Alumni Awards

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.

2024 Alumni Award Winners

Distinguished Young Alum: Marcus Rixon ’14
A Award: Dr. Mark “Skip” Elliott ’69
A Award: Dennis ’84 and Michelle Hoffman ’82 Craker

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Each year at Reunion, Asbury University recognizes three outstanding alumni from banner-year classes (those celebrating 5-year milestones) who exemplify Academic Excellence and Spiritual Vitality in his or her area of influence.

Asbury also recognizes one outstanding young alumnus from banner-year classes up to 15 years from graduation.

Nominations are accepted year round. Recipients will be determined by the Awards Committee of the Alumni Board and then approved by the President of Asbury University by April, prior to the Reunion Event hosted in June.

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Award Winners from Previous Years

Past A Award Winners

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

Past Young Alum Award Winners

Year	Names
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