Society John Wesley Award of Merit
At commencement, Wesley Theological Seminary presents the Society of John Wesley Award of Merit to an individual who, through sacrificial leadership, exemplifies a high standard of commitment and devotion to God, the Church and Wesley Theological Seminary. Recipients are Wesley Theological Seminary graduates nominated and selected by fellow graduates.
Recipients
2011
2010
Marlin Snider '77, '89
2009
Bishop Peggy Johnson '93
2008
Brenda Girton-Mitchell '04
2007
Kenneth Arthur '61
Keary Kincannon '81
2006
Patricia Jelinek '73 and '80
2005
Robert L. Parsons '68 and '80
Thomas C. Short '61
2004
Lewis A. Parks '73
2003
Kyunglim Shin Lee '93
Frank Trotter '73 and '75
2002
Michael Terry Bradfield '78 and '03
2001
J. Gordon Stapleton '58
2000
W. McCarl Roberts '57
Larry O. Tingle '68 and '84
1985-1999 Recipients
Pre-1985
Howard T. Brinton '44
Douglass R. Chandler '29
John H. Dawson '41
J. Leas Green '19
Nathaniel M. Harrison '18
Paul E. Holdcraft '24
Montgomery J. Shroyer '15
Bishop James H. Straughn '01
Paul F. Warner '21
William F. Wright '12
Yoshio Ito '29
James M. McIntosh '43
Frank L. Shaffer '29
Theodore E. Landis '36
Harold M. MacAdow '29
Frank W. Stephenson '13
J. Harry Haines '49
Norman M. Parr '41
John N. Link '23
Herbert E. Hudgins '27
Howard C. Emrick '32
James L. Carraway '38
Hartwell F. Chandler '30
Paul Erb Myer '44
John Bayler Jones '35
Ferd Wagner '43
Donzel C. Wildey '44
Clarkson R. Banes '19
William H. Revelle, Jr. '48
Odell R. Carr '52
James L. Duley '53
Grantas Hoopert '50
W. Kenneth Lyons, Sr. '33
Merrill W. Drennan '53
Obelia Scott Ross '60
Frank S. Depro '40
Carl E. Price '59
Clifford A. Armour, Jr. '66
Masuo Kaneko '60
Laurence H. Stookey '62
Vaudra N. Rushing '70
Charles I. Wallace, Sr. '42
Canaan S. Banana '75
Hugh D. Crocer '56
Robert K. Smyth '58
C. Douglas Cooney '52
Raymon E. White '59
1985
Phyllis Tyler-Wayman '71
Bishop Cecil Bishop '60
1986
Roland Kirchner '51
Mary Alice Love '75
1987
Robin M.L. Maas '78
Bishop Jose Gamboa, Jr. '64
1988
Catherine A. Kapikian '79
Donald S. Stanton '56
1989
Bishop Susan M. Morrison '79
Lovett H. Weems '72
1990
David A. Balcom '59
Bishop Sundo Kim '70
1991
Bishop Warner Brown '74
Bishop Arthur F. Kulah '78
Ted and Shirley DeWolf '74
1992
Bishop Kenneth L. Carder '65
E. Allen Stewart '77
Man-King Tso '71
1993
In a shift from Fall to Spring Graduate Gathering - No 1993 Recipients
1994
Terrie Rae Chattin '80 and '90
Joo H. Kang '82
1995
Aimee W. Twigg '76
Edward H. Wright '53
Elizabeth A.S. Wright '85
1996
Jonathan E. Baker '75 and '79
Bishop Marcus Mathews '74
Carol Cosens Yocum '75
1997
Walter Shropshire, Jr. '90
Charles A. Parker '91
1998
Mary E. Kraus '80
Leonard F. Sjogren '76
1999
William C. Logan '64 and '69