2022 Distinguished Alumni Awards

The Crandall University Distinguished Alumni Award banquet is an annual event which is held to recognize outstanding alumni who have lived their lives as excellent representatives of Crandall in the world. This year, the Distinguished Alumni Award was presented on Friday May 6, 2022.

The Distinguished Alumni Award celebrates the noteable contributions Crandall alumni make to their communities and professions. It recognizes truly outstanding accomplishments of Crandall’s alumni in their personal and professional lives. Each year’s recipient(s) are selected from nominations received from the alumni community and approved by the University Senate.

The 2022 recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award are Rev. Dr. Dennis Bustin (’86) and Rev. Dr. Daniel Goodwin (’82).

There was hardly a dry eye in the room as attendees watched videos of Dr. Bustin and Dr. Goodwin sharing highlights of their respective educations and careers. Dr. Bustin, who was born and raised in Moncton, shared how he made his way to Atlantic Baptist College after seeing Seth Crowell, the Registrar at the time, representing ABC at a Moncton High School university fair. Feeling bad because no one was at his booth, Dennis approached Seth and started up a conversation. “The long and the short of it was, I ended up going to ABC that fall,” Dennis concluded.

Dr. Goodwin shared that he and several other boys from the Yarmouth area took a trip with Mark Pitman to the ABC campus when he was in grade eleven. “After a few days’ stay I really came to appreciate what was going on at the college,” Dan reflected. When he was eventually ready to start applying to universities the following year, he applied to several maritime institutions, ultimately only being accepted into one: Atlantic Baptist College. Remembering this, Dan commented “it seems to me the Lord was very much involved in that decision.”

While they were students, both men found role models in several members of the ABC community, citing Ralph Richardson, Bob Wilson, Stuart Murray, Seth Crowell, Doug Mantz, Stephen Dempster, and Carol Thorne as instrumental in helping to develop their Christian worldviews and encouraging them in their shared passion for academia, reassuring them that a life of teaching and scholarship was indeed a worthy pursuit.

With this background, both men went on to become history professors at ABC (later Crandall University), with Dan serving for 20 years and Dennis serving for roughly 30 years.

Learn more of our recipients’ stories and check out their videos on our website: https://www.crandallu.ca/alumni

Dr. Daniel Goodwin (’82) (middle), with President Bruce Fawcett (’88) (left) and Chancellor Don Simmonds (right).

Dr. Dennis Bustin (’86) (bottom) with President Bruce Fawcett (’88) (left) and Chancellor Don Simmonds (right).