Knight Commanders Accolade Recipients
Jesse Lyons | 2/19/2008

Awarded by Knight Commander Henry J. Foresman in 1967: 

• Frank P. Bowyer, Jr., Beta Zeta
• *John S. Candler II, Gamma & Epsilon
• *E. Vernon Lewis, Beta Epsilon
• *Verner H. McCall, Xi
• *Winthrop M. Robinson, Alpha Beta & Beta Zeta

Awarded by Knight Commander Giles J. Patterson, Jr., in 1969:

• *Thomas A. Baird, Beta Sigma
• George H. Covert, Omicron
• *Kenneth P. Craig, Beta Eta
• *Uly S. Gunn, Gamma
• *Ovid W. Pierce, Alpha Phi 

Awarded by Knight Commander Giles J. Patterson, Jr., in 1971:

• *H. Pierce Ford, Alpha Beta
• Lawrence E. Honig, Alpha 
• *Paul M. Speake, Alpha Beta & Alpha Sigma
• *W.C. Tingle, Alpha Kappa

Awarded by Knight Commander Richard T. Feller in 1972:

• *E. Francis Cave, Beta Kappa
• Idris R. Traylor, Jr., Gamma Chi 

Awarded by Knight Commander Richard T. Feller in 1973:

• *Alvin L. Aubinoe, Beta Kappa
• George P. Bates, Alpha Sigma
• *Geoffrey Creyke, Jr., Alpha Nu
• *C. Max Farrington, Alpha Eta
• *Porter L. Fortune, Jr., Gamma Zeta
• *Joseph T. Lewis, Jr., Alpha Iota
• James Murray Underwood, Jr., Alpha Mu
• *Lawrence Willet, Alpha Sigma
• *Richard T. Willis, Upsilon

Awarded by Knight Commander Reynolds S. Cheney in 1974:

• *Warrick Jeter Dickson, Alpha Iota
• *William C. Morrow, Beta Nu
• Vance E. Rule, Alpha Delta

Awarded by Knight Commander Reynolds S. Cheney in 1975:

• Jack V. Collins, Gamma Lambda
• *J. Rex Farrior, Beta Zeta
• *E. Fleming Mason, Beta Pi
• *L.D. Melton, Beta Xi
• Nat S. Rogers, Alpha Mu
• Michael E. Weems, Alpha Mu

Awarded by Knight Commander Reynolds S. Cheney in 1976:

• R. Jack Alexander, Jr., Alpha Sigma
• Frank L. Asbury III, Epsilon
• John W. Ford, Jr., Alpha Sigma

Awarded by Knight Commander Reynolds S. Cheney in 1977:

• *James Boyd Campbell, Alpha Mu & Alpha Upsilon
• *Wilson T. Cann, Alpha Eta
• *Alan H. Johnston, Alpha Xi
• Larry G. Nesbit, Beta Tau
• Ran L. Phillips II, Beta
• *Arthur H. Richardson, Beta Zeta
• Charles R. Ridgway III, Alpha Mu
• Tom B. Scott, Jr., Alpha Mu & Alpha Upsilon
• *Orrin H. Swayze, Alpha Mu
• *Roy G. Thompson, Alpha Xi
• *Ellis S. Womack, Alpha Pi

 Awarded by Knight Commander Loren Q. Hanson in 1978:

• *J. Caleb Boggs, Beta Epsilon
• *William V. DeRosa, Alpha Nu
• *Carl J. Rees, Beta Epsilon
• *Reginald Van Trump Truitt, Beta Kappa
• *J. Douglass Wallop, Jr., Beta Kappa

Awarded by Knight Commander Loren Q. Hanson in 1979:

• *Frank H. Elmore, Jr., Beta Zeta

Awarded by Knight Commander Loren Q. Hanson in l980:

• William G. Bean, Jr., Alpha
• *Augustine D. Edwards, Jr., Alpha Beta
• *Lee L. Nichols, Jr., Beta
• Morris W. Pully, Upsilon
• Hart Slater, Alpha Zeta

Awarded by Knight Commander Loren Q. Hanson in l981:

• Sidney F. Boutwell, Chi
• Thomas H. Campbell, Delta Lambda 

Awarded by Knight Commander Jack R. Taylor in l983:

• *Glen O. Alspaugh, Alpha Delta
• *Fred W. Dismuke, Alpha Sigma & Alpha
• Gordon L. Kinne, Gamma Beta
• John R. Milam, Delta Lambda 
• *Thomas L. Tune, Jr., Gamma Theta

Awarded by Knight Commander Jack R. Taylor in l984:

• Robert E. Lyon, Pi
• *Charles W. McCrary, Sigma
• Richard B. Wilson, Jr., Alpha Upsilon

Awarded by Knight Commander Jack R. Taylor in l985:

• Steven W. Kemble, Epsilon Iota
• William A. Simpson, Alpha Phi

Awarded by Knight Commander Idris R. Traylor, Jr., in l985:

• Gary T. Scott, Xi

Awarded by Knight Commander Idris R. Traylor in l986:

• Thomas Jefferson Curtis, Eta
• Joseph M. Pearson, Rho
• John E. Simpson III, Gamma Chi

Awarded by Knight Commander Idris R. Traylor in l987:

• William J. Armstrong, Alpha Epsilon
• Frank V. Barchard, Gamma Upsilon
• W. Julian Foy, Gamma Psi
• Berl B. Garey, Jr., Gamma Gamma
• Samuel D. Griffin, Delta Kappa
• Julian E. Tackett, Alpha Theta

Awarded by Knight Commander Idris R. Traylor in l988:

• Larry D. Meyers, Gamma Chi
• *Charles L. Newman, Jr., Nu
• Daniel B. Waggoner, Gamma Chi
• A. Simpson Williams, Jr., Eta

Awarded by Knight Commander Idris R. Traylor in 1989:

• Gregory R. Barbosa, Delta Iota
• Richard A. Barnes, Delta Lambda
• Douglas B. Harris, Delta Sigma
• David S. Divine, Beta Tau
• *William E. Forester, Gamma Gamma 
• H. Lynn Greer, Delta Lambda 
• James D. Hunter, Beta Alpha
• Kenneth W. Jackson, Delta Tau
• *O. Hunter McClung, Jr., Beta
• John R. Milam, Delta Lambda 
• Jan D. Norris, Gamma Mu
• Edwin P. Rather, Pi
• Ben W. Satcher, Jr., Delta Omicron
• John W. Stephenson, Epsilon

Awarded by Knight Commander Julian A. Pardini in l990:

• *Douglas C. Stone, Alpha Upsilon
• Hugh W. Taylor, Gamma Lambda

Awarded by Knight Commander Julian A. Pardini in 1991:

• David M. Branch, Epsilon Epsilon
• Lawrence W. Gysin, Beta Theta & Alpha Kappa
• Thomas C. Moxley, Alpha Beta & Phi
• Clinton B. Newton, Alpha Sigma

Awarded by Knight Commander Julian A. Pardini in l992:

• *George W. Culler, Jr., Beta Iota
• James R. Estes, Alpha Kappa
• William E. Garner, Alpha Upsilon
• Evans Crosby Jackson, Delta Beta
• Perry E. Thoele, Beta Xi

Awarded by Knight Commander Julian A. Pardini in l993:

• Burns Landess, Gamma Gamma
• Carlton M. Rogers, Beta Sigma

Awarded by Knight Commander Thomas G. Paulson in 1994:

• Garry L. Nall, Gamma Sigma

Awarded by Knight Commander Thomas G. Paulson in l995:

• Thomas H. Campbell, Delta Lambda 
• J. Michael Duncan, Delta Kappa
• Charles Z. Flack, Upsilon
• H. Lynn Greer, Delta Lambda  
• Jim P. Lawson, Delta Delta  

Awarded by Knight Commander Thomas G. Paulson in l996:

• Gerald C. Down, Alpha Xi

Awarded by Knight Commander James R. Estes in l998:

• *David M. Buie, Beta Pi
• Steven M. Steele, Delta Kappa
• F. Brook Voght, Alpha Beta

Awarded by Knight Commander James R. Estes in l999:

• Paul C. Artman, Delta Beta
• John G. Deeb, Gamma Kappa
• William E. Dreyer, Alpha Delta
• Larry F. Robb, Gamma Lambda
• C. Edward Schmidt, Jr., Beta Alpha
• Thomas N. Whitehead, Gamma Psi

Awarded by Knight Commander James R. Estes in 2000:

• George R. Baffa, Beta Sigma
• James W. Tiller, Jr., Gamma Tau
• *Clyde E. Williams, Alpha Delta

Awarded by Knight Commander James R. Estes 2001:

• Jon Crosby Turner, Alpha Upsilon
• Larry Stanton Wiese, Gamma Omega
• J. David Carico, Epsilon
• Timothy K. Adams, Epsilon
• David M. Warren, Tau
• M. Tom Faircloth, Kappa
• Robert D. Kelly, Delta Pi

  Awarded by Knight Commander David M. Warren in 2001: 

• James W. Grice, Alpha Delta  

Awarded by Knight Commander David M. Warren in 2002:           

• Joseph Cole McDowell, Jr., Gamma Chi  (2/1/02)
• Wayne E. Dawson, Gamma Epsilon
• Jonathan P. Pearson, Rho  (9/13/02)
• H. Clarke Bynum, Jr., Delta Omircron  (9/13/02)

 Awarded by Knight Commander David M. Warren in 2003:           

• William H. Simpson, Tau  (2/1/03)
• Ashley D. Worboys, Delta Psi  (8/8/03)
• Harold L. Cornett, Jr., Gamma Psi  (8/8/03)
• Gordon S. Varnedoe, Gamma  (8/8/03)
• Allen I. Vance, Sigma  (8/8/03)
• J. Guy Revelle, Jr., Tau  (8/8/03)
• Scott W. Warren, Upsilon  (8/8/03) 

Awarded by Knight Commander Ben W. Satcher, Jr. in 2004: 

• John F. Truex, Alpha Delta  (3/4/04)
• John A. Yearty, Gamma Eta (7/17/04)
• Frank W. Maresh, Omicron (8/6/04)
• James L. Bowers, Beta Omega (8/6/04)          

Awarded by Knight Commander Ben W. Satcher, Jr. in 2005: 

• James T. Turner, Jr., Kappa (1/30/05)
• Bartley D. Jackson, Beta Gamma (1/22/05)
• Gordon Stumpy Harris, Beta Zeta (2/12/05)
• Walter E. Murphree, Beta Zeta (2/12/05)
• Jeffrey W. Love, Epsilon Rho (5/21/05)
• Todd P. Lowe, Epsilon Theta (8/4/05)
• MG John W. Knapp, Beta (8/6/05)
• Russell Clay Brown, Delta Sigma (10/29/05)
• George Gordon Langston, III, Xi (10/29/05) 

Awarded by Knight Commander Ben W. Satcher, Jr. in 2006:           

• L. Glynn Tubbs, Gamma Nu (1/21/06)
• John E. Ross III, Delta Omicron (4/8/06)
• George B. Pierce, Nu (8/24/06)
• Thomas H. Campbell (1981 & 1995)

Awarded by Knight Commander Ben W. Satcher, Jr. in 2007: 

• Robert F. Padgett M.D., Beta Sigma, (01/17/07)
• Ryan Spencer Ledwith, Alpha Xi,     (02/17/07)
• L. Blair Bailey, Gamma Eta, (08/11/2007)
• George Randall Smith, Iota , (08/11/2007)
• Raymond B. Bottom, Jr., Alpha Tau, (08/04/07)

Awarded by Knight Commander J. Michael Duncan, in 2007: 

• Robert M. Ross, Beta Kappa, (10/04/07)  

*  Deceased