Boston University School of Theology - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Prominent alumni of BUSTH include the presidents of Methodist institutions such as DePauw University, dozens of Methodist bishops, and numerous prominent teachers and pastors. Important leaders who graduated from the school include the following:

• Bishop Edgar Amos Love, esteemed Bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church and co-founder of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.;
• Dr. James L. Farmer, Sr., the first African-American from Texas to earn a doctorate;
• Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, President of Suffrage Association;
• Samuel Logan Brengle, Salvation Army theologian;
• Dr. Helen Kim, Korean educator;
• Rev.Dr. K.U. Abraham, now known as Rt.Rev.Dr. Abraham Mar Paulos, Bishop of the Mar Thoma Church, India;
• Dr. Carl F. H. Henry, theologian;
• Rev. Dr. Alan F. Geyer, noted Methodist theologian and scholar for political science, ethics, civil rights, and peace;
• Dr. Georgia Harkness, Methodist woman theologian;
• Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, positive thinker and founder of Guideposts magazine;
• Rev. Dr. Steven W. Brown, Homiletics professor at RTS and nationally syndicated broadcaster;
• Rev. John McCullough, head of Church World Service;
• Andy Crouch, "emerging church" theorist;
• George Lincoln Blackwell, theologian and author;
• John J. Thatamanil, comparative theologian;
• Dr. Amos Yong, Pentecostal theologian;
• Rev. Charles Boss, head of Methodist Peace Fellowship;
• George L. Fox - one of the "four chaplains" on the USAT Dorchester in WWII;
• Ralph Edward Dodge - a Bishop of The Methodist Churchin Rhodesia;
• S. Clifton Ives (M.Div., 1963; D.Min., 1983) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church;
• Garfield Bromley Oxnam - a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church;
• Dallas Lore Sharp - (1870- ) - Minister, university professor, and author;
• Woodie W. White (S.T.B., 1961) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church;
• Peter Deunov (1892), Bulgarian spiritual master and founder of the esoteric school of the Universal White Brotherhood
• Carlton Young, editor of Methodist hymnals, liturgical scholar, and famous hymnologist;
• Samuel DeWitt Proctor, famous African-American preacher and civil rights leader;
• Ruth Duck, noted hymn writer;
• Walter G. Muelder, ecumenical leader, theorist of the "responsible society," and shaper of Christian social ethics;
• Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., noted civil rights activist and Nobel laureate for peace