Baccalaureate Awards

Gardner-Marshall Staff Award

William. W. Marshall was a Marine, editor of The Georgetonian and letterman on both the track and football teams. He served as a pastor, as VP for the SBC Foreign Mission Board, and as Executive Secretary of the Kentucky Baptist Convention. He was awarded honorary doctorates from all Kentucky Baptist Colleges. He died in 2019. Alice was Miss Georgetonian, President of Sigma Kappa, and badminton champion. She was a public-school teacher and an owner of Wallpaper for Less stores. Both served as SBC missionaries in Cyprus, Lebanon and Germany, and both were inducted into Georgetown’s Hall of Fame.

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George Walker Redding Faculty Award

George Walker Redding was the pastor, teacher, mentor, guide, and conscience for generations of young Christians. Bible professor at Georgetown College for 30 years, he was the standard for godly instruction for many students in the classroom, in the pulpit, and in his life. A 1927 alumnus, Dr. Redding’s calling to teach served as the model for faculty at his alma mater and, in retirement, at three other Kentucky Baptist schools.

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Norman and Martha Yocum Lytle Graduating Senior Award

Norm and Martha Lytle, 1957 graduates of Georgetown College, shared a 34-year career as SBC Foreign Missionaries in Israel and Russia. They were honored by their classmates with such awards as Belle of the Blue, Homecoming Queen, Who’s Who, and Most Outstanding Male Athlete. Later they were honored by the College with the Outstanding Alumni Award. Norm earned a degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.  They lived in Louisville and were active in Crescent Hill Baptist Church.  Norm served as an oncology volunteer at Baptist Healthcare from 2015-2022 and received a Hero award for his service.  Martha died in 2015 and Norm died in 2022.

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