crimmins | 1986 & 1988 |
| 2005 | Dr. Kenneth Canfield | 1978 |
| 2006 | None | - |
| 2007 | Ardith Rooney Dunn | 1981 |
| 2008 | None | - |