Wendell Lutz
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- Class Year:
- 1966
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- Induction Year:
- 2026
Bio
From Hall of Honor press release dated July 10, 2026:
Wendell Lutz was a member of some of the best teams in the history of Wittenberg Men’s Tennis, and he has been a stalwart supporter of his alma mater for more than 60 years since then. Lutz was a contributor to Tiger teams that compiled sparkling four-year match records of 33-7 overall and 30-3 in the OAC, while winning three league titles and finishing second in 1965. A member of Wittenberg’s Board of Directors from 2011-19, Lutz has displayed his passion and supported the University in a variety of ways, and his contributions have been recognized with an Honorary Doctor of Science given to him in 1991 and an Alumnus of Distinction award given to him in 2002. A world-renowned expert in radiation oncology, Lutz was the 2016 recipient of the prestigious Edith H. Quimby Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Physics from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, and in 2022 he was presented with the American Society for Radiation Oncology Gold Medal. The son of longtime Wittenberg Professor of Physics Arthur Lutz and a native of Springfield, Lutz currently resides in Tucson, Arizona.