Past Award Winners

Veterinarian of the Year

2023
Dr. Steven Parsons

2022
Dr. Hank Lee

2020
Dr. T.C. Branch

2019
Dr. Bill Sternenberg

2018
Dr. Barbara Benhart

2017
Dr. Ken McMillan

2016
Dr. Jerome Williams

2014
Dr. Allen Riley

2013
Dr. Tim Boosinger

2010
Dr. C. Mark Russell

2009
Dr. Barbara Monaghan

2008
Dr. Jim Benefield

2007
Dr. Lewis McCurdy

2006
Dr. Jack Goodman

2005
Dr. Robert Martin

2004
Dr. Dwight F. Wolfe

2003
Dr.Tom Williamson

 
 

2002
Dr. Jan K. Strother

2001
Dr. Jimmy Milton

2000
Dr. William E. DeWitt

1999
Dr. Robert R. Pitman

1998
Dr. William B. Johnston

1997
Dr. Arvle E. Marshall

1996
Dr. A. David Hayes

1995
Dr. C. Wayne Roberts

1994
Dr. Sidney D. Beckett

1993
Dr. James G. Floyd, Jr.

1992
Dr. Edward T. Braye

1991
Dr. Wiley D. Hales

1989
Dr. Aaron H. Groth, Jr.

1988
Dr. H. Winston Pirtle

1987
Dr. Cary M. Phillips

1985
Dr. J. Thomas Vaughan

1984
Dr. J. Lee Alley

1983
Dr. Harold A. Kjar

1982
Dr. Frank E. Mitchell

1981
Dr. Warren W. Kent, Sr.

1980
Dr. Albert Corte

1979
Dr. Marcus F. Martin

1978
Dr. M. K. Heath

Years award not given:
2021, 2015, 2012, 2011, 1986

Distinguished Service Award

2022
Dr. Cathleen Forrester

2020
Dr. Thomas Dawkins

2019
Dr. George L. Wood, Jr.

2018
Dr. James Milton

2017
Dr. Charles Franz

2016
Dr. Jerome Williams

2015
Dr. Jan Strother

2013
Dr. Jack Goodman

2012
Dr. FredHoerr

2011
Dr. Fred M. Garrett, Sr.

2010
Dr. Bill DeWitt

2009
Dr. Dwight Wolfe

2008
Dr. H. Winston Pirtle, Sr

2007
Dr. Wayne Roberts

2006
Dr. Arvle Marshall

2005
Dr. Warren Williams

2004
Dr. Albert Corte

2003
Dr. Robert D. Horne

2002
Dr. M. Paula Thorne

2001
Dr. Jan Bartels

2000
Dr. A. David Hayes

1999
Dr. Edward T. Braye

1998
Dr. Ted W. Bullard

1997
Dr. Coy H. Poitivint

1996
Dr. J. Thomas Vaughan

1995
Dr. Aaron H. Groth, Jr.

1994
Dr. Thomas M. Miller

1993
Dr. Horace C. Morgan

1992
Dr. Lawrence W. Cottle, Jr.

1990
Dr. Marcus F. Martin

1989
Dr. Robert S. Hudson

1988
Dr. Warren W. Kent, Sr.

1987
Dr. Louis C. Cardinal

1986
Dr. John K. Winkler

1985
Dr. B. F. Hoerlein

1984
Dr. Wilford S. Bailey

1983
Dr. John E. Saidla

1982
Dr. Ray A. Ashwander

1981
Dr. M. K. Heath

1980
Dr. Charles S. Roberts

1979
Dr. James L. Chambers

1978
Dr. James E. Greene

Years award not given:
2023, 2014, 1991

ALVMA Special Award

2023
Dr. John T. Vaughan

2022
Dr. Charles M. Hendrix

2020
Dr. Robert “Bert” Gaddis
Dr. Harold “Hal” Pate

2019
Dr. John Hammons

2018
Kaye Knight
Wayne Brantley

2017
Sen. Larry Stutts, DVM
Sen. Ron Johnson

2013
Dr. Charles Hendrix

2009
Dr. T.C. Branch

2008
Dr. George H. D’Andrea

2007
Dr. Jackie Horner
Dr. Mark Russell

2006
Kaitlyn Terry

2005
Dr. Glenn Sexton
Tammie Adams, LVT
Michelle Campbell, LVT
Guyanne Harris, LVT
Debbie Whitten, LVT

2004
Dr. William B. Johnston
Commissioner Ron Sparks

2003
Dr. Marcus Martin

2001
Dr. J. Lee Alley
Mr. Joe Shelnut
Mr. Boyd Whigham

1998
Ms. Etta Agan
Ms. Joanna Burnett
Dr. Louis C. Cardinal

1997
Dr. W. Ross Cryar

1996
Mr. Gary Bennett

1995
Dr. Ray A. Ashwander

1993
Sen. Howell Heflin
Dr. B. T. Robertson

1992
Dr. Robert V. Adamson
Dr. Philip H. Davis
Dr. James G. Floyd, Jr.
Dr. George C. Hardwick
Dr. J. Douglas Ward
Dr. Edward D. Willis

1991
Dr. Frank E. Mitchell
Mrs. Marion Moore

1990
Sen. J. Foy Covington, Jr.
Rep. Joe Carothers

1989
Mr. Holland M. Ware

1988
Dr. and Mrs. James W. Goodwin

1988
Mrs. John W. Overton

1988
Mrs. Joy Goodwin Rudd

1987
Sen. John Teague

1985
Dr. Marylin E. Crumpton
Mr. Cecil M. Tipton

1984
Dr. G. John Cottier

Years award not given:
2021, 2016,  2015, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2002, 2000, 1999, 1994

ALVMA Service Award

2023
Dr. Heidi Hulon
Dr. Soren Rodning

2022
Dr. Babette Authement
D. Roslyn Casimir

2020
Dr. Randall Davis
Dr. Dan Kuykendall

2019
Dr. Ralph W. Womer, Jr.
Dr. Winston Pirtle
Dr. Pamela Guy
Dr. Belinda Eckhoff
Dr. Shelby Agnew

2018
Dr. Brad Fields
Dr. Steve Murphree
Dr. Frances Kendrick
Dr. Hank Lee
Dr. Tom Fell
Dr. Lewis Benefield
Dr. Art Serwitz

2017
Dr. Frances Kendrick
Dr. John Hammons
Dr. Jack Goodman
Dr. James Floyd
Dr. William Bledsoe
Dr. Charles Ashwander

2015

Dr. Barry Stewart

2014
Dr. Jennifer Dexter
Dr. Julie Gard
Dr. Clay Hilton
Dr. Ken McMillan

2012
Dr. Thomas Dawkins

2011
Dr. Frances Kendrick

2010
Dr. William Allen
Dr. Antonio Ballagas
Dr. T.C. Branch
Dr. Jimmy Milton

2009
Dr. William Bledsoe
Dr. Philip Gleason
Dr. Robert Pitman
Dr. Jerome Williams

2008
Dr. Barbara Benhart

2007
Dr. Charles Ashwander
Dr. Babette D. Authement

2005
Dr. Karen Hill
Dr. Dawn Monroe
Dr. Tavis White

2004
Dr. Charles F. Franz
Dr. Michael E. Newman
Dr. Steven F. Swaim

2003
Dr. William M. Allen
Dr. Alvin L. Atlas
Dr. C. Mark Russell
Dr. Jerome Turner

2002
Dr. Wiley Hales
Dr. Samuel J. Eidt
Dr. J. Barry Stewart

2001
Dr. Rachel Kim Nelson

2000
Dr. Barbara F. Monaghan
Dr. C. Mark Russell

1999
Dr. Sheri Ann Fastenrath
Dr. Marcus F. Martin
Dr. Allen F. Riley
Dr. Glenn F. Sexton
Dr. Charles L. Smith
Dr. M. Paula Thorne

1998
Dr. Elaine M. Moore
Dr. Rhonda K. Buxton

1997
Dr. Faith B. Drumheller
Dr. James G. Floyd, Jr.
Dr. Eric D. Hulsey
Dr. Karen Hill
Dr. Frank D. Jones
Dr. Michael E. Newman
Dr. Allen F. Riley

1996
Dr. G. Kent Armstrong
Dr. Ted W. Bullard
Dr. R. Neal Cole
Dr. Faith B. Drumheller
Dr. Lewis McCurdy
Dr. Allen F. Riley

1995
Dr. Robert A. Baker
Dr. William O. Cowart
Dr. Jack D.Goodman
Dr. William B. Johnston
Dr. J. Warren Williams

1994
Dr. John T. Williamson

1993
Dr. Wiley D. Hales
Dr. Jan K. Strother

1992
Dr. James G. Floyd, Jr.
Dr. William R. Sternenberg

1991
Dr. George H. D’Andrea
Dr. Robert E. Pitman
Dr. George F. Seier, Jr.
Dr. Jan K. Strother
Dr. Ralph W. Womer, Jr.

1990
Dr. Albert Corte, Jr.
Dr. Fred M. Garrett
Dr. W. Hugh Washington
Dr. Agee M. Wiggins

1989
Dr. Charles R. Becker
Dr. Edward T. Braye
Dr. Curtis C. Christenberry
Dr. David B. Kuykendall

1987
Dr. Jan E. Bartels
Dr. Arthur V. Moore
Dr. J. Warren Williams
Dr. George L. Wood, Jr.

 

1986
Dr. George H. D’Andrea
Dr. Robert M. Williams

1984
Dr. Cary M. Phillips
Dr. Theodore S. Williams

1983
Dr. Aaron H. Groth, Jr.
Dr. George F. Seier, Jr.

1982
Dr. M. Lawrence Crawford
Dr. Thomas M. Miller
Dr. Rufus O. Moore, Jr.

1981
Dr. H. Leighton Allen
Dr. Ted W. Bullard
Dr. George V. Kenmore
Dr. William R. Miller

1980
Dr. George S. Killian
Dr. W. Ross Cryar

1979
Dr. Lee M. Russell

1978
Dr. R. E. Robinson

Years award not given:
2021, 2016, 2013, 2006, 1988, 1985

 
 
Layperson of the Year Award

2023
Mr. Glen Sellers

2019
Linda Keller, LVT

2018
Allison Cornelius

2017
Jeanne Brock

2016
Priscilla Blenkinsopp 

2014
Lorraine Alexander

2012
Deputy Dwight Sloan

2011
Officer Dana Johnston

2010
Mariela Piola

2009
John Lasker, M.D.

2008
Mrs. Allison Black Cornelius

2007
Mr. Dennis McDonough

2006
Ms. Rhonda Steele

2005
Janet Duke, LVT

2004
Ms. Diana Childers

2003
Ms. Beth Franklin

2002
Mr. Tommy Carter

2001
Ms. Lynne Fridley

2000
Ms. Linda Keller

1999
Mrs. Gerry Groth

1998
Ms. Liz Hurley

1997
Mrs. Patty Lott

1996
Mrs. Theresa S. Chandler

1995
Mrs. Shirley Bartels

1994
Auxiliary to the Alabama VMA

1993
Ms. Beth Kellogg

1992
Mrs. Janis Grant

1991
Mrs. Nancy McCurdy

1990
Mrs. Fran Young

1989
Mrs. Gerry Groth

1988
Mrs. Mary Murchinson

1987
Mrs. Nanette Pregno

1985
Mr. Albert McDonald

1984
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Conway

1983
Mrs. Mickey Gibson

1982
Dr. Stanley P. Wilson

1981
Mrs. Marion S. Moore

1980
Mrs. Camille Gaston

1979
Mr. Vaughan Hill Robinson

1978
Mrs. Lele Mae Harvey

Years award not given:
2022, 2021, 2020, 2015, 2013, 1986