Bernard F. Sliger Award

Named for the 10th president of Florida State University, the Bernard F. Sliger Award is the single highest honor given by the FSU Alumni Association. This award recognizes a member of the university community who has made a major contribution toward the fulfillment of the mission of Florida State University. Winners of the Bernard F. Sliger Award, named below, are automatically accorded membership into the Circle of Gold.

Current Honorees

Gene Deckerhoff Jr. Headshot

Gene Deckerhoff Jr.

Tallahassee, Florida

Previous Honorees

Bernard F. Sliger - 1993
Bobby Bowden - 1994
Daisey Parker Flory - 1995
Katherine Blood Hoffman - 1996
Reubin O' D. Askew - 1997
W. Godfrey Smith - 1998
Burt Reynolds - 1999
George R. Langford - 2000
John E. Champion - 2001
John E. Thrasher - 2002
Jim Smith - 2003
Mike Martin - 2004
James E. Joanos - 2005
J. Stanley Marshall - 2006
Andy Miller - 2007
Talbot D' Alemberte - 2008
William M. Durham Jr. - 2009
Lawrence G. Abele - 2010
Leslie Pantin - 2011
James E. Pitts - 2012
W. Andrew Haggard - 2013
T.K. Wetherall - 2014
Betty Lou Joanos - 2015
William Proctor - 2016
Charles Ehrhardt - 2017
Mart Hill - 2018
Melvin Stith - 2019 
Freddie Groomes-McLendon - 2020
Edward E. Burr - 2021
Sally Karioth - 2022
Peter Collins - 2023
Gene Deckerhoff Jr. - 2024