The Profile in Excellence award is given by the OBU Alumni Association to a former student who has "demonstrated recognizable accomplishment in his or her profession, business, avocation, or life service in such a way as to bring pride and honor to the University." Each year, Profile In Excellence recipients are featured in the OBU Magazine.
| Recipient | Class Year | Year Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan Abernathy | '97 | 2014 |
| Darrell E. Adams | '71 | 1985 |
| Gerald Adams | '78 | 2008 |
| Dr. Janice Turk Adkins | '60 | 2003 |
| John William Adkison | '69 | 1999 |
| Phil B. Albert | '81 | 2016 |
| Dr. Angela Albright | '72 | 2002 |
| Betty Alexander | '54 ex | 2011 |
| Charles Alexander | '54 | 2011 |
| Vince Alexander | '89 | 2011 |
| Robert L. Allen | '62 | 1983 |
| Charles S. Aston | '31 ex | 1985 |
| Richard M. Audd | '69 | 1986 |
| William D. Austin | '89 ex | 2002 |
| Dayna (DeBorde) L. Avery | '98 | 2016 |
| Kevin L. Avery | '97 | 2016 |
| Dr. Darrell Baergen | '57 | 1984 |
| D. Lynn Shaw Bailey | '77 ex | 2005 |
| Patricia (Patty) Kay Tuel Bailey | '74 | 2000 |
| Ray Ballew | '55 | 2014 |
| Dr. Ercil L. Barker | '49 | 1986 |
| Dr. Pearl "Peach" Barker | '49 ex | 2006 |
| Dr. Robert J. Barnard | '58 | 2009 |
| W. Beth Hunter Barrett | '50 | 1995 |
| Robert E. Bass | '50 | 1989 |
| Dr. MariLyn Hale Beaney | '56 | 1986 |
| Dr. Bruce G. Bell | '58 | 2005 |
| Rev. H. Earl Bengs, Jr. | '56 | 2004 |
| Elizabeth Bird | '98 | 2018 |
| Dr. John R. Bisagno | '54 | 1984 |
| Milton L. Bishop | '62 | 2006 |
| Mark Blankenship | '65 | 1999 |
| Sadie Gardner Blanton | '39 | 2011 |
| Rev. Darrell Bolich | '52 ex | 2007 |
| Dr. Tal D. Bonham | '57 | 1985 |
| Dr. Donald M. Boucher | '61 | 2006 |
| Glenn T. Boyd | '58 | 1983 |
| Jerry T. Bradley | '69 | 1991 |
| Mrs. Jeanette Foster Bradshaw | '54 | 2006 |
| Martha Standridge Branham | '53 | 1983 |
| Donald Brazeal | '70 | 1997 |
| Chris Brewster | '92 | 2011 |
| Charles D. Bridwell | '65 | 2000 |
| Dr. L. Gene Brooks | '59 | 1985 |
| John D. Brooks | '73 | 2009 |
| Linda Earnhardt Brown | '79 | 2003 |
| Norma Kennedy Brown | '55 | 1985 |
| Dr. Bill G. Bruster | '62 | 1993 |
| Michael Burns | '03 | 2022 |
| Bob Burroughs | '59 | 1987 |
| Esther Milligan Burroughs | '59 | 1989 |
| Connie Westmoreland Burton | '77 | 2002 |
| Melissa Busby | '99 | 2013 |
| A. L. "Pete" Butler | '55 | 1990 |
| Donna Butler Douglas | '82 | 2003 |
| JoAnn Barbour Butler | '54 | 2000 |
| Max L. Caldwell | '55 | 1990 |
| Ashley Campbell | '02 | 2022 |
| Chris Campbell | '02 | 2022 |
| Tony Capucille | '02 | 2017 |
| Joshua Carey | '95 | 2017 |
| Dr. Robert L. Cargill | '51 | 1982 |
| Paula Hughes Carpenter | '72 ex | 2006 |
| Carrie Carter | '93 | 2021 |
| Robert Carter | '91 | 2021 |
| June Pearson Cash | '59 | 1994 |
| Dr. Jay Chance | '56 | 1993 |
| Mary Leach Chapman | '62 | 2017 |
| Dr. Kent Choate | '82 | 2022 |
| Alvin W. Clark | '71 | 1984 |
| Dr. John E. Cleek | '56 | 1995 |
| Jo Hayes Clem | '69 | 1992 |
| Matthew Clough | '05 | 2023 |
| Jennifer A. Cloyde | '83 | 2012 |
| W. Homer Coker | '55 | 1987 |
| Richard T. Cole | '75 | 2008 |
| Dr. Gary W. Cook | '64 | 1987 |
| F. Don Cooper | '60 | 2008 |
| Grady C. Cothen, Jr. | '68 | 1998 |
| Shirley C. Stevens Coyner | '52 ex | 2008 |
| Rev. Ralph A. Crawford Sr. | '54 | 2004 |
| Weaver Creed | '40 | 1990 |
| Dr. J. Ronald Cruse | '59 | 1989 |
| Nancy A. Curtis | '59 | 1986 |
| Lorraine Dageforde | '59 | 2007 |
| Dr. Robert D. Dale | '62 | 2006 |
| Judge Jay Dalton | '60 | 1984 |
| Dr. J.P. Dane | '45 | 1996 |
| Dr. Keith R. David | '54 | 1991 |
| Marie Terrell Davis | '61 | 2002 |
| Dr. Weldon K. Davis | '63 | 1986 |
| Reba Dickson Dawson | '50 ex | 1998 |
| Chris Cragin-Day | '99 | 2018 |
| Steven Day | '98 | 2018 |
| Wynona Broyles Day | '56 | 1988 |
| David Dennis | '81 | 2011 |
| Jeff DeVries | '93 | 2018 |
| Duane Diffie | '74 | 2009 |
| Dr. Wilton S. Dillon | '42 ex | 1988 |
| Cherri Loper Dohlen | '48 | 1982 |
| Dr. Bill Donovan | '55 | 2004 |
| Peggy Galloway Donovan | '53 | 2004 |
| Charles C. Driscoll | '51 | 1984 |
| Theda Driscoll | '55 | 1999 |
| Mary Duffie | '62 | 2021 |
| Dr. Leslie A. Dwight | '29 | 1991 |
| Dr. Kenneth Edmondson | '52 | 1993 |
| Judy May Elledge | '68 | 2008 |
| Dr. Kenneth E. Elsner | '57 | 1998 |
| Joel M. Engle | '90 | 2012 |
| Christie Johnson Erwin | '82 | 2022 |
| Gay Goodwin Evans | '59 | 2002 |
| Robert F. Evans | '50 | 1996 |
| Dr. Royice B. Everett | '68 | 1988 |
| Paul Eyer | '80 | 2001 |
| Ron Fannin | '70 | 2013 |
| Dr. Ralph Faudree | '61 | 2007 |
| Dr. Jack David Fleer | '59 | 2006 |
| Sylvia Howard Fletcher | '69 | 2009 |
| Kay Robinson Flippo | '69 | 2005 |
| Michael O. Fogarty | '70 | 1994 |
| Dan Ford | '77 | 2010 |
| Jeanette White Ford | '49 | 2000 |
| Nancy Ussery Ford | '80 | 2010 |
| Jarrod Frie | '00 | 2019 |
| Donna Jones Friend | '58 | 2008 |
| Dr. Sam Friend | '58 | 2008 |
| Hollie Fuller | '05 | 2023 |
| Haskell Gaither | '31 | 1990 |
| Dr. Tom Gallaher | '58 | 1996 |
| Dr. Deborah Bledsoe Gardner | '73 | 2004 |
| John Gardner | '64 | 1996 |
| Dr. J. Lyle Garlow | '50 | 1984 |
| Sam Garlow | '76 | 2021 |
| Dr. Rachel Smith Gibbs | '81 | 1996 |
| Walter Grady | '71 | 2017 |
| Dr. Robert "Bob" Gragg, Jr. | '73 | 2016 |
| Dr. Carolyn Grame | '65 | 1999 |
| Dr. Elmer L. Gray | '40 | 1998 |
| Bill E. Green | '64 | 1986 |
| Dr. Guy Greenfield | '53 | 1997 |
| Scott Greenland | '03 | 2021 |
| Janet Nelson Greer | '59 | 2000 |
| Dr. Robert Gregg | '71 | 2006 |
| Dr. Russell Gregory | '70 | 2001 |
| Dr. J. Leon Gregston | '66 ex | 1999 |
| Col. Gordon Groseclose | '76 | 2012 |
| Walter E. Grubbs | '69 | 2003 |
| Bill Gwartney | '67 | 2001 |
| Dr. Marvin Hall | '54 ex | 2008 |
| Dr. Richard E. Hall | '71 | 1998 |
| Boen Hallum | '42 | 1993 |
| Samuel G. Hammons | '72 | 1990 |
| Omer Hancock | '64 | 2011 |
| Don Hargis | '79 | 2010 |
| Andy Harrison | '89 | 2014 |
| Dr. John Harvey | '77 | 1997 |
| Ervin E. Hastey | '42 | 1992 |
| Lela Hastey-Losq | '70 | 2007 |
| Rep. Joel Hefley | '57 | 1994 |
| Dr. John Heinze | '70 | 2000 |
| Michael D. Helm | '68 | 1986 |
| Kay Vandevier Henry | '69 | 1985 |
| Dr. Michele Henry | '91 | 2021 |
| Karen Henson | '76 | 2002 |
| Dr. William C. Highfill | '57 | 1989 |
| Betty Biswell Hill | '50 | 1993 |
| Dr. D. Leslie Hill | '54 | 1996 |
| J. David Hill | '80 | 2001 |
| Dr. Leonard E. Hill | '51 | 1984 |
| Dr. Ann McKean Hillestad | '56 | 1991 |
| Dr. Carroll B. Hodges | '35 | 1984 |
| Dr. Dan Hodges | '53 | 2018 |
| Bob Hoffman | '79 | 1990 |
| John D. Holcomb | '88 | 2004 |
| William R. Holland | '58 ex | 1994 |
| Dr. Leonard L. Holloway | '48 | 1999 |
| Dr. J. Allen Holt | '56 | 1982 |
| S. Diane Hill Hom | '69 | 1992 |
| Mary Edna Fender Hopper | '43 | 1998 |
| Randy Horn | '69 | 2009 |
| Sen. James Howell | '56 | 1983 |
| Johnarline Hudson | '48 ex | 2009 |
| John C. Hudson | '71 | 1985 |
| Dr. John R. Hughes | '63 ex | 2012 |
| Dr. Lynn A. Hughes | '61 | 2008 |
| Richard Huggins | '69 | 2009 |
| Dr. Martin R. Hullender Jr. | '61 | 1996 |
| Dr. Michael W. Hunkapiller | '70 | 1995 |
| Dr. Osadolor Imasogie | '63 | 1988 |
| Dr. Judith James-Wood | '89 | 2005 |
| Dr. Richard E. James | '66 | 1985 |
| Wardell Jeffries | '73 | 1982 |
| Julie K. Jennings | '93 | 2014 |
| Dr. Clarence A. Jernigan | '56 | 1982 |
| Dennis Jernigan | '81 | 2011 |
| Dr. Kenda Fawcett Jezek | '67 | 2004 |
| Amanda Teape Johnson | '10 | 2023 |
| Mark Johnson | '82 | 2013 |
| Tom Jordan | '70 | 2012 |
| Victor M. Kaneubbe | '45 | 1991 |
| Allan Karr | '85 | 2009 |
| Bob G. Keck | '52 | 1987 |
| Dr. Peggy D. Keck | '54 | 1984 |
| Robert Kellogg | '84 | 2003 |
| Dr. Ronald N. Kemp | '58 | 1984 |
| Rusty Kennedy | '86 | 2007 |
| Neona Sturgeon Kidd | '29 | 1997 |
| Patricia Taylor Kienzle | '72 | 2000 |
| Don Kimberling | '61 | 1984 |
| Dr. A. Joseph King | '56 | 2000 |
| Charles Kevin King | '80 | 2008 |
| Jami Smith King | '93 | 2012 |
| Kelly Kennedy King | '84 | 2015 |
| Sue Biggs King | '59 | 2000 |
| Dr. Reverend Lawrence Kirk | '88 | 2019 |
| Miss Mary Beth Kissee | '79 | 1997 |
| Kevin Klinger | '94 | 2014 |
| Rev. Harvey Kneisel | '53 | 2005 |
| Jeremie Kubicek | '93 | 2008 |
| Patricia Brummett Lacey | '70 | 2017 |
| Dr. James Lackey | '50 | 1998 |
| Jerry Todd Lambert | '01 | 2023 |
| Paul Langford | '88 | 2005 |
| Bill Leach | '52 | 1999 |
| Dr. C. Earl Leininger | '58 | 2007 |
| Dr. Julio S. Leon | '66 ex | 2003 |
| Vivian Ng Leon | '66 ex | 2003 |
| Brad Leslie | '61 | 2014 |
| Dr. Norma Leslie | '62 | 1988 |
| Dr. Evelyn Rolf Lewis | '49 | 1990 |
| Dr. Gladys Sherman Lewis | '55 ex | 2010 |
| Ron S. Lewis | '60 | 1984 |
| Mr. Stephen C. Lewis | '64 | 1986 |
| Dr. Wilbur Lewis | '52 | 1996 |
| Dr. Frank and Beverly Johnson Lewis | '48/'55 ex | 2001 |
| Dr. C. LaVeta Ligon | '46 | 1988 |
| Dr. Max Lyall | '61 | 1988 |
| Mary Kathryne Timberlake MacKenzie | '69 | 1986 |
| Dr. Katherine Hines Mahan | '50 | 1992 |
| David Mair | '80 | 2005 |
| Pam Furgerson Malloy | '74 | 2001 |
| Sue Makintubee Mallonee | '77 | 2003 |
| David Manner | '80 | 2022 |
| Doug Manning | '54 ex | 1991 |
| Dr. Molly Marshall-Green | '72 | 1989 |
| Dr. Rebecca Jane Edge Martin | '69 | 2001 |
| Reggie May | '81 | 2008 |
| Dr. Sandra Mayfield | '64 | 2005 |
| Dr. Patricia Daniels McAdams | '58 | 1998 |
| Terri Yarbrough McAdoo | '83 | 2010 |
| Greg McAlister | '00 | 2016 |
| Deborah Lott McBee | '76 | 2007 |
| Laura McConnell-Corbyn | '83 | 2010 |
| Glenn McCutchen | '65 ex | 1989 |
| Col. C. E. McDaniel | '55 | 2008 |
| Nathaniel McGuire | '74 | 2011 |
| Dr. Warren McWilliams | '68 | 2010 |
| Dr. Charlton McIlwain | '94 | 2010 |
| Sean Meade | '00 | 2013 |
| Dee Anne Lee Meece | '70 | 1991 |
| Michael D. Meece | '69 | 1985 |
| Doug Melton | '83 | 2013 |
| Lana Dotson Melton | '86 | 2013 |
| Dr. Hugh E. Meredith | '52 | 1989 |
| Linda Merkey | '78 | 2009 |
| Dr. Jack E. Metcalf | '67 ex | 1987 |
| Ronda Shelton Mikles | '75 | 1994 |
| Dr. Bonnie Gibson Miller | '55 | 1998 |
| Dr. Norma Leslie-Miller | '62 | 1988 |
| Sonny Miller | '94 | 2010 |
| Dr. Ed Minars | '49 ex | 2011 |
| Dr. Kay Harris Mizell | '69 | 2014 |
| Kammie Monarch | '85 | 2002 |
| Rev. Jesse Moore | '80 | 2001 |
| Dr. Michael L. Morgan | '63 | 1997 |
| N. Hart Morris | '69 | 2004 |
| Dr. Joe W. Mosley | '58 | 1997 |
| Dr. Juanita Murphy | '55 | 1978 |
| Jan Abernathy Myers | '69 | 2002 |
| Dr. Sheila Taylor Myers | '59 | 2003 |
| John I. Nance | '56 | 2006 |
| Richard Neptune | '56 | 1989 |
| Dr. William E. Neptune | '50 | 1995 |
| Rev. Kenneth M. Newman | '56 | 1995 |
| Christy (Hill) Nockels | '93 ex | 2016 |
| Steve Norwood | '79 | 2007 |
| Dr. Caiphas Nziramasanga | '73 | 2001 |
| Dr. Carey O'Bryan, Jr. | '35 | 2007 |
| Dr Nancy Eubanks Oelklaus | '65 | 2007 |
| Ramona Little Eagle Osborne | '54 | 1995 |
| Martha Rasberry Owen | '58 | 1987 |
| Edmond J. Packwood | '38 ex | 1994 |
| Dr. Jorge Padron | '52 | 2007 |
| George M. Paden | '62 | 1993 |
| Rev. Kathy Palen | '78 | 1997 |
| Teresa Shields Parker | '75 | 2002 |
| Dr. Burton H. Patterson | '56 | 1988 |
| Dr. S. Gabe Paxton | '51 | 1982 |
| Norma Jean Rice Phillips | '66 | 2009 |
| Dr. J. Michael Pierce | '73 | 2004 |
| Dr. David R. Pittman | '65 | 2005 |
| Dr. Carol Sue Franklin Pixley | '72 | 1989 |
| Dr. Michael J. Pontious | '75 | 1996 |
| Dr. Myrna Kirk Pontious | '75 | 1996 |
| Judge Dynda Parks Post | '74 | 1993 |
| Ryan Powell | '97 | 2014 |
| Patricia Baker Prescott | '70 | 2015 |
| Dr. B. Max Price | '59 | 1996 |
| Helen Gilmore Prickett | '58 | 2002 |
| Dr. Gregory D. Pritchard | '44 | 1991 |
| Dr. John E. Provine | '69 | 2004 |
| Dr. Tony Puckett | '58 | 1986 |
| Dr. James Richard Purdue | '64 | 1995 |
| Dr. Sherry Fream Queener | '65 | 1985 |
| V. Sue Raley | '63 | 2000 |
| Dr. Arnold Rawls, Jr. | '82 | 2010 |
| Dr. J. Dan Recer | '58 | 1990 |
| Glen Redding, Jr. | '76 | 2014 |
| Velma Bennett Reiff | '32 | 1990 |
| Corella Bounds Ricketson | '60 | 1992 |
| Dr. Patricia A. Rikli | '69 | 1999 |
| Sandra Duckworth Rios | '71 | 1994 |
| B. Glenn Robinson | '65 | 1998 |
| Gerald L. Robinson | '61 | 1993 |
| J. Steven Rogers | '75 | 2000 |
| Dr. L. David Roper | '58 | 1985 |
| Dr. Morton F. Rose | '51 ex | 1998 |
| Candace Shirley Ross | '71 | 2006 |
| Michael F. Ross | '83 | 2003 |
| Robert L. Ross | '59 | 1986 |
| Judge David Russell | '63 | 1987 |
| Dr. David Sallee | '73 | 2001 |
| Paul R. Sanders | '56 | 2006 |
| Shelley Sanders | '92 | 2019 |
| Dr. Freda S. Scales | '65 | 1997 |
| John J. Scales | '62 | 1987 |
| Dr. Clifford D. Schimmels | '59 | 1990 |
| Rev. Miles Seaborn | '53 | 2005 |
| Dr. Franklin M. Segler | '30 | 1982 |
| Darlene Pember Shadid | '65 | 1997 |
| Madie Gardner Shaffer | '39 | 2011 |
| Dorothy McManus Shellenberger | '40 | 1982 |
| Nancy Shelton | '70 | 2011 |
| Lucas Simmons | '12 | 2023 |
| Dr. Joe L. Skinner | '53 | 1983 |
| Dr. Elbert Smith | '80 | 2014 |
| Kay Casey Smith | '81 | 2014 |
| Dennis W. Smith | '65 | 1987 |
| Madison Smith | '41 | 1987 |
| Sue Lackey Smith | '44 | 1983 |
| Theo Sommerkamp | '51 | 1989 |
| Dr. H. Eugene Soulsby | '65 | 2019 |
| Sharon Shahan Souter | '76 | 2009 |
| Jami Smith | '93 | 2012 |
| Harold A. Souther Sr. | '41 | 2004 |
| Michael L. Speer | '58 | 2000 |
| Michael S. Sperry | '71 | 1995 |
| Hildegard Stanley | '59 | 2003 |
| Ronald G. Staton | '69 | 1992 |
| Kris Steele | '97 | 2015 |
| Mary Ann Landrum Stephens | '79 | 2001 |
| David Steverson | '83 | 2013 |
| Benjamin "Ben" C. Stewart | '99 | 2016 |
| Corrine Cullen Stewart | '52 | 2004 |
| Dr. Dorine Hawkins Stewart | '39 | 2003 |
| Dr. K. Kay Stewart | '63 | 1983 |
| H. Gordon Stoker | '48 | 1996 |
| Dr. Chris Sudduth | '07 | 2021 |
| Winston Tabb | '63 | 1988 |
| Dr. Jim E. Tanner | '55 | 1983 |
| William G. Tanner, Jr. | '75 | 1994 |
| Major Andy Taylor | '91 | 2010 |
| Dr. Arlene G. Taylor | '63 | 1999 |
| Dr. Everett L. Thomas | '51 ex | 1990 |
| Dr. T. Dean Thomlison | '67 | 1999 |
| Dr. Dale G. Thorne | '60 | 1997 |
| Dr. Albert L. Travis | '62 | 1983 |
| Lisa Jackson Tresch | '87 | 2017 |
| James Tye | '62 | 2015 |
| Shirley Tye | '87 | 2015 |
| Gary Underwood | '76 | 2010 |
| Robert V. Varnum | '69 | 1990 |
| Sharon Brown Varnum | '69 | 2000 |
| Dr. Theodore Violett | '52 | 1987 |
| Dr. Charles Wade | '62 | 1987 |
| Mark A. Wallace | '75 | 1988 |
| Charles Warren, Jr. | '69 | 1999 |
| Tom G. Watson | '60 | 1988 |
| William A. Weaver | '50 | 1992 |
| Dr. James R. Webb | '95 | 2012 |
| Leland F. Webb | '54 | 1984 |
| Dr. Larry Wedel | '64 | 2002 |
| Dr. Alford T. Welch | '62 | 1989 |
| Brad West | '87 | 2023 |
| J. Eugene White | '51 | 1982 |
| Robert Arleigh White | '77 | 2022 |
| Noah John Wickham | '03 & '19 | 2023 |
| David R. Wilkinson | '76 | 1989 |
| Dr. Kevin W. Williams | '79 | 2005 |
| Dr. Avery T. Willis, Jr. | '56 | 1985 |
| Tom Willoughby | '73 | 2007 |
| Joseph Wilkins | '87 | 2015 |
| Bryan Wilks | '00 | 2019 |
| Dr. Susan Willis | '83 | 2019 |
| Dr. George R. Wilson, Jr. | '50 | 1989 |
| Maudye Jayne Winget | '71 | 1999 |
| Michael Wood | '03 | 2018 |
| Bob E. Woolley | '49 | 1988 |
| Susan Baker Wooten | '74 | 2014 |
| Judge Jeff Work | '84 | 2001 |
| James R. Yarborough | '51 | 1992 |
| Dr. Clement K. Young | '58 | 2005 |
| John V. Young | '56 | 2012 |
| Dr. Gerald Zumwalt | '50 ex | 1997 |