The Morris Lehman Mayer award recognizes one faculty member and one member of the graduating class who exemplify integrity, selfless service and leadership at UA and in the community while making significant contributions to student life. Each year, recipients receive a monetary award and special recognition at a campus wide awards banquet in February in addition to a Mayer family banquet each May.
Morris Lehman Mayer Award Recipients
2024
Malea Benjamin – Student Recipient
Banquet sponsored by Zeta Beta Tau, Psi Chapter
2023
Kennedy Carter – Student Recipient
Dr. Jeffrey Gray – Faculty Recipient
2022
Callen Woodard – Student Recipient
Dr. Caroline Parsons – Faculty Recipient
2021
Demarcus Joiner – Student Recipient
Lyndell McDonald – Faculty Recipient
2020
Olivia Gevedon – Student Recipient
2019
Alexis Matallana – Student Recipient
Dr. Lucy Curzon – Faculty Recipient
2018
Maggie Holmes – Student Recipient
Dr. Kristy Reynolds- Faculty Recipient
2017
Chris Lancaster – Student Recipient
Dr. Katrina Ramonell- Faculty Recipient
2016
Mary Lieb – Student Recipient
Dr. Mariliyn Whitman- Faculty Recipient
2015
Brielle Appelbaum – Student Recipient
Dr. Paul Houghtaling- Faculty Recipient
2014
Mary Sellers Shaw – Student Recipient
Professor Caroline Fulmer- Faculty Recipient
2013
Michael Forst – Student Recipient
Dr. Debra Nelson-Gardell – Faculty Recipient
2012
Seema Kumar – Student Recipient
Dr. Kenneth B. Ozzello- Faculty Recipient
2011
Ellyn Louise Hamm – Student Recipient
Dr. Frank M. Thompson, Jr. – Faculty Recipient
2010
Elizabeth Jones – Student Recipient
Dr. James C. Hall – Faculty Recipient
2009
Emerald Greywoode – Student Recipient
2008
Tim Neunzig – Student Recipient
Professor Jan Brakefield- Faculty Recipient
2007
Stephanie Emens – Student Recipient
Dr. Norvin Richards – Faculty Recipient
2006
Rachel A. Duncan – Student Recipient
Dr. Cassandra E. Simon- Faculty Recipient
2005
Grace D. Shelby – Student Recipient
Dr. Kathryn D. Oths- Faculty Recipient
2004
Katherine Marie McMinn – Student Recipient
Dr. Sara deSaussure Davis- Faculty Recipient
2003
Ashley Fallon Ragsdale – Student Recipient
Dr. Jack Norman Baldwin – Faculty Recipient
2002
Andrew Maddox Thornley – Student Recipient
Dr. Deborah Crown – Faculty Recipient
2001
Daniel Phillip Dugan – Student Recipient
2000
Scott Thomas Levy – Student Recipient
Dr. Robert W. Halli Jr. – Faculty Recipient
1999
April Arden McKenzie – Student Recipient
Dr. Joseph A. Hornsby IV- Faculty Recipient
1998
Michael Joseph Passarella – Student Recipient
Dr. Shane Sharpe- Faculty Recipient
1997
John Alan Bivens II – Student Recipient
John J. Burke Jr. – Faculty Recipient
1996
Russell Bryant – Faculty Recipient
Andrew Elliot Carpenter – Student Recipient
1995
Greg William Foster – Student Recipient
Dr. Ronald Robel – Faculty Recipient
1994
Joseph Lawrence Reese Jr. – Student Recipient
Professor Wilma S. Green – Faculty Recipient