Leaders for church and world: YDS alumni stories

The alumnae and alumni of Yale Divinity School are pastors, scholars, activists, educators, the heads of numerous ecclesiastical and secular oganizations, and more—all exemplifying the YDS mission of service to church and world.

Below is a collection of stories showcasing the leadership and contributions of YDS alumni/ae, in the United States and around the world.

If you have stories of your own to suggest about YDS alums—including yourself—please let us know

January 4, 2019
By Joyce Hollman Six months after Anthony Campbell’s Yale graduation and just nine days before Christmas, his father committed suicide, using the service revolver belonging...
December 19, 2018
By Emily Judd ’18 M.A.R. At Yale Divinity School, students generally follow one of two degree paths. The Master of Divinity (M.Div.) is designed primarily to prepare students...
December 7, 2018
By Kathrin Havrilla After 16 years chairing the Dean’s Advisory Council (DAC) at Yale Divinity School, Christopher Glenn Sawyer ’75 M.Div., Chair Emeritus, has passed on the...
December 7, 2018
Frank Wendt, a leading Divinity School donor and the longtime chair of the precursor to the Dean’s Advisory Council, has died. One of the Divinity’s School’s most generous...
November 12, 2018
A robust turnout of more than 400 alumni and friends; illuminating talks and lectures by Barbara Brown Taylor, Charles Campbell, and others; inspiring alumni award winners—...

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