2023 Distinguished Alumni

• Barbara Whye (’89 USC electrical engineering, ’95 MBA) | Vice President of Inclusion & Diversity, Apple 

2023 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Ann-Stanton C. Gore  (’07 finance and marketing) | Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Primis 

2023 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Drew D. Stevens  (’10 finance and insurance and risk management) | Certified Financial Planner, G3 Wealth Advisors

2023 Distinguished Corporate Partner

• UPS

2022 Distinguished Alumni

• Thomas D. Barnes (’90 business economics, management science) |  CEO, 319 Capital Partners

2022 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Cheslie Kryst* (’13 marketing and management) | Miss USA (2019), Correspondent, Extra

2022 Distinguished Service 

• J. Scott Blackmon, Jr. (’73 management) | Retired Banking Executive

2022 Distinguished Corporate Partner

• Sonoco | Hartsville, S.C.

2019 Centennial Distinguished Service Award

• Darla Moore ('75 B.S.) | Chairman, Darla Moore Foundation

2018 Distinguished Alumni

• Barry L. Saunders ('81 B.S., '89 MBA) | Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Sonoco Products Company
• Terrance Williams ('90 B.S.) | Chief Marketing Officer and President of Emerging Businesses, Nationwide

2018 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Ryan Succop ('09 B.S.) | Placekicker, Tennessee Titans
• James Wolf ('05 B.S.) | Vice President & Senior Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

2017 Distinguished Alumni

• John P. Harloe ('74 B.A., '75 MBA) | Managing Director, Small Cap Value Portfolio Manager, Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC
• Wiliam O. Buyck ('58 B.S.) | Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bank of Clarendon

2017 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Mauricus "Moe" Brown ('10 B.S.) | Managing Director, Hill Impact
• W. Ford Graham ('06 IMBA/J.D.) | Of Counsel, K&L Gates LLP

2017 Distinguished Service 

• Susie H. VanHuss | Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Darla Moore School of Business

2016 Distinguished Alumni

• James McCauley "Mac" Bennett ('80 B.S.) | President and CEO, United Way of the Midlands

2016 Distinguished Young Alumni

• William E. "Trey" Ackerman III ('97 B.S., '98 MTax) | Market Managing Partner, Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP
• Kim Buckner Land ('98 B.A., '02 MBA) | Instructor of Marketing, Johnson College of Business and Economics, University of South Upstate

2016 Distinguished Service

• Joel A. Smith III | Dean Emeritus, Darla Moore School of Business

2015 Distinguished Alumni

• David J. Comeau ('85 MIBS) | President, Asia Pacific Biscuits, Mondelez International

2015 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Keshiv A. Desai ('02 MBA) | Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
• Sidney L. Giddings IV ('06 MBA) | Vice President, Operations, Wyndham Vacation Ownership

2015 Distinguished Service

• William R. "Randy" Folks, Jr. | Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Darla Moore School of Business

2014 Distinguished Alumni

• Mark E. Khalil ('78 B.S.) | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Sony Corporation of America

2014 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Matthew P. D. Johnson ('98 B.S., '99 MACC) | Principal, KPMG
• Jerrell M. Moore ('04 MHR, J.D.) | Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer, Burger King Corporation

2013 Distinguished Alumni

• Brian W. MacLean ('82 M.S.) | President and COO, Travelers

2013 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Kyle W. Blackmon ('00 B.S.) | Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Brown Harris Stevens
• Michael J. Boyd ('98 MIBS) | Director of Global Treasury Operations, Apple, Inc.

2013 Distinguished Service

• Marc A. Chini | Vice President, Human Resources, GE

2012 Distinguished Alumni

• James D. Samples, Jr. ('87 MIBS) | President of International, Scripps Networks Interactive

2012 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Thack Brown ('96 MIBS) | Senior Vice President and CFO, SAP Latin America & Caribbean
• Raphael S. Miolane ('01 MBA) | CFO, France and Spain, YUM! Restaurants International

2012 Distinguished Service

• Pamela P. Lackey | President, AT&T South Carolina

2011 Distinguished Alumni

• David A. Loeser ('77 B.S.) | Executive Vice President Human Resources and Communication, Hostess Brands, Inc.

2011 Distinguished Young Alumni

• John M. Dillard, Jr. ('99 MIBS) | President and Co-Founder, Big Sky Associates, Inc.
• Craig L. Nix ('93 B.S.) | Executive Vice President and CFO, First Citizens Bank

2011 Distinguished Service

• John W. Bachmann* | Senior Partner, Edward Jones

2010 Distinguished Alumni

• Nicole M. Ringenberg ('85 MIBS) | Vice President and Controller, Monsanto Company
• Emory W. "Wayne" Rushton ('65 B.S.) | Managing Director, Promontory Financial Group, LLC; Retired Chief National Bank Examiner and Senior Deputy Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Treasury Department
• L. Kent Satterfield ('77 B.S., '78 MACC) | COO, Dixon Hughes LLP
• Robert H. "Hal" Turner, Jr. ('72 B.S., '73 MBA) | CEO, Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. 

2010 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Tito C. Echiburu ('00 MIBS) | Director of Managerial Reporting, Performance Coatings Division; Finance Director, Architectural Coatings, International Division, PPG Industries, Inc.
• Ioana M. Tudor ('97 IMBA) | Vice President of Business Development, NAFTA Corn and Soybeans, Syngenta Seeds, Inc.

2010 Distinguished Service

• Michael R. Brenan | President, BB&T of South Carolina

2009 Distinguished Alumni

• Klaus K. Kuehn ('89 MIBS) | CFO and Board of Management, Bayer AG
• F. Andrews Lowrey ('90 MBA) | President and CEO, AgFirst Farm Credit Bank
• José Salibi Neto ('82 B.S., '86 MIBS) | Chief Knowledge Officer, HSM Group
• Drew Atkinson Putt ('85 B.S.) | Georgia Market President and U.S. Specialty Head, RBC Bank

2009 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Eden Isbell ('92 MHR) | Senior Director, Human Resources, Genzyme Corporation

2009 Distinguished Service 

• S. Travis Pritchett | Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Darla Moore School of Business; Commissioner, SC Retirement Systems Investment Commission

2008 Distinguished Alumni

• William M. Ginn ('69 B.A., '72 MBA) | Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
• David B. Holl ('84 MBA) | President and CEO, Mary Kay Inc.
• Gary M. Parsons ('77 MBA) | Chairman, XM Satellite Radio

2008 Distinguished Young Alumni

• K. Susan Billiot ('93 B.S., '94 MHR) | Vice President, Human Resources, SYSCO Corporation
• R. Jason Caskey ('90 B.S.) | Shareholder, Elliott Davis, LLC 

2008 Distinguished Service

• R. Buck Mickel* | Retired Chairman, Daniel International Corporation; Retired Vice Chairman, Fluor Corporation

2007 Distinguished Alumni

• William R. Horton ('73 B.S.) | President and COO, Government Programs Division, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
• D. Roger Nanney ('80 B.S., '82 MACC) | Vice Chairman and Regional Managing Partner, Mid-Atlantic, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP 

2007 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Kellie Cooper Johnson ('91 MBA) | Senior Product Manager, GlaxoSmithKline
• J. Chad Odom ('92 B.S.) | CEO, Innovative Container; CEO, Palmetto Restorations; CEO, Pickwick Pharmacy

2007 Distinguished Service

• M. Edward Sellers | Chairman and CEO, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina

2006 Distinguished Alumni

• Catherine S. Brune ('74 B.S.) | Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Allstate Insurance Company
• Harry S. Dent, Jr. ('75 B.S.) | President and Founder, H.S. Dent Foundation
• Charles E. Zeigler, Jr. ('71 B.S.) | President and CEO, Cook and Boardman, Inc.

2006 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Mark E. Fryer ('89 B.S., '90 MACC) | President and CFO, Davis-Garvin Agency, Inc.
• Ilian Ljubomirov Mihov ('92 B.S.) | Associate Professor of Economics, INSEAD, France and Singapore 

2006 Distinguished Service

• Gayle O. Averyt | Chairman Emeritus, Colonial Supplemental Insurance 

2005 Distinguished Alumni

• Jose Joaquin Mora Hernandez ('83 MIBS) | International Vice President, Latin America and Puerto Rico, Johnson & Johnson
• Olin S. Pugh ('48 B.S.)* | Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Darla Moore School of Business

2005 Distinguished Young Alumni

• J. Michelle Childs ('91 MHR, J.D.) | Commissioner, South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission
• Luis Frederico Deza ('88 B.S., '90 MIBS) | COO, Nextel de Peru

2005 Distinguished Service

• William B. Timmerman | Chairman, President and CEO, SCANA Corporation

2004 Distinguished Alumni

• James H. Hodges ('79 B.S., '82 J.D.) | Former Governor, State of South Carolina; CEO, Hodges Consulting Group; Partner, Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman
• John C. Troutman, Sr. ('63 B.S.) | Chairman, President and CEO, Regions Bank of South Carolina and Central Georgia
• Sam D. Wyche ('69 MBA) | Coach and Television Sports Analyst, National Football League

2004 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Robert R. Hill, Jr. ('95 MBA) | President and COO, South Carolina Bank & Trust
• Jodie Watt McLean ('90 B.S.) | President and Chief Investment Officer, Edens & Avant

2004 Distinguished Service

• Ralph Gillespie | Retired President, Industrial Division, Milliken & Company

2003 Distinguished Alumni

• Charles H. DuBose, Jr. ('70 B.S.) | President and CEO, DuBose Strapping, Inc.
• Jill Griffin ('77 B.S., '79 MBA) | Founder and President, Griffin Group
• Lawrence W. "Larry" Kellner ('81 B.S.) | President, Continental Airlines, Inc.

2003 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Whitney Maureen McDonough MacEachern ('95 MIBS) | Vice President, Citigroup Latin America Corporate Affairs, Citigroup
• Lawrence I. Scott ('86 B.S., '90 MBA) | Senior Vice President, Finance Group, Bank of America Corporation

2003 Distinguished Service

• Stephen W. Trewhella ('48 B.S.)* | Retired Chairman of the Board, Glassmaster Company

2002 Distinguished Alumni

• George A. Brizzolara, Jr. ('58 B.S.)* | Retired President, Old Dominion Brush Company
• Nancy L. Grden ('82 M.S.) | Senior Vice President, Planning and Development, AMERIGROUP Corporation
• E. L. "Bert" Pooser ('60 B.S.) | President and CEO, IMIC Hotels

2002 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Dennis L. Wade ('84 B.S.) | President and CEO, The Jackson Companies

2002 Distinguished Service

• John A. Warren* | Chairman of the Board Emeritus, SCANA Corporation

2001 Distinguished Alumni

• William B. Cox, Jr. (B.S. ‘69) | Chairman and CEO, Cox Industries, Inc.
• William B. Dukes (B.S. ‘64) | Founder, Blue Marlin Restaurants
• Mary M. Kennemur (B.S. ‘75)* | First Vice President & Managing Director, New South District, Merrill Lynch 

2001 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Jimmy E. Addison (B.S. ’82, MACC ‘83) | Vice President, Information Services and Technology, SCANA Corporation

2001 Distinguished Service

• Robert E. McNair (USC B.S. ’47, USC J.D. ‘48)* | Former Governor, State of South Carolina; Chairman, McNair Law Firm

2000 Distinguished Alumni

• James W. Holsinger, Jr. (M.S. ‘81) | Chancellor, Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky
• Carol A. Keehan (M.S. ‘80) | President and CEO, Providence Hospital and Carroll Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
• Gerald K. Kunkle, Jr. (B.S. ‘72) | President and COO, DENTSPLY International
• Madhu S. Shrivastava (MBA ‘78) | President and CEO, Carolina Convenience Corporation

2000 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Colleen E. Dowd (B.S. ‘88) | President, AlmaCare 

2000 Distinguished Service

• James Bradley* | Chairman of the Board, The Springs Company

1999 Distinguished Alumni

• Anthony A. Callander (B.S. ’71, MACC ‘72) | Managing Partner-South Carolina, Ernst & Young LLP
• Thomas Grover Faulds (MBA ‘73) | President and COO, BlueCross and BlueShield division, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
• Thomas E. "Tommy" Suggs (B.S. ‘71) | President and CEO, Rooney, McArthur & Suggs, Inc.
• F. William Vandiver (MBA ‘67) | Corporate Risk Management Executive, Bank of America Corporation

1999 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Fred L. Green III (B.S. ’79, MBA ‘83) | President and CEO, The National Bank of South Carolina

1999 Distinguished Service

• Robert V. Royall (USC B.S. ‘56) | Chairman, The National Bank of South Carolina

1998 Distinguished Alumni

• James P. Barrow (B.S. ‘62) | Principal and Founder, Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC
• Harris E. DeLoach, Jr. (B.S. ’66, USC J.D. ‘69) | Executive Vice President, Sonoco
• William L. Pherigo (B.S. ‘63)  | Former President and CEO, The National Bank of South Carolina
• Fernando Teixeira Dos Santos (Ph.D. ‘85) | Secretary of State for the Treasury and Finance, Ministry of Finance, Portugal; Professor, University or Porto, Portugal

1998 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Darrin Todd Thomas (B.S. ‘87) | Vice President, Thomas-McCants Media, Inc./Black Pages USA

1998 Distinguished Service

• Thomas E. Hannah (USC B.S. ’61, USC M.S. ‘63) | President, CEO and Director, Collins & Aikman Corporation

1997 Distinguished Alumni

• A. Crawford Clarkson, Jr. (B.S. ’41, USC J.D. ‘55)* | Retired Partner, Clarkson, Harden & Gantt
• R. Keith Elliott (B.S. ’64, MBA '65) | Chairman and CEO, Hercules Incorporated
• Sam Z. Moore (B.S. '54) | CEO, Thomas Nelson, Inc.
• A. Eugene Rountree (B.S. ‘61)* | President, Food Service, Inc. 

1997 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Karen Schmidt Faber (B.S. ‘83) | Executive Vice President, Staffing Solutions, Inc.

1997 Distinguished Service Award

• Monroe Miller | Vice President of Human Resources, IBM Networking Division, IBM Corporation 

1996 Distinguished Alumni

• Gary L. Daniels (B.S. ‘61)* | Chairman and Owner, Package Supply & Equipment Co., Inc.
• S. Hunter Howard, Jr. (B.S. ‘74) | President and CEO, South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
• Dan Reeves (B.S. '65) | Head Coach, New York Giants

1996 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Gerald W. Evans (B.S. ’81, MBA ‘83) | President, Hilton Hosiery, Hilton Hosiery Division of Sara Lee Corporation 

1996 Distinguished Service

• James F. Kane* | Dean Emeritus and Professor of Marketing, College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina

 1995 Distinguished Alumni

• Grady L. Patterson, Jr. (USC J.D. ’50, B.S. ‘75)* (Former) Treasurer, State of South Carolina; Financial Advisor, Yon-Drake & Associates, Inc.
• Eugene E. "Gene" Stone III (B.S. '30)* | Chairman of the Board, Stone Manufacturing Company
• Charles S. Way, Jr. (B.S. ’59, USC J.D. ‘62) |President, The Beach Co. and Related Subsidiaries 

1995 Distinguished Young Alumni

• Jean E. Duke (B.S. ‘77) | Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company

1995 Distinguished Service

• John H. Stern* | Executive Vice President, Sony Electronics Inc

1995 Distinguished Achievement Citation 

• Everett Dean Felber (B.S. ‘89) | Bass Player, Hootie & the Blowfish

1994 Distinguished Alumni

• Roger W. Chastain (B.S. ‘64)* | President and COO, Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.
• Samuel H. Vickers (B.S. ‘58) | Chairman and CEO, Design Containers, Inc.
• Mack I. Whittle, Jr. (B.S. ’71,  MBA ‘75) | President and CEO, Carolina First Corporation
• Catherine Hines Wills (B.S. '71, MBA '72) | Executive Vice President, Maybelline, Inc.

1993 Distinguished Alumni

• C. Wayne Partin (B.S. ‘66) | President and CEO, Stouffer Foods Corporation
• William F. "Bill" Putnam (B.S. ’55,  M.A. ‘57)* | Retired, Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Economics, College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina; Secretary, USC-Business Partnership Foundation
• Porter B. Rose (USC B.S. ’63, MBA ‘68) | President, Liberty Investment Group

1992 Distinguished Alumni

• John Wesley Culp, Sr. (B.S. ‘67) | Minister, South Carolina United Methodist Conference; Minister, Salem United Methodist Church; Founder, Salkehatchie Summer Service
• Owen G.  "Bob" Shell, Jr. (B.S. ‘60) | President, NationsBank of Tennessee; Chairman, NationsBank of Kentucky
  A. Max Walker (B.S. ‘48)* | Chairman of the Board, Nations Fund 

1991 Distinguished Alumni 

• P. Henderson Barnette, Sr. (B.S. ‘48)* | Chairman of the Board and CEO, Greenwood Packing Plant
• J. Patrick Clayton (B.S. ‘62) | Retired, Partner in Charge-Tax Practice, Arthur Andersen & Company
• L. Glenn Orr, Jr. (MBA ‘63) | Chairman, President and CEO, Southern National Corporation

1990 Distinguished Alumni

• Robert J. "Bobby" Cremins (B.S. ’70, USC M.E. ‘77) | Head Basketball Coach, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Leon S. Goodall (B.S. ’49, USC J.D. ‘50)* | President, Carolina Continental Insurance Co.
• Anne Johnston Gregg (B.S. ’79, MACC ‘81) | Treasurer/Controller, South Carolina Tees
• William M. Gregg II (B.S. ‘72)* | President, South Carolina Tees
• Joe B. Pearce (B.S. ‘53)* | Senior Vice President, PYA/Monarch
• Shigeru Sekine (MIBS ‘77) | President, Nikko Chemicals Co., Ltd.

1989 Distinguished Alumni

• Joe M. Anderson, Jr. (MBA ‘67) | Vice President, Southern Bell
• James A. Cathcart III (B.S. ‘60) | Executive Vice President, Holborn Agency Corporation
• Timothy R. McConnell (B.S. ’73, MACC ‘74)* | Owner and CPA, T. R. McConnell & Company
• Crawford Rainwater, Jr. (MBA ‘72) | Retired, Chairman and CEO, Hygeia Coca-Cola Bottling Company and Associated Companies

 1988 Distinguished Alumni

• Ivan V. Anderson, Jr. (MBA ‘70) | President and CEO, Evening Post Publishing Company; Publisher, The News and Courier and The Evening Post
• Jean Galloway Bissell (B.S. ’56, USC J.D. ‘58)* | Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals
• Chester A. Duke (B.S. ‘62) | President, Marion National Bank
• Joe A. Padgett (B.S. ‘59) | Executive Vice President, South Carolina National Bank
• G. Thaddeus Williams (B.S. ’61, USC J.D. ‘65) | President and CEO, Clinton Mills

1987 Distinguished Alumni

• J. Harold Chandler (MBA ‘72) | President, The Citizens and Southern National Bank of S.C.
• Paul S. Goldsmith (B.S. ‘56) | President, Wm. Goldsmith Company
• Larry W. Lineberger (B.S. ‘66) | Vice President-Corporate Controller, Fluor Corporation
• Robert L. Selman (B.S. ‘59)* | President, The Keenan Co.

1986 Distinguished Alumni

• Jack S. Graybill (B.S. ’49) | Vice President, The Robinson Humphrey Company
• Carl B. Harper, Jr. (B.S. ‘57) | Partner In Charge, Ernst & Whinney
• Lester A. Hudson, Jr. (MBA ‘65) | President, Dan River, Inc.
• Ada B. Thomas (B.S. 48, USC M.A. ‘63)* | Assistant Dean and Professor, College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina

1985 Distinguished Alumni

• William R. Bruce (B.S. ‘37)* | Chairman, Seibels Bruce Group, Inc.
• William W. Johnson (B.S. '53)* | Chairman and CEO, Bankers Trust of South Carolina
• John M. Rampey, Jr. (MBA ‘74)* | Vice President of Management Development, Milliken & Company
• G. Cameron Todd (B.S. ‘50)* | Senior Vice President, Merrill Lynch
• G. Larry Wilson (B.S. '69, MBA '70) | Chairman and President, Policy Management Systems Corporation