# Past Honorees ## expand\_more The recipients of the Peter J. Gomes, STB ’68 Distinguished Alumni Honors transcend categories. From a Yale Law School graduate who uses storytelling to fight hate crimes against Muslims and Sikhs to a naval officer who advocates for peace, Gomes Honorees represent the diversity of personal and professional paths that the School’s graduates follow. [### Harvard Divinity School Announces 2026 Gomes Honors: Leading with Courage and Humility ](/news/2026/03/09/harvard-divinity-school-announces-2026-gomes-honors-leading-courage-humility) March 09, 2026 For the 2026 Peter J. Gomes, STB ’68, Alumni Honors, the HDS Alumni/Alumnae Council recognizes four distinguished graduates and one friend of the School for their leadership guided by courage and humility. [Amie Montemurro](/people/amie-montemurro) ![2026 Gomes Honoree headshots](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/HDS.Gomes_.2026-Web.thumbnail.jpg?itok=UhkQllnM) [### The Power of Stories: Harvard Divinity School Recognizes Alumni with 2025 Gomes Distinguished Honors ](/news/2025/03/31/power-stories-harvard-divinity-school-recognizes-alumni-2025-gomes-distinguished) March 31, 2025 Each year, the HDS Alumni/Alumnae Council (AAC) recognizes exceptional graduates and one friend of the School with the Peter J. Gomes, STB ’68 Distinguished Alumni Honors. The award, given in memory of the late Reverend Gomes, celebrates community... ![Gomes Honorees](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-03/HDS.DivDial.Gomes_.Web-Email-900x600.jpg?itok=VkNiLhiI) [### Video: Peter J Gomes STB ’68 Distinguished Alumni Honors: Journeys of the Soul ](/news/video/2024/05/09/peter-j-gomes-stb-%E2%80%9968-distinguished-alumni-honors-journeys-soul) June 21, 2024 Sahar Shahid, MDiv ’17, and the members of the HDS Alumni/Alumnae Council are pleased to invite fellow graduates and the School community to celebrate Peter J Gomes STB ’68 Distinguished Alumni Honors and our theme of Journeys of the Soul. This year, we... ![Gomes Award Honoree](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hds2/files/untitled_600_x_400_px_24.png?itok=lM4JoxdN) [### Journeys of the Soul: HDS Recognizes Awe-Inspiring Alumni with 2024 Gomes Distinguished Honors ](/news/2024/04/22/journeys-soul-hds-recognizes-awe-inspiring-alumni-2024-gomes-distinguished-honors) April 22, 2024 Each year, the HDS Alumni/Alumnae Council (AAC) recognizes exceptional graduates and one Friend of the School with the Peter J. Gomes, STB ’68 Distinguished Alumni Honors. The award, given in memory of the late Reverend Gomes, celebrates community members... ![HDS will celebrate the 2024 Gomes Honorees on May 9.](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hds2/files/2024-gomeshonors-news-900x600.jpg?itok=tyt_JwB1) [### Kindlers of the Soul: HDS Recognizes Remarkable Artists with the 2023 Gomes Distinguished Alumni Honors ](/news/2023/4/13/kindlers-soul-hds-recognizes-remarkable-artists-gomes-distinguished-alumni-honors) April 13, 2023 Each year, the HDS Alumni/Alumnae Council (AAC) recognizes exceptional graduates and one non-alumni Friend of the School with the Peter J. Gomes, STB ’68 Distinguished Alumni Honors. The award, given in memory of the late Reverend Gomes, celebrates... ![Celebrating the 2023 Gomes Honorees on May 5](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hds2/files/2023-gomes-honorees-news-900x600.jpg?itok=0jJDY8dp) [### Spalding University President Honored by Harvard Divinity ](https://www.wdrb.com/news/spalding-university-president-honored-by-harvard-divinity/article_56fbd0fa-d2ee-11ec-b52a-1fe29520399d.html) May 13, 2022 The president of Spalding University was honored by Harvard Divinity School during the Gomes Distinguished Alumni Honors. ![WDRB News logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hds2/files/wdrb_news_logo.png?itok=Yq6vGSAV) [### Harvard Divinity School Names Five Recipients of Peter J. Gomes Honors ](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/4/25/hds-names-gomes-recipients/) April 25, 2022 The Harvard Divinity School Alumni/Alumnae Council named the five recipients of its Peter J. Gomes Distinguished Alumni Honors earlier this month — a distinction named in honor of Gomes, who taught at Harvard for four decades and served as Pusey Minister... ![The Harvard Crimson logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hds2/files/crimson-logo-250x250.jpg?itok=zaA6VDfm) [### ​​​​​​​Natural Leaders: HDS Recognizes Community Members Who Explore Connections between Nature and Human Flourishing with the 2022 Gomes Honors ](/news/2022/04/13/gomes-honors-leaders-explore-nature-human-flourishing) April 13, 2022 Each year, the HDS Alumni/Alumnae Council (AAC) recognizes exceptional graduates and one non-alumni Friend of the School with the Peter J. Gomes, STB ’68 Distinguished Alumni Honors. The award, given in memory of the late Reverend Gomes, celebrates... ![2022 Gomes Honorees](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hds2/files/2022.divdial.gomes_.900x600px.jpg?itok=TUaJRE-C) [### Divinity Dialogues: President Emerita Drew Faust in Conversation with Dean Hempton ](/news/2021/07/20/divinity-dialogues-president-emerita-drew-faust-conversation-dean-hempton) July 20, 2021 This week, we conclude our Divinity Dialogues Gomes Award podcast series with a reflective conversation between Dean Hempton and our 2021 Gomes Friend of the School honoree, Drew Gilpin Faust. Faust holds several titles, including President Emerita of... ![Dean David N. Hempton and Drew Faust, Harvard President Emerita and 2021 Gomes Honoree](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hds2/files/div_dialogue.jpg?itok=7X-n0nUg) [### Divinity Dialogues: Robin Coste Lewis on Epic Poetry and the Sacredness of Female Deities ](/2021/07/06/divinity-dialogues-robin-coste-lewis-epic-poetry-and-sacredness-female-deities) July 06, 2021 "The notion of a stranger, for me—the way I was raised and the way that I studied—is that the stranger just might hold the key to your liberation" Continuing Divinity Dialogues—a special edition podcast series from Harvard Divinity School that puts... ![Robin Coste Lewis, MTS ’97, poet laureate and National Book Award winner, Doctor of Creative Writing and Literature, avid Sanskrit scholar, and 2021 Gomes Honoree.](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hds2/files/div_d2.jpg?itok=c_glklro) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [4](?page=3 "Go to page 4") - [5](?page=4 "Go to page 5") - [6](?page=5 "Go to page 6") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")