Distinguished Service Award

 

Rannel Tinsley accepting award from univerisity president

 

The Distinguished Service Award is presented annually to a graduate or friend of the university. This award is in recognition of their personal commitment to the values and goals of Stetson University and dedicated service in the areas of personal growth, intellectual development and global citizenship.

To be nominated for this award, a Stetson graduate or friend of the university must demonstrate continual outstanding volunteer service on a local, state, national or international level – including at Stetson, through clubs or service organizations, or through other community involvement.

View the dates below to see past award winners. 

 

Ashley Rutherford '12

Major Ashley Rutherford is Chief of the Research & Analysis Branch at Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. A native of Savannah, Georgia, she graduated from Stetson University in 2012 & holds a Master in Public Health from the University of South Carolina, a PhD in Healthcare Research from the University of Central Florida, & a Master in Intelligence & Security Studies from The Citadel.   

Since commissioning into the United States Air Force’s Biomedical Science Corps in 2017, she served as Flight Commander at Joint Base Charleston, SC, & Professor at the United States Air Force’s School of Aerospace Medicine. Ashley deployed supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, as both the Public Health Emergency Officer & Medical Intelligence Officer. She deployed again during COVID, supporting humanitarian operations throughout the Southeast as the Surgeon General’s Representative. Reflecting exemplary service & commitment, Ashley has received the Meritorious Service, Air & Space Commendation, Army Commendation, Air & Space Achievement, National Defense Service, Afghanistan Campaign, Humanitarian Service, & NATO Medals.

ashley rutherford headshot

  • 2023 - Ranell Tinsley Mason '00
  • 2022 - Dr. Shawn Copeland '99
  • 2021 - Primrose Cameron, MS '02
  • 2021 - Michele Skelton '84
  • 2020 - Nancy K. Daves '72
  • 2020 - Richard C. George '76
  • 2019 - William "Ray" Holley '91, JD '97
  • 2019 - Rebecca "Becky" O'Mara '03
  • 2018 - Linda P. Davis '73
  • 2017 - Ronald D. Clifton, Sr. '63, MA '65
  • 2016 - Harlan "Butch" Paul '76
  • 2015 - Kathleen Linehan Graf '76
  • 2014 - Jane Edmunds Novak
  • 2013 - Geoffrey A. Jollay '75
  • 2012 - Sarah "Sally Mathewes Sartain Jane '62
  • 2011 - Betty Drees Johnson '59, MA '62
  • 2009 - H. Douglas Lee and Margaret Easley Lee
  • 2004 - Michael R. Fronk '74
  • 2003 - Michael W. Raymond* '68
  • 2002 - Thomas E. Stringer, Sr., JD '74
  • 2001 - Gary A. Meadows '59, MA '65
  • 2000 - Dennis C. McNamara '44
  • 1999 - Joseph J. Master* '58
  • 1998 - Lowell Edwin Renfroe
  • 1997 - Glenn N. Wilkes '81
  • 1996 - Sandra BeVille Furches '72 and John W. Furches '70
  • 1995 - Janelle Bozard Latour '78
  • 1994 - Gloria Hall Edmondson '80 and Graves Edmondson, Jr. '50
  • 1993 - Thomas P. Prince '67
  • 1992 - Mark C. Hollis* '56
  • 1991 - William M. Roberts III '66
  • 1990 - Wendell N. Jarrard, Sr.*
  • 1989 - George R. Williams, Sr.*, MA '64
  • 1988 - Sally Igo Gillespie, MA '65
  • 1987 - Margaret Flexer Duncan* and Pope A. Duncan*, Hon '87
  • 1986 - Paul E. Raymond*, Hon '82
  • 1985 - Marie Dawson*
  • 1983 - B. Frank Wheeler, Jr.*, BA '43, Hon '83
  • 1982 - Barbara Rowe*, MA '42 and Etter McTeer Turner*, BA '35, MA '36, Hon '83
  • 1981 - John L. Pelham*, BA '50, Hon '76
  • 1980 - Kenneth P. Kirchman*, BS '58, Hon '80
  • 1976 - Margaret Linzel Walker*, BA '42

*: Now Deceased