W. O. Carver Distinguished Service Award
The W. O. Carver Distinguished Service Award recognizes and pays tribute to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the cause of Baptist history. Recipients have exhibited rare and unusual dedication to the cause of Baptist history through writing, teaching, denominational service, archival and library development, historical center and society work on national and state levels, communicating Baptist heritage, and interpreting the history of Baptists.
Previous Recipients
2024 – John Finley
2023 – Stephen M. Stookey
2022 – Merrill M. Hawkins, Jr.
2021 – J. Brent Walker
2019 – William Glenn Jonas, Jr.
2018 – Karen O’Dell Bullock
2017 – Carol Holcomb
2016 – Loyd Allen
2015 – Delane Tew
2014 – Doug Weaver
2013 – Mike Williams
2012 – Jerry Faught
2011 – Bill Sumners
2010 – Pamela Durso
2009 – Richard V. Pierard
2008 – Edwin S. Gaustad
2007 – Bill J. Leonard
2006 – Bill Pitts
2005 – Rosalie Beck
2004 – R. Quinn Pugh (posthumously)
2003 – William J. Reynolds
2002 – Claude L. Howe, Jr.
2001 – Walter B. Shurden
2000 – Slayden A. Yarbrough
1999 – J. Wayne Flynt
1998 – E. Earl Joiner (posthumously)
1997 – Albert W. Wardin, Jr.
1996 – Carolyn D. Blevins
1995 – Charles W. Deweese
1994 – William R. Estep, Jr.
1993 – W. Morgan Patterson
1992 – Lee Norcross Allen
1991 – C. Penrose St. Amant
1990 – F. Wilbur Helmbold (posthumously)
1989 – H. Leon McBeth
1988 – John S. Moore
1987 – William L. Lumpkin
1986 – Robert G. Gardner
1985 – J. M. Gaskin
1984 – Loulie Latimer Owens
1983 – Leo T. Crismon
1982 – Robert A. Baker
The Distinguished Service Award was presented by the Southern Baptist Historical Commission from in 1982-1997, by the Southern Baptist Historical Society® in 1998-2000, and by the Baptist History and Heritage Society in 2001-present.