The WVU Alumni Association bestows its most prestigious award to the inductees of the Academy of Distinguished Alumni. In addition, the Alumni Association honors and recognizes an outstanding alumnus, a homecoming parade marshal, five Alumni Outreach Awards while hosting the ceremonies for the Order of Vandalia during commencement weekend.

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Previous Eberly Recipients

• 2006
  • Thomas Harrison (1972*)
    Chairman and Chief Executive of Diversified Agency Services, Omnicom
  • Marshall S. Miller (1966,1973*)
    Chairman and CEO of Marshall Miller & Associates
• 2005
  • Rodney C. "Hot Rod" Hundley (2000)
    Announcer for Utah Jazz, first pick of NBA Draft in 1957
• 2003
  • Jennie C. Hunter-Cevera (1970,1972*)
    President of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
• 2002
• Ambassador Joseph Simpson Farland (1936, 1938*)
  Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Panama, Pakistan, and Iran
• Stuart M. Robbins (1965*)
  Vice-chair of the WVU Foundation's Building Greatness Capital Campaign
• Irvan R. Schwab (1969, 1973*)
  Member of the eye research team and faculty at the University of California at Davis Medical School
• 2001
  • A. Bray Cary (1971*)
    Vice President, Broadcasting & Special Projects NASCAR
• 1997
  • Raymond J. Lane (1968*)
    President and Chief Operating Officer, Oracle Corporation
  • Cassandra L. Smith (1967*)
    Expert genomics researcher and professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biology and Pharmacology, Boston University
• 1996
  • Charles S. Mahan (1960*)
    Public health official
  • Jayne Anne Phillips (1974*)
    Professional writer and novelist
• 1993
  • Curtis H. Barnette (1956*)
    Chairman and chief executive officer, Bethlehem Steel Corp.
  • Larry Schwab (1962*)
    Ophthalmologist, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, West Virginia University
  • Thomas Spelsburg (1964*)
    Inventor, medical researcher
• 1992
  • Stephen Coonts (1968*)
    Novelist
• 1991
  • William Leonhart (1939*)
    Ambassador and foreign services diplomat (retired)
• 1990
  • Emily Morey-Holton (1958, 1961*,1964*)
    Chief, NASA research laboratory
• 1989
  • Dorothy Dotson (1966*)
    Managing Director, S.G. Warburg & Co.
  • Louise McNeill Pease (1959*)
    West Virginia Poet Laureate (deceased)
• 1988
  • William E. Swales (1949, 1951*)
    Vice Chairman, USX Corp. (deceased)