2004 Citizen of the Year
Recipient
Senior Pastor
Auburn United Methodist Church
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| Dr. George Mathison, senior pastor of Auburn United Methodist Church and the 2004 recipient of Auburn Rotary Club's Good Citizenship Award, is pictured with committee chair Bill Sauser (left) and club President-Elect Chris Rodger (right) |
Dr. George H. Mathison is senior pastor of Auburn United Methodist Church, where he has served since 1990. He is a graduate of Opelika High School, Young Harris Junior College, Huntingdon College, and Emory University. He received his Doctorate through the Sewanee-Vanderbilt Joint Doctor of Ministry Coalition. He served as a Research Fellow at Yale University in Biblical Homiletics.
Dr. Mathison has been honored as “Outstanding Young Religious Leader” in Mobile County, Ala., by the Jaycees; one of the “Outstanding Young Men in America”; and “Saraland Citizen of the Year.” He is a championship-caliber tennis player and author of five books. He has been extremely active in the community and the United Methodist Church, and serves on the Board of Trustees for Huntingdon College.
Dr. Mathison and his wife Monteigne, an art teacher at Drake Middle School, have one adult daughter Mallory.
Says his nominators:
“George Mathison is without argument the single most important influence on the religious culture and moral fiber of this community, increasingly so for the past 14 years.”
"George has touched the lives of so many Auburn citizens in such a positive way. He is a person who lives daily the 4-Way Test of Rotary."