Since 1946, the Asbury University Alumni Association has recognized alumni who have achieved distinction professionally and demonstrated loyalty to Asbury University, and been out of school for 20 years or more through the “A Award”. A Awards are typically given to those who are celebrating a banner class year reunion. In 2000 the Distinguished Young Alum Award was added to honor an alumnus under 40 years of age and out of school for a minimum of five years. Nominate someone today!
Award Winners from Previous Years
Please help us celebrate the announcement of our award recipients at Reunion. We hope to see you there!
| Year | Names |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Rev. Kathleen Register ’53 Redeker Arvid ’73 and Judy Mommsen ’65 Metcalf Rev. Chris Bounds ’88 |
| 2022 | Dr. Kay Fuller ’57 Rader Dr. Jonathan ’67 and Judith Hoover ’67 Culver Andy ’96 and Andrea Toledo ’97 Baker |
| 2021 | Ms. Jeannine Brabon ’71 Drs. Janice '61 and Gil Crouse ’60 Dr. Janine Corbitt ’76 Jones |
| 2020 | Dr. Winston B. Smith ’50 Dr. Albin C. Whitworth ’60 Drs. JP ’83 and Helen Rehner ’80 Rader |
| 2019 | Dr. Sewell Woodward Jr. ’54 Dr. Joe ’74 and Willa-sue Ling ’76 Brockinton |
| 2018 | Dr. Walt ’63 and Rowena Phillips ’63 Shaw Rev. Tom Atkins ’68 Dr. Bill ’78 and Diane Nelson ’83 Ury |
| 2017 | Mr. C.E. ’68 and Mrs. Lolita Larabee ’67 Crouse Ms. Carol Sue Ray ’67 Rev. Rurel ’76 and Rev. Lisa Friedeman ’77 Ausley Mr. Jeff ’87 and Mrs. Barbara Lowe ’86 Stryker |
| 2016 | Dr. Robert Wiley ’61 Mrs. Margaret Lewis ’66 Watson Mr. Mark Ridenour ’81 |
| 2015 | Dr. Mike Henderson ’65 Rev. Stan ’75 and Mrs. Katy Kinlaw ’75 Key Mrs. Andrea Gyertson ’95 Nasfell |
| 2014 | Dr. Emerson Gilbert ’59 Dr. Jim Owens ’79 Mr. Mark Whitworth ’84 |
| 2013 | Dr. Dennis Kinlaw ’43 Mr. Gregg ’73 and Mrs. Deborah Shaw ’73 Lewis Judge Tim Philpot ’73 Rev. David Persons Ph.D ’68 |
| 2012 | Dr. Wallace Swanson ’52 Mr. Clayon Carpenter ’62 Mr. Paul ’67 and Mrs. Rebecca Kunkle ’67 Petrie |
| 2011 | Mr. Arnold Baker ’51 Dr. Robert Hayes ’51 Dr. Jack Chang ’61 Dr. Waldon Garriss III ’81 |
| 2010 | Rev. Grant Nealis ’55 Mrs. Sharon Wilhelm ’60 Ranalli Folkart Mr. Daniel ’75 and Mrs. Martha Faber ’76 Hutchens |
| 2009 | Bishop Wayne Clymer ’39 Dr. Dorothy Barbo ’54 Mr. Harold Rainwater ’69 |
| 2008 | Dr. Jiles E. Kirkland ’50 Dr. Robert Ogilvie ’58 Dr. Ron ’63 and Mrs. Bonnie Gill ’64 Koteskey Mrs. Elizabeth Ziegler ’73 Miller |
| 2007 | Dr. George Morris ’57 Dr. Morris Hintzman ’67 Rev. Shirley Culver ’67 DeWolf |
| 2006 | Commrs. W. Todd ’61 and Carol Easterday ’62 Bassett Dr. Jim Foulkes ’51 |
| 2005 | Mr. Joseph Luce ’50 Dr. Alan Moulton ’60 Dr. Charles Turkington ’50 |
| 2004 | Mr.Ellsworth Culver ’49 Mrs. Virginia Gilmore ’54 Durgin Dr. Roy Lauter ’64 Dr. Ruth Ann Shepherd ’74 |
| 2003 | Mr. Kenneth Abraham ’73 Mr. Roger Kusche ’43 Dr. Vinson Sutlive ’53 Mr. Samuel Emerick ’38 |
| 2002 | Dr. Cullen Rivers ’67 Mr. Stephen Smith ’77 Judge Greg Van Tatenhove ’82 |
| 2001 | Dr. Evyn Adams ’41 Commrs. John ’60 and Elsie Henderson ’60 Busby Miss Ruth Seifert ’51 |
| 2000 | Dr. Steve ’76 and Mrs. Deni Moegerle ’75 Corbett Drs. J.B. ’55 and Bette Shipps ’53 Crouse |
| 1999 | Col. Franklin Morrison ’23 Dr. Bobby Ray Martin ’59 Dr. Jack Ewing ’74 |
| 1998 | Miss Lois M Henry ’48 Dr. Thomas L. Curtis ’53 Mrs. Peggy O’Neal ’68 Miller Dr. David Stevens ’73 |
| 1997 | Dr. Mildred Stratton ’47 Chapman Mrs. Diane LeMasters ’72 Knippers Dr. Hugh Frazer ’52 |
| 1996 | Dr. Robert Kingsbury ’56 Mr. Joseph Pitts ’61 Mrs. Ann Kennison ’66 Van Valin |
| 1995 | Rev. Kenneth ’60 and Mrs. Sarah Murphree ’60 Corson Rev. Powell ‘35 and Mrs. Helene Stewart ’40 Royster Mr. Wilbur ’35 and Mrs. Grace Buyers ’36 Smith |
| 1994 | Mrs. Janice Fraser ’64 Biddulph Dr. David Brabon ’69 Dr. Joseph Thomas ’54 |
| 1993 | Dr. William Douce ’48 Mrs. Olive Johnson ’43 McLendon Mr. Frank Roughton Harvey ’53 |
| 1992 | Dr. Hayden K. Carruth, Sr. ’37 Dr. Nelson M. Hoffman, Jr. ’42 Dr. Charles Lake ’62 |
| 1991 | Mrs. Madeline Kelso ’30 Dennis Dr. Carl Fliermans ’66 Rev. Russell Williams ’66 Rev. Clarence Yates ’41 |
| 1990 | Mrs. Elizabeth Stanger ’41 Foster Rev. E. H. “Buddy” Gaines ’60 Mrs. Virginia Law ’45 Shell Mrs. Sammye Smith ’39 Vore Dr. Wallace Harned ’38 |
| 1989 | Dr. Bernard T. Fagan ’39 Dr. John Wesley Kurewa ’64 Dr. J. Eldon Neihof, Sr. ’59 |
| 1988 | Dr. James Heidinger II ’63 Dr. BettyJo Dorsey ’53 Murphree Rev. Harold Shingledecker ’38 |
| 1987 | Dr. Thomas A. Collins, Sr. ’41 Dr. Paul A. Getty ’54 Dr. Sergio D. Guillen ’56 Dr. Robert A. Oetjen ’36 |
| 1986 | Rev. C. Marshal Cavit ’36 Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw ’36 Gibson Mrs. Margaret Martin ’41 Moore Mr. Alan Nagel ’66 |
| 1985 | Dr. F. Wilfred Fisher ’40 Dr. Billy Key ’45 Rev. Arthur Lindsay ’60 Dr. Dwight Mikkelson ’50 |
| 1984 | Miss Lillie Mae Ammerman ’43 Dr. Charles W. Grant ’29 Mr. T. Alfred Pilson ’34 Dr. Ralph Purdy ’29 |
| 1983 | Dr. Charles Cochran ’33 Mrs. Yvonne Cochran ’58 Moulton Dr. Helmut Schultz ’58 Dr. Nelson L. Wolfe ’58 |
| 1982 | Dr. Marshall W. Murphree ’52 General Paul A. Rader ’56 Rev. Perry Tanksley ’51 Dr. Joseph A. Thacker ’50 |
| 1981 | Rev. Paul Haines ’45 Dr. Laton Earle Holmgren ’36 Dr. Rex A. McConnell ’53 Mrs. Dorothy Best ’41 Rains Dr. Jack Arthur Rains ’41 |
| 1980 | Dr. C. Philip Hinerman ‘40 Miss Meredythe A. Scheflen ‘47 Dr. Lewis W. Thompson, Jr. ‘55 Dr. Donald P. Wilson ‘20 Mrs. Mary Asbury Hughes ’20 Wilson |
| 1979 | Dr. Pak Chue Chan ‘19 Dr. J. Harold Greenlee ‘39 Rev. Frederick A. Shiltz ‘29 Mrs. Annie L. Byrne ’31 Westerfield |
| 1978 | Mrs. Judith White ’25 Kinder Miss Echo Morton ‘40 Mrs. Era Wilder ’27 Peniston Rev. John “Jack” Snook, Jr. ‘43 |
| 1977 | Mr. Scotty Bierley ‘52 Dr. Donald Graves ’42 Rev. Joe Hale ‘57 Dr. Sadie Maude Moore ’22 |
| 1976 | Mr. Judson D. Blakslee ‘26 Mrs. Dorothy Quillen ’46 Davis Dr. Mason V. Hargett ‘24 Dr. Harry H. Waller ‘26 |
| 1975 | Rev. G. Fletcher Anderson ‘50 Rev. John M. Falkenberg ‘40 Miss Rosalind Rinker ‘45 Miss Emma T. Watts ‘25 |
| 1974 | Rev. Benjamin H. Franklin ‘15 Dr. Estill E. Franklin ‘15 Mr. Elmer ’15 and Mrs. Fern Potter ’15 Hinkle Mrs. Gaile J. Morris ‘26 Dr. Sam A. Overstreet ‘18 Mr. Robert K. Smith ‘29 |
| 1973 | Mrs. Margaret Round ’42 Brabon Rev. Willard J. Doyle ‘40 Mr. Robert A. Reynolds ‘42 |
| 1972 | Rev. Loren Anderson ‘49 Dr. Roberta Day ’23 Corbitt Dr. Lewis Thompson, Sr. ‘30 |
| 1971 | Rev. Benis G. Carnes ‘27 Mrs. Mary Halsel ’44 Cunningham Rev. Robert H. Ling ‘20 |
| 1970 | Dr. Kenneth Fraser ‘33 Dr. Cornelius R. Hager ‘34 Dr. Z. T. Johnson, Sr. ‘25 |
| 1969 | Dr. Basil G. Osipoff ‘30 Captain Damon L. Rader ‘54 Dr. Henry C. Wesche ‘20 |
| 1968 | Dr. Leon Fisher ‘47 Rev. Maurice W. Stevens ‘47 Mrs. Lavetta Serrott ’46 Stewart |
| 1967 | Dr. William D. Davis ‘47 Dr. Edwin W. Kilbourne ‘41 Dr. Sollie McCreless ‘29 |
| 1966 | Mr. June Mitchell ‘27 Dr. L. Ernest Otter ‘24 Dr. Ford R. Philpot ‘50 |
| 1965 | Drs. Duvon C. Corbitt ’48 Jr. and Phyllis Davidson ’46 Corbitt Dr. Maurice Culver ‘39 Dr. Russell R. Patton |
| 1964 | Dr. Wayne A. Lamb ‘31 Dr. Marion B. Stokes, Jr. ‘32 Dr. Bell I. Wiley ‘28 |
| 1963 | Dr. Lewis R. Akers ’03 Mr. Kimber Crouse ‘36 |
| 1962 | Rev. Paul J. Pappas ‘26 Dr. Y. D. Westerfield ’26 |
| 1961 | Dr. J. Paul Ray ‘39 Dr. Frank B. Stanger ‘34 |
| 1960 | Dr. Alice Lan ‘29 Dr. Albert T. Puntney ‘25 |
| 1959 | Dr. Joseph M. Davis ‘45 Mrs. Ruth Childers ’40 Seamands |
| 1958 | Miss Betty M. Hu ‘45 Rev. Robert F. Wiley ‘25 |
| 1957 | Dr. D. C. Corbitt, Sr. ‘23 Dr. Warner P. Davis ‘21 |
| 1956 | Dr. E. Stanley Jones ‘07 Dr. Claude Thompson ‘32 |
| 1955 | Dr. William M. Arnett ‘40 Dr. George R. Warner ‘24 |
| 1954 | Dr. E. L. R. Elson ‘28 Dr. C. Kildow Lovejoy ‘28 |
| 1953 | Dr. David A. Seamands ‘42 Mr. Raymond L. Swauger ‘29 |
| 1952 | Dr. William Gillam ‘39 Mrs. Mary McAfee ’33 Lannom |
| 1951 | Mrs. Clara Blumer ’20 Mikkelson Bishop J. W. Pickett ‘07 |
| 1950 | Dr. D. J. Householder ‘26 Dr. J. T. Seamands ‘38 |
| 1949 | Dr. Alexander J. Reid ‘27 Dr. W. D. Turkington ’23 |
| 1948 | Rev. Robert Chung ‘25 Dr. Eugene Erny ‘25 |
| 1947 | Dr. Hildreth Cross ‘22 Dr. Lela G. McConnell ‘24 |
| 1946 | Dr. James D. Gibson ‘35 Dr. J. B. Kenyon ‘13 |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Elijah Friedeman ’15 |
| 2022 | Stockton Brown ’12 |
| 2021 | Beth Showalter ’06 Toenies |
| 2020 | Sarah Seaton ’05 Kuban |
| 2019 | Nathan Pyle ’04 |
| 2018 | LCDR Kyle Calton ’03 |
| 2017 | Billy ’02 and Joanna Neff ’02 Coppedge |
| 2016 | Dr. Jeremy Corbett ’01 |
| 2015 | Dr. Bill Sterrett ’00 |
| 2014 | Mrs. Lara Mayes ’99 Johnson |
| 2013 | Dr. Shawn Okpebholo ’03 |
| 2012 | Mr. Donald “D.T.” Slouffman ’97 |
| 2011 | Chaplain William “Spence” Spencer ’96, Mrs. Heidi Raass ’97 Spencer |
| 2010 | Rev. David Spring ’95 |
| 2009 | Dr. Holly Sheilley ’94 |
| 2008 | Mr. Leland Conway ’98 |
| 2007 | Mr. Steve English ’92, Mrs. Pam Knight ’92 English |
| 2006 | Dr. Malinda Stull ’91 |
| 2005 | Mr. Chris Heuertz ’94, Mrs. Phileena Bacon ’96 Heuertz |
| 2004 | Mr. Daniel Groves ’91 |
| 2003 | Rev. Nathan Wilson ’93 |
| 2002 | Rev. David Nelson ’87 |
| 2001 | Mrs. Sandra Greenwell ’88 Chandler |
| 2000 | Dr. Daniel Butler ’85 |