The Thomas W. Tunks Distinguished University Citizen Award Previous Recipients
The Thomas W. Tunks Distinguished University Citizen Award is announced at the University graduation faculty breakfast and is given to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding citizenship through dedicated service to the University and its governance.
Information regarding this award is provided by the Office of the Provost.
Recipients
| 2023-2024 | Tony Cuevas | Simmons School of Education and Human Development - Department of Teaching and Learning |
| Jennifer Dworak | Lyle School of Engineering - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
| Jill Kelly | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - William P. Clements Department of History | |
| 2022-2023 | John Easton | Lyle School of Engineering - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Rebeka Miles | Perkins School of Theology | |
| Meghan Murphy | Simmons School of Education - Department of Applied Physiology and Sport Management | |
| 2021-2022 | Tony Pederson | Meadows School of the Arts - Division of Journalism |
| Elizabeth Russ | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of World Languages and Literatures | |
| Lynne Stokes | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Statistical Science | |
| 2020-2021 and 2019-2020 | Tom Carr | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Mathematics |
| Randall Griffin | Meadows School of the Arts - Division of Art History | |
| Peter Kupfer | Meadows School of the Arts - Division of Musicology | |
| Dayna Oscherwitz | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of World Languages and Literatures | |
| Elizabeth Stringer | Guildhall | |
| Jessica Dixon Weaver | Dedman School of Law | |
| 2018-2019 | Scott Douglas | Lyle School of Engineering - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Rita Kirk | Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility | |
| Maribeth Kuenzi | Cox School of Business - Department of Management and Organization | |
| 2017-2018 | Alan Brown | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Psychology |
| Linda Eads | Dedman School of Law | |
| Pia Vogel | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Biological Sciences | |
| 2016-2017 | William Bridge | Dedman School of Law |
| C. Michael Hawn | Perkins School of Theology | |
| Maria Dixon Hall | Meadows School of the Arts - Division of Communication | |
| 2015-2016 | Ellen Jackofsky | Cox School of Business - Department of Management and Organization |
| Wayne A. Woodward | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Statistical Science | |
| C. Paul Rogers III | Dedman School of Law | |
| 2014-2015 | Monnie McGee | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Statistical Science |
| Simon Mak | Cox School of Business - Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship | |
| David Son | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Chemistry | |
| 2013-2014 | Santanu Roy | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Economics |
| Rita Kirk | Meadows School of the Arts - Division of Communication Studies | |
| Suku Nair | Lyle School of Engineering - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
| 2012-2013 | Paige Ware | Simmons School of Education and Human Development - Department of Teaching and Learning |
| Dennis M. Simon | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Political Science | |
| Robert Kehoe | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Physics | |
| 2011-2012 | Thomas Hagstrom | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Mathematics |
| Don VandeWalle | Cox School of Business - Department of Management and Organization | |
| Rhonda Blair | Meadows School of the Arts - Division of Theatre | |
| 2010-2011 | Patricia Alvey | Meadows School of the Arts - Division of Advertising |
| Margaret Dunham | Lyle School of Engineering - Department of Computer Science | |
| Dennis Foster | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of English | |
| 2009-2010 | Randall Griffin | Meadows School of the Arts - Division of Art History |
| Miguel Quinones | Cox School of Business - Department of Management and Organization | |
| Nina Schwartz | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of English | |
| 2008-2009 | David Meltzer | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Anthropology |
| Barbara Hill Moore | Meadows School of the Arts - Division of Music | |
| Brian Stump | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences | |
| 2007-2008 | Lynn Jacobs | Simmons School of Education and Human Development - Department of Applied Physiology and Wellness |
| Jeffery Kennington | Lyle School of Engineering - Department of Operations Research and Engineering Management | |
| Harold Stanley | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Political Science | |
| 2006-2007 | Ed Biehl | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Chemistry |
| Daniel Orlovsky | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - William P. Clements Department of History | |
| Elizabeth Thornburg | Dedman School of Law | |
| 2005-2006 | Bradley Carter | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Political Science |
| Fredrick Olness | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Physics | |
| Ronald Wetherington | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Anthropology | |
| 2004-2005 | Gregory Crespi | Dedman School of Law |
| James Hopkins | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - William P. Clements Department of History | |
| Marion Sobol | Cox School of Business - Department of Information Technology & Operations Management | |
| 2003-2004 | Caroline Brettell | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Anthropology |
| Thomas Fomby | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Economics | |
| Joseph Kobylka | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Political Science | |
| 2002-2003 | Glenn Linden | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - William P. Clements Department of History |
| Nathan Montoya | Meadows School of the Arts - Division of Dance | |
| Lawrence Ruben | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Biology | |
| 2001-2002 | Christine Buchanan | Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Department of Biology |
| Charles Helfert | Meadows School of the Arts - Division of Theatre | |
| John Slocum | Cox School of Business - Department of Management and Organization |