james f. byrnes foundation scholarships

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