| | |title=Distinguished Alumni Citation|date=1969|publisher=acu.edu|accessdate=July 21, 2015; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> | | |title=Distinguished Alumni Citation|date=1969|publisher=acu.edu|accessdate=July 21, 2015; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> |
| − | Paden was referred to as "The Gray Eagle", presumably for his keen vision and wisdom. Truman Scott, a Sunset administrator, penned a 2000 [[biography]] of Paden entitled ''The Gray Eagle,'' in which Scott documents Paden's impact on many people, particularly young ministers and missionaries whom he trained over the decades.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-gray-eagle-truman-scott/1009163943?ean=9780976869870|title=The Gray Eagle|publisher=Sunset Institute Press|location=Lubbock, Texas|date=September 5, 2000|author=Truman Scott|isbn=9780976869870|accessdate=July 21, 2015; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> | + | Paden was referred to as "The Gray Eagle," in which Scott documents Paden's impact on young ministers and missionaries whom he trained over the decades.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-gray-eagle-truman-scott/1009163943?ean=9780976869870|title=The Gray Eagle|publisher=Sunset Institute Press|location=Lubbock, Texas|date=September 5, 2000|author=Truman Scott|isbn=9780976869870|accessdate=July 21, 2015; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> |