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2018 Moufid H. Khoury S’93
2017 Rev. Dean R. Jurgen ’76, S’81, P’07
2016 Rev. John D. Rights S’85 
2015 Rev. Theodore E. McCabe S’73
2014 Rt. Rev. Samuel J. Gray ’80, S’96
2013 Rev. Dr. C. Daniel Crews S’70, P’97
2012 Rt. Rev. Dr. D. Wayne Burkette S’69, H ’05
2011 Rev. Dorothy Osterhout Burcaw S’85, S’91, P’80, P’83, P’88, P’94*
2010 Rt. Rev. Douglas H. Kleintop ’71, S’75, P’00, P’95
2009 Rev. Dr. Robert E. Sawyer S’67
2008 Rev. Dr. Douglas W. Caldwell ’66, S’69*
2007 Rt. Rev. Dr. Kay K. Ward S’80, P’91
2006 Rev. Richard L. Sides S’75
2005 Rev. Charles W. Eichman S’51*
2004 Rev. Dr. Samuel B. Marx ’39, S’42*
2003 Rev. Dr. Gene E. Handwerk S’77, S’85*
2002 Rev. James L. Johnson ’56, S’59*
2001 Rev. Robyn Grigonis Szoke S’87, S’89, P’99
2000 Rev. Dr. Gordon L. Sommers ’57, S’61, P’82, P’83
1999 Rt. Rev. Dr. Edwin A. Sawyer S’38*
1998 Rev. John H. Giesler S’58*
1997 Rt. Rev. Dr. Allen W. Schattschneider S’25*
1996 Rt. Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Freeman Jr. S’52*
1995 Rev. Dr. Mary D. Matz S’75, S’82*
1994 Rev. Dr. George L. Lloyd S’62*
1993 Rt. Rev. Warren A. Sautebin ’43, S’45*
1992 Rev. Dr. Henry E. May ’60, S’63*
1991 Rev. Dr. Earl R. Shay ’41, S’44*
1990 Rev. William E. Gramley S’62
1989 Bishop Edwin W. Kortz ’31, S’34
1988 Rev. Dr. William W. Matz Sr. ’50, S’53*
1987 Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Gray Jr. S’45
1986 Rev. Dr. Mervin C. Weidner ’37, S’40*
1985 Col. Thomas N. Christianson ’61, S’65
1984 Rev. Dr. William H. McElveen S’58, H’94
1983 Rev. Ann Deppen Lutz S’70*
1982 Rt. Rev. Wilbur Behrend ’46, S’49*
1981 Rev. Elmer R. Stelter S’44*
1980 Rt. Rev. Milo A. Loppnow ’37, S’40*
1979 Rev. David M. Henkelmann ’53, S’57, P’77
1978 Rt. Rev. Robert A. Iobst ’36, S’39*
1977 Rt. Rev. George G. Higgins ’31, S’34*
1976 Rev. Gordon A. Stoltz ’35, S’38*    
1975 Rev. Dr. Vernon W. Couillard S’24*
1974 Rev. Dr. Frederick P. Stocker ’20, S’23*

* denotes deceased
 

2017 H. Kyle Borowski ’06, ’08
2016 Mr. Gregory A. Krausz ’95, S’02
2015 Ms. Carol A. Wikerd S’85, S’99
2013 Mr. Bruce D. Bowen S’01, S’03*
2011 Rev. Charles J. Otto S’03*
2010 Rev. Kenneth V. Daniel S’89, S’99
2009 Rev. Dr. F Thomas Lichner S’82, S’99
2008 Rev. Dianne Murray Kareha S’93, S’97, S’99
2007 Ms. Julie Noyes Cook S’87, S’99
2006 Rev. Dr. Janice M. Young S’82, S’91, GP’20
2005 Mrs. Emily B. Wallace S’94, S’99
2004 Ms. Louise H. Young S’90, S’99, P’07

* denotes deceased

Rev. Laura Baker L’05 an ordained clergy person in the United Church of Christ, is passionate about creating safe space and fruitful opportunities for disciples to discover, explore, and use their unique gifts for sharing the Gospel. For 19 years, Rev. Baker has served Starview United Church of Christ in Mount Wolf, Pennsylvania. In the span of two decades, Rev. Baker has helped church members initiate such lay-led ministries as Called to Care, Safe Sanctuary, and JAM (Jesus and Me) which is a mid-week intergenerational, faith development ministry with a special focus to children and youth. 

Rev. Baker finds great joy and meaning as an active member of the larger community, fostering ecumenism and interreligious relationships.  For example, these past 5 years she has acted as Chaplain to Eagle Fire Company and over many years, has served multiple terms as a board member on organizations like the NE Senior Center and York County Council of Churches and on planning committees for historic charity events like the York County Heritage Trust Festival of Trees and Four Chaplains Prayer Breakfast (York).

To better serve the EMS community and local school district when experiencing a crisis or trauma such as child suicide, she earned her certification in Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) for Individuals and Groups. CISM teams are commonly known as “psychological first aid teams.” As a certified National Academy Sports Medicine (NASM)  personal trainer, she combined those skills with those for pastoral care and offered personalized ministry to those embarking on a journey towards wholeness: body, mind, and spirit.  

Prior to entering LTS, Laura worked for two decades as a board certified technologist in the field of radiology, specializing in CT and MRI. For multiple years, she also worked as an adjunct professor at Hagerstown Community College teaching a cross-sectional anatomy course.In her personal time, she relishes life as a wife to Scott, mother to two adult children, Jessica and Cory, and as “Ya-Ya” to her grandsons, Landyn, Bradyn, Gavin, and Owen. She also enjoys cooking and aspires to “age faithfully,” as healthy and whole as possible

Rev. Dr. Frederick Young L’04, L’15 began his ministry as a  Chaplain Resident at York Hospital (WellSpan Health) as the Chaplain for the Behavioral Health and Oncology Service Lines. While serving in this capacity, he began working as the Youth Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, York.  Pastor Young left these positions to become the Chaplain of the Margaret E. Moul Home of York.

Upon graduation from LTS, he was ordained in March of 2005 and began his parish ministry as the Associate Pastor of Christ Church UCC in Elizabethtown, PA.  Throughout his 13 years as Christ Church’s pastor of Faith Formation and Outreach, Pastor Young led 7 intergenerational mission trips, wrote several summer youth programs, and adult studies.  He later created a comprehensive intergenerational Confirmation curriculum, entitled, “A Ministry of Presence,” which was showcased alongside a few other faith formation programs during a Confirmation summit at the UCC National Offices in Cleveland.  Rev. Young served as the Chair of the Lancaster Association’s Parish Life Committee and eventually as the President of the Association.  Pastor Fred was thrilled to have been a member of the UCC’s Board of Local Church Ministries.

Dr. Young began serving as the Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, Gettysburg, PA in the Summer of 2018.  The following year he became the moderator of the Gettysburg Ecumenical Ministerium.  Pastor Young enjoys facilitating a small community of practice for clergy of the Penn Central Conference and was trained as a clergy/church coach with the PCC Church Empowerment Team.  Dr. Young is the current chair of the Refugee Resettlement Program of Gettysburg. The partnership has resettled two Afghani families into Gettysburg.  He is also the current Co-Chair of the Gettysburg Association’s Committee on Ministry. Since January of 2024, Rev. Young has been serving as the Transition Pastor of Grace UCC, Hanover, ministering part time in both the Gettysburg and Hanover congregations. 

Over the past two years, he has discovered the joy of transforming old windows into upcycled art, translating scripture onto the glass. Along with his wife, Kara Young L’16, Fred has published two children’s books; “Billy, the Closest Star” and “Clyde’s Christmas Joy.”  Both Fred and Kara look forward to becoming grandparents in September.   
 

Rev. Dr. Richard Christensen L’70 has served the Church as a pastor, missionary, and teacher over a period of more than fifty years. Ordained in 1970, he served as a local church pastor for 14 years. He and his wife Lainie also served three years as missionaries in the southern African nation of Botswana.

After receiving his Ph.D. in Church History in 1992 from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, he taught at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 1998, Lakeland College in Wisconsin appointed him Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion, where he taught numerous undergraduate courses and played a major role in instituting and teaching a M.A. program in Theology.

He is the author of The Ecumenical Orthodoxy of Charles Augustus Briggs, a monograph on 19th century ecumenism in the U.S.,  Learning to See: A Memoir of Southern Africa, co-author of All May Be One: Historical Essays on the Wisconsin Conference of the United Church of Christ, and author of more than two dozen journal and magazine articles. He and Lainie have a daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren.