Valerie C. Saiving
Professor of Religious Studies
1959-1987
Her article, "The Human Situation," published in 1960 in the Journal of Religion, is often listed as the single most important and influential piece of writing in the invention of feminist religion in the United States in the 20th Century.
Her influence continues in today's programs at the Colleges. "One of the pleasant memories I have was the sense of solidarity I had when I came here in the 1970s," says Mary Gerhart, Professor Emerita of Religious Studies. "Saiving and Heaton supported each other and would support me, too."
DFA RECIPIENTS
2019
2018
2017
Maureen Flynn P'09, P'12, P'16*
2016
Ann B. Oaks '74, P'84, P'85, P'89
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
Joseph N. Abraham, L.H.D. '81*
2008
2007
2006
2004
2003
2002
Eugene F. Murphy P'74, L.H.D. '90*
2001
Kenneth Carle P'82, P'84, P'90
2000
Benjamin P. Atkinson, L.H.D. '86*
Lindsay A. J. Lafford P'65, P'71, L.H.D. '87*
1999
1998
Theodore Tellefsen Odell '20, Sc. D.'67*
1997
Charles Delamater Vail '59, L.H.D.'04*
Joseph H. McDaniels, LL.D. '11*
1996
1995
1993
William Pitt Durfee, LL.D. '22*
Walter Hetherington Durfee '08, Sc.D. '59*
1992
Edward E. Griffith, L.H.D. '88*
1991
Milton Haight Turk, LL.D. '38*
Kathryn Dapp Cook, L.H.D. '84*
1990
Hamilton Lanphere Smith, D.Sc. 1900*
* deceased
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