Nominations are open to all SMU Dedman School of Law graduates of 10 years or more who have distinguished themselves by rendering outstanding service in one of the following areas:
The Robert G. Storey Award for Distinguished Achievement The Charles O. Galvin Award for Service to the SMU Dedman School of Law The Distinguished Global Alumni Award The Distinguished Alumni Award for Judicial Service The Distinguished Alumni Award for Private Practice The Distinguished Alumni Award for Corporate Service The Distinguished Alumni Award for Public Service The Distinguished Alumni Award for Government Service
The SMU Dedman School of Law began selecting graduates to honor as “Distinguished Alumni” in 1986, when three alumni were chosen out of the (at that time) 6,300 alumni worldwide “because their personal and professional stature reinforce the quality of the legal education program of the school.” Each year since at least two graduates have been selected by an alumni committee to be honored. In 1998, the committee expanded the number selected each year by adding the following categories in which an alumnus may be selected:
Note: All winners of the Storey Award for Distinguished Achievement are in bold. All winners of the Charles O. Galvin Award for Service to the SMU Dedman School of Law are in italics. These awards were first presented in 1998. “H” indicates Honorary Alumnus Award winner.
1986 Hon. Charles E. Long, Jr. ‘35 Hon. James L. Noel, Jr. ’38 Herbert S. Kendrick ‘60
1987 Hon. Charles J. Murray ‘50 Louis J. Weber, Jr. ‘56 Neil J. O’brien ‘57 Eugene L. Smith ‘58
1988 Harry A. Shuford ‘39 Edward B. Rust, Jr. ‘75
1989 Hon. Barbara Culver Clack ‘51 Charles W. Hall ‘54
1990 Robert G. Vial ‘50 Michael M. Boone ‘67
1991 Donald L. Case ‘39 Sidney Stahl ‘56
1992 E. Taylor Armstrong ‘31 J. Carlisle Dehay, Jr. ‘49 Louise B. Raggio ‘52
1993 John R. Johnson ‘65 Thomas W. Luce III ‘65
1994 Alan D. Feld ‘60 Carl W. McKinzie ‘66
1995 Robert Hyer Thomas ‘57 Robert L. Meyers III ‘60
1996 Blake Tartt, Jr. ‘59 Adelfa Botello Callejo ‘61 J.K. Loh ‘59
1997 Harriet Miers ‘70 Hon. Max N. Osborn ‘53
1998 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
1999 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
2000 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
2001 Erle A. Nye ‘65 John T. Sharpe ‘60 Hon. Deborah G. Hankinson ‘83 George W. Bramblett, Jr. ‘66 David B. Dillon ‘76 Hon. Shirgeharu Negishi ‘60 Hon. Earldean V.S. Robbins ‘61 Jack M. Kinnebrew ‘67, ‘73 James C. Thompson H‘01 2002 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
2003 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 2004 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
2005 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
2006 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
2007 William L. Hutchison ‘55 LL.B. The Honorable Linda Thomas ‘73 Robert H. Mow, Jr. ‘63 The Honorable Yukio Horigome ‘71 Emily A. Parker ‘73 Robert Ted Enloe III ‘64
2008 Rusty Hardin ‘75 The Honorable Jane Boyle ‘81 Dr. Mieke Komar Kantaatmadja ‘70 Angela Braly ’85 Robert A. Gwinn ’54 Darwin J. Bruce ’95 Marilyn Hussman Augur H'08
2009 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 2010 Jack D. Knox '63 J.D. The Honorable Sobchok Sukharomna '81 The Honorable Barbara J. Houser '78 Donald J. Malouf '62 Dr. Richard Wright Hogeland '57 Philip J. Wise '81 Marshall P. Cloyd H'10 2011 Edward B. Rust, Jr. '75 The Honorable H. Harjono '81 The Honorable Dean M. Gandy '50 W. Richard Davis '58 D. Wayne Watts '80 The Honorable Sarah R. Saldaña '84 Carl Sewell H'11 2012 Wiley Yandell Rogers ‘61 Congressman Lamar S. Smith ‘75 Pablo Alliani ‘92 Dennis Grindinger ‘82 William D. Powell ‘57 Nancy Underwood H