Alumni Awards
Each year, the Auburn Alumni Association recognizes members of the Auburn Family for extraordinary accomplishments, significant professional achievements and distinguished service to others.
The Lifetime Achievement Awards and Young Alumni Achievement Award are the highest honor bestowed by the association.
2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients
Lester Killebrew ’68
Emily ’64 and Gerald ’64 Leischuck
John Watson ’60
Carol ’86 and Gary ’86 Godfrey
2024 Young Alumni Achievement Award Recipient
Parker Duffey ’06
(L-R): Auburn University President Christopher B. Roberts, Auburn Alumni Association Board of Directors President LuAnne L. Hart ’80, Parker Duffey ’06, John H. Watson ’60, Lester Howard Killebrew Sr. ’68, Carol Elsen Godfrey ’86, Gary R. Godfrey ’86, Gerald S. Leischuck ’64 and Chief Engagement Officer and Auburn Alumni Association Director Kurt Sasser ’11.
View 2024 Lifetime Achievement Awards Photo Album
2023 Past Recipients
Recipients of the 2023 awards were honored at the Lifetime Achievement Awards Gala on
February 25, 2023.
2023 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients
Robert E. Lowder ’64
Michael B. McCartney ’57 (Posthumous)
Charles D. McCrary ’73
John Thomas Walter, Jr. ’55
2023 Young Alumni Achievement Award Recipient
Rose-Gaelle Belinga ’09