Southwestern awards 1,000th theology Ph.D.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary celebrated a milestone during the seminary’s 204th commencement ceremony Dec. 14.

David Sung Hyon Yang of Abingdon, Md., became the 1,000th Ph.D. graduate from the seminary’s theology school.

The 1,000th graduate, Karen Bullock, associate dean for the Ph.D. degree in the theology school, said, “represents the many decades of dynamic leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention who were prepared for ministry at Southwestern. We’ve had 92 years of quality doctoral education beginning with our first Th.D. in 1910.”