Recognizing a person as a Fellow of the Hymn Society is the highest honor The Hymn Society can confer. Honorees may include authors of hymns, composers of hymn tunes, editors of hymn books, and recognized scholars in the field of hymnology. Honorees are selected by the Executive Committee and are announced at the Annual Meeting.
We are excited to announce our four newest Fellows:
- Marty Haugen, 2024 – Haugen Press Release
- Jan Kraybill, 2024 – Kraybill Press Release
- Mark Miller, 2024 – Miller Press Release
- Adam M. L. Tice, 2024 – Tice Press Release
Full List of Fellows
- *William Walker Rockwell, 1942
- *Harry Thacker Burleigh, 1944
- *Clarence Dickinson, 1946
- *Helen Adell Dickinson, 1946
- *Henry Wilder Foote, 1952
- *Harry Emerson Fosdick, 1952
- *J. Vincent Higginson, 1952
- *John Haynes Holmes, 1952
- *William Pierson Merrill, 1952
- *Luther D. Reed, 1956
- *Ruth Ellis Messenger, 1957
- *Walter Edwin Buszin, 1962
- *Leonard Ellinwood, 1962
- *Armin Haeussler, 1962
- *Earl E. Harper, 1962
- *Thomas Tiplady, 1962
- *Deane Edwards, 1966
- *William Watkins Reid, 1967
- *Phillip Sidney Watters, 1968
- *David Hugh Jones, 1970
- *Lee Hastings Bristol, Jr., 1972
- *Shirley Lewis Brown, 1972
- *George Litch Knight, 1972
- *Jean Woodward Steele, 1972
- *Jan O. Bender, 1975
- *Ralph Mortensen, 1975
- *Francis Bland Tucker, 1980
- *Fred Pratt Green, 1982
- *Frank Von Christierson, 1982
- *James Rawlings Sydnor, 1983
- *Anatasia Van Burkalow, 1983
- *Erik Routley, 1985 (posthumously)
- *John Whitridge Wilson, 1985
- *Austin Cole Lovelace, 1986
- *Stanley Llewellen Osborne, 1986
- *Jaroslav Jan Vajda, 1988
- *Donald Paul Hustad, 1989
- *Mary K. Oyer, 1989
- *George Herbert Shorney, 1990
- *Hugh Thomas McElrath, 1991
- *William Jensen Reynolds, 1992
- *Carl F. Schalk, 1992
- *Margaret Clarkson, 1993
- *Carlton R. Young, 1993
- *Ellen Jane Lorenz Porter, 1995
- I-to Loh, 1995
- *Mary Louise VanDyke, 1996
- *W. Thomas Smith, 1996
- *Sylvia G. Dunstan, 1996 (posthumously)
- *L. David Miller, 1997
- *Timothy Dudley-Smith, 1997
- *Alice Parker, 2000
- *Frederik Herman Kaan, 2001
- Brian A. Wren, 2001
- *Harry L. Eskew, 2002
- Emily R. Brink, 2004
- *Herman Gustav Steumpfle, Jr., 2004
- Paul H. Westermeyer, 2004
- Robert J. Batastini, 2006
- Carl P. Daw, Jr., 2007
- John L. Bell, 2007
- C. Michael Hawn, 2008
- *Shirley Erena Murray, 2009
- David W. Music, 2010
- Paul A. Richardson, 2010
- *Paul R. Powell, 2010
- Ruth C. Duck, 2013
- Delores Dufner, 2013
- Fred Kimball Graham, 2014
- *Nicholas Temperley, 2014
- W. James Abbington, Jr., 2015
- Daniel Charles Damon, 2016
- Deborah Carlton Loftis, 2016
- John Thornburg, 2016
- John Ambrose, 2017 – View Press Release
- *Melva W. Costen, 2017 – View Press Release
- *João Faustini, 2017 – View Press Release
- John Richard “Dick” Watson, 2017 – View Press Release
- S T Kimbrough, Jr., 2018 – Kimbrough Press Release
- *Patrick Matsikenyiri, 2018 – Matsikenyiri Press Release
- *Pablo Sosa, 2018 – Sosa Press Release
- Ken Nafziger, 2019 – Nafziger Press Release
- *Thomas H. Troeger, 2019 – Troeger Press Release
- Mary Louise Bringle, 2020 – Bringle Press Release
- Nancy Rosenberger Faus-Mullen, 2020 – Faus Press Release
- Gracia Marie Grindal, 2020 –Grindal Press Release
- Andrew Donaldson, 2021 – Donaldson Press Release
- Robin Knowles Wallace, 2021 – Knowles Wallace Press Release
- Sally Ann Morris, 2021 – Morris Press Release
- Ysaye Maria Barnwell, 2022 – Barnwell Press Release
- Jacque Browning Jones, 2022 – Jones Press Release
- Per Harling, 2022 – Harling Press Release
- Lim Swee Hong, 2022 – Lim Press Release
- Randall Sensmeier, 2022 – Sensmeier Press Release
- Cynthia A. Wilson, 2022 – Wilson Press Release
- David E. Eicher, 2023 – Eicher Press Release
- Simei Monteiro, 2023 – Monteiro Press Release
- Marty Haugen, 2024 – Haugen Press Release
- Jan Kraybill, 2024 – Kraybill Press Release
- Mark Miller, 2024 – Miller Press Release
- Adam M. L. Tice, 2024 – Tice Press Release
* denotes the individual is deceased
Fellows of The Hymn Society in attendance
at the 2024 Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA
(back row, left to right) Daniel Charles Damon, C. Michael Hawn, Mary Louise Bringle, Adam M. L. Tice
(center row, left to right) Jacque Browning Jones, Carl P. Daw, Jr, David E. Eicher, Emily R. Brink, Jan Kraybill
(front row, left to right) Deborah Carlton Loftis, Cynthia A. Wilson, Sally Ann Morris, Mark Miller