Quasten Medal
The Johannes Quasten Medal for Excellence in Scholarship and Leadership in Religious Studies was established in 1985 by Dean William Cenkner, O.P. The medal is named for Professor Johannes Quasten, the renowned patristic scholar who was a member of the faculty from 1938 until his retirement in 1979. The medal is awarded to extern scholars whose excellence in research and leadership is acknowledged in the academic world. Past recipients of the Quasten Medal include:
Rev. Gerard S. Sloyan
E. Glenn Hinson
Rev. Louis Bouyer
Robert A. Markus
David Herlihy
Rev. Robert Taft
Hermann J. Pottmeyer
John T. Noonan
Rev. Joseph A. Fitzmyer
Gerald Bonner
David Tracy
Rev. Raymond E. Brown
Rev. Virgilio Elizondo
Rev. Berard Marthaler
Rev. John O’Malley
Rev. Lawrence G. Wrenn
Bernard McGinn
Rev. Cyprian Davis
Brian Tierney
Rev. John R. Donahue
Geoffrey Wainwright
Rev. Gerald O’Collins
Metropolitan Kallistos Ware
Rev. Jared Wicks
Rev. Jeremy Driscoll
Rev. Brian Daley
Cardinal Walter Kasper
Rev. Joseph Chinnici
Eamon Duffy
Robert Louis Wilken
Very Rev. John Erickson
Mark Smith