The Alumnus of the Year Award is given to recognize alumni that have made significant contributions to the Church and to society. The recipient models the mission statement of Judson University.
Past awardees include:
1965 Rev. Donald E. Williams (’46 NBTS)
1966 Dr. Willis Reed (’42 NBTS)
1967 Dr. Leonard Gittings (’39 NBTS)
1968 Dr. Harold C. Howard (’61 NBTS)
1969 Rev. James May (’60 NBTS)
1970 Dr. Edward L. Thompson
1971 Stephen Tirone ’70
1972 Dr. Kevin O’Connor ’68
1973 Dr. Norman Reed West ’67
1974 Dr. C. Robert Laurent ’68
1975 Dr. James H. Conrod ’53, ’59 NBTS
1976 Sharon Stoops ’66
1977 Thomas ’67 & Nancy Wheeler ’67
1978 Dr. William Calhoun ’71
1979 Dr. Scott Thomson ’65
1980 Judith (Taft) ’64 & Dr. Charles R. DeRolf
1981 Tom Randall ’76
1982 Jon Hanchett ’73
1983 David Novak ’70
1984 John ’73 & Marjorie (Wiley) Walton ’72
1985 Ken ’74 & Bev (Cunningham) Mattocks ’74
1986 Marcy Gloede ’68
1987 Dr. Phil Wallace ’76
1988 Dr. David Dillon ’64
1989 Alice Lawhead ’77
1990 Dr. Hazel (Bryan) Goddard ’66
1991 Rev. D. Scott Johnston ’73
1992 Merletta (Hunter) Roberts ’66
1993 Rev. Phyllis Mueller ’84
1994 Nate Adams ’80
1995 Sally (Ackemann) Boscaljon ’73
1996 Patrick Shields ’70
1997 Dr. Scott Nelsen ’85
1998 Carol (Gerdes) Thompson ’77
1999 Bruce Strom ’87
2000 Paula Shotwell ’82
2001 David Anderson ’92
2002 Rev. Tom Severson ’81
2003 Huntley Brown ’88
2004 Kim Budd ’88
2005 Chuck Armstrong ‘72
2006 Steve Elliott ’88
2007 Bill Doran ’87
2008 Blythe Ann (Hitch) Cooper ’75
2009 Joe Compton ’85
2010 Kevin Thomas ’93
2011 Thomas Pals ’78
2012 Kevin Noe ’79
2013 Dr. Don Ferrell ’68
2014 Dr. Randy Gauger ’69
2015 Kevin Lyons ’77
2016 Dr. Warren Anderson ’86
2017 Dr. David Rendall ’95
2018 Heather (Funk) Palacios ‘95
2019 Kristy Engel ‘92
2020 None (pandemic)
2021 Susan Christensen ‘88
2022 Rev. Patrick Parks '19
2023 Benjamin Glunz '10 / '12