The Blue Key Service Award is presented to distinguished individuals who have made a major contribution to the University, the state and nation. Listed below are former award recipients and their titles at the time of their selection.

Charles E. Campbell - 2008
Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

C. V. (Jim) Nalley III - 2008
Chairman, Asbury Autogroup Atlanta

Suzanne Yoculan - 2008
UGA Women's Gymnastics Coach

The Honorable Eric Johnson– 2007
Georgia Senate, District 1

Sanford H. Orkin – 2007
Atlanta Businessman and civic leader

Mrs. M. Smith (Smitty) Griffith – 2007
Patron of the Georgia Museum of Art and an arts advocate within the Athens community and across the state

Andrew G. Landers – 2007
UGA Women’s Basketball Head Coach

The Honorable Clarence Thomas – 2006
Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court

Dr. Delmer D. Dunn – 2006
Vice President for Instruction and Associate Provost, The University of Georgia

Upshaw C. Bentley, Jr. – 2006
Partner, Fortson, Bentley and Griffin, PA

William S. (Bill) Stuckey, Jr. – 2005
Former U.S. Representative, 8th District of Georgia,
Chairman of the Board of Stuckey’s Corporation and of Interstate Dairy Queen Corporation

Carolyn Warnell Bryan – 2005
Civic Leader and Philanthropist

Peter Albersheim – 2005
Distinguished Research Professor of Biochemistry and
Co-Director of the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia and
Director of the National Institute of Health Resource Center for Biomedical Complex Carbohydrates

Roy E. Barnes – 2004
Former Governor, State of Georgia

Jane Seddon Willson – 2004
President, Sunnyland Farms, Inc.

Charles S. Sanford, Jr. – 2004
Retired Chairman and CEO, Bankers Trust Corporation and  Bankers Trust Company

R. Perry Sentell, Jr. – 2004
Marion and W. Colquitt Carter Professor Emeritus, The University of Georgia

Eldridge W. McMillan – 2003
Member of the University System Board of Regents and Presdient Emeritus of the Southern Education Foundation

Bernard B. Ramsey – 2003 (Posthumous Award)
Retired Senior Vice President, Merrill Lynch & Co., and UGA Benefactor

Doris Ramsey – 2003
Civic Leader and Philanthropist

J. Don Edwards – 2003
Emeritus J. M. Tull Professor of Accounting and Former Interim Dean,
Terry College of Business, The University of Georgia

Normal S. Fletcher – 2002
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia

C. Herman Terry – 2002 (Posthumous Award)
Civic Leader and Philanthropist

Mary Virginia Terry – 2002
Civic Leader and Philanthropist

Gordhan Patel – 2002
Vice President for Research, The University of Georgia

DuBose Porter – 2001
Representative, State of Georgia

Deen Day Smith – 2001
Civic Leader and Philanthropist

Sylvia Hutchinson – 2001
Aderhold Professor of Reading Education, The University of Georgia

Otis A. Brumby, Jr. – 2000
Chairman of the State Board of Education

Joe Frank Harris – 2000
Former Governor, State of Georgia

Jack Bauerle – 2000
UGA Swim Coach

Saxby Chambliss – 1999
U.S. Representative, 8th District

C. L. Morehead – 1999
Founder and Owner of Flowers, Inc.

Anne Seawell – 1999
Retired Director, UGA/s Career Planning and Placement Office

Johnny Isakson – 1998
Chairman of the State Board of Education

Larry Walker – 1998
Representative, State of Georgia

Jack Kingston – 1997
U.S. Representative, 1st District of Georgia

Paul Broun – 1997
Senator, State of Georgia

Sonny Perdue – 1997
Senator, State of Georgia

Zell Miller – 1996
Governor, State of Georgia

C. Richard Yarbrough – 1996
Managing Director of Communications for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games

Charles B. Knapp – 1996
President, The University of Georgia

Hamilton E. Holmes – 1993
Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs, Grady Memorial Hospital

Charles E. Harman, Jr. – 1993
President, Georgia Chamber of Commerce

Charlayne Hunter-Gault – 1993
National Correspondent for The MacNeill/Lehrer NewsHour

Robert Benham – 1992
Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia

William C. Hartman, Jr. – 1992
Former President, Georgia Alumni Society and former UGA Football Coach

Pierre Howard – 1991
Lieutenant Governor, State of Georgia

Abit Massey – 1991
Executive Director, Georgia Poultry Federation

Irvin M. Wofford – 1991
Trustee Emeritus, UGA Foundation, Former President, Georgia Alumni Society

Louis S. Sohn, Jr. – 1990
Senior Vice President, Schapiro and Son, Inc.

Henrietta M. Singletary – 1990
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development

Earl T. Leonard, Jr. – 1989
Senior Vice President for Public Relations, The Coca-Cola Company

Lothar L. Tresp – 1989
Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program, The University of Georgia

M. Louise McBee – 1988
Former Vice President for Academic Affairs, The University of Georgia

George “Buddy” Darden – 1988
U.S. Representative, 7th District of Georgia

Henry King Stanford – 1987
Former President, The University of Georgia

J. Ralph Beaird – 1987
Former Dean, School of law, The University of Georgia

S. Truett Cathy – 1987
Founder and President of Chick-fil-A, Inc.

Albert B. Jones – 1986
Former Assistant to the President, and Associate Professor in the Institute of Government, The University of Georgia

James, A. Dunlap – 1986
Senior Partner, Law firm of Whelchel, Dunlap and Gignilliat, Former Member, Board of Regents, The University System of Georgia

Sidney O. Smith, Jr. – 1985
Member, Board of Regents, The University System of Georgia

Doug Bernart, Jr. – 1985
U.S. Representative, 10th District of Georgia

Lamar Dodd – 1984
Regents’ Professor Emeritus of Art and Chairman Emeritus of the Fine Arts Division, The University of Georgia

George S. Parthemos – 1984
Alumni Foundation Distinguished Teaching Professor of Political Science, The University of Georgia

Tyus Butler – 1983
Director Emeritus of Alumni Relations and Professor of Journalism, The University of Georgia

Daniel H. Magill – 1983
Assistant Athletic Director for Public Relations and Tennis Coach, The University of Georgia

Robert H. Scarborough – 1982
Former Vice Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard

W. Tapley Bennett, Jr. – 1982
U.S. Ambassador to NATO

Vincent J. Dooley – 1982
Athletic Director and head Football Coach, The University of Georgia

Albert B. Saye – 1981
Richard B. Russell Professor of Political Science Emeritus, The University of Georgia

Robert Jordan – 1981
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia

Ellis Arnall – 1980
Former Governor of Georgia

Roy V. Harris – 1980
Former Member, Board of Regents, The University System of Georgia

Griffin Bell – 1980
Former U.S. Attorney General

Max Cleland – 1979
U.S. Veterans Affairs Administrator

Joel Eaves – 1979
Former Director of Athletics, The University of Georgia

Thomas B. Murphy – 1979
Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives

Glenn W. Burton – 1978
Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor of Agronomy, The University of Georgia

Eugene P. Odum – 1977
Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor of Ecology, The University of Georgia

D. W. Brooks – 1977
Chairman of the Board, Gold Kist, Inc.

Sam Nunn – 1977
U.S. Senator from Georgia

Phil Campbell – 1976
Under-secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture

George D. Busbee – 1976
Governor of Georgia

J. W. Fanning – 1976
Vice President for Services, The University of Georgia

Dean Rusk – 1975
Former U.S. Secretary of State

Augustus H. Sterne – 1975
President and Chairman of the Board, The Trust Company Bank

Harry S. Baxter – 1974
Partner, Law firm of Kilpatrick, Cody, Rogers, McClathey and Regenstein

E. Merton Coulter – 1974
Regents’ Professor of History Emeritus, The University of Georgia

Philip H. Alston, Jr. – 1973
Senior Partner, Law Firm of Alston, Miller, and Gaines

John W. Davis – 1973
U.S. Representative, 7th District of Georgia

Fred C. Davison – 1972
President, The University of Georgia

Robert L. Sikes – 1972
U.S. Representative, 1st District of Florida

Thomas E. Strickland – 1972
State Public Relations Manager, Southern Bell Telephone Company

John J. Flynt, Jr. – 1971
U.S. Representative, 6th District of Georgia

Carl Vinson – 1971
Former U.S. Representative from Georgia

Chappelle Matthews – 1970
Member, Georgia House of Representatives

William Tate – 1970
Dean of Men Emeritus, The University of Georgia

Eugene R. Black – 1969
Former President of the World Bank

John A. Sibley – 1969
Former Board Chairman, Trust Company Bank of Georgia

Robert G. Stephens, Jr. – 1969
U.S. Representative, 10th District of Georgia

Phil M. Landrum – 1968
U.S. Representative, 9th District of Georgia

Jack B. Ray – 1968
Former Georgia State Treasurer

George L. Smith II – 1967
Speaker, Georgia House of Representatives

Jasper Dorsey – 1967
Vice President, Southern Bell Telephone Company

S. Ernest – Vandiver – 1966
Former Governor of Georgia

Carl E. Sanders – 1966
Former Governor of Georgia

Philip Weltner – 1965
Former Chancellor, The University System of Georgia

Richard B. Russell – 1965
U.S. Senator from Georgia

Herman E. Talmadge – 1964
U.S. Senator from Georgia