Hall of Leaders
Established in 2001, the Hardin-Simmons University Hall of Leaders provides for permanent recognition of graduates, former students, and former employees who have distinguished records of achievement and proven themselves as men and women of good character. It is located in the Elwin L. Skiles Social Science Building on the first-floor circular corridor. The Hall of Leaders was made possible by a generous gift in 2001 from Inez Kelley of Houston, Texas, and her late husband, Dr. Doyle Kelley.
| 2018 | Ivan I. Smith, Jr. | Business Owner – Community Leader | View Bio |
| 2018 | Elta Joyce McAfee | Philanthropist – Community Leader | View Bio |
| 2018 | Bruce Evans | Corporate Executive – Volunteer | View Bio |
| 2018 | Dr. Elwin L. Skiles | Pastor – University President | View Bio |
| 2017 | Hon. Samuel J. Carroll, III | Military Leader – Judge | View Bio |
| 2017 | Pauline M. Richardson | University First Lady – Professor | View Bio |
| 2017 | Dr. H. K. Neely | University Administrator – Theologian | View Bio |
| 2017 | Linda C. Carleton | University Dean – Community Leader | View Bio |
| 2016 | Harry T. Bradley | Public Servant | View Bio |
| 2016 | James E. Porter | Educator, Public Servant | View Bio |
| 2016 | Lucile Gilbert Sandefer | First Lady of Hardin-Simmons University | View Bio |
| 2015 | Dr. Bertie Kingore | Professor and Education Innovator | View Bio |
| 2015 | Honorable John G. Hyde | District Judge and Community Leader | View Bio |
| 2015 | Hilton Hemphill | Investments Executive and Christian Leader | View Bio |
| 2014 | Dr. George Newman | Professor, Public Servant, Rancher | View Bio |
| 2014 | Johnnie Lou Avery Boyd | Professional and Community Leader | View Bio |
| 2014 | Mary C. Hardin | Benefactor | View Bio |
| 2014 | Samuel Phillip Wilson | Public Servant and Business Leader | View Bio |
| 2014 | John G. Hardin | Benefactor | View Bio |
| 2013 | James Magee Parker | B.B.A. 1951 | View Bio |
| 2013 | Commodore Vanderbilt Wood Jr. | Ex 1939 | View Bio |
| 2013 | Ann Margaret (Smith) Coody | B.A. 1959 | View Bio |
| 2013 | Shirley Ann (Narmour) O’Dell | B.A. 1953 | View Bio |
| 2013 | Bobby Dan Davis Blocker | Ex. 1946 | View Bio |
| 2012 | Charles Wesley Logsdon Jr. | B.A. 1929, HSU Trustee | View Bio |
| 2012 | Delma Dale Haralson | BBA 1959, HSU Trustee | View Bio |
| 2012 | Koreen Willcox Logsdon Hemphill | Student 1926-1932 | View Bio |
| 2012 | Judge Clifton Mott Caldwell | HSU Trustee 1919-1965 | View Bio |
| 2012 | Gene Adams | BBA 1954, MA 1962, HSU Trustee | View Bio |
| 2011 | Jesse Coleman Hunter Jr. | Mayor of Abilene, Oilman, Rancher, Ex 1934 | View Bio |
| 2011 | Col. (Ret.) L. Bryan Shelburne Jr. | Leader and Commander of the U.S. Army Band, BM 1965 | View Bio |
| 2011 | Krivin Kade Legett | Judge, Attorney, Civic Leader, Founder and Charter HSU Trustee | View Bio |
| 2011 | Koma Beryl (Mahler) Fields | Church and Community Leader, BA 1940 | View Bio |
| 2010 | Roy C. Crane Jr | Cartoonist, Ex 1919 | View Bio |
| 2010 | Virginia (Randel) Burroughs | Servant Leader, BA 1950 | View Bio |
| 2010 | Robert M. Wagstaff | Attorney/Legislator, BA 1913 | View Bio |
| 2009 | William P. “Dub” Wright | Oil Executive, Longtime HSU BOT Chair | View Bio |
| 2009 | Helen Jean (Bond) Parks | Missionary, BA 1948 | View Bio |
| 2009 | James B. Simmons | HSU Benefactor, Pastor | View Bio |
| 2009 | Daniel Yeary | Pastor, BA 1961 | View Bio |
| 2008 | John Powell Clayton | Department of Religion Chair, Boston University, BS 1964 | View Bio |
| 2008 | Marion B. McClure | HSU Cowboy Band Director, BA 1933 | View Bio |
| 2008 | Moxley Featherston | Federal Judge, BA 1935 | View Bio |
| 2008 | Jack T. Martin | Head Basketball Coach, Lamar University; Texas Air National Guard Brevet Brigadier General, BS 1948 | View Bio |
| 2008 | Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch | US Army Lieutenant Colonel (Retired), Motivational Speakers, BS 1976 | View Bio |
| 2008 | Nita Brooks Lewallen | Cowgirl Hall of Fame, Ex 1943 | View Bio |
| 2007 | Dr. Peter James Flamming | Pastor, BA 1955 | View Bio |
| 2007 | George S. Anderson | HSU Trustee 1903-1964 | View Bio |
| 2007 | Maridell (Fisher) Fryar | Teacher/Administrator, BA 1957 | View Bio |
| 2007 | Dr. Jesse Conrad Fletcher | HSU President Emeritus, Community Leader, Church Historian, and Author | View Bio |
| 2007 | Dr. Lee Hemphill | Pastor, HSU Vice President, BA 1929 | View Bio |
| 2007 | Dr. William E. “Bill” Thorn | Dallas Baptist University President Emeritus and Motivational Speaker, BA 1948 | View Bio |
| 2006 | Dr. Betty Pearce Stephenson | Anesthesiologist, BA 1947 | View Bio |
| 2006 | Dr. Willis Whitfield | Physicist, BS 1952 | View Bio |
| 2006 | Dr. Truett Latimer | Former State Representative, Film Producer, and Former President of the Houston Museum of Natural Sc | View Bio |
| 2006 | O.C. Pope | West Texas Church Founder and HSU President 1898-1901 | View Bio |
| 2006 | Dr. Francis McBeth | Composer Laureate of Arkansas, BM 1954 | View Bio |
| 2006 | Frank Junell | Noted West Texas Civic Leader, BA 1934 | View Bio |
| 2005 | Gordon Wood | Texas High School Football Coach, BS 1938 and MEd 1952 | View Bio |
| 2005 | Katharyn Duff | Journalist, BA 1936 | View Bio |
| 2005 | Joe Black | Golf Pro, Ex 1955 | View Bio |
| 2005 | Glen Burroughs | Oil Industry Executive, BA 1949 and MA 1950 | View Bio |
| 2005 | Oscar Henry Cooper | 5th HSU President 1902-1909 | View Bio |
| 2005 | Julius Olsen | HSU Dean, 1902-1942 | View Bio |
| 2004 | Virginia (Boyd) Connally | Physician, 1933 | View Bio |
| 2004 | David Scott “Scotty” Holland | Oil Executive and Geologist | View Bio |
| 2004 | John Hanna Brewer | Microbiologist, 1930/1932 | View Bio |
| 2004 | Marijohn (Melson) Wilkin | Musician and Song Writer | View Bio |
| 2004 | Willie Leo Scott | Adjutant General of Texas, 1947/1949 | View Bio |
| 2004 | Dossie Marion Wiggins | University Administrator, 1919 | View Bio |
| 2003 | Fess Elisha Parker Jr. | Actor, Ex 1947 | View Bio |
| 2003 | Dr. Jefferson Davis Sandefer Sr. | HSU President 1909-1940 | View Bio |
| 2003 | William Tippen | Texas Congress and Texas Senate, 1943 | View Bio |
| 2003 | Dr. Dellanna (West) O’Brien | Baptist Women’s Missionary Union, 1953 | View Bio |
| 2003 | Zollie Coffer Steakley | Texas Supreme Court Justice, 1929 | View Bio |
| 2003 | Dr. Henry Bryce Jordan | Pennsylvania State University President, 1942 | View Bio |
| 2002 | Maye Bell Taylor | Missionary, 1929 | View Bio |
| 2002 | John Leland “Lee” Atwood | North American Aviation, Inc., 1926 | View Bio |
| 2002 | Jefferson Davis Sandefer Jr. | Oil Industry, 1920 | View Bio |
| 2002 | Holman Jenkens | Law Firm, Jenkens and Gilchrist, 1938 | View Bio |
| 2002 | Omar Truman Burleson | U.S. Congress, 1926 | View Bio |
| 2002 | Sid W. Richardson | Philanthropy, 1912 | View Bio |
| 2002 | Eugene Holman | ExxonMobile Corporation, 1916 | View Bio |
| 2002 | Conrad Ramsey Lam, M.D | Cardiac Surgeon, 1927 | View Bio |
| 2002 | Clyde “Bulldog” Turner | Pro Football Player, 1940 | View Bio |
| 2001 | F. Earl Ingerson | Geology, BA 1928; MA 1931 | View Bio |
| 2001 | Mildred Paxton Moody | First Lady of Texas, 1917 | View Bio |
| 2001 | Rupert H. Johnson | Investment Banking, BA 1922 | View Bio |
| 2001 | Rupert N. Richardson | Hardin-Simmons University, 1912 | View Bio |
| 2001 | Ruth Legett Jones | Philanthropy, BA 1913 | View Bio |
| 2001 | W. Hines Sims | Church Music, 1928 | View Bio |
| 2001 | W.B. Irvin | Education, BA 1921; MA 1927 | View Bio |
| 2001 | George Herman Mahon | U.S. Congress, BA 1924 | View Bio |
| 2001 | William Thomas Reid | Northwestern University, 1926 | View Bio |
| 2001 | Charles P. McLaughlin | Baptist General Convention of Texas, BA 1941 | View Bio |
| 2001 | Carl Coke Rister | University of Oklahoma, 1915 | View Bio |
| 2001 | A.B. “Stormy” Shelton | Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc., 1937 | View Bio |