On occasion, retired staff, faculty and administrators are recognized for extraordinary service with the college. The title of “Emeritus” is bestowed by the BBCC Trustees upon the recommendation of the President, to gratefully acknowledge those unique individuals whose efforts throughout their careers on behalf of the college were far beyond the expectations of their positions.
- Alice Milholland (1962-1981): Instructor Emeritus
- Dr. Peter D. DeVries (1978-1987): President Emeritus
- Dr. Robert Mason (1962-1991): Dean Emeritus
- Leroy Ledeboer (1965-1991): Professor Emeritus
- Dr. Leroy Johnson (1980-1990): Professor Emeritus
- Ron Graff (1967-1993): Professor Emeritus
- Don Wright (1966-1988): Professor Emeritus
- Fred Huston (1964-1984): Dean Emeritus
- Larry Petersen (1968-1993): Professor Emeritus
- Wayne Freeman (1973-1992): Professor Emeritus
- Stephen Tse (1966-1996): Professor Emeritus
- Rex Wilks (1966-1995): Professor Emeritus
- Dr. Robert J. Wallenstien (1966-1977): President Emeritus
- Roger Glaese (1969-1998): Vice President Emeritus
- Fred Buche (1966-1996): Faculty Emeritus
- David R. Wolff (1970-2000): Faculty Emeritus
- Dr. Harrell Guard (1986-1994): Vice President Emeritus
- Cynthia Calbick (1973-2001): Faculty Emeritus
- Barbara Guilland (1982-2001): Faculty Emeritus
- Brenda Teals (1971-2001): Faculty Emeritus
- Bill Looney (1970-2002): Faculty Emeritus
- Patricia Schrom (1992-2003): Trustee Emeritus
- Makoto Enokizono (1974-2004): Faculty Emeritus
- Vic Gilliland (1967- 2004): Faculty Emeritus
- Erika Hennings (1996-2004): Trustee Emeritus
- Patricia Nobach (1985-2005): Faculty Emeritus
- Joe Rogers (1970-2005): Faculty Emeritus
- Linda Wrynn (1981-2006): Faculty Emeritus
- Anita Hughes (1985-2007): Faculty Emeritus
- Pat Palmerton (1978 to 2007): Director Emeritus
- Ken Turner (1980 - 2008): Vice President Emeritus
- Kathy Tracy Mason (1989 - 2008): Faculty Emeritus
- Maryanne Allard (1975 - 2008): Athletic Director Emeritus
- Steve Matern (1980 - 2009): Faculty Emeritus
- Van Jorgensen (1984 - 2009): Faculty Emeritus
- Pete Hammer (1976 - 2009): Faculty Emeritus
- Chuck Cox (1980 - 2009): Faculty Emeritus
- Kim Helvy (1984-2009): Staff Emeritus
- Mike Lang (1976 - 2010): Vice President Emeritus
- Felix Ramon (1994- 2010): Trustee Emeritus
- Patricia Teitzel (1989-2011): Faculty Emeritus
- Eugene “Gene” Donat (1975-2011): Faculty Emeritus
- Katherine Kenison (1999-2011): Trustee Emeritus
- Holly Moos (1973-2012): Vice President Emeritus
- William C. Bonaudi (1995-2012): President Emeritus
- Donna Brown (1995-2012): Staff Emeritus
- Marsha Asay (1983-2013): Faculty Emeritus
- Lance Wyman (1983-2013): Faculty Emeritus
- Mike O’Konek (1985-2013): Faculty Emeritus
- Irene Osumi (1988-2013): Staff Emeritus
- Max Heinzmann (1981-2014): Faculty Emeritus
- John Swedburg (1982-2014): Faculty Emeritus
- Marsha Nelson (1973-1975, 1978-1982, 1984-1990, 1995-2015): Faculty Emeritus
- Hope Strnad (1984-2015): Staff Emeritus
- Mike Blakely (2004-2014): Trustee Emeritus
- Gail Erickson (1983-2014): Faculty Emeritus
- Pat Patterson (1992-2015): Faculty Emeritus
- Mary Shannon (1993-2015): Administrator Emeritus
- Gail Hamburg (1999 - 2015): Vice President Emeritus
- Kathy Arita (1999-2015): Director Emeritus
- Doug Sly (1985-2016): Administrator Emeritus
- Candis Lacher (1989-2016): Administrator Emeritus
- John Carpenter (1994-2016): Faculty Emeritus
- Garry Helvy (1994-2016): Staff Emeritus
- David Hammond (2001-2017): Faculty Emeritus
- Rita Jordan (1999-2017): Staff Emeritus
- Stephen Lane (1987-2017): Faculty Emeritus
- John Peterson (2002-2017): Faculty Emeritus
- Terry Kinzel-Troutman (1999-2017): Administrator Emeritus
- Kara Garrett (1987-2017): Administrator Emeritus
- Petr Radchishin (2002-2017): Staff Emeritus
- Margie Lane (1988-2018): Staff Emeritus
- Barbara Whitney (1990-2018): Faculty Emeritus
- Randy Fish (1986-2018): Staff Emeritus
- Willliam “Bill” Autry (1995-2019): Faculty Emeritus
- Barbara Jacobs (1972-2019): Faculty Emeritus
- Nancy Theis (1974-2019): Staff Emeritus
- Leslie “Les” Michie (2001-2019): Faculty Emeritus
- Kathy Aldrich (1974-2019): Staff Emeritus
- Dan Moore (1992-2021): Faculty Emeritus
- Jim Hamm (1993-2021): Faculty Emeritus
- Nancy Leach: (1974-2020) Staff Emeritus
- Jim Tincher (posthumously): (1985-2020) Staff Emeritus
- Mark Poth (1987-2022): Athletic Director Emeritus
- Rie Palkovic (1998-2022): Faculty Emeritus
- Kathleen Duvall (1994-2023) Administrator Emeritus
- Erik Borg (2000-2023) Faculty Emeritus