Each year, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary honors a graduate with the Distinguished Alumni Service Award in recognition of extraordinary service in ministry. This award celebrates alumni whose consistent and exceptional work reflects the values of their Garrett formation and advances the seminary’s mission in the church and the world.
A top honor bestowed by Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, the Alumni Achievement Award recognizes graduates whose exceptional success and wide recognition in their field demonstrate the enduring value of a Garrett-Evangelical education across a lifetime.
To learn more about these awards and to nominate a deserving alumnus, please click the links below.
2025
Rev. Dr. Michael K. Washington
Rev. Dr. Lynn Pries
2024
Rev. Im Hyon Jung
Rev. Dr. Heather Heinzman Lear
2023
Rev. Dr. Irene Taylor
Rev. Dr. Manuel Villalobos Mendoza
2022
Rev. Dr. Roger Ireson
Rev. TiShaunda McPherson
2021
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of the 2020 commencement ceremony, the 2020 Distinguished Alums were recognized at the 2021 Commencement.
2019
Jeffrey S. Nelson
Gene Matthews
2018
Marti Gates Lundy
Paul F. McCleary
2017
Carmichael D. Crutchfield
Stephen A. Dahl
2016
Tracy Smith Malone
Donald Ott
2015
Franz S. Rigert
Samuel Phillips
2014
Rita Lester
M. Franklin Dotts
2013
Jane Eesley
Earl Francis Lindsay
2012
Tom Goodell
Miley Palmer
2011
Phyllis Kohl Coston
Dennis M. Oglesby Jr.
2010
Matt Hook
Joe Walker
2009
Ann E. Streaty Wimberly
Noel Dwight Osborn
2008
Jeffrey R. Docking
Charles Wesley Jordan
2007
Susan B. Lockman
Robert J. Harman
2006
Sang-Young Shim
K. James Stein
2005
Sandford W. Brown
Gordon N.C. Sorenson
2004
Darrell L. Jackson
Marcus J. Blaising
2003
Duk Kyu Kwon
E. Carver McGriff
2002
Arthur J. Landwehr II
Marsha M. Woolley
2001
Jesse DeWitt
Jonathan Keaton
1998
Julius Trimble
E. Dale Dunlap
1996
Sharon Zimmerman Rader
William D. White
1995
Charlene Kammere
James Ridgwayr
1994
Dwight S. Busacca
Beverly J. Shamana
1993
Susan D. Messenger
Anthony J. Shipley
1992
Rueben P. Job
Myron F. McCoy
1991
Robert C. Smith
1990
Lyle E. Schaller