HPU Wall of Heroes 2021 | Howard Payne University

2021 HPU Wall Of Heroes

View the archive of the 2021 HPU Wall of Heroes. This list represents nominees from the fall 2020 and spring 2021.

Rev. Lee Birdsong

Named a hero by Dean Huff.

Dr. Danny Brunnette-López

Named a hero by Lydia Conrad.

Dr. Euel H. Belcher, Jr.

Named a hero by Jayne Reed Bledsoe.

William Carl (Bill) Brannon

Named a hero by Dr. Dalton L. Bigbee.

Martha St. Clair

Named a hero by Paula Berry.

Doyle Combs

Named a hero by Kelly Schieffer.

Dr. Brett Coulter

Named a hero by Samuel Garcia.

Dr. H.L. Cravens

Named a hero by James Williamson.

Dr. Bill Crider

Named a hero by Charlene Warfield.

Dr. Robert and Elva Love Dobson

Named a hero by Dan and Joanne Crawford.

Dr. Gary Gramling

Named a hero by Jonathan O. Thornton.

Col. Russell O. Fudge

Named a hero by James Williamson.

Dr. Chesterfield Harvey, Jr.

Named a hero by Diana J. (Christopher) Redmon.

Dr. T.R. Havins

Named a hero by Molly Embrey.

Dr. McDonald Held

Named a hero by Dr. Ronald F. McKenzie.

Ralph Marshall

Named a hero by Keith King, Richard Chumbley, Ernie Rogers, Michael D. Turner, Guy Ben Garner, III, and John Fuqua.

Dr. Melody Maxwell

Named a hero by Cristalyn Fitzgerald.

Dr. Cleo McChristy

Named a hero by LaVerne Gore.

Dr. Joe T. McClain

Named a hero by Howard Thompson.

Dr. Frances Merritt

Named a hero by William P. Carpenter.

Dr. Merlin Morrow

Named a hero by Miki Martin.

Dr. Don Newbury

Named a hero by Dr. Cory Hines.

Dr. Guy D. Newman

Named a hero by James Williamson and Barry Biggs.

Dr. Mark Patton

Named a hero by Hannah Gramling.

Dr. F.B. Porter

Named a hero by Michael D. Turner and Jim B. and Louise Jones.

Leroy Preston

Named a hero by Ron and Susan Deal.

*Dr. Quinn is pictured with his wife, Berta.

Dr. A.J. Quinn

Named a hero by Dan Crawford, Art Allen, and Colonel Brad Riza, U.S. Air Force, retired.

Dr. Allen Reed

Named a hero by Carissa Cromer Emery.

Dr. José Rivas

Named a hero by Loida and Leah Boatman.

Dr. Wallace Roark

Named a hero by Michael Cosby.

Dr. Ed Roth

Named a hero by Alan Davis and Kristi Owen.

Dr. William C. "Bill" Robbins

Named a hero by Ben Graves.

Dr. Robert Sartain

Named a hero by Michael “Rudy” Rudewick.

John "Cap" Shelton

Named a hero by CH (LTC) Thomas Dick(ie) Denson.

*Dr. Stanford is pictured with his wife, Gilda.

Dr. Jack Stanford

Named a hero by Woody Martin, Susan C. Barber and Kristi Owen.

Susie Bell Torres

Named a hero by Loida and Leah Boatman.

Dr. Nat Tracy

Named a hero by Robert Craig, James (Jim) Layman, Ron and Susan Deal, Robert A. Williams and Dr. Bill Fowler.

Dr. Elizabeth Wallace

Named a hero by Katherine Bell.

Glen Whitis

Named a hero by Russell Berry.

Dr. Oren E. Winebrenner

Named a hero by John H. Scott.

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