Dentistry Alumni Awards
The University of Tennessee Dental Alumni Association recognizes alumni annually in three categories: Outstanding Alumnus Award, Distinguished Service Award and Recent Alumnus Award.
2024 award winners
About The awards
Outstanding Alumnus Award
The highest award given by The University of Tennessee Dental Alumni Association recognizes a graduate of The University of Tennessee College of Dentistry and member of the profession of dentistry who has distinguished himself/herself in community service, leadership, teaching, research, and/or service to the University.
submit a nominationDistinguished Service Award
Presented annually to an alumnus who has unselfishly served the best interests of dentistry and the public in an ethical and moral fashion, including his/her dedication to community service and any other area of performance or accomplishments for which the Alumni Board of Trustees determines the candidate to be worthy.
submit a nominationRecent Alumnus Award
Recognizes an outstanding graduate within the last 15 years whose achievements have been significant to the UT Health Science Center, to the general welfare of his/her community and to his/her profession.
Submit a nominationpast award winners bios
Joseph F. Rainey, DDS
Julia A. Prince, DDS
James Kendall Dillehay, DDS
past alumni award winners
2011 Wallace Lail, DDS
2010 Tommy Roebuck, DDS
2010 Jimmy Albright, DDS
2009 John H. Sullivan, DDS
2009 James B. Summitt, DDS, M.S.
2008 William Powell, D.D.S
2008 James Vaden, DDS
2007 Harry H. Mincer, DDS
2006 J. Perry McGinnis, DDS
2005 E. Mac Edington, D.D.S
2005 Danny R. Haynes, DDS
2004 Robert L. Jolly, Sr., DDS
2003 Fayette C. Williams, Jr., DDS
2002 Morris L. Robbins, DDS
2001 Riley H. Lunn, DDS
2000 Stacey A. Garner, DDS
1999 David K. Rowe, DDS
1998 Billy W. McCann, Sr., DDS
1997 James M. Powers, DDS
1996 Curtis R. Page, DDS
1995 John R. Nelson, DDS
1994 J.D. Johnson, D.D.S
1993 Bill C. Terry, DDS
1992 Gary Rainwater, DDS
1991 James Arthur Phillips, DDS
1990 Joe Hall Morris, DDS
1989 Robert M. Williams, Sr., DDS, M.S.
1988 Major General Bill B. Lefler, DDS
1987 Robert M. Overbey, DDS
1986 Gibbs M. Prevost, Sr., DDS
1985 Kirby P. Walker, Jr., DDS
1984 Hugh Moseley, Jr., DDS
1983 E. Jeff Justis, DDS
1982 Richard J. Reynolds, DDS
1981 Harry W. Bruce, DDS
1980 Joseph W. Looper, DDS
1979 Frank H. Anderson, DDS
1978 Robert P. Denney, DDS
1977 William H. Jolley, DDS
1976 John M. Faust, DDS
1975 Herbert C. Butts, DDS
1974 Marshall W. Fortenberry, D.D.S
1973 Frank P. Bowyer, Jr., DDS
1972 Winfield C. Dunn, DDS