Citizens of the Year
Each year, the Auburn Rotary Club recognizes a local resident as its “Citizen of the Year.” In some instances, a couple, a business or organization has received this honor. Citizens of the year are honored for their contributions to the betterment of the Auburn community through their work in their particular vocation, or contributions made to the general Auburn community.
David Housel, Citizens of the Year 2018
At its Wednesday, Oct. 31 meeting, the Auburn Rotary Club honored well-known Auburn resident and retired university athletics director David Housel as the recipient of its 2018 Citizen of the Year Award
Past Recipients of the Auburn Rotary Club Citizen of the Year Award
| 2018 | David Housel |
| 2017 | Jay and Susie Gogue |
| 2016 | Lolly Steiner |
| 2015 | Dr. Mary Burkhart |
| 2014 | Ted Wilson |
| 2013 | Mike Kosolapoff |
| 2012 | Bill Ham - Mayor of Auburn |
| 2011 | The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art |
| 2010 | Dr. Dell Crosby & Mercy Medical Clinic |
| 2009 | Dr. David and Debbie Smalley |
| 2008 | Rev. Cliford Jones |
| 2007 | Dr. J. Terry Jenkins |
| 2006 | David Marsh |
| 2005 | Frank Tolbert |
| 2004 | Dr. George H. Mathison |
| 2003 | Martha Faupel |
| 2002 | Dr. Jimmy Matthews and Carolyn Matthews |
| 2001 | Dr. J. Wayne Flynt |
| 2000 | Dr. Taylor Littleton |
| 1999 | Pete B. Turnham |
| 1998 | Dr. Douglas J. Watson |
| 1997 | James K. Haygood Jr. |
| 1996 | Dr. Edward R. Richardson |
| 1995 | Lee Co. Habitat for Humanity |
| 1994 | Dr. James E. Foy |
| 1993 | Dr. H.C. Morgan |
| 1992 | East Alabama Medical Center |
| 1991 | The Rev. Charles Britt |
| 1990 | Ed and Sally Bagwell |
| 1989 | Tommy Goff |
| 1988 | Neill Davis |
| 1987 | Jan Dempsey |
| 1986 | C.H. McGehee |
| 1985 | Dr. Wilford Bailey |
| 1984 | Dr. John Jeffers |
| 1983 | Auburn National Bank |
