The Jake Salley Alumni Service Award
The Jake Salley Alumni Service
Award is presented annually to a Byrnes Scholar whose life and contributions
characteristically reflect those of Jake Salley, a loyal Byrnes Scholar,
a devoted family man and an inspiring educator who gave untiringly
of himself to The Byrnes Scholars and to others until his untimely
death on December 4, 1979.
First awarded in 1980, the following Byrnes Scholars have received the Jake Salley Alumni Service Award:
- 1980 Paula Harper Bethea, 1974 Scholar; Director, The Byrnes Foundation
- 1981 Dr. Bill Rowe, 1949 Scholar; Treasurer, The Byrnes Foundation
- 1982 Hal Norton, 1949 Scholar; President Emeritus, The Byrnes Foundation
- 1983 Jim Hunsucker; 1949 Scholar; former President and Treasurer, The Byrnes Foundation
- 1984 Carol Ann Flowers Green, 1950 Scholar; Director, The Byrnes Foundation
- 1985 Judge Bobby Mallard, retired, 1959 Scholar; former Director, The Byrnes Foundation
- 1986 Lois Hatfield Anderson, 1950 Scholar; President, The Byrnes Foundation
- 1987 Elaine Mattock, 1976 Scholar; former Secretary & Treasurer, The Byrnes Scholars
- 1988 Jimmy Rambo, 1959 Scholar; former President, The Byrnes Scholars
- 1989 Henri Duncan, 1979 Scholar; former President, The Byrnes Scholars
- 1990 Dr. Sara Trammell Hollingsworth, 1961 Scholar; former President, The Byrnes Scholars
- 1991 Dal Poston, 1974 Scholar; Director, The Byrnes Foundation
- 1992 Dee McGraw, 1979 Scholar; Director, The Byrnes Foundation
- 1993 Jeanette Watson Cothran, 1952 Scholar; Director, The Byrnes Foundation
- 1994 Charles Wall, 1979 Scholar; Director, The Byrnes Foundation
- 1995 Jan Hardy Whitson, 1978 Scholar; former President, The Byrnes Scholars
- 1996 Nancy Norton Drew, 1959 Scholar; Secretary, The Byrnes Foundation
- 1997 Chester Caulder, 1979 Scholar; former President, The Byrnes Scholars
- 1998 Eddie Mills, 1983 Scholar
- 1999 Maurice Brown, 1949 Scholar
- 2000 Margaret "Mom" Courtney, honorary Scholar
- 2001 Loretta Clark, 1982 Scholar; former President, The Byrnes Scholars
- 2002 Ron Cobb, 1980 Scholar
- 2003 LeeAnna Morgan, 1980 Scholar; former Secretary & Treasurer, The Byrnes Scholars
- 2004 Roxann Wrightson, 1980 Scholar; former President, The Byrnes Scholars
- 2005 Allen Easler, 1988 Scholar
- 2006 Jabbar Stackston, 1992 Scholar
- 2007 Jerry Reaves, 1988 Scholar; former President, The Byrnes Scholars
- 2008 Carrie Fletcher Pergerson, 1992 Scholar; former President, The Byrnes Scholars
- 2009 - Kristine LaSalle Hobbs, 1989 Scholar, Byrnes Foundation Director, and former President, The Byrnes Scholars