2010 Distinguished Alumni Awards

Ministry Award

Paul '53 and Nova (Petersen) Hutchins'53

Paul and Nova have spent their entire lives in ministry. Paul served as a Church of God pastor and they worked together as missionaries in Bangladesh and Kenya. They are both graduates of Fuller Theological Seminary. In 1986 Paul became Director of Operation Friendship in the Los Angeles area, helping churches minister to international sudents.

Service Award

Candi (Hemenway) Didier '86

Candi has worked for twenty-five years for Central Washington Comprehensive Mental Health, a community mental health provider. She provides a full range of mental health services, including asssesment, counseling, outpatient services, and coordination of patient care with other county providers and agencies including law enforcement and physicians.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Martha Allee (Wilson) Swayer '39

Allee became one of the first students at Pacific Bibnle College. She enrolled in a two year Religious Education course and became part of the first graduating class in 1939. In 1940, Allee married Lloyd Sawyer '39, and they had five children, four of whom are alumni of Warner Pacific College. She has worked in the church her whole life, teaching Sunday school and later doing visitation with shut-ins.

Legacy Award

Herb '61 and Leta (Moore) Lewis '61

After beginning his career as a pastor, Herb workes as a school counselor, teacher, and coach in the David Douglas and Gresham-Barlow school districts (in the greater Portland area) from 1971 to his retirement in 1996. His late wife, Leta, worked for U.S. Bank for 28 years, starting as a teller and retiring as vice president for small business loans.

Young Alumnus Award

Dr. Erik Brink '01

Erik has seerved as the chief surgery resident at Memorial Hospital in York, Penn. since July 2006. He supervises medical students and residents in the General Surgery department. In 2006, Erik earned his doctorate from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. He and his wife, Kari (huston) '01, and sons Quinton, 6, and Ethan, 4, reside in York.