AWARDS

THE GENE AND JEAN BARTLETT PREACHING PRIZE

Dr. Gene Bartlett, a 1935 alumnus, president, and pastor-in-residence of the (then) Colgate Rochester Divinity School/Bexley Hall/Crozer, was respected as one of the premier preachers of his time and was a beloved pastor to many. Dr. Bartlett preached in many of the nation's great pulpits and delivered lectureships at numerous theological schools, including the prestigious Lyman Beecher Lectures at Yale Divinity School.

Mrs. Jean Bartlett proclaimed the love of Christ and the justice and mercy of God with her life. She stood in the margins of life, advocating for the voiceless and witnessing to the right of all to be heard.

This prize is given in honor of these two individuals who have embodied the Word of God and proclaimed it in our midst and in our world.

The Theodore Louis Trost Memorial Prize

Inaugurated in 1978, the Theodore Louis Trost Memorial Prize is awarded annually to a member of the graduating class. It is awarded by vote of the faculty to the graduating senior who exhibits unusual promise in becoming a faithful pastor, preacher, and parish minister. The prize bears the name of the late librarian under whose guidance the Ambrose Swasey Library was nurtured into a theological collection of international significance.

The Winthrop Hudson Scholar Award

The faculty of the divinity school occasionally designates a student as the Winthrop Hudson Scholar honoring Professor Winthrop Hudson, one of the most distinguished historians of American religious history and member of the divinity school faculty from 1947 to 1977. Students named Hudson Scholars are those who are qualified for doctoral study and a teaching ministry, or who choose to dedicate their academic excellence to pastoral ministry.