The Church-College Service Award

Recognizes leadership in religious life that has benefited Juniata students or that has benefited the wider society. Award recipients may be alumni or friends of the College who have demonstrated religious leadership. In recognition of the unique relationship of the College and the Church of the Brethren, the Church College Relations Council selects one or more persons to receive the Church-College Service Award annually. The recipient is announced at the Juniata Luncheon sponsored by CCRC at the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference.

The Church-College Young Alumni Service Award

Recognizes leadership in religious life that has benefited Juniata College and/or the wider society. Award recipients will be alumni of Juniata College who have graduated within the past 10 years who offered leadership as students and have continued to demonstrate religious leadership beyond graduation. In recognition of the unique relationship of the College and the Church of the Brethren, the Church College Relations Council selects one or more persons to receive this Award annually. The recipient will be announced at the Juniata Luncheon sponsored by CCRC at the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference.

Past Winners of the Church-College Service Award

  • Robert M. Keim '52 (1983)
  • John R. E. Hoover '47 (1984)
  • Kenneth I. Morse '34 (1985)
  • Elaine Mock Sollenberger '51 (1986)
  • Kenneth W. Crosby and Jane (Miller) Crosby '38 (1987)
  • Roger L. Forry (1988)
  • Warren F. Groff '49 (1989)
  • Dona (Kauffman) Kensinger and George E. Kensinger '51 (1990)
  • Elizabeth (Alderfer) Malenke '49 (1991)
  • Earle W. Fike, Jr. (1992)
  • Janine (Everhart) Katonah '69 (1993)
  • Dorothy (Lehman) Hershberger '50 (1994)
  • M. Andrew Murray (1995)
  • Nancy (Heisey) Hess '92 (1996)
  • Charles M. Bieber '41 (1997)
  • Robert W. Neff (1998)
  • Donald L. Robinson '51 (1999)
  • Robert E. Faus and Nancy (Rosenberger) Faus '56 (2000)
  • Marlene (Robinette) Halbritter '62 and Barry J. Halbritter '65 (2001)
  • Earl C. Kaylor '46 (2002)
  • Donald F. Durnbaugh (2003)
  • W. Clemens Rosenberger '54 (2004)
  • Henry H. Gibbel '57 (2005)
  • Elizabeth (Ellis) Cherry (2006)
  • Lois (Miller) McDowell '52 (2007)
  • James H. Lehman '66 (2008)
  • Richard Gardner '62 (2009)
  • Gail (Morgan) Habecker '76 (2010)
  • Randall L. Yoder (2011)
  • John S. Hille and Tansill H. Hille (2012)
  • James C. Gibbel '60 and Elaine L. Gibbel (2013)
  • Henry Thurston-Griswold (2014)

Past Winners of the Church-College Young Alumni Service Award

  • Brandan (Fix) Liepelt '99 (2004)
  • David D. Meadows '98 (2005)
  • Todd T. Thompson '97 (2006)
  • Carla Kilgore '96 (2007)
  • Michelle (Moyer) Gibbel '00 (2008)
  • Virginia Meadows '03 (2009)
  • Katherine A. O'Donnell '05 (2010)
  • Ethan J. Gibbel '02 (2011)
  • Kathryn J. Kensinger '03 (2012)
  • Leah J. Yingling '06 (2013)
  • Gerald G. O'Donnell '07 (2014)