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Preston N. Williams Alumni/ae of African Descent Award Recipients

To nominate an individual for the Preston N. Williams Alumni/ae of African Descent Award, please see our nomination instructions. Nominations must be received by February 5 to be considered for awards given at the following year's Alumni Dinner.

Benjamin Payton Benjamin Payton

2008
Benjamin Payton, BD '58

Benjamin Payton is president of Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama, and in 2002 was appointed by President George W. Bush to chair the Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Presented at the HDS Alumni Dinner on June 3, 2008.

Allen Callahan
Allen Callahan

2007
Allen Callahan, PhD '92

Allen Callahan is Professor of New Testament at the Baptist Theological Seminary of the Northeast in Bahia, Brazil, and author of The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible.

Presented at the HDS Alumni Dinner on June 5, 2007.

The Rev. Peter Gomes Peter Gomes. Photo courtesy the Memorial Church

2006
The Reverend Peter J. Gomes, STB '68
Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church and Member of the Faculty of Divinity

Biography

Presented at "A Time to Speak," April 7, 2006.

2005
The Reverend Dr. Arthur Whitaker*, STB '52

2004
Dean Archie C. Epps, III*, STB '61

2003
The Reverend Dr. Charles Adams, BD '64

2002
Preston N. Williams, PhD '67

* = Deceased

 

 
 

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