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Randy Roberts (left), senior pastor of the Loma Linda University church, presents the Charles Eliot Weniger Award to Milton Murray. An alumnus of La Sierra, Murray was singled out for the honor for his career of distinction in philanthropy.
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August 28, 2007 |
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Milton Murray, a pioneering fundraiser for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, received the prestigious Charles Eliot Weniger Award for Excellence on May 12, 2007, at the Loma Linda University Church. Murray’s name is synonymous with philanthropy, not just in Adventist circles, but throughout the profession. He served 44 years support philanthropic efforts in education, healthcare and religion in both the United States and Latin America, and he continues even in his retirement years to aid philanthropic enterprises nationally and internationally. He has worked for more than 50 institutions on two continents and in 12 countries. A member of La Sierra’s class of 1949, Murray has received numerous academic distinctions, including an honorary doctoral degree from La Sierra University in Riverside, CA. He also received the highest honor bestowed to fundraisers by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy—the Si Seymour Award. Murray was instrumental in changing the face of Adventist fund raising efforts when he successfully church leadership to look to non-church sources—such as banks, businesses and institutions—for funds for Seventh-day Adventist schools. “In recognition of Milton Murray’s many accomplishments for Seventh-day Adventist philanthropy, his work for Loma Linda University and Church, as well as his work that has touched every continent on this globe, and because he exemplified the high ideals embodied in the Charles Elliott Weniger Award for Excellence, I present this medallion to him as a token of the high esteem in which he is held by all who know him,” said Randy Roberts, senior pastor of the Loma Linda University church, in making the Weniger presentation to Murray. “Would that all of us pursued our lives with the purpose, dedication, and excellence for which we honor him today.” The Weniger Award for Excellence, first bestowed in 1934, bears the name of a scholar and public speaker who taught at Pacific Union College, Angwin, California, then served as professor and dean of the Seventh-day Adventist Seminary in Washington, D.C., and later on the campus of Andrews University. One of the most revered teachers in Adventism, Dr. Weniger’s memory has been kept alive by a committee composed of his former students, colleagues, and admirers of the excellence he embodied. They in turn bestow this award on those deemed worthy by their dedication and competence to receive the honor. This award is presented, first, to a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church that Dr. Weniger loved so much; and secondly, to an individual who has demonstrated these qualities of inspiration, motivation, and excellence as exemplified by Dr. Weniger.
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