Pulitzer Prize – National Reporting

1962 Gene Graham  http://www.pulitzer.org/

Murray State University Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus

1962 Gene G. Graham
1981 Dr. Gene Wells Ray
1993 Dr. Jack Rose (Student Teacher/Teacher)
1994 Jerry Shroat
1998 Dr. Donald W. Oliver
2003 Dr. James Gantt

Murray State University Alumni Association Distinguished Professor

1970 William B. Taylor (Student Teacher/Teacher)
1973 Rubie E. Smith (Teacher)
1996 Dr.Vernon W. Gantt
2003 Dr. Janice Hooks (Teacher/Director)

Murray State University Alumni Association Golden Horseshoe

1990 Emma Sue Gibson
1991 Rubie Smith (Teacher)
1993 Wilson Gantt (Student Teacher/Teacher/Director)
1995 Charles Leroy Eldridge (Teacher)
1999 H. Glenn Doran

Murray State University Regents Award for Teaching Excellence

1987 Dr. Vernon W. Gantt
1990 Jerry B. Speight
1994 Dr. Vernon W. Gantt