President Serene Jones and the Union Alumni/ae Council invite you to join us on as we honor the four recipients of the 2017 Unitas Distinguished Alumni/ae Awards.

The ceremony will be held on Friday, October 6 at 5:00 pm in James Memorial Chapel. 

The Unitas Award is the highest honor granted by Union’s Alumni/ae Council, presented to living Union alumni/ae who exemplify the Seminary’s academic breadth, its diversity, and inclusiveness, and the range of vocations its graduates follow.

2017 Unitas Distinguished Alumni/ae Award Recipients: 

Rev. Dr. Robert A. Evans ’69, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Plowshares Institute, (top left)

Rev. Dr. Melanie L. Harris ’06, Professor of Religion and Ethics, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, and American Council of Education Fellow, University of Denver, (top right)

Very Rev. Tracey Lind ’87, former Dean of Trinity Cathedral and a Founding Tri-Chair of Greater Cleveland (Ohio) Congregations, (bottom left)

Rev. Dr. George McClain ’64, Executive Director Emeritus of the Methodist Federation for Social Action, Co-Coordinator of the Student Interracial Ministry at Union, (bottom right)