CAA Distinguished Life Members
| Recipient, Class | Year Presented |
| Thomas P. Lesesne, 1901 | 1940 |
| Lewis Simmons, 1912 | 1952 |
| John W. Moore, 1900 | 1954 |
| James W. Duckett, 1932 | 1974 |
| David S. McAlister, 1924 | 1977 |
| Milton A. Pearlstine, 1919 | 1978 |
| *James A. Grimsley, Jr., 1942 | 1980 |
| Thomas C. Vandiver, 1929 | 1984 |
| John M. J. Holliday, 1936 | 1993 |
| C. Tucker Weston, 1939 | 1994 |
| *William B. Sansom, 1964 | 2000 |
| T. Nugent Courvoisie, 1938 | 2001 |
| *Carroll N. LeTellier, 1949 | 2002 |
| *Edwin B. Hill, Jr., 1949 | 2003 |
| *Ernest F. Hollings, 1942 | 2004 |
| *Robert A. Daniel, 1949 | 2005 |
| John R. Baker, 1950 | 2006 |
| *Dudley Saleeby, 1966 | 2007 |
| *Stephen C. Tobias, '67 | 2008 |
| * Current living honorees. |
The Citadel Alumni Association is allowed, under its Bylaws, to award Distinguished Life Memberships to individuals. Distinguished Life Members are alumni selected for rendered unusual and conspicuous service to The Citadel or to The Citadel Alumni Association. All former recipients are listed here. Those designated with an asterisk (*) are the current, living honorees.