Below are some of Florida State University’s most distinguished honorees. They include faculty, students and alumni, as well as individuals recognized by the university for their achievements and historical significance. Faculty Honorees Nobel Laureates Nobel Prize in Chemistry Robert Mulliken, 1966 Harold W. Kroto, 1996 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences James M. Buchanan, 1986 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Konrad Bloch, 1964 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Paul Dirac, 1933 J. Robert Schrieffer, 1972 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Members National Academy of Sciences Paul Dirac, 1949 Michael Kasha, 1971 J. Robert Schrieffer, 1971 Lloyd Beidler, 1974 Abba Ptachya Lerner, 1974 J. Herbert Taylor, 1977 Donald Caspar, 1994 Steven Mitchell Stanley, 1994 Melvin E. Stern, 1998 Lev P. Gorkov, 2005 Laura H. Greene, 2006 Harold W. Kroto, 2006 Alexander Stewart Fotheringham, 2013 Patrick John Stover, 2016 Gregory S. Boebinger, 2021 National Academy of Engineering Gregory S. Boebinger, 2021 Manoj Shah, 2022 Longya Xu, 2023 National Academy of Medicine Barbara Culliton, 1989 Phyllis M. Wise, 2008 Jill B. Quadagno, 2010 Susan Beth Hassmiller, 2013 Norman Bruce Anderson, 2017 Regan Kolene Bailey, 2020 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Memebers Michael Kasha, 1963 J. Robert Schrieffer, 1970 Donald Caspar, 1972 Lloyd M. Beidler, 1975 Melvin E. Stern, 1975 Lev P. Gorkov, 1991 Laura H. Greene, 1997 Frances C. James, 2001 Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, 2004 Alan G. Marshall, 2013 Phyllis M. Wise, 2013 Roy F. Baumeister, 2015 Joseph A. Travis, 2015 Gregory S. Boebinger, 2017 Macarthur Fellow Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, 2021 Guggenheim Fellows Raymond Sheline, 1955, 1956, 1964 Melvin E. Stern, 1970 Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, 1980 Michael E. Ruse, 1983 Robert Olen Butler, 1993 Donald Caspar, 1994 Jill B. Quadagno, 1994 Donna Uchizono, 1998 Kathleen M. Erndl, 2000 Richard Greaves, 2000 John E. Kelsay, 2002 Gary Lynn Taylor, 2002 Thomas E. Joiner, 2003 David K. Kirby, 2003 Dale A. Olsen, 2005 Mark L. Wingate, 2005 Laura H. Greene, 2009 Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, 2009 Barbara L. Hamby, 2010 Ladislav Kubik, 2010 Bryan J. Cuevas, 2013 James H. Kimbrell, 2016 Antonio Méndez Esparza, 2017 Lilian Garcia Roig, 2021 Martin Munro, 2024 Gwen Mary Welliver, 2025 Nia Love, 2026 Michael Kasha, 1950 Pulitzer Prize Winners Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Raymond Sheline, 1955, 1956, 1964 Pulitzer Prize for Music Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, 1983 Fulbright Scholars Louis Shores, 1951–1952 George Lensen, 1953–1954 Raymond Sheline, 1955–1956 William Randel, 1955–1956 James Buchanan, 1955–1956 Oscar Rigsby, 1956–1957 Francis Walton, 1956–1957 Raymond Sheline, 1956–1957 Wiley L. Housewright, 1956–1957 Meyer Nimkoff, 1958–1959 Hartley Price, 1958–1959 Kellogg Hunt, 1958–1959 Olive Cross, 1960–1961 Richard Eide, 1961–1962 Hartley Price, 1961–1962 William Dillingham, 1961–1962 Olive Cross, 1962–1963 J. Paul Stoakes, 1962–1963 Hans Plendl, 1963–1964 George Yost Jr., 1964–1965 William Randel, 1964–1965 Weymouth Jordan, 1964–1965 George Yost Jr., 1965–1966 Gregory Choppin, 1965–1966 George Macesish, 1966–1967 Donald Holroyd, 1966–1967 James Quagliano, 1966–1967 Morton Winsberg, 1967–1968 Gregory Choppin, 1968–1969 William Dillingham, 1970–1971 Robert Johnson, 1971–1972 John Winchester, 1971–1972 George Macesich, 1971–1972 James Whittington, 1971–1972 Neil Fletcher, 1971–1972 Morton Winsberg, 1972–1973 Allan Tucker, 1972–1973 Marshall Colberg, 1972–1973 Robert Mautz, 1972–1973 Robert Lawton, 1972–1973 Andre Clewell, 1973–1974 Emerich Friedmann, 1974–1975 Harry Lipner, 1974–1975 Robert Gilmer, 1974–1975 Byron Massialas, 1975–1976 Philip Cannistraro, 1976–1977 Robert Gagne, 1976–1977 Leslie Wilson, 1977–1978 Ernest Burkman Jr., 1977–1978 Seymour Hess, 1978–1979 John Van Doren, 1979–1980 Helen Stevens, 1979–1980 Dale Olsen, 1979–1980 Richard Kraft, 1980–1981 Russel Dalton, 1980–1981 Sidney Grant, 1980–1981 Ivor Mitchell, 1981–1982 Doren Wallace Van, 1982–1983 David Darst, 1982–1983 Ivor Mitchell, 1982–1983 Pearl Tait, 1985–1986 Nancy Leonhardt, 1985–1986 John Van Doren, 1986–1987 Ashenafi Kebede, 1986–1987 David Salisbury, 1986–1987 Steven Klees, 1987–1988 Candace Harper, 1988–1989 John Hansen, 1990–1991 Sheila Taylor, 1991–1992 Sharon Nicholson, 1991–1992 John Van Doren, 1991–1992 Terri Lindbloom, 1991–1992 John Osmond, 1992–1993 Monteze Snyder, 1992–1993 John Van Doren, 1992–1993 Steven Klees, 1992–1993 Patrick Meighan, 1992–1993 Carter Hull, 1992–1993 Frederick Jenks, 1993–1994 Glenn Parker, 1993–1994 John Van Doren, 1993–1994 Mary Pohl, 1994–1995 Jayaram Sethuraman, 1994–1995 David Westling, 1994–1995 Rodney Eichenberger, 1995–1996 Daniel Simberloff, 1995–1996 Petra Doan, 1995–1996 Carol Darling, 1995–1996 Rebecca Miles, 1996–1997 Frank Garcia, 1996–1997 John Hansen, 1996–1997 Petra Doan, 1996–1997 Robert Walker, 1997–1998 Charles Reed, 1997–1998 Petra Doan, 1997–1998 Stanley Gontarski, 1998–1999 Richard Chackerian, 2001–2002 Michael Uzendoski, 2002–2003 Randy Dumm, 2003–2004 Charles Figley, 2003–2004 Jayaram Sethuraman, 2004–2005 Danuta Leszczynska, 2004–2005 Carol Darling, 2004–2005 Richard Feiock, 2005–2006 Tomi Gomory, 2005–2006 Lisa Wakamiya, 2005–2006 Elizabeth Goldsmith, 2005–2006 Ralph Brower, 2006–2007 Jeffrey Milligan, 2006–2007 Hee Min Kim, 2006–2007 James Cobbe, 2007–2008 Patricia Martin, 2007–2008 Jeffrey Brooks, 2007–2008 Daniel Klooster, 2007–2008 Tarek Abichou, 2007–2008 Marcia Rosal, 2008–2009 Doris Gray, 2008–2009 Joseph Hellweg, 2008–2009 Marjaneh Fooladi, 2009–2010 Amitabh Rai, 2009–2010 Frances Berry, 2009–2010 Brian Inouye, 2010–2011 David Whalley, 2011–2012 Ashok Srinivasan, 2011–2012 Lauren Weingarden, 2011–2012 Marcia Porter, 2011–2012 Kristen Hagen, 2011–2012 Suzanne Sinke, 2012–2013 John Corrigan, 2014–2015 Edward Gray, 2014–2015 Jonathan Adams, 2014–2015 Anuj Srivastava, 2014–2015 Giray Okten, 2015–2016 Piyush Kumar, 2015–2016 Ann Carol Weissert, 2015–2016 Owen Mundy, 2015–2016 Jean Munn, 2015–2016 Rodney Roberts, 2015–2016 Margaret Wright-Cleveland, 2015–2016 Rebecca Miles, 2016–2017 Joelle Dietrick, 2016–2017 Frederick Davis, 2016–2017 Anke Meyer-Baese, 2016–2017 Iain Quinn, 2016–2017 Pui Wan Lee, 2016–2017 Bruce Locke, 2017–2018 Bruce Lamont, 2017–2018 Valliere Richard Auzenne, 2017–2018 Machelle Thompson, 2017–2018 Ming Cui, 2017–2018 Miles Taylor, 2018–2019 Anne Barrett, 2018–2019 Joseph Schlenoff, 2018–2019 Igor Alabugin, 2018–2019 Iris Junglas, 2018–2019 Jacob Newberry, 2018–2019 Micah Vandegrift, 2018–2019 Katarzyna Bugaj, 2018–2019 Christopher Coutts, 2018–2019 Ziad Musslimani, 2019–2020 Sharon Nicholson, 2019–2020 Fernando Teson, 2019–2020 James Howell, 2019–2020 Samantha Paustian-Underdahl, 2019–2020 Andrew Opel, 2019–2020 Nancy Everhart, 2019–2020 Mary Stewart, 2019–2020 Jessica Wendorf Muhamad, 2020–2021 Antonio Terracciano, 2020–2021 Evan Cresswell-Clay, 2020–2021 David Johnson, 2020–2021 Lori Gooding, 2020–2021 Charles Hinnant, 2020–2021 Patricia Villeneuve, 2020–2021 Woo Gon Kim, 2020–2021 Kurtis Johnson, 2020–2021 Frank Gunderson, 2021–2022 Carl Schmertmann, 2022–2023 Jasminka Ilich, 2022–2023 Jennifer Atkins, 2022–2023 Tatjana Soldat-Jaffe, 2023–2024 Christine Mokher, 2023–2024 James Howell, 2023–2024 Pui Wan Lee, 2023–2024 Besiki Stvilia, 2023–2024 Vincent Salters, 2024–2025 Diana Lopez, 2024–2025 Shuyuan Metcalfe, 2024–2025 Daekwan Kim, 2024–2025 Gang Wang, 2024–2025 Nora Underwood, 2024–2025 Mainak Mookherjee, 2024–2025 Kristin Dowell, 2025–2026 Vasubandhu Misra, 2025–2026 Ying (Mai) Kung, 2025–2026 Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professors The Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor award is the highest honor faculty can bestow on a colleague. First presented in 1957–58, the award was known as the Distinguished Professor award until 1981 when it was renamed in honor of the late Vice President for Academic Affairs Robert O. Lawton. At that time, past recipients were also designated Lawton Distinguished Professors. William Hudson Rogers, 1957–1958 Marian Doris Irish, 1958–1959 Anna Forbes Liddell, 1959–1960 Ernest Max Grunwald, 1960–1961 Wiley L. Housewright, 1961–1962 Michael Kasha, 1962–1963 Raymond Sheline, 1966–1967 Richard Rubenstein, 1977–1978 Harry M. Walborsky, 1980–1981 Leo Mandelkern, 1984–1985 Tiruvalam N. Krishnamurti, 1985–1986 Daniel S. Simberloff, 1986–1987 Werner Herz, 1987–1988 Clifford K. Madsen, 1988–1989 Richard Greaves, 1989–1990 Emerich Imre Friedmann, 1991–1992 James Calvin Smith Jr., 1992–1993 Jayaram Sethuraman, 1993–1994 Kurt G. Hofer, 1994–1995 Joseph A. Travis, 1996–1997 De Witt L. Sumners, 1997–1998 Myles Hollander, 1998–1999 Christopher K. Tam, 2000–2001 Nancy H. Marcus, 2001–2002 Kirby W. Kemper, 2002–2003 David K. Kirby, 2003–2004 Jayne M. Standley, 2005–2006 Alan G. Marshall, 2006–2007 Walter R. Tschinkel, 2007–2008 Stanley E. Gontarski, 2008–2009 Richard K. Wagner, 2009–2010 Thomas E. Joiner, 2010–2011 Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, 2011–2012 Nar S. Dalal, 2012–2013 Shridhar K. Sathe, 2013–2014 Mark A. Riley, 2014–2015 Max D. Gunzburger, 2015–2016 Joseph B. Schlenoff, 2016–2017 Jeffrey P. Chanton, 2017–2018 Pamela L. Perrewé, 2018–2019 Timothy A. Cross, 2019–2020 Sharon E. Nicholson, 2020–2021 Jorge Piekarewicz, 2021–2022 Gary Lynn Taylor, 2021–2022 Maxine L. Montgomery, 2022–2023 Lilian Garcia Roig, 2023–2024 Harrison B. Prosper, 2024–2025 Pamela K. Keel, 2025–2026 Laura Reina, 2026–2027 Brad Schmidt, 2026–2027 Student Honorees Rhodes Scholars Frederick William Buchholtz, 1905 Caroline Alexander, 1976 Garrett Johnson, 2006 Joe O’Shea, 2008 Myron Rolle, 2009 Fulbright Recipients Per-Olof Jonsson, 1962 Franklin Ashburn, 1964 Lang Murray, 1964 Kenneth Strickler, 1965 David Burch, 1966 Gloria Fiero, 1966 Caroline Coble, 1967 Walter Renn, 1967 Terry Schreckengost, 1967 Louis Pease, 1969 Stephen Hess, 1970 Karen Niver, 1973 Michael Hembree, 1979 Diorita Fletcher, 1980 Gerald Niemi, 1980 Robert Brown, 1981 Monte Finkelstein, 1981 Timothy Hagy, 1981 Helen Chernoff, 1985 Mark Luprecht, 1985 Sidney Brown, 1986 Rebecca Einolf, 1986 John Cooper, 1989 Douglas Atwater, 1990 Carl Harrison, 1991 Peter Dees, 1993 Jane Florine, 1994 Kary Kublin, 1994 Bayard Lyons, 1994 Michael Beck, 1995 Jennifer Ladkani, 1998 Michael O'Connor, 1998 Elliot Riley, 2000 Amy Smoyer, 2000 Kevin Mason, 2001 Kimberley Leahy, 2005 Joana Carlson, 2006 Adam Coogle, 2006 Shani Henderson, 2006 Terence Milstead, 2006 Natasha Spencer, 2006 Natalie Binder, 2007 Daniel Carlson, 2007 Jamal Grimes, 2007 Megan Hewitt, 2007 Katherine Hodges, 2007 Timothy Lorton, 2007 Matthew Phipps, 2007 Natasha Rocas, 2007 Nathan Timpano, 2007 Michael Douma, 2009 Jennifer Ervin, 2009 Jason Hobratschk, 2009 Victoria Penziner, 2009 Travis Smith, 2009 Lulio Vargas-Cohen, 2009 Heather Wakefield, 2009 Richard Benson, 2010 Rose Bunch, 2010 Georgia Christakis, 2010 Kerry Gilmore, 2010 Shaina Hyder, 2010 Michal Leger, 2010 Enoch Stanfill, 2010 Julie Walker, 2010 William Boyce, 2011 Jacob Newberry, 2011 Alexis Baxter, 2012 Dana Boebinger, 2012 Elizabeth Bryant, 2012 Cameron Cankaya, 2012 Stephen Collins-Elliott, 2012 Marian Crotty, 2012 Ariel Giumarelli, 2012 Christine Helfrich, 2012 Armando Mendez, 2012 Sandy Noel, 2012 Bessie Reina, 2012 Kevin Uhler, 2012 Taylor Adams, 2013 Jacob Gibbons, 2013 Natalia Melendez, 2013 Esther Milanzi, 2013 Brenda Peynado, 2013 Alicia Richardson, 2013 Caitlin Strawder, 2013 Randy Tarnowski, 2013 Daniel Taylor, 2013 Rachel Van Middlesworth, 2013 Jacqueline Allegra, 2014 Rosalia Contreras, 2014 Daniel Davy, 2014 Lauren Gillespie, 2014 Emily Mann, 2014 Carolina Alarcon, 2015 Charles Beckerman, 2015 Alexis Cherry, 2015 Nia Dickens, 2015 Frances Falling, 2015 Erica Fedor, 2015 Lacy Goode, 2015 Robert Haley, 2015 Kendra Mitchell, 2015 Daniel Ruiz, 2015 Debbie Alfred, 2016 Carson Bay, 2016 Carolina Echeverri, 2016 Kelly Hill, 2016 Caroline Miranda, 2016 Laura O'Connor, 2016 Jacqueline Rojas, 2016 David A. Skelton, 2016 Jesse Smith-Appelson, 2016 Daniel Bell, 2017 Chelsea Elzinga, 2017 Noah Gomez, 2017 Mia Hartley, 2017 Jesse Marks, 2017 Brendan Rempert, 2017 Christina Klein-Tross, 2018 Brian Menard, 2018 Jan-Ruth Mills, 2018 Caroline Pryor, 2018 Joshua Scriven, 2018 Mackenzie Teek, 2018 William Wyant, 2018 Roberto Flores, 2019 Lacy Gillette, 2019 Kayla Hanvey, 2019 Allison Lang, 2019 Cristian Mercado, 2019 Jesse Miller, 2019 Rita Mookerjee, 2019 Amanda Propst, 2019 Kelly Ramirez, 2019 Tatum Shannon, 2019 Rachel Carlisle, 2020 Kristie Dick, 2020 Schyler Ellsworth, 2020 Joseph Guidubaldi, 2020 Pamela Knoll, 2020 Jacob Mason, 2020 Sebastian Mejia, 2020 Charlotte Puopolo, 2020 Beatrice Dain, 2021 Marah Litchford, 2021 Michael Rivera, 2021 Alexandra Artiles, 2022 Emily Eubanks, 2022 Emely Galan, 2022 Julia Kershaw, 2022 Lauren Kuhlman, 2022 Elaine Melgarejo, 2022 Abigail Rehard, 2022 Alexa Scalchunes, 2022 Rachel Blankenship, 2023 Denisha Campbell, 2023 Miguel Gonzalez, 2023 Arria Hauldin, 2023 Mia Hernandez, 2023 Caitlin Mims, 2023 Rachel Neale, 2023 Michelle Perez, 2023 Tessa Santner, 2023 Sydney Cole, 2024 Nella Delva, 2024 Samuel Granoff, 2024 Vashalice Kaaba, 2024 Korrin Sheahan, 2024 JiaQi Trescott, 2024 Danielle Wirsansky, 2024 Rania Chehaitli, 2025 Isabella DiGiorgio, 2025 Seth Kehr, 2025 Amelia Rivers, 2025 University Honorees Honorary Degree Recipients & Fields of Distiction Rowena Longmire, Education, 1912 Ruth Bryan Owen Rhode, Public Service, 1935 Henri Bonnet, International Affairs, 1950 Mark Frederick Boyd, Medicine, 1950 Wouter Bleeker Science, 1952 William Morrison Robinson Jr., History, 1955 Millard Fillmore Caldwell, Public Service, 1956 LeRoy Collins, Public Service, 1956 William George Dodd, Education, 1956 Spessard Lindsey Holland, Public Service, 1956 Philip Wylie, Literature, 1956 Doak S. Campbell, Education, 1957 Ernst von Dohnanyi, Music, 1957 George A. Smathers, Public Service, 1957 J. Velma Keen, Business, 1959 Cyril O. Houle, Education, 1960 Glen T. Seaborg, Science, 1961 Vivian Ahlsweh Williams, Literature, 1961 Leonard J. Brass, Science, 1962 Thomas B. Swann, Business/Public Service, 1962 Pablo Casals, Music, 1963 Luther H. Hodges, Public Service/Business, 1963 Karl Zerbe, Art, 1963 Cecil Farris Bryant, Public Service, 1964 Edwin A. Menninger, Science, 1964 Dorothy Barclay Thompson, Journalism, 1964 Arthur Statan Adams, Science/Public Service/Education, 1965 J.J. Daniel, Law/Business, 1965 Robert J. Van de Graaff, Science, 1965 Michael E. DeBakey, Medicine, 1968 Lamar Dodd, Art & Education, 1968 Robert L. Shaw, Music, 1968 Lucius D. Battle, Public Service, 1969 Andres Segovia, Music, 1969 Alan S. Boyd, Public Service, 1970 Audrey Wood Liebling, Literature, 1970 Gregor Piatigorsky, Music, 1970 Nelson Poynter, Public Service, 1970 Paul M. Rudolph, Architecture, 1970 Ed V. Komarek, Science, 1971 Wilbur J. Cohen, Education, 1972 John MacKay Shaw, Poetry, 1972 Karl Dietrich Bracher, History, 1973 William D. McElroy, Science, 1973 Allen Morris, Public Service, 1973 Julia V. Morton, Science, 1973 Philip Handler, Science, 1975 Helen Hayes MacArthur, Theatre, 1975 King Hussein I (Hashemite-Jordan), Public Service, 1975 Chester H. Ferguson, Education/Public Service, 1976 Stephen C. O'Connell, Education/Law, 1976 Mae Knight Clark, Education, 1977 Lee Strasberg, Theatre, 1977 Herbert Spencer Zim, Science/Education, 1977 Lillian Gordy Carter, Public Service, 1978 Michael Butler Yeats, International Affairs, 1978 William H. Werkmeister, Philosophy, 1978 Rev. Charles K. Steele Sr., Public Service, 1979 William Styron, Literature. 1979 B.K. Roberts, Public Service/Law, 1980 Burt Reynolds, Theatre, 1981 Roger L. Stevens, Theatre, 1982 Ricardo De la Espriella, Public Service, 1983 Beth Walton Moor, Public Service, 1983 William C. Norris, Business/Public Service, 1983 Rafael Caldera, Public Service/Education, 1984 John P. McGovern, Medicine, 1984 Claude Pepper, Public Service, 1985 Don Fuqua, Public Service/Science, 1986 Daisy Parker Flory, Public Service, 1986 Joseph Papp, Theatre, 1986 Reubin O’D. Askew, Public Service, 1988 Toshiaki Ogasawara, Public Service, 1988 George R. Langford Sr., Business/Public Service, 1989 G. William Miller, Finance/Public Service, 1989 D. Burke Kibler, Business/Public Service, 1990 Gunther Schuller, Music, 1991 Gus A. Stavros, Business/Public Service, 1991 Robert Edward Turner III, Business/Public Service, 1991 Marguerite Neel Williams, Public Service, 1991 Ada Belle Winthrop-King, Modern Languages, 1991 Louise Ireland Humphrey, Public Service, 1992 Oscar Arias Sanchez, Public Service, 1992 Walter Lanier "Red" Barber, Public Broadcasting, 1993 D. Allan Bromley, Public Service, 1993 Betty Mae Jumper, Public Service, 1994 Simon Ostrach, Space Science/Engineering, 1994 Rosa L. Parks, Civil Rights, 1994 C. DuBose Ausley, Public Service, 1995 William R. Mote, Marine Science, 1996 James Lighthill, Mathematics, 1996 Russell V. Ewald, Public Service, 1997 Louis J. Hector, Public Service, 1997 Ben Weider, Public Service, 1997 James M. Moran, Business, 1997 Richard W. Ervin, Public Service, 1997 Charles B. Reed, Education, 1997 Rod M. Brim Sr., Business, 1998 John Paul Stevens, U. S. Supreme Court, 1998 Godfrey Smith, Business, 1998 Mart Pierson Hill, Public Service, 1999 Carl A. DeSantis, Business, 1999 Thomas F. Petway III, Business, 1999 Jim Smith, Public Service, 2000 Ann Reinking, Dance/Theatre/Film, 2001 Reid B. Hughes, Business/Public Service, 2001 Charlotte Edwards Maguire, Medicine/Public Service, 2002 Herbert F. Morgan, Public Service, 2003 DeVoe L. Moore, Business/Public Service, 2005 Carlisle Floyd, Music/Opera, 2005 Jim Shore, Business/Public Service, 2005 Tom Brokaw, Broadcasting & Journalism, 2006 Mary Lou Norwood, Public Service, 2007 Albert J. Dunlap, Business, 2007 Mark S. Wrighton, Chemistry, 2007 Katherine Blood Hoffman, Chemistry, 2007 Edward W. Rabin, Business, 2007 Ernest Cook, Medicine, 2008 Charles A. Smith, Business, 2008 Paul Kagame, Public Service, 2009 Lee Corso, Media & Communication, 2012 Edward O. Wilson, Evolutionary Biology, 2012 Judith A. Dunlap, Philanthropy, 2012 Tommie Wright, Music, 2012 Margaret "Maggie" Allesee, Choreography, 2013 Robert "Bobby" Bowden, Athletics/Public Service, 2014 Louise Jones Gopher, Public Service, 2014 Lucy Ho, Public Service, 2015 Christopher Still, Art, 2016 Grace Dansby, Philanthropy/Public Service, 2016 Allan Bense, Public Service, 2019 William T. Hold, Business, 2021 Sara Blakely, Business, 2026 Bernard F. Sliger Award Honorees Bernard F. Sliger, 1993 Robert “Bobby” Bowden, 1994 Daisy Parker Flory, 1995 Katherine Blood Hoffman, 1996 Reubin O’D. Askew, 1997 W. Godfrey Smith Sr., 1998 Burt Reynolds, 1999 George R. Langford Sr., 2000 John E. Champion Sr., 2001 John Thrasher, 2002 Jim Smith, 2003 Mike Martin Sr., 2004 James E. Joanos, 2005 J. Stanley Marshall, 2006 Robert A. “Andy” Miller Sr., 2007 Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte, 2008 William M. Durham Jr., 2009 Lawrence G. Abele, 2010 Leslie Pantin Jr., 2011 James E. Pitts, 2012 Wm. Andrew “Andy” Haggard, 2013 T.K. Wetherell, 2014 Betty Lou Joanos, 2015 William Proctor, 2016 Charles Ehrhardt, 2017 Mart Pierson Hill, 2018 Melvin Stith Sr., 2019 Freddie Groomes-McLendon, 2020 Edward E. “Ed” Burr, 2021 Sally Karioth, 2022 Peter Collins, 2023 Gene Deckerhoff Jr., 2024 Guy Spearman, 2025 Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees 1977 Fred Biletnikoff, Football Phil Boggs, Swimming & Diving Doak S. Campbell, FSU President Adrian Catarzi, Circus Member Dave Cowens, Basketball Hubert Green, Golf Dick Howser, Baseball J.K. “Bud” Kennedy, Basketball Coach Ken Misner, Track & Field Katherine Montgomery, Administrator/Athletic Association Student President Coyle E. Moore, Administrator/Athletics Commission Burt Reynolds, Football Bill Roetzheim, Gymnastics Ron Sellers, Football Mode L. Stone Sr., Administrator 1978 Lee Corso, Football Kim Hammond, Football Ron Harris, Basketball Mike Long, Track & Field Coach Hartley Price, Gymnastics Coach Bim Stults, Swimming & Diving Coach 1979 Curt Genders, Swimming & Diving A. Downing Gray, Golf Jack Haskin, Flying High Circus Founder Mike Kelly, Track & Field Jimmy Oler, Basketball Bill Peterson, Football Coach Barry Smith, Football James “J.T.” Thomas, Football 1980 Hugh Adams, Football Mike Conley, Track & Field Hugh Durham, Basketball Bucky Hiles, Swimming & Diving Jeff Hogan, Basketball Bill McGrotha, Moore-Stone Award Buddy Strauss, Football 1981 LeRoy Collins, Moore-Stone Award Dave Fedor, Basketball Danny Litwhiler, Baseball Danny Smith, Track & Field Steve Tensi, Football Bud Whitehead, Football Woddy Woodward, Baseball 1982 Bobby Crenshaw, Football Daisy Parker Flory, Moore-Stone Award Don Holder, Gymnastics Terry Kennedy, Baseball Vaughn Mancha, Administrator/Athletics Director Fred Pickard, Football Walt Sumner, Football Paul “Ham” Wernke, Basketball Del Williams, Football Alexander T. “Lex” Wood, Tennis 1983 Bill Dawkins, Football Jesse Forbes, Track & Field John Grubb, Baseball Dick Gutting, Gymnastics Gary Huff, Football Tom Nugent, Football Coach Jack Veghte, Golf J. Edwin White, Moore-Stone Award 1984 Dick Artmeier, Basketball Bill Cappleman, Football F. Wilson Carraway, Moore-Stone Award Bradley Cooper, Track & Field Larry Key, Football Jim Lyttle, Baseball Dale McCullers, Football Jack Miles, Gymnastics Bobby Renn, Football Don Veller, Football Coach 1985 Dick Hermann, Football Jimmy Jordan, Football George R. Langford Sr., Moore-Stone Award H. Donald Loucks, Basketball/Tennis Coach Gene McDowell, Football James McFatter, Volleyball Bill Odeneal, Volleyball Coach Mike Roberson, Track & Field Mac Scarce, Baseball Gary Schull, Basketball Wally Woodham, Football 1986 Ralph Chaudron, Football Don Fauls, Administrator/Head Trainer Rowland Garrett, Basketball Walter McCoy, Track & Field Ron Simmons, Football Godfrey Smith, Moore-Stone Award Rohn Stark, Football 1987 Bobby Butler, Football Rainey Cawthon, Moore-Stone Award Mike Fuentes, Baseball Bob Harbison, Football/Golf Coach Ken Lanier, Football Lee Nelson, Football Wyatt “Red” Parish, Football Ed Williamson, Football Coach 1988 Paul Azinger, Golf Jane Geddes, Golf Willie Jones, Football Ron King, Basketball Herb Morgan, Moore-Stone Award Vic Prinzi, Football William Lee Proctor, Administrator/Football/Asst. Dean of Men Tony Romeo, Football Margie Wessel Scott, Volleyball Darby Cottle Veazey, Softball 1989 Winfred Bailey, Football Charles R. Durbin, Cinematography Sue Galkantas, Basketball Randy Givens, Track & Field Reggie Herring, Football Louis Hill, Moore-Stone Award Paul Piurowski, Football Dick Roberts, Track & Field Coach Jeff Sluman, Golf 1990 Greg Allen, Football John D. Bridgers, Athletics Director Bill Capece, Football Alphonso Carreker, Football Michelle Finn, Track & Field Patrick W. Hogan, Administrator/FSU Vice President Kenny Knox, Golf Don Merrick, Football Barbara Jo Palmer, Administrator/W. Athletics Director Billy Parker, Moore-Stone Award Lisa Young-Walters, Golf 1991 Gene Ammann, Basketball Tony Avitable, Baseball John Crowe, Football Jamie Dukes, Football Jeff A. Ledbetter, Baseball Ken Miller, Administrator/Track & Field Coach/Athletics Director Marita Payne, Track & Field Reggie Royals, Basketball Mike Shumann, Football Colleen Walker, Golf T.K. Wetherell, Football/Moore-Stone Award 1992 Ray Bellamy, Tennis Chic Cicio, Gymnastics Jeff Gray, Baseball Patti Henderson, Tennis Otto Petty, Basketball Jody Reed, Baseball Billy Rhodes, Football Bernard F. Sliger, Moore-Stone Award 1993 Luis Alicea, Baseball Bill “Red” Dawson, Football Syde Patrick Deeb, Administrator/Seminole Boosters President/Moore-Stone Award Carlos Fraundorfer, Track & Field Paul Haarhuis, Tennis Bobby Jackson, Football Mike Loynd, Baseball Al Makowieki, Football 1994 Charlie Armstrong, Football/Baseball Coach Barbara Bunkowsky, Golf George McCloud, Basketball Paul McGowan, Football Deion Sanders, Football Ron Schomburger, Football Roger Slater, Swimming & Diving Weldon “Babe” Starry, Moore-Stone Award Mitchell Wiggins, Basketball 1995 Monk Bonasorte, Football Dave Cappelen, Football Jim Casteel Jr., Track & Field James P. Jones, Moore-Stone Award Mike Kowalski, Swimming & Diving Julie Larsen-Baker, Softball Richie Lewis, Baseball Danny McManus, Football 1997 Buffy Baker, Tennis Richard Baker, Moore-Stone Award Kim Batten, Track & Field Lawrence Dawsey, Football Dee Frye-Davis, Department Administrative Assistant Ronald O. Harrison, Track & Field Nolan Henke, Golf Gabrielle Reece, Volleyball Derek Schmidt, Football Jack Sharp, Gymnastics Paul Sorrento, Baseball Scott Warren, Football 1998 Jay Ashmore, Gymnastics Harry Davis, Basketball Grace Fox, Moore-Stone Award Michele Guibalt, Golf Billie Jones, Volleyball/Softball Jerry McDaniel, Track & Field Wayne McDuffie, Football Maggie Philgence, Volleyball Mike Tschirret, Swimming & Diving Peter Tom Willis, Football 1999 Fred Hatfield, Coaches & Administration Tia Paschal, Basketball Gregg Phifer, Moore-Stone Award Joey Rive, Tennis Charlie Ward, Football/Basketball Casey Weldon, Football Allen Williams, Track & Field 2000 Derrick Brooks, Football Joe Camps, Moore-Stone Award Marvin Jones, Football Susan Painter, Softball Paul Wilson, Baseball 2001 LeRoy Butler, Football Bob Clem, Baseball Bill Durham, Moore-Stone Award Clay Shiver, Football Angela Wright, Track & Field 2002 Gene Deckerhoff Jr., Moore-Stone Award Warrick Dunn, Football Leander McKenzie, Track & Field Doug Mientkiewicz, Baseball Shamalene Wilson-Broner, Softball 2003 Terrell Buckley, Football J.D. Drew, Baseball Jim King, Moore-Stone Award Lori Sowell, Tennis Bob Sura, Basketball John Thrasher, Moore-Stone Award 2004 Peter Boulware, Football Sam Cassell, Basketball Brendon Dedekind, Swimming & Diving Holly Kelly, Track & Field Jim Smith, Moore-Stone Award Andre Wadsworth, Football 2005 Edgar Bennett, Football Lisa Davidson, Softball Terry Long, Track & Field Kez McCorvey, Football Seminole Tribe of Florida, Moore-Stone Award Ken Suarez, Baseball 2006 Wanda Burns, Basketball Rhett Dawson, Football Jonathan Johnson, Baseball Gary Pajcic, Moore-Stone Award Billy Smith, Moore-Stone Award Herb Wills, Track & Field Ed “Skip” Young, Basketball 2007 Derrick Alexander, Football Audra Brannon, Tennis Brenda Cliette, Track & Field Charles W. Ehrhardt, Coaches & Administration Bernie McCann, Volleyball Larry Pendleton, Coaches & Administration Chris Roberts, Baseball Jack Shinholser, Football 2008 Clifton Abraham, Football Doug Edwards, Basketball Andy Haggard, Moore-Stone Award John Poston, Track & Field Jan Sikes, Softball Nadia Ste-Marie, Golf Buddy Teagle, Baseball Claude Thigpen, Coaches & Administration 2009 Mike Augustine, Baseball Dennis Boyle, Moore-Stone Award Jeff Bray, Track & Field Danielle Cox, Softball Cecile Reynaud, Coaches & Administration Bob Shave, Golf Reinard Wilson, Football 2010 Mickey Andrews, Coaches & Administration Tonya Carter, Track & Field Bobby Cochran, Golf Tom Haney, Moore-Stone Award Doug Henderson, Moore-Stone Award Karyn Palgut, Volleyball Corey Simon, Football Peter Warrick, Football 2011 Tonja Brown, Track & Field Sam Cowart, Football Marshall McDougall, Baseball Andy Miller, Moore-Stone Award Stephen Parry, Swimming & Diving Chris Weinke, Football Brooke Wyckoff, Basketball 2012 Bobby Bowden, Coaches & Administration Bev Burnett, Basketball John Ford Griffin, Baseball Sue Hall, Moore-Stone Award Danny Kanell, Football DeVoe Moore, Moore-Stone Award Christian Raynor, Golf 2013 Matt Diaz, Baseball JoAnne Graf, Coaches & Administration Sebastian Janikowski, Football Douglas Mannheimer, Moore-Stone Award Jamal Reynolds, Football Cindy Schofield, Soccer Sammie Smith, Football Karen Stupples, Golf 2014 Jessica van der Linden Boulware, Softball Aaron Carter, Football Harlien Johnson, Coaches & Administration Amp Lee, Football Sara Linke, Swimming & Diving Russ Morcom, Moore-Stone Award Jeremy Morris, Baseball 2015 Pat Carter, Football Tay Cody, Football Frank Fazzini, Football Esmeralda Garcia, Track & Field Vicky Gill, Cross Country Jim & Betty Lou Joanos, Moore-Stone Award Hal Schaus, Tennis Brandi Stuart, Softball 2016 Charlie Barnes, Moore-Stone Award Alex Barron, Football Mat Cloer, Tennis Verlyn Giles, Coaches & Administration Lacy Janson, Track & Field Garrett Johnson, Track & Field Shane Robinson, Baseball Ernie Stock, Swimming & Diving Sally Summer, Volleyball 2017 Rafeeq Curry, Track & Field William Floyd, Football Greg Grady, Basketball Pat Kennedy, Basketball Tony Thomas, Basketball India Trotter, Soccer Larry Strom, Moore-Stone Award 2018 Teresa Bundy, Track & Field Walter Dix, Track & Field Jim Gladden, Coaches & Administration Odell Haggins, Football Bob Perrone, Moore-Stone Award Buster Posey, Baseball Al Thornton, Basketball Veronica Wootson, Softball Mami Yamaguchi, Soccer 2019 Mickey Dillard, Basketball Susan Kuijken, Track & Field Mike Martin Sr., Coaches & Administration Dick Nichols, Baseball Rick Stockstill, Football Caroline Westrup, Golf 2021 Brianna Berry, Volleyball Jonas Blixt, Golf Toney Douglas, Basketball Becky Edwards, Soccer Graham Gano, Football Leonard Hamilton, Coaches & Administration Ngoni Makusha, Track & Field Randy Oravetz, Coaches & Administration Kimberly Williams, Track & Field 2022 Jean Yves Aubone, Tennis Amanda DaCosta, Soccer Emma Dutton, Swimming & Diving E.G. Green, Football Brooks Koepka, Golf Lawton & Beth Langford, Moore-Stone Award Marvin “Snoop” Minnis, Football Tim Pickett, Basketball Toni Pressley, Soccer James Ramsey, Baseball Jekaterina Stepanova, Volleyball 2023 Ricardo Chambers, Track & Field Pedro Grifol, Baseball Rodney Hudson, Football Leslie Malerich, Softball Tiffany McCarty, Soccer Eduardo Perez, Baseball Kelly Rowland, Soccer Sue Semrau, Coaches & Administration 2024 Ryan Barthelemy, Baseball Anquan Boldin, Football Casey Hunter, Softball Lamarcus Joyner, Football Phillip Riley, Track & Field Katie Rybakova, Tennis Bernie Waxman, Coaches & Administration 2025 Bob Braman, Coaches & Administration Rashad Greene, Football Bryan Henry, Baseball Terry Horner, Swimming & Diving Colleen Quigley, Track & Field/Cross Country Lacey Waldrop, Softball Jameis Winston, Football