The Distinguished Citizen Award is presented to a non-alumnus of Wofford College who, in the judgment of the Alumni Executive Council, has served a distinguished career and has contributed extraordinary service to humanity reflecting honor upon both the recipient and Wofford College.
1955 - L. Perrin Smith
Wyndham S. Clark
1956 - Joe Edens
1966 - Clarence C. Norton
1967 - Frederick B. Dent
1968 - Joseph G. McCracken
1969 - Broadus Littlejohn
1970 - Donald Russell
1971 - Walter Demopoulos
1972 - Walter S. Montgomery
1973 - Vera D. Parsons
1974 - Roger Milliken
1976 - Conley T. Snidow
Adelaide W. Snidow
1977 - Philip A. Buchheit
1978 - Buck Mickel
Lachlan Hyatt
1979 - No Award Given
1980 - Charles C. Boone
1981 - No Award Given
1982 - The Marshall Tucker Band
1983 - A. Foster McKissick
1984 - W.F. Loggins
Alice N. Loggins
1985 - Jesse B. Davis
1986 - John H. Lumpkin Sr.
1987 - Thomas A. Evins
1988 - Carlos DuPré Moseley
1989 - F.W. Olin Foundation Inc.
1990 - Robert V. Royall Jr.
1991 - Currie B. Spivey
1992 - Strom Thurmond
1993 - Jack E. Bresenham
1994 - John W. Fisher
1995 - Robert V. Pinson
1996 - Elizabeth J. Patterson
1997 - Hugh C. Lane Jr.
1998 - Keith E. Laws
1999 - H. Donald Dobbs
W. Ray Leonard
2000 - James E. Talley
2001 - James O. Harmon
Ron G. Smith
2002 - Alex Evins
Jennifer Evins
2003 - Michael A. Dirr
Richard C. "Rick Webel
2004 - Tad Brown
2005 - Hub City Writers Project
2006 - Hayne Hipp
2007 - William Barnet III
2008 - Stewart Winslow
2009 - The Montgomery Family
2010 - Kirk H. Neely