[4] Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black was the only person to ever decline membership in the Academy, after a vow to refuse all honors.
[5] The Academy was intended to honor notable living Alabama citizens, since several organizations already existed in the state for posthumous recognition.
2017 Kay Ivey----2nd female Governor of Alabama Deborah Edwards Barnhart------CEO, Space and Rocket Center Cynthia Tucker Haynes-------Journalist; 1st African-American editor of Atlanta Journal-Constitution Cathy Sloss Jones------Real estate executive
2015 Richard Arrington----1st African-American mayor of Birmingham, Alabama Raymond Harbert------Investment firm chairman Vincent "Bo" Jackson, Jr.------Sports legend (NFL/MLB) Charles Krulak-----USMC general/business executive Caroline Novak------Chairman of A+ Education Partnership Randy Owen------Founding member of country music group ALABAMA
"Boots" Gale III ----lawyer Seth Hammett----businessman, college president, Alabama Speaker of the House
2012 Ralph Cook----lawyer Jay Gogue------president of University of Auburn Alice Lee-------sister of author Harper Lee; oldest practicing attorney in Alabama Tommy Lowder------real estate Beverly Phifer Wingard------business executive James Stephens------business executive
2008 Vaughan Morrissette------civic leader/volunteerism advocate William E. Smith, Jr.--------business executive Odessa Woolfolk-------founder of Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
2007 Hank Aaron------sports legend (MLB); broke Babe Ruth's career homerun record Leah Rawls Atkins-------educator/historian Mike Goodrich------business executive James Harrison, Jr.------pharmacist, founder and CEO of Harco, Inc. Drug Stores
Ambassador to the Czech Republic Catherine Randall------educator Hall Thompson------business executive/golf cart developer Cameron Vowell------philanthropist William Warren, Jr.------CEO, Children's of Alabama Hospital
1999 J. Mason Davis, Jr.------civil rights attorney Drayton Nabers, Jr.-------insurance executive Sabert Oglesby, Jr.-------pioneer in air pollution control Don Siegleman-----Governor of Alabama
1987 Thomas Bartlett----educator, president of American University in Cairo Claude Bennett----medical scientist/educator Edward Friend, Jr.----corporate/real estate attorney Guy Hunt------Governor of Alabama Joseph Lanier, Jr.----business executive James Lee, Jr.----business executive/CEO, Buffalo Rock Ernest Williams----paper industry executive No induction held.