Past Alumni Award Winners
| Year | Distinguished Alumni Award |
| 2022 | Janeth (Simpson) Brown ’86 |
| 2021 | Angela (Lehr) Ellison BA ’94 |
| 2020 | Jeff Howard BA ’08 |
| 2019 | Tom Hamer BA ’75 |
| 2018 | Lloyd Larson BA ’76 |
| 2017 | Beth Tharp AS ‘80, MBA ‘05 |
| 2016 | Kristian Andersen, BA ’96 |
| 2015 | Tim Hobbs, BA ’73 |
| 2014 | Lawrence Brownlee, BA ’96 |
| 2013 | Rudolph “Rudy” Reginald Pyle III, BA ’92 |
| 2012 | Dr. Peter Beckman, BA ’85 |
| 2011 | Dennis Kruse, BA ’68 |
| 2010 | Dan Hamer, BA ’77 |
| 2009 | Christine Densmore Young, BA ’76 |
| 2008 | Phyllis Newby, BA ’72 |
| 2007 | David L. Coolidge, BA ’57 |
| 2006 | Scott A. Green, BA ’83 |
| 2005 | Joyce Duty Wehneman, BA ’76 |
| 2004 | Barbara Taylor Clausen Theodore, ’50 |
| 2003 | Christine Evans-Klock, BA ’79 |
| 2002 | Tabitha Kurrle, BA ’66 |
| 2001 | Gary L. Gerould, BA ’62 |
| 2000 | Guy F. Perry, Jr., BA ’66 |
| 1997 | Robert O. Dulin, Jr., BA ’63 |
| 1995 | Franklin D. Cleckley, BA ’62 |
| 1994 | Robert H. Reardon, BA ’40 |
| 1993 | Herbert W. Thompson, BTh ’34 & BA ’35 |
| 1992 | Rodney F. Bargerstock, BA ’58 & MDiv ’62 |
| 1991 | Charles W. Wood, BS ’51 |
| 1991 | Charlotte Turley Wood, ’50 |
| 1990 | Opal Davis Bengtson, BA ’32 |
| 1990 | Robert A. Nicholson, BS ’44, Honorary Doctor of Laws ’90 |
| 1989 | Paul H. Ward, BA ’53 |
| 1988 | Sherill D. Hayes, BS ’58 & MDiv ’62 |
| 1988 | Dorothy Nelis Nicholson, BS ’46 |
| 1987 | Robert H. Moss, BS ’57 |
| 1986 | Melvyn F. Hester, BA ’61 |
| 1986 | Bessie Brown Willowby, BS ’46 |
| 1985 | Shirley King Coolidge, BS ’60 |
| 1984 | Julian L. Ridlen, BA ’63 |
| 1983 | Hans Fichtenberg, BA ’59 |
| 1982 | John L. Helvering, BA ’80 |
| 1982 | Carolyn Tunnell Patty, ’55 |
| 1982 | Ronald E. Patty, BA ’75 |
| 1982 | Sandra F. Patty, BA ’79 |
| 1981 | Louis E. Gerig, BA ’68 |
| 1980 | Al Bennett ’61 |
| 1980 | Carlton T. Cumberbatch, BA ’67 & MA ’76 |
| 1979 | Grace Donohew, BS ’59 |
| 1978 | Larry A. Brown, ’71 |
| 1978 | Lillian Aumann Meier, BTh ’28 |
| 1977 | Gertrude Collins Evans, ’42 |
| 1977 | Nathan L. Smith, BA ’48 |
| 1976 | Robert A. Culp, BA ’57 & BDiv ’61 |
| 1976 | Leroy Falling, BS ’50 |
| 1975 | Esther Boyer Bauer, BTh ’30 |
| 1975 | Kenneth Franklin Hall, BA ’48 |
| 1974 | Cecil K. Byrd, BA ’37 |
| 1974 | Donald L. Collins, BA ’51 |
| 1973 | W. Albert Donaldson, ’32 |
| 1973 | William R. Hammock, ’55 |
| 1972 | Dondenna Fleenor Caldwell, BA ’49 |
| 1972 | M. Maurice Caldwell |
| 1971 | Walter R. Gatton, ’43 |
| 1970 | James Horace Germany, BTh ’44 |
| 1969 | C. Herbert Joiner, BA ’47 |
| 1968 | Arthur R. Eikamp, BA ’43 |
| 1968 | Thomas R. Pyeatt, BS ’52 |
| 1967 | Dora Gerig Batdorf, BTh ’24 & BS ’61 |
| 1967 | Lawrence E. Brooks, BTh ’27 |
| 1967 | Isom R. Crockett, BA ’49 & BS ’50 |
| 1967 | Clair W. Shultz, BA ’36 & BTh ’39 |
| 1967 | James W. Sibert, BA ’40 |
| 1966 |
W. Dale Oldham, BTh ’23 & BTh ’38, Honorary Doctor of Divinity ’45
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| 1965 | Cauthion T. Boyd, BTh ’44 |
| 1964 | Warren C. Roark, BTh ’24, Honorary Doctor of Divinity ’51 |
| 1964 | Ida Byrd Rowe, BA ’36 & BTh ’38, Honorary Doctor of Letters ’41 |
| 1963 | Archie A. Bolitho, BA ’43 |
| 1962 | Loren R. Rohr, ’46 |
| 1961 | Valorous B. Clear, BA ’41 |
| 1960 | John H. Kane, BTh ’21 & BTh ’39, Honorary Doctor of Divinity ’53 |
| 1959 | Harold W. Boyer, ’37 |
| 1958 | Walter S. Haldeman, BTh ’29 & BDiv ’34 |
| 1958 | John A. Morrison, Honorary Doctor of Divinity ’30 |
| 1957 | Earl L. Martin, BTh ’30 & BDiv ’36, Honorary Doctor of Divinity ’37 |
| 1956 | Anna Emilie Koglin, BTh ’19 & BDiv ’33 |
| 1956 | George Russell Olt, Honorary Doctor of Laws ’33 |
| 1956 | Lima Lehmer Williams, BA ’35 |
| 1955 | Gabriel P. Dixon, BTh ’33 |
| 1954 | Streeter S. Stuart, Sr., ’31 |
| 1953 | Nicholas G. Zazanis, BTh ’22 |
| 1952 | Eunice Drennen Morrison, ’22 |
| 1951 | Ariel C. Haldeman, BTh ’24 |
| 1951 | J. Frank Shaw, ’28 |
| 1950 | Carl H. Kardatzke, BTh ’24, BDiv ’30 & BS ’44 |
| 1950 | James R. Tackett, ’19 |
| 1949 | Daisy Maiden Boone, BTh ’43 & BS ’45 |
| 1949 | Vern Schield, BTh ’24 |
| Year | Distinguished Young Alumni |
| 2022 | M. Andrew Gale ’06 ’08 |
| 2021 | Jacob and Mia (Klaes) McCall BA ’16 and ’17 |
| 2020 | LaNesha (Bolden) Tabb BA ’06 |
| 2019 | Cassandra Rigsbee Spracklen BA ’09 |
| 2019 | Chance Benbow BA ’10 |
| 2018 | Philip Peters BA ’02 |
| 2017 | Kyle Schroeder BA ‘10 |
| 2016 | Kara Carlisle, BA ’99 |
| 2015 | Travis Taflinger, BA ’04 |
| 2015 | Casey Cline, BA ’03 |
| 2014 | Paul Mumaw, BA ’97 |
| 2013 | Ryan Daniel, BA ’07 |
| 2012 | Amanda Scott, BA ’07 |
| 2011 | Chris Witt, BA ’03 |
| 2010 | Kyle Lacy, BA ’06 |
| 2009 | Jon McLaughlin, BA ’05 |
| 2008 | Michelle (Bitler) Kourouma, BA ’99 |
| 2007 | Ken Nehrbass, MDiv ’99 |
| 2007 | Mendy (Stone) Nehrbass, BSN ’98 |
| 2006 | Sara E. Cook, BA ’99 |
| 2005 | Jamie D. Prenkert, BA ’95 |
| 2004 | Darrell A. Miller, BA ’94 |
| 2003 | Clarice R. Eads, Ba ’96 |
| Year | Distinguished Service Award |
| 2022 | Jerry Fox ’79 |
| 2021 | Rev. Jimmy O. Terry BA ’93 |
| 2020 | Lisa Ragsdale BA ’83 |
| 2019 | Joe Royer BA ’96 |
| 2018 | Janet Brewer BA ’77 |
| 2017 | Chris Williams BA ‘92, MBA ‘00 |
| 2016 | Dr. Merle Strege, BA ’69, M.Div ’72 |
| 2015 | Greg Heberling |
| 2014 | Tom Bruce, BA ’71 |
| 2013 | Dr. William Farmen, BA ’58 |
| 2012 | Dr. Stanley Stephens, BA ’65 |
| 2011 | Michael Collette |
| 2010 | Pat Griffin |
| 2009 | Ray Freer, BA ’65 |
| 2008 | Judy (Baker) Matas, BA ’68 |
| 2007 | H.L. Baker, BA ’61 |
| 2006 | J. Douglas Nelson |
| 2005 | Robert L. Coffman, BA ’72 |
| 2004 | Linda S. Cummins |
| 2003 | Kathryn R. Strickler |
| 2003 | Paul E. Strickler |
| 2002 | Louise M. Spall, BA ’67 |
| 2001 | Shirley King Coolidge, BS ’60 |
| 2001 | Duane C. Hoak, ’55 |
| 2000 | Theodore Baker, BA ’72 & MMin ’76 |
| 2000 | E. Darlene Miller, BS ’62 |
| 1999 | Thomas R. Harbron, ’57 |
| 1999 | Beverley Miller Pitts, BA ’68 |
| 1998 | Sid D. Guillen |
| 1998 | James P. Rouintree |
| 1997 | Donald L. Collins, BA ’51 |
| 1997 | Jack C. Lewis |
| 1996 | Lawrence C. Reynolds, BA ’48 & BDiv ’59 |
| 1996 | Richard M. Young |
| 1995 | Robert N. Smith, BS ’53 |
| 1995 | Gibb E. Webber, BA ’56 |
| 1994 | Joe K. Womack |
| 1993 | H.L. Baker, BS ’61 |
| 1993 | Hollis S. Pistole, BA ’45 |
| 1992 | Kenneth F. Hall, BA ’48 |
| 1992 | James E. Massey |
| 1991 | Gladys F. Roark |
| 1991 | Richard E. Snyder, BS ’62 |
| 1990 | Kenneth E. Cook, ’51 |
| 1990 | Gertrude Wunsch |
| 1989 | Margaret L. Camm, ’75 |
| 1988 | Gustav Jeeninga, BA ’51 |
| 1988 | Frederick V. Shoot |
| 1987 | Walter Kufeldt, BA ’47 |
| 1985 | Martin L. Norris, BTh ’49 |
| 1984 | Maxine Line Linamen, BS ’50 |
| 1984 | Larry C.F. Maddox, BA ’66 |
| 1983 | F. Dale Bengtson, BS ’57 |
| 1982 | Geraldine Hurst Reardon, BA ’67 |
| 1981 | Cleda Achor Anderson, ’46 |
| 1981 | Robert Glen Falls, BA ’48 |
| 1979 | Ronald Fowler |
| 1979 | Lottie M. Franklin, BTh ’39 & BA ’40 |
| 1978 | Adam W. Miller, BA ’39 |
| 1977 | Marie Strong, BS ’45 |
| 1976 | W. Shirell Fox, BA ’50 |
| 1976 | James D. Macholtz, BS ’51 |
| 1976 | Blanche L. Martin, ’26 |
| 1975 | Dorothy Morrison Blevins-Dicus, BA ’43 |
| 1975 | Robert A. Nicholson, BS ’44 |
| 1975 | Robert H. Reardon, BA ’40 |
| 1974 | Vila A. Deubach, ’65 |
| 1974 | Robert W. McCurdy, BA ’59 |
| 1973 | Helen A. Holton, BA ’46 |
| 1973 | Cynthia Taylor Kane, BTh ’23 |
| 1972 | Samuel J. Cornelius, BS ’53 |
| 1972 | Harold F. Linamen |
| 1971 | Norman E. Beard, BS ’55 & MDiv ’58 |
| 1970 | Robert W. Macholtz, BS ’49 |
| 1970 | Lowell D. Smith, BA ’60 |
| Year | John H. Kane Loyalty Award |
| 2022 | Brian Schultz ’06 |
| 2021 | Zach Gray BA ’10 |
| 2020 | Jim Ostrognai BA ’99 |
| 2019 | Paul Saltzmann BA ’57 |
| 2018 | Reverend Dr. James Earl Massey |
| 2017 | Richard Jason Lenz BA ‘86 |
| 2016 | Rev. Dr. Diana Swoope, MRE ’81 |
| 2015 | Deanna Edwards, BA ’65 |
| 2014 | Dr. David Sebastian, MA ’77 |
| 2013 | Dr. Fred Shively, BA ’61 |
| 2012 | Connie Graham, BA ’75 |
| 2011 | Joe Royer MBA ’96 |
| 2010 | Sandi Patty, BA ’79 |
| 2009 | Ken and Grada Lockhart, BA ’57 & BA ’55 |
| 2008 | Phil M. Fair, BA ’61 |
| 2007 | Loren & Elouise Sutton (Friends) |
| 2006 | Dorothy Morrison Blevins-Dicus, BA ’43 |
| 2006 | Mona Morrison Hoffman, BA ’40 |
| 2004 | Joyce Sipka Winner, BA ’77 |
| 2003 | Judith Wells Renbarger, BA ’57 |
| 2002 | Robin J. Wood, BA ’77 & MDiv ’80 |
| 2001 | Tom L. (’02) & Sch’ree D. Ward |
| 2000 | John R. Zerkle, BA ’77 |
| 1999 | Gloria Sickal Gaither, BS ’63 |
| 1999 | William J. Gaither, BA ’59 |
| 1998 | Mort Crim ’74 |
| 1997 | Robert W. McCurdy, BA ’59 |
| 1996 | Debra L. Bratton, BA ’78 |
| 1995 | Tom S. Bruce, BA ’71 |
| 1994 | C. Jean Kilmer, BS ’50 |
| 1994 | Ruth Brizendine Kilmer, BA ’67 |
| 1993 | Sandra Moody Reitz, BS ’60 |
| 1992 | Donald C. Ritchey (Friend) |
| 1991 | Hillery C. Rice, Jr., BTh ’42 |
| 1990 | Ronald W. Moore, BA ’66 |
| 1989 | Connie Kissinger Frederick, BA ’71 |
| 1989 | Glen A. Frederick, BA ’72 |
| 1988 | Joseph W. Espey, BS ’60 |
| 1987 | R. Glenn Falls, BA ’48 |
| 1987 | Lucille A. Strawn, BS ’50 |
| 1986 | Samuel D. Collins, BA ’73 & MDiv ’76 |
| 1985 | Charles C. Briscoe, ’65 |
| 1981 | William C. Ellis, BA ’52 & MDiv ’57 |
| Year | Outstanding Music Alumni |
| 2022 | Melvin Chappell, BA ’75 |
| 2021 | Tony Small ’84 |
| 2019 | Douglas Beam BA ’04 |
| 2018 | Jon McLaughlin BA ’05 |
| 2017 | David Leon Coolidge, BA ’57 |
| 2016 | Valerie Maze, BA ’88 |
| 2015 | Jay Rouse ’86 |
| 2014 | Dr. Rebecca Chappell, BA ’76 |
| 2013 |
Gloria Gaither, BS ’63, Doctor of Humane Letters ’89
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| 2012 | Bill Gaither, BA ’59, Doctor of Music ’73 |
| 2011 | David R. Coolidge, BA ’87 |
| 2010 | Shelby Rhoades, BA ’96 |
| 2009 | Becky Archibald, BA ’83 |
| 2008 | Barbara Douglas, BA ’62 |
| 2007 | Paul E. Yerden, BA ’59 |
| 2006 | Sandra Haynes Miller, BS ‘ 63 |
| 2005 | Dr. Thomas A. Miller, BS ‘ 63 |
| 2004 | Sallie Vines White, BA ’82 |
| 2003 |
President Robert Nicholson, BS ’44, Honorary Dr ’90
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| 2002 | Dane Clark, BA ’82 |
| 2001 | Shirley King Coolidge, BS ’60, DSM ’02 |
| 2000 | Lloyd Larson, BA ’76 |
| 1999 | Sandi Patty, BA ’79 |
| 1998 | Dr. F. Dale Bengtson, BA ’57 |
| 1997 | Christine Walters, BA ’71 |
| Year | Nursing Awards |
| 2022 | Lifetime Achievement in Nursing Award: Dr. Patricia Kline |
| 2022 | Friend of Nursing Award: Dan Courtney ’81 |
| 2022 | Community Service Award: Pat Anderson, RN |
| 2022 | Outstanding School of Nursing Alumni Award: John Suko ’75, ’76, ’93 |
| 2020 | Lifetime Achievement in Nursing Award: John Ackerman ’75 |
| 2020 | Friend of Nursing Award: Jodie Reminder |
| 2020 | Community Service Award: Colnel (Marjorie) Charlene Merrill (Ret.) ’54 |
| 2020 | Outstanding School fo Nursing Alumni Award: Amy (Rust) Voris ’09 |
| 2019 | Community Service Award: Statflight |
| 2019 | Outstanding School of Nursing Alumni: Jody Zachary ’15 and ’18 |
| 2019 | Friend of Nursing Award: Matt Parker ’15 |
| 2019 | Lifetime Achievement in Nursing Award: Dr. Marie Morris |
| 2018 | Friend of Nursing Award: Bruce Carr BA ’61 |
| 2018 | Community Service Award: Pat Bennett |
| 2018 | Outstanding School of Nursing Alumni Award: Kay Hite AS ’81 |
| 2018 | Lifetime Achievement in Nursing Award: Jan Bronnenberg |
| 2017 | Outstanding School of Nursing Alumni: Aaron Wilson BS ’03 |
| 2017 | Alumni Community Service: Ashley Wilson BS ’12 |
| 2017 | Lifetime Achievement in Nursing: Nancy Pitcock |
| 2017 | Friend of Nursing: Nancy Mumbower AS ’76 |
| 2014 | Lifetime Achievement Award: Beverly Travis |
| 2014 | Friend of Nursing Award: Keith Trent |
| 2014 | Distinguished Alumni Award: Todd Mossoney |
| 2013 | Paige Dooley, MSN-MBA ’01 |
| 2012 | Lifetime Achievement: Beth Leavell |
| 2012 | Service to the Community: Becky Bartle |
| 2012 | Distinguished Alumni: Mike Fights, MBA ’07 |
| 2012 | Friend of Nursing: Janet Brewer, BA ’77 |
| 2011 | Service to the Community: Heather Sheets, BS ’02 |
| 2011 | Friend of Nursing: Dr. Frank Campbell |
| 2010 | Lifetime Achievement: Matilda Barber |
| 2010 | Service to the Community: Jeff Glover, AS ’81, BA ’86 |
| 2010 | Distinguished Alumni: Lori Keith |
| 2010 | Friend of Nursing: Jan Bingle |
| 2009 | Lifetime Achievement: Pat Griffin |
| 2009 | Service to the Community: Holly Renz, BA ’76 |
| 2009 | Distinguished Alumni: Cindy Penhorwood |
| 2009 | Friend of Nursing: Karen Roller, BA ’76 |
| 2008 | Lifetime Achievement: Pat Bennett |
| 2008 | Service to the Community: Carolyn Speedy, AS ’83 |
| 2008 | Distinguished Alumni: Shelly Sparks, BS ’98 |
| 2008 | Friend of Nursing: Jeff Rush |
| Year | Honorary Degree Recipients |
| 2023 | Terri J. Austin, Doctor of Laws |
| 2023 | H. L. Baker ’61, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2023 | John P. Sanders, Doctor of Business |
| 2023 | Berenice Justiniani Villarreal, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2022 | Hon. Judge Dennis Carroll ’69, Doctor of Laws |
| 2022 | Dr. Priscilla Archangel, Doctor of Business |
| 2022 | Mary Beth Chapman, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2021 | Charles R. “Chas” Carroll ’77, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2020 | Susan W. Brooks, Doctor of Law |
| 2019 | Elizabeth S. Tharp, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2019 | Robert K. Blume, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2019 | Gov. Eric J. Holcomb, Doctor of Laws |
| 2018 | Bishop Timothy J. Clarke, Doctor of Divinity |
| 2018 | Dr. Todd R. Clear BA ’71, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2018 | Margaret A. Lewis, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2017 | Regina Troutman Snowden, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2017 | The Rev. Curtiss Paul DeYoung, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2017 | Regina Troutman Snowden, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2016 | Leonard Sweet, Doctor of Divinity |
| 2016 | Rev. Arnetta McNeese Bailey, Doctor of Divinity |
| 2015 | Dr. James L. Edwards, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2014 | Susan Ellsperman, Doctor of Laws |
| 2014 | Esther K. Augsburger, Doctor in Fine Arts |
| 2014 | Rev. Arlene Hall, Doctor of Divinity |
| 2014 | Dr. Kenneth F. Hall, Doctor of Divinity |
| 2013 | Andrea Morehead, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2013 | Dr. Robert McCurdy, Doctor of Science |
| 2012 | Charles H. Dickmann, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2012 | Frank Campbell, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2012 | John E. Wilson, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2012 | Lois A. Settlemeyer, Doctor of Letters |
| 2011 | Steven Curtis Chapman, Doctor of Music |
| 2011 | Charles Myricks, Doctor of Divinity |
| 2011 | Dr. Beverly Pitts, Doctor of Letters |
| 2010 | Dr. William G. Enright, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2010 | Dr. Mark W. Fulton, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2009 | Emery Williams, Doctor of Divinity |
| 2009 | Billy Joe Hall, Doctor of Laws |
| 2009 | Thomas J. Snyder, Doctor of Laws |
| 2009 | Bobbette J. Snyder, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2008 | James T. Morris, Doctor of Laws |
| 2008 | Phyllis R. Naylor, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2007 | Matilda J. Barber, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2007 | Ronald V. Duncan, BA ’68, Doctor of Divinity |
| 2007 | Cheryl J. Sanders, Doctor of Divinity |
| 2007 | Elizabeth Harp York, ’52, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2006 | Martin D. Grubbs, BA ’81, Doctor of Divinity |
| 2006 | Dorothy Nelis Nicholson, BS ’46, Doctor of Letters |
| 2006 | John S. Pistole, BA ’78, Doctor of Laws |
| 2006 | Gwyn Richards, Doctor of Music |
| 2005 | James F. Ault, Doctor of Laws |
| 2005 | Robert O. Dulin, Jr., BA ’63, Doctor of Divinity |
| 2005 | Anne Ryder, Doctor of Letters |
| 2004 | Verda E. Beach, Doctor of Divinity |
| 2004 | Larry G. Osnes, BS ’63, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2004 | Tom L. Ward, Doctor of Laws |
| 2003 | Dondeena F. Caldwell, BA ’49, Doctor of Divinity |
| 2003 | M. Maurice Caldwell, Doctor of Divinity |
| 2003 | Louis E. Gerig, BA ’68, Doctor of Laws |
| 2003 | Martin C. Jischke, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2002 | David L. Coolidge, BS ’57, Doctor of Sacred Music |
| 2002 | Shirley King Coolidge, BS ’60, Doctor of Sacred Music |
| 2002 | Jean Ratzlaff Johnson, BS ’52, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2001 | Dalineta L. Hines, Doctor of Divinity |
| 2001 | Cleopatra Myricks-Graham, Doctor of Sacred Music |
| 2001 | Gene W. Newberry, BTh ’38, Doctor of Divinity |
| 2001 | Judith A. O’Bannon, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2000 | Melvyn F. Hester, BA ’61, Doctor of Divinity |
| 2000 | E. Stanley Kardatzke, BA ’61, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2000 | Rick R. Little, ’75, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2000 | Geraldine E. Hurst Reardon, BA ’67, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1999 | Jay A. Barber, Jr., Doctor of Laws |
| 1999 | Sethard A. Beverly, BTh ’54, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1999 | Jay L. Kesler, Doctor of Letters |
| 1999 | Philip L. Kinley, BA ’52 & MDiv ’55, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1999 | Phyllis Gillespie Kinley, BS ’52, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1998 |
Norman E. Beard, BS ’55 & MDiv ’58, Doctor of Humane Letters
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| 1998 | Lee Hamilton, Doctor of Laws |
| 1998 | C. Dan Harden, BA ’55 & MDiv ’58, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1997 | Eugene B. Habecker, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1997 | Gertrude E. Wunsch, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1996 | Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Doctor of Laws |
| 1996 | William H. Hardacre, Doctor of Laws |
| 1996 | Mary Holliday Morgan, MA ’79, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1995 | Ralph W. Hatch, BA ’53, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1995 | James Earl Massey, Doctor of Letters |
| 1994 | Evan Bayh, Doctor of Laws |
| 1994 | Leland E. Boren, Doctor of Laws |
| 1994 | Arthur M. Kelly, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1994 | Ozie G. Wattleton, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1993 | John T. Olds, BA ’39 & BTh ’40, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1993 | M. Richard Rose, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1992 | Cleveland E. Grant, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1992 | Arlo F. Newell, BA ’50, Doctor of Letters |
| 1991 | Raymond E. Cotton, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1991 | Sandra F. Patty, BA ’79, Doctor of Music |
| 1991 | Rudolph Smith, Doctor of Letters |
| 1990 | Robert A. Nicholson, BS ’44, Doctor of Laws |
| 1989 | Larry D. Contos, Doctor of Laws |
| 1989 | Robert A. Culp, BA ’57 & BDiv ’61, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1989 | Gloria Sickal Gaither, BS ’63, Doctor of Letters |
| 1989 | Sidney M. Johnson, BTh ’52 & MDiv ’55, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1988 | Myron S. Augsburger, Doctor of Laws |
| 1988 | Doris J. Dale, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1988 | Oral C. Withrow, BA ’55 & MDiv ’61, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1987 | Steven C. Beering, Doctor of Science |
| 1987 | Philip S. Cooper, Doctor of Laws |
| 1987 | Hattie Downer, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1987 | Richard C. Halverson, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1987 | Louis P. Meyer, BS ’45, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1986 | Ronald J. Fowler, MDiv ’66, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1986 | H. Wilber Hardacre, Doctor of Laws |
| 1986 | Coretta Scott King, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1986 | Fidel Zamorano, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1985 | Arthur R. Eikamp, BA ’43, Doctor of Letters |
| 1985 | Louis H. Evans, Jr., Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1985 | W. Shirell Fox, BA ’50, Doctor of Laws |
| 1985 | Samuel G. Hines, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1984 | Charles W. Colson, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1984 | Carl D. Erskine, Doctor of Laws |
| 1984 | Edward L. Foggs, ’65, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1984 | Betty Jo Schwieger Hutchison, BS ’44, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1983 | Robert Horman Reardon, BA ’40, Doctor of Laws |
| 1982 | Helen D. Canaday, Doctor of Laws |
| 1982 | Edward P. Czapor, Doctor of Laws |
| 1982 | William H. Hudnut, III, Doctor of Laws |
| 1982 | Benjamin F. Reid, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1981 | Milo L. Chapman, BTh ’39, Doctor of Letters |
| 1981 | Walter M. Doty, BA ’39, Doctor of Letters |
| 1981 | J. Horace Germany, BTh ’44, Doctor of Letters |
| 1981 | Leslie W. Ratzlaff, BA ’40 & BTh ’41, Doctor of Letters |
| 1980 | Esther Boyer Kirkpatrick Bauer, BTh ’30, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1980 | Fouad B. Melki, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1980 | Donald A. Noffsinger, Doctor of Laws |
| 1979 | Charles H. Webb, Doctor of Music |
| 1978 | G. David Cox, BA ’55 & MDiv ’58, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1978 | John Nelson, Doctor of Music |
| 1978 | Helen Martin Achor Shoemaker, BA ’60, Doctor of Laws |
| 1978 | Marie Strong, BS ’45, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1977 | Cauthion Tilmon Boyd, BTh ’44, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1977 | Leroy Marcus Fulton, BA ’53 & MDiv ’60, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1977 | Wilbur Scott Roby, Doctor of Laws |
| 1977 | Ann Espey Smith, BS ’58, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1976 | David E. Martin, Doctor of Laws |
| 1976 | Addie L. Wyatt, Doctor of Laws |
| 1976 | William C. Ellis, BA ’52 & MDiv ’57, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1976 | Thomas R. McMahan, Doctor of Laws |
| 1976 | Samuel J. Ervin, Jr., Doctor of Laws |
| 1974 | Albert Morton Crim, Doctor of Letters |
| 1974 | Pansey M. Brown, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1974 | Percy K. Jenkins, Doctor of Science |
| 1974 | J. David Grubbs, BA ’60, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1974 | Mark O. Hatfield, Doctor of Laws |
| 1973 | Otis R. Bowen, Doctor of Laws |
| 1973 | William J. Gaither, BA ’59, Doctor of Music |
| 1973 | Marvin J. Hartman, BA ’49, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1973 | Nellie Field Snowden, ’44, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1972 | Alexander E. Bracken, Doctor of Laws |
| 1972 | Edith Green, Doctor of Laws |
| 1972 | B. Gale Hetrick, BTh ’44, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1971 | James R. Farmer, Doctor of Laws |
| 1971 | E. Joe Gilliam, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1971 | Ross H. Minkler, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1971 | E. J. Morris, Jr., Doctor of Divinity |
| 1971 | Thomas E. Wilson, Doctor of Laws |
| 1970 | Chester L. Edwards, BS ’55, Doctor of Laws |
| 1970 | Maxwell R. Gaulke, BA ’33, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1970 | Theodore M. Hesburgh, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1970 | Raymond S. Jackson, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1970 | Richard G. Lugar, Doctor of Laws |
| 1969 | William B. Harper, ’51, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1969 | Robert L. Kessler, Doctor of Laws |
| 1969 | Charles H. Malik, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1969 | Wilbur L. Schield, ’34, Doctor of Laws |
| 1969 | Paul A. Tanner, BTh ’46, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1967 | Bessie Hittle Byrum, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1967 | John R. Emens, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1967 | R. Eugene Sterner, ’36, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1966 | Birch E. Bayh, Doctor of Laws |
| 1966 | Donald L. Boyes, Doctor of Laws |
| 1966 | Elmo A. Funk, Doctor of Laws |
| 1966 | Elmer E. Kardatzke, BA ’35 & BDiv ’37, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1966 | Charles V. Weber, ’28, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1964 | Everett A. Hartung, Doctor of Laws |
| 1964 | Archie A. Kinion, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1963 | Harold W. Boyer, ’37, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1963 | Charles M. Schulz, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1963 | Izler Solomon, Doctor of Music |
| 1962 | Ivy Kahn, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1962 | Oscar T. Simpson, Doctor of Science |
| 1962 | Herman B. Wells, Doctor of Laws |
| 1962 | Ewald E. Wolfram, BA ’47, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1961 | Landrum R. Bolling, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1961 | Gerhard Klabunde, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1961 | Harry B. Mitchell, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1961 | Frank K. Zoll, Doctor of Laws |
| 1960 | Denzel R. Lovely, ’34, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1959 | Frank H. Allis, Doctor of Laws |
| 1959 | Lester A. Crose, BA ’45, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1959 | David W. Gaulke, BA ’34, Doctor of Science |
| 1959 | William E. Reed, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1957 | Clarence W. Hatch, BTh ’24 & BTh ’41, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1957 | Charles E. Wilson, Doctor of Laws |
| 1956 | T. Franklin Miller, ’35, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1955 | Theodore A. Distler, Doctor of Laws |
| 1954 | Harold L. Phillips, BTh ’38, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1954 | Harriet Williams Toner, Doctor of Literature |
| 1953 | John H. Kane, BTh ’21 & BTh’ 39, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1953 | Theodore R. McKeldin, Doctor of Laws |
| 1953 | Hillery C. Rice, Jr., BTh ’42, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1951 | Ernest P. Kersten, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1951 | Linfield Myers, Doctor of Laws |
| 1951 | Warren C. Roark, BTh ’24, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1951 | Henry F. Schricker, Doctor of Laws |
| 1950 | Harold E. Achor, Doctor of Laws |
| 1949 | William H. Hunt, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1949 | Steele C. Smith, BTh ’24 & BA ’34, Doctor of Laws |
| 1945 | W. Dale Oldham, BTh ’23 & BTh ’38, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1942 | Floyd I. McMurray, Doctor of Laws |
| 1942 | Estel E. Perry, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1941 | Elsie E. Egermeir, Doctor of Literature |
| 1941 | Ida Byrd Rowe, BA ’36 & BTh ’38, Doctor of Letters |
| 1940 | Elver F. Adcock, BTh ’21 & BTh ’38, Doctor of Laws |
| 1940 | Adam W. Miller, BA ’39, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1939 | John D. Crose, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1938 | Arthur L. Campbell, Doctor of Laws |
| 1938 | Rodney C. Caudill, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1937 | Earl L. Martin, BTh ’30 & BDiv ’36, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1937 | M. Clifford Townsend, Doctor of Laws |
| 1935 | William E. Monk, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1934 | Sethard P. Dunn, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1933 | George Russell Olt, Doctor of Laws |
| 1931 | Alexander T. Rowe, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1931 | Barney E. Warren, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1930 | Charles E. Brown, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1930 | John A. Morrison, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1929 | Eugene Alonzo Reardon, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1929 | Joseph T. Wilson, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1928 | Raymond Russell Byrum, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1927 | Herbert M. Riggle, Doctor of Divinity |
| 1927 | Frederick G. Smith, Doctor of Divinity |
Anderson University educates students for lives of faith and service, offering more than 50 undergraduate majors, 30 three-year degrees, 20 NCAA Division III intercollegiate sports, alongside adult and graduate programs. The private, liberal arts institution is fully accredited and recognized for excellence in business, computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, music, nursing, psychology, and teacher education programs. Established in 1917 in Anderson, Indiana, by the Church of God, the university remains committed to its Christ-centered mission.