The Bachelor of Ugliness was a title conferred onto Vanderbilt University's most popular male undergraduate.[1][2] One of the highest honors that a student could achieve, it was given to the male undergraduate student believed to be most representative of ideal young manhood and the class's most popular member, devised by William H. Dodd, a professor, in 1885.[3]
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 1885 | T. P. Branch |
| 1886 | B. G. Waller |
| 1887 | A. E. Clement/R. E. Crockett (tie vote) |
| 1888 | Frank Taylor |
| 1889 | Jeff McCarn |
| 1890 | V. S. Roenborough |
| 1891 | Horace E. Bemis |
| 1892 | J. A. Robins |
| 1893 | R. W. Clawson |
| 1894 | W. W. Craig |
| 1895 | W. R. Hendrix |
| 1896 | H. N. Pharr |
| 1897 | Myles P. O'Connor |
| 1898 | Phil Connell |
| 1899 | S. V. Gardner |
| 1900 | W. A. White |
| 1901 | F. S. Palmer |
| 1902 | John Edgerton |
| 1903 | B. F. Carr |
| 1904 | Ben Clary |
| 1905 | E. B. Tucker |
| 1906 | Ed Hamilton |
| 1907 | A. M. Souby |
| 1908 | Bob Blake |
| 1909 | N. T. Dowling (Elected, but resigned)[4] |
| 1910 | Bruce McGehee |
| 1911 | John W. Bull |
| 1912 | Ray Morrison |
| 1913 | Bruce Wade |
| 1914 | Enoch Brown |
| 1915 | Tom Brown |
| 1916 | Irby Curry |
| 1917 | Pope Shannon |
| 1918 | Ammie Sikes |
| 1919 | Chas R. Richardson |
| 1920 | Manning Brown |
| 1921 | Grailey Berryhill |
| 1922 | Scotty Neill |
| 1923 | Jess Neely |
| 1924 | Unknown |
| 1925 | Gil Reese |
Many more men have been voted into this honor, such as the first African-American basketball player at Vanderbilt, Perry Wallace, who earned the title in 1970.[6]