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Distinguished Service Awards Alumni Maake Jonathon S. Masango and Joseph (Joe) S. Harvard received this year’s Distinguished Service Awards on April 15 during Colloquium 2008.
Maake Masango, a distinguished theologian and church leader, received an M.T.S. in 1981 and a Th.D. in 1994. He serves a global ministry that stretches from his native South Africa to the United States and Europe. He is professor of practical theology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, a published author, and member of numerous teaching associations, bodies, and committees. Dr. Masango served as moderator of the Presbyterian Church of South Africa from 1976-1977 and is an executive member of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.
In a lifelong quest for social justice, 1966 graduate Joe Harvard’s ministry has reached out to people of all classes, races, and ethnicities. He served his local community as co-chair of the Durham Racial Understanding Committee, was a founder of the Durham Habitat for Humanity, and a board member of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. Harvard has served the Presbyterian Church as chair of the Committee on Assembly Operations and the Assembly’s Urban Ministry Committee, and as Moderator of the Presbytery of New Hope. His numerous public service awards include the Freedom Award from the NAACP, and St. Andrews College awarded him a Doctor of Divinity degree.
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