The late church historian taught an all-star lineup of graduate students at the University of Chicago:
M. Barbara Akin (1970, History)+
Catherine Albanese (1972)
Robert Alvis (2000)
Richard Anderson (1973, History)
R. Scott Appleby (1985)
Yaakov Ariel (1986)
James Ash (1976)+
Paul Baglyos (1997)
Craig Barnes (1992)
Marvin Bergman (1990)
James Block (1999, CSThought)
Eileen Brewer (1984)
James Bundy (1979)
Jonathan Butler (1975)
Stephen Carleton (1975)+
Dennis Castillo (1990)
Robert Choquette (1971)
James Connelly (1977)
Clifford Crummey (1963)+
Peter D’Agostino (1993)+
Donald Dayton (1981)
Paul Dekar (1978)
Linda Delloff (1981)
Jay P. Dolan (1970) +
Kathryn Dvorak (1985)
Kent Druyvesteyn (1976)
Mark Englund-Krieger (1998, Practical Theology)
Anne Faulkner (1970, History of Culture)+
Tom Faulkner (1975)
Craig Forney (2002)
Larry Foster (1976, History)
David Garrison (1988)
Richard Gowan (1971)+
Stephen Graham (1989)
Mark Granquist (1992)
John Groh (1971)
Lisa Grunberger (1997)
Suzanne Gwiazda (1977, History of Culture)
R. Scott Hanson (2002, History of Culture)
Nancy Hardesty (1976)+
Vincent Harding (1965, History)+
Philip Harrold (2001)
Janette Hassey (1986)
Charles Headington (1985)
Marvin Hill (1968, History)+
Bryan Hillis (1988)
Everett Hunt (1976)+
Channing Jeschke (1966)+
Thomas Jonas (1980)
Jeffrey Kaplan (1993, History of Culture)
Chung Jung Ki (1987, History)
Richard Kern (1968)+
David Kling (1985)
Peter Kountz (1976, History of Culture)
Robert Krivoshey (1973, History)+
DeAne Lagerquist (1986)
David Larsen (2001)
Timothy Lee (1996)
David Lewis (1979)+
James Lewis (1987)
Daisy Machado (1996)
Joseph McShane (1982)
Michael McTighe (1983, History)
Harvey Markowitz (2002)
Bernard Markwell (1977, History)+
R. Jonathan Moore (2003)
Douglas Morgan (1992)
Beth King McKeown (1977)
Jean Miller-Schmidt (1969)
Roland Nelson (1964)+
James Overbeck (1975)
Jon Pahl (1990)
Daniel Pals (1975)
Dale Pattison (1970, History)+
Samuel Pearson (1964)+
Mary Pellauer (1981)+
Gary Peluso (1991, Practical Theology)
Jeffrey Potash (1986, History)
Craig Prentiss (1997)
Paul Pribbenow (1993)
George Procter-Smith (1969)
Elizabeth Profit (2001)
Sally Promey (1988, History of Culture)
Laura Praglin (1998, Practical Theology)
Arthur Puotinen (1978)
Edward Queen (1986)
William Quinn Jr. (1982, History of Culture)
Leon Rosenthal (1989)
Michele Rosenthal (2000)
William Sachs (1981)
Stephen Shaw (1982)
Robert Shepard (1988, Education)
Jerry Sittser (1989)
Trygve Skarsten (1968)+
Stephen Snyder (1975)
Mark Sorvillo (1990)
Terry Sparkes (1993)
Julia Speller (1996)
John G. Stackhouse Jr. (1987)
Winnifred Sullivan (1993)
Dan Swinson (1992)
Katherine Tobin-Schlesinger (1994, History)
Gerrit tenZythoff (1967)+
Mark Toulouse (1984)
Gil Waldkoenig (1994)
Michael Warner (1990, History)
Jerry Weber (1997)
Timothy Weber (1976)
James Wellman (1995, Practical Theology)
Paul Westermeyer (1978)
Rob Wilson-Black (2002)
John Wimmer (1992)+
James Wind (1983)
Stewart Winger (1998, History of Culture)
+ deceased
I think my former Messiah University colleague Douglass “Jake” Jacobsen is missing from this list.
NOTE: Jake’s primary adviser was actually Jerald Brauer.
David Larsen is my older and much smarter brother.
About twenty-five years ago I did a one-hour interview with Marty on radio. We didn’t talk much history as the interview revolved around the book about the death of his first wife. Gentleman, in the very best sense of that word, is how I would describe him.
I am not surprised by the distinguished nature of this list. I am surprised by the number of these folks that I have known or worked with (however briefly).