University of Nebraska System President Ted Carter has received the U.S. Naval Academy’s Distinguished Graduate Award, joining a select group of Navy alumni who have been recognized for lifetime service, character and leadership.
Carter, a retired Vice Admiral who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1981, was among five alumni honored this weekend in a ceremony in Annapolis. He became one of the youngest alumni ever to receive the Distinguished Graduate Award since its inception in 1998. Past recipients include the late U.S. Sen. John McCain, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen, former Commander of U.S. Strategic Command James Ellis, and Capt. Jim Lovell, the mission commander of Apollo 13.
Recipients must be nominated by a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation and are selected by a distinguished panel of alumni.
As superintendent, Carter oversaw new successes in student access and outcomes, academic program development and private fundraising.
He became president of the University of Nebraska System in 2020.
