Recognizing alumni and friends of the University who have demonstrated outstanding merit and achievement, distinguished themselves as leaders for the University, and adopted East Carolina as their own. Recipients for 2012 include: Sabrina DeFonce Bengel, Kay Haskell Chalk '76, Robert S. Rippy '75, '96, Dr. Charles R. Coble, Edgar R. Loessin, Dr. Sharon Allison-Ottey '95, Robert Paul Benzon '71, and Robert George Rankin IV '70.