The 2012 Legacy Banquet

Distinguished Service Award Stephen Brown ’67 While at Cedarville, Steve was involved in nursing home and rescue mission ministries and served as the Assistant Editor of Cedars his junior year and editor of Miracle his senior year. His freshman year he played in the marching band — yes, Cedarville had a marching band that year! He writes, “Although I did not realize it at the time, the Bible minor and daily chapels were a vital influence on my life.” He remembers many significant chapel speakers from the time he was a student through the years he spent on faculty from 1968–1996, serving on the library staff. In 1996, Steve moved to Marion, Indiana, to serve on the library staff at Indiana Wesleyan University where he is currently the Technical Services Librarian. He is the Associate Editor for the Christian Periodical Index and served as treasurer for the Association of Christian Librarians from 1975–1996. In 1999, he received the Emily Russel Award from the Association of Christian Librarians. He has served as a Sunday school superintendent, college-age and adult Sunday school teacher, member of the church building committee, and has driven a van to pick up college students. Steve is a scholarship donor and started the Christian Service and Academic Excellence Award in 2006. His scholarship is given annually to two sophomore, junior, or senior students who have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or above and demonstrate exceptional service in Christian ministries and adherence to biblical principles. He is also building an endowment so that this scholarship will be available for many years to come. One of the reasons Steve was chosen for the Distinguished Service Award was because of his continued service to Cedarville in volunteering time each summer to catalogue books. Lynn Brock, Dean of Library Services, says that Steve is very good at the intricacies of cataloging rare books. Steve is the proud father of one son and three grandchildren and is also an avid Yellow Jackets fan!