Alumnus of the Year 1988
Author, Editor. Philip Yancey (’70) is an award winning and bestselling Christian Author. In unique ways, his writings point people to knowing Christ and ‘Making Him Known.’ His book Where is God when It Hurts received the Gold Medallion Book Award in Recognition of Excellence in Evangelical Christian Literature. The books he co-authored with Dr. Paul Brand, Fearfully and Wonderfully Made and In His Image, were awarded the Gold Medallion Award for Best Inspirational Book. His other books include The Jesus I Never Knew and What’s So Amazing About Grace, and his work has appeared in many magazines from The Readers Digest to The Atlantic. He served as Editor-at-Large for Christianity Today, to which he contributed a regular column and many articles. His NIV Student Bible (Zondervan) has sold over five million copies and impacted lives across the nation.
