Each year since 1974, the Scholarship Committee of Broad Ripple High School has selected a BRHS graduate to receive the Broad Ripple High School Distinguished Alumni Award.
The three criteria for this award are:
- the individual must have graduated at least 15 years prior to induction
- the individual must have made significant contributions to his/her profession/community/etc.
- the individual represents our Motto: "Broader, Richer, Human Service".
The Roster of those chosen for this prestigious award is shown below . . . .
| 1974 | Dr. Shailer L. Bass |
| 1975 | Mr. Edgar Stahl (1920) |
| 1976 | Mrs. Jill Strickland-Ruckelshaus (1954) |
| 1977 | Mr. Lloyd Huntington Wilkins (1933) |
| 1978 | Ms. Judith Carr Gilliom (1960) |
| 1979 | Mr. John M. Mutz (1953) |
| 1980 | Mr. Richard W. Moll (1956) |
| 1981 | Mr. Leslie Duvall (1942) |
| 1982 | Mrs. Jamia Jasper Jacobsen (1958) |
| 1983 | Dr. John T. Watson (1957) |
| 1984 | Mr. J. Fred Murphy |
| 1985 | Ms. Carol Ann Capel Elrod (1952) |
| 1986 | Mr. Stephen Goldsmith (1964) |
| 1987 | Ms. Karen Lynn Anderson Campbell (1961) |
| 1988 | Mr. Robert L. Young (1965) |
| 1989 | Mr. Paul S. Mannweiler (1967) |
| 1990 | Mr. Byron K. Mason (1974) |
| 1991 | Ms. Leslie Olsen (1975) |
| 1992 | Dr. Paranita Sherard Bratton (1974) |
| 1993 | Mr. Dennert Ware (1960) |
| 1994 | Mr. Michael D. Woodson (1976) |
| 1995 | Ms. Tracey E. Horth (1976) |
| 1996 | Mr. M. William Lethality (1972) |
| 1997 | Mr. Wendell K. Ray (1982) |
| 1998 | Ms. Anne M. Ryder (1977) |
| 1999 | Ms. Kelly E. Bentley (1977) |
| 2000 | Ms. Kelley C. Vaughn (1979) |
| 2001 | Ms. Dennis E. Bland (1983) |
| 2002 | Mr. Fred Schlegel (1959) |
| 2003 | Mr. David M. Letterman (1965) |
| 2004 | Mr. Eugene N. Anderson (1979) |
| 2005 | Brigadier General Richard Moorhead (1971) |
| 2006 | Mr. Roosevelt Colvin (1995) |
| 2007 | Mr. Abraham Benrubi (1977) |
| 2008 | Dr. Paul R. Helft (1986) |
| 2009 | Ms. Joyce A. Sommers (1953) |
| 2010 | Mr. William George Schumacher (1970) |
| 2011 | Mrs. Kerry Hughey Yount (1986) |
| 2012 | Frank Baird Scholarship Committee: Bill Bastian, Wally Cox, Jack Engledow,Jack Hogan, Dick Warne & Hugh Wolf |
| 2013 | Julie Vincent (1973) |
| 2014 | Sherman Burdette (1978) |
| 2015 | Michael Edward Graves (1952) |
| 2016 | Lawrence M. Reuben (1966) |
| 2017 | John A. (Alan) Hague (1978) |
| 2018 | Lamar Campbell (1982) |
Tribute to Distinguished Alumnus David Letterman as aired on CBS Channel 4, Indianapolis;
Click on the link below to view the Channel 4 CBS presentation
"Dave Letterman - the Early Years"
