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DALLAS—Criswell College awarded an honorary doctor of divinity degree to New Orleans pastor Fred Luter Jr. during its commencement exercises on May 5, and granted degrees to 46 students.
Luter, likely the next Southern Baptist Convention president and longtime pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, received the award from Criswell College President Jerry Johnson during the school’s 37th commencement. Luter offered the commencement address.
The following students earned associate’s degrees: Hector R. Espino, Ennis; Nicole Krystin Onwiler, Royse City; and Edwin Eric Verzosa, Mesquite.
The bachelor of arts degree was awarded to: Emily Sue Adamson, summa cum laude, of Garland; Hal Benard Carouthers, Fort Worth; Betelhem Gebre Darge, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Glenn H. Garrett, summa cum laude, Seagoville; Charlie Douglass Griffin, Mesquite; Joshua Tyler Hebert, magna cum laude, Katy; Michael Glenn Johnson, cum laude, High Island; Robert Nolan Johnson, Marble Falls.
Also: Nolan H. Jones III, Kaufman; Kyle Mark Wayne Kerby, Sachse; Sarah Jean Kerby, cum laude, Dallas; James Wendell Knox, summa cum laude, Arlington; Anthaney Kong, Dallas; Frederick McGinnis III, Houston; Nicholas Blake Mires, Dallas; Mark Alan Moore, summa cum laude, Dallas; Rebecca Elizabeth Nanny, Richardson; Jordan Todd Newberry, magna cum laude, Birmingham, Ala.
Bradley Paul Patterson, Garland; Joshua Caleb Patton, magna cum laude, Palestine; Marcelle Calife Peixoto, Recife, Brazil; Cody Nathaniel Porter, summa cum laude, Granbury; Jeremy Don Reed, Lancaster; Luke Nathanael Roller, Dallas; Christina Amanda Rowe, Dallas; Darrell Jerome Thomas, Charleston, S.C.; Marietta Rene Van Schuyver, Lucas; Jerad Glen White, Mesquite; and Benjamin Dean Wilson, Abilene.
The master of arts degree was awarded to Shai ben Yehoshua, cum laude, Mabank; Frank Bradford III, summa cum laude, Dallas; Ty Derek Dauster, summa cum laude, Rowlett; Daniel Bekele Denboba, Dallas; Melinda Ann Fore, Dallas; Beatrece Necita Garner, cum laude, Dallas; Roberta Ellen Keith, summa cum laude, Garland; Nathaniel James King, summa cum laude, Royse City; Sharon Ann Pickett Maxwell, summa cum laude, Dallas; David C. Niederkorn, summa cum laude, Chicago;
Also: Kenya Jacobie Dequane Robinson, cum laude, Arlington; Gigi Nadine Santamaria, Panama; Lance Wade Wendling, summa cum laude, Mesquite; Hursel Bruce Williamson Jr., magna cum laude, Rockwall; Mira Ahn, Paju, South Korea; Richard Allen Hawthorne, cum laude, Gun Barrel City; Ester Jeong-Soon Jeong, Seoul, South Korea; and Cherquinthia Derecole Winkley, cum laude, Dallas.
