Alumni Resources: Gold Blazer Award
The Gold Blazer award is given annually to alumni for service to both the East Texas A&M Alumni Association and the university as a whole. Our institution is fortunate to have these outstanding alumni who work on behalf of the university without the expectation of compensation, reward or personal gain. Their involvement has had an overwhelming effect on the Alumni Association's ability to reconnect with graduates and provide positive avenues for their interaction with the university and student body.
Our Gold Blazer award recipients epitomize professor Mayo's motto of “ceaseless industry, fearless investigation, unfettered thought and unselfish service to others.”
2025 Alumni Awardees
Learn more about each of our 2025 awardees.
Past Awardee
2018
- Jency S. Holbert, Health and Human Performance
2015
- Michael P. Callahan, Journalism and Printing
- Stanley E. McKee, Industrial Engineer and Technology
2013
- Greg A. Hulsey, Biological and Environmental Sciences
2012
- Oscar Faye F. Branch-Williams, Biological and Environmental Sciences
- Robert V. Barnes, Industrial Engineer and Technology
2010
- Jan P. Huffstutler, Secondary and Higher Education
2008
- Mickey J. Trusty, Accounting, Economics and Languages
2007
- Dwight D. York, Agriculture Science
2006
- Hoyle Julian, Math
- Rene Castilla, Journalism and Printing
2001
- Diane L. McDowel, Curriculum and Instruction
1996
- Janet E. Peek, Secondary and Higher Education
1986
- Derald J. Bulls, Sociology and Criminology
- Jim H. Ainsworth, Accounting
1985
- Rocky R. Miracle, Business
1984
- Sherman K. Burns, General Business