School Bell AwardAlumni or past or present faculty members who have made lasting contributions to the field of education.
Nominate an alum for this award.

| Year |
Recipient |
| 2010 |
The Faculty of Oglethorpe University, past and present |
| 2009 |
Mike Emery '82 |
| 2008 |
William Brightman |
| 2007 |
Glenn Jones '44 |
| 2007 |
Irwin Ray |
| 2006 |
Randall Lee '72 |
| 2005 |
Phil Zinsmeister |
| 2004 |
John Goldthwait '41 |
| 2003 |
William Shropshire |
| 2001 |
Betty Brumbelow O'Quinn '53 |
| 2000 |
Eugene C. Bales, Jr. '59 |
| 1999 |
Lila McGahee Adair '67 |
| 1998 |
Sue Ward Astley '87 |
| 1997 |
Susan Grady Wood '75 |
| 1996 |
Gwen Banks Moore '57 |
| 1995 |
John Stephens |
| 1994 |
Sam G. Hudgins '61 |
| 1993 |
Nancy Tarrant Calhoun '60 |
| 1992 |
Barbara Payne Stancil '52 Lucile Moore Wilson '54 |
| 1991 |
Martha C. Abney '56 Jacqueline Miles Boles '56 |
| 1990 |
Vicki Foddrill Wilson '70 G. Malcolm Amerson '90 |
| 1989 |
T. Lavon Talley |
| 1988 |
Diane B. Rowles |
| 1987 |
William G. Hasty, Sr '48 |
| 1986 |
Mary Helen Ford '63 |
| 1985 |
Mary Bishop Asher '43 |
| 1984 |
Jeannette Bentley Moon '38 |
| 1983 |
William A. Strozier |
| 1982 |
Walter L. Morris |
| 1981 |
Margaret S. Lackland |
| 1980 |
Helen Cable Wallace '52 |
| 1979 |
James H. Hinson, Jr. '49 |
| 1978 |
Jewel Booth Palmer '54 |
| 1977 |
Frank M. Hughes, Sr. |
| 1976 |
Robert McNeill Sims |
| 1975 |
William F. Cummings '54 |
| 1966 |
Noah Langsdale, Jr. |
| 1965 |
The Hon. Carl E. Sanders Emma L. Wilkinson '46 |
| 1964 |
James S. Peters |
| 1963 |
Ethel Taylor Cooper |
| 1962 |
L. "Pop" Crow (posthumously) |
| 1961 |
Mauney D. Collins '31 |
| 1960 |
Ira Jarrell '28 |