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Summer Term and Summer Languages 2010In summer 2010, Yale Divinity School will offer an exciting series of courses in a variety of fields, including biblical studies, worship, preaching, and pastoral care. Four early summer sessions are planned in New Haven. Following are examples of some of the offerings taught by senior faculty:

MAY 31–JuNe 4A week of special workshops designed for recent graduates, church wardens and those in the non-profit sector.

JuNe 7–11HArolD AttrIDge, reverend Henry l. Slack Dean of Yale Divinity School and lillian Claus Professor of New testament

“Reading the Gospel According to John in its Ancient Literary Context”

DeNYS turNer, Horace tracy Pitkin Professor of Historical theology

“Julian of Norwich: Mystical Theologian”

JuNe 14–18robert WIlSoN, Hoober Professor of religious Studies and Professor of old testament, and DAvID bArtlett, Columbia theological Seminary Professor of New testament

“Preaching the Lectionary”

Peter S. HAWkINS, Professor of religion and literature, and vICtorIA HoFFer, lecturer in old testament/Hebrew bible

“King David in Scripture and Literature”

JuNe 21–25bruCe gorDoN, titus Street Professor of theology

“The Reformation”

HArolD AttrIDge, eMIlIe toWNeS, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of African American religion and theology, and eDWArD WAggoNer, lecturer in theology

“Theological Sampler”

As always, biblical Hebrew, New testament greek and ecclesiastical latin will be offered for academic credit. For further information on the entire Summer term 2010, including a full list of classes, registration information, and a schedule of fees, call 203.432.6550, write summerterm@yale.edu, or go to www.yale.edu/sdqsummerterm.

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2 Alumni Pastors and the Recession 4 Faculty Notes and News 6 New Books from Faculty 8 Strength to Strength 9 Berkeley Notes

10 Building Bridges 11 ISM Fellows

12 YDS by the Numbers 14 Honor Roll of Donors 21 Volunteer Leadership

24 Class Notes

Year in Review 2

YDS Faculty 4

BDS News 8

ISM News 10

Annual Report 12

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Volume 9 Number 1 Winter 2010Yale Divinity School, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511For online Spectrum content, visit www.yale.edu/divinity/spectrum Visit the YDS website at www.yale.edu/divinity

Spectrum, a Report to Graduates and Friends of Yale Divinity School, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, is published once per year by the YDS Office of Publications. A monthly report is published online at www.yale.edu/divinity/notes. All correspondence regarding Spectrum should be ad-dressed to Frank Brown at frank.brown@yale.edu or at the School’s mailing address.

FRONT COVER 2009 marked the return to daily use of a portion of that part of the Sterling Divinity Quad-rangle known collectively as the “back buildings.” New offices and classrooms now occupy the space that once housed the Institute of Sacred Music. The old Refectory and old Common Room have been partially restored, with the former used during Convocation and Reunions 2009 for the Alumni Award Luncheon, an especially joyous event for those alumni who worked and prayed over the last decade for the Quad’s restoration. After the luncheon, Elizabeth Frazier ’40 M.Div. was moved to write to Dean Harold Attridge, “I give thanks that the Old Refectory has escaped the wrecking ball to function far into the future as an historic reminder that the found-ers of Yale were classicists. . . .The Old Refectory is a place of beauty, history, remembrance and present grace, a place to encourage wide horizons of thought.” The cover collage uses images from Peter Lindner and Justin Haaheim ’10 M.Div. The image on the facing page shows Dean Attridge in the refurbished old Refectory.

PUBLISHER Harold Attridge, Dean EDITOR Frank Brown DESIGN Megan Mangum, Words That WorkCOVER PHOTOS Peter Lindner and Justin Haaheim ’10 M.Div. PHOTOS Jim Anderson, Frank Brown, Gabriel Amadeus Cooney, Justin Haaheim ’10 M.Div., and Jennifer Miller ’09 M.Div. STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHER Justin Haaheim ’10 M.Div. CLASS NOTES EDITOR Jason Peno ’10 M.Div.

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As the cover of this issue of Spectrum indicates, the Yale Divinity School community welcomed back into service in August of 2009 the “back buildings” on the eastern end of the Quad. They have been “mothballed” since the recon-struction of the Quad at the beginning of this decade. On the southeast side, the space that had housed the old basketball court and was later converted to the ISM’s Great Hall now has lovely new o∞ces for the Center for Faith & Culture; an o∞ce for the Tony Blair Faith Foundation (which, as you may know, is in partnership with Yale University to explore issues of faith and globalization); space for visiting faculty; and much-needed new instructional space. On the northeast side, the old Common Room and Refectory have been par-tially restored for temporary use by the School of Music as early as next summer. In the meantime, we have been using those old familiar spaces for special events, while we hope for their final restoration to our physical plant, perhaps in connection with new student accommodations to replace the Canner Street apartments.

Renewing the Quad is an ongoing process and will no doubt continue into the years ahead. More important than our buildings are the faculty who come to teach in them. In the fall of 2009, we welcomed to YDS four exceptional new colleagues, Clarence Hardy (American Religious History), Vasileios Marinis (History of Art and Architecture, with ISM), Chloë Starr (Chinese Religion and Theology), and Tisa Wenger (American Religious History). In January we shall also welcome a new colleague in Ministerial Studies, Janet Ru∞ng, as a specialist in spirituality and spiritual direction. Searches continue in ethics, theology and pastoral care—positions we hope to fill for 2010.

While we continue to move ahead on various fronts, we have to do so these days with caution. The reduction in the value of Yale’s endowment means that endowment revenues will be significantly lower in coming years than what we were projecting 18 months ago. We anticipate that the revenue shortfall this year and next will be over $2 million combined. We have already tightened our belts this year, reducing non-salary expenses by some 12 percent and sta≠ salaries by some 5 percent, the latter mostly by attrition. We shall make similar cuts in next year’s budget. We are grateful for all the support that our alumni and friends have given in these di∞cult times. To date, the Yale Divinity Tomorrow capital campaign has raised some $28 million toward our goal of $38 million. One

significant gift to the cam-paign came from Robert McNeil, Yale College ’36, to endow the deanship in honor of his grandfather, Henry L. Slack, YDS 1877. Such wonderful generos-ity is a sign of hope for the successful completion of the campaign.

One of the things that will change in our e≠orts to streamline operations is our annual communication with alums. We shall increasingly rely on electronic distribu-tion of our information and are planning to move Spectrum online for the future. That change is part of a larger strategy to take advantage of new media. Part of the shift has already taken place, with the alumni books and obituaries sections, as well as other features, of Spectrum online at www.yale.edu/divinity/spectrum/.

We know that the financial crisis is not confined to the Quad, and the lead article in this issue of Spectrum describes how alumni pastors are coping. Despite the challenges, there are good grounds to be optimistic for the future. Most reassuring are the students who have joined us this year, in one of the largest entering classes in recent memory. Their energy and commitment to the project of combining faith and intellect in the service of the Church and World is an inspiration to all of us here. The other ground of our hope is the generosity that our alumni and friends have continued to display and for which we are all enormously grateful. With your continued support we shall continue our mission of helping our stu-dents become the religious leaders of the future—the pastors, the teachers, the scholars who will guide communities of faith through the 21st century.

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Harold W. AttridgeThe Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean andLillian Claus Professor of New TestamentAdvent, 2009

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WHeN PeGGY NIeDeReR ’01 M.DIV. became pastor in 2003 of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in Leonia, NJ, she knew that the small congregation’s survival might, one day, come into question. By

late 2009, that day appeared to be growing closer as the power-ful forces of the recession ravaged the church’s finances. Holy Spirit was forced to dip into its endowment, and at the worst possible moment.

“The stock devalued at the same time that we needed to with-draw from it. We took a double hit,” says Niederer. “We may never recover from that. It may shorten the life of the congregation. It could be five years instead of ten or two years in-stead of eight. It’s hard to know.”

The recession, which o∞cially began in late 2007, has taken a harsh toll on Holy Spirit Lutheran, an eLCA congregation where about two dozen people attend a typical Sunday service. The congrega-tion’s president, a faithful tither, was out of work for nearly a year. Giving was down by eight percent for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2009. The church’s preschool, founded in 1967, struggled along, with Niederer filling the director’s position until December 2009. Then it closed, after 42 years.

Across the country, YDS alumni pastors are struggling with the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Shepard Parsons ’84 M.Div., a United Church of Christ minister in Shelton, CT, took a 63 percent pay cut and went part-time as the sole pastor. Ruth Ann Chartier ’93 M.Div., a UCC pastor, is moving from one financially struggling church in Massachusetts to another in Pennsylvania, in part because she is impressed with the new congregation’s gritty survival skills.

These experiences mirror the findings of a 2009 national study by the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving that captures the extraordinary economic pressures at work. Just as endow-ment dividends shrink and church members themselves are squeezed financially, local churches are witnessing a jump in demand for the social services that they have historically pro-vided. According to the study, nearly one-third of the church-

es polled reporting having to make budget cuts. This figure was even higher in congregations with only one minister.

But, even as this perfect storm of diminishing resources and heightened need is visited upon congregations across the denominational spectrum, YDS alumni leaders are o≠ering models for how to not only survive but also prosper in such an environment. It is a time, they say, when churches can fill their congregants’ needs and o≠er prophetic leadership in ways that secular institutions cannot. And, the ongo-ing crisis is also an opportunity to move along the some-

times glacial process of reforming and streamlining the business side of local church operations. Above all, they say, focus on a core Christian message must win out over the clamor of worried voices and distractions.

“In 35 years of ministry and teaching, I’ve never lived through anything where churches are as preoccupied with the econ-omy as they are today,” says Dan Bonner ’76 M.Div., ’77 S.T.M., a Methodist pastor who heads the Center for Urban Congrega-tional Renewal in Georgetown, TX. “What I encourage folks to do is to keep our eye on

our mission and not fret, certainly publicly, over things we cannot control in our environment. The institutions that are staying the course and even expanding around the edges are the ones staying on mission. The mission of the church is the good news, the peace and justice, the whole bundle.”

The Lake Institute’s study, the “2009 Congregational eco-nomic Impact Study,” found that churches that have older members, are more dependent on endowment income, and are smaller in size are faring worse than their counterparts. The good news from the Lake Institute, which polled mostly local Protestant churches, seemed to be that, overall, giving was up from 2007 to 2008, although the rate of increase was not as high as in previous years.

Jerry Henry ’80 M.Div., chair of the Development Committee of the YDS Alumni Board, parses such numbers for a living as an Atlanta-based partner with the Alexander Haas fund-raising consulting firm. “Giving to religion is one of the last things to decrease. I think it has to do with the deep spiritual

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ties that we feel. We are sharing the abundance of God,” says Henry, who specializes in consulting with religious groups. Another recent study, “Faith Communities Today 2008: A First Look,” was released in October 2009 by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research at Hartford Seminary. While the data from over 2,500 congregations of every major faith tradition—Christian and non-Christian—was collected be-fore the brunt of the recession hit, the study’s findings confirm the dire straits in which many US faith communities find themselves. “The clear and consistent short-term direction is negative—including worship attendance growth, spirituala vitality and sense of mission and purpose,” the report notes. Specifically, even before the crisis, the number of congrega-tions describing their current financial health as “excellent” dropped from 31 percent in 2000 to 19 percent in 2008.

Such startling numbers put demands on the leadership skills of pastors in ways that most seminaries do not prepare them for. That is why parishioners’ advice can be invaluable, says Tom Duggan ’59 B.D., a Presbyterian minister who weath-ered economic collapses while serving english-speaking congregations in Bangkok and Paris. “Don’t panic over the finances,” he advises. “I’ve always turned to the people for help. I’ve said to them, ‘It’s not my church. It’s your church.’ The people always responded.”

Within the context of the Roman Catholic Church, Kerry Robinson ’94 M.A.R. is trying to help bring business ex-pertise to church administration. Robinson is the founding executive director of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, based in Washing-ton, DC, which works with bish-ops across the nation’s 195 Roman Catholic dioceses.

“The economic crisis has created a sense of urgency among church leaders,” says Robinson, adding that demand for her group’s servic-es is up markedly, in part because of the economy. Potential donors are looking not only for compelling church ministry to fund but also, she said, for “systems of contemporary best practices and a culture of transparency and accountability.”

The sort of networking and sharing of experiences that Rob-inson’s Roundtable facilitates is essential for all pastors as they face hard decisions forced upon them by the recession, some YDS alumni suggest.

Feeling isolated can be inevitable, says Talitha Arnold ’80 M.Div., who is senior minister at the United Church of Santa Fe in New Mexico. “The first thing I would say is that it’s not about you,” she notes. “It’s easy to internalize what’s hap-pening but these are global things that are happening. The second thing to do is to seek out colleagues.”

Arnold reports that her UCC congregation felt an economic impact from the crisis in two waves. First, parishioners de-pendent on retirement income were hit hard by the decline in the stock market. Then, in 2009, the church was impacted by layo≠s of members from state government, tourism and construction, New Mexico’s top three employers. To help the largest group—state workers—cope, Arnold organized Saturday burrito breakfasts just for them, thus providing a new source of fellowship.

Despite the challenges they face, pastors like Chart-ier, in Fall River, and Niederer, in Leonia, still see rays of hope.

The kind of dynamism and adaptability Arnold de-scribed are among the big reasons Chartier has de-cided to leave the United Parish of Fall River, MA, for Linfield United Church of Christ in Royersford, PA, even though the leaders of her new church told her that “they have enough money to fund this posi-tion for three years and after that they are just not sure.” For her part, Niederer is encouraged at how her tiny Lutheran congregation has risen to chal-

lenges. Says Niederer, “I feel people taking ownership and volunteering to help in the parish.”

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Joel Baden’s first book, J, E, and the Redaction of the Pentateuch, was published in June by Mohr Siebeck. His first edited volume, The Strata of the Priestly Writings, was pub-lished in October by Theologischer Verlag Zurich. Baden has also published articles in the past year in the Journal of Biblical Literature and in Hebrew Studies and given lectures at the 15th World Congress of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, the Society of Biblical Literature International meeting in Rome, and at the University of Texas in Austin.

Christopher Beeley was promoted to associ-ate professor. He co-edit-ed, with Joseph Britton, a volume entitled Toward a Theology of Leadership for the Anglican Theological Review and contributed the essay “Theology and Pastoral Leadership.” Beeley responded to a review panel on his book Gregory of Nazianzus on the Trinity and the Knowledge of God at the Society of Biblical Literature meeting in New Orleans, LA. Beeley published articles in the Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum, the Journal of Early Christian Studies, and Modern Theology.

With Bryan Spinks, teresa Berger acted as editor for a collection of Institute of Sacred Music Liturgy Conference papers, The Spirit in Worship—Worship in the Spirit, that was published by Liturgical Press. Berger developed an interdisciplinary research seminar on gender and liturgy for the Centre for Religious Studies at the Fondazione Bruno Kessler in Trento, Italy. She also planned a 2011 ISM Liturgy Conference titled “Liturgy in Migration: From the Upper Room to Cyberspace.”

Joseph h. Britton has served as associate editor of the Anglican Theological Review, where he published an essay, “Having Something to Say: Pastoral Leadership and the Word.” He is a member of the standing committee on ecu-menical and interfaith relations of the episcopal Church, as well as a participant in the episcopal Gathering of Leaders and the Council of episcopal Seminary Deans.

adela yarBro Collins was honored at a conference entitled “Women in the Religious and Intellectual Activity of the Ancient Mediterranean World: An Interdisciplinary and International Conference” at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio and at Ohio State University in March. She is serving in 2009-2010 as president-elect of the Society of

New Testament Studies. Her recent publications include: “Mark and the Hermeneutics of History Writing,” in Mark and Matthew, Texts and Contexts II: Hermeneutics, Reception History, and Theology, edit-ed by eve-Marie Becker and Anders Runesson, and “Rhétorique apocalyptique, identité et catharsis vir-tuelle,” in Théophylon.

John J. Collins received in June an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from

University College, Dublin. Collins has recently given the fol-lowing lectures: “Reading Genesis Theologically” at a sym-posium on “Ten Ways of Reading Genesis” at the University of California, Berkeley; “The Lure of the Apocryphal” at a symposium on “Apocryphal Literature in Judaism and Christianity” at Siena College; and, “Artapanus Revisited” at the Society of Biblical Literature in Boston. Collins’s book King and Messiah as Son of God, co-authored with Adela Yarbro Collins, was published by eerdmans.

Judith gundry’s article “Divine Benefaction and Human Boasting in Paul and Philo” appeared in The Letter to the Romans. She also published the article “Children in the Gospel of Mark, with Special Attention to Jesus’ Blessing of the Children (Mark 10:13-16) and the Purpose of Mark” in The Child in the Bible.

John hare published a number of articles, including “Goodness” in Christian Philosophical Theology, “Moral Motivation” in Games, Groups, and the Global God, “The Supervenience of Goodness on Being” in Metaphysics and God, “Is Moral Goodness without Belief in God Rationally Stable?” in Is Goodness without God Good Enough? Articles in

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press include “Kant on Depravity” in Kant on Practical Justification.

Jeremy hultin is on leave for the 2009-2010 academic year. In September, he gave a paper at the British New Testament Society meeting in Aberdeen, Scotland.

W i l l i s J e n k i n s ’s book Ecologies of Grace: Environmental Ethics and Christian Theology was published by Oxford University Press. He has been developing the joint degree program between the Yale Divinity School and the School of Forestry, where he also holds an appointment. Outside of Yale, Jenkins has been active in the Christian Faith and earth project.

Two books by Carolyn sharp came out in 2009: Irony and Meaning in the Hebrew Bible published by Indiana University Press and Old Testament Prophets for Today pub-lished by Westminster John Knox. Her essay “Jeremiah” was published in the Theological Bible Commentary. Sharp published three book reviews and seven pieces for two homiletics resources, Feasting on the Word and Workingpreacher.org. She is in the ordi-nation process in the episcopal Church, and as part of that formation she com-pleted a parish internship and a unit of Clinical Pastoral education in 2009.

yolanda y. smith is on sabbatical until September 2010. While on sab-batical, Smith is writing a book titled Women’s Spirituality and Education in the Black Church. Her recent publica-

tions include “First Sunday of Advent/World AIDS Day” and “Cancer Awareness,” both online entries for The African American Lectionary. Smith has also served on the religious edu-

cation/scholars sub-committee of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation. Smith’s home church, First Institutional Baptist Church of Phoenix, has named a hallway in her honor. Bryan spinks gave the lecture “What is Celtic about Neo-Celtic

Christian Worship?” as the keynote paper at a 2008 meeting of the Society for Liturgical Study in Mirfield, england. Spinks serves as co-editor of the Scottish Journal of Theology, on the edito-rial board of the Society for Liturgical Study’s journal, Anaphora, and on the editorial commit-tee of Ashgate Press’s Liturgy, Worship and Society series.

paul stuehrenBerg published an article, “Theological Librarianship,” for the forthcoming third edition of the Encyclopedia of Libraries and Informa-tion Science.

emilie toWnes recently pub-lished Religion, Health, and Healing in African American Life, co-edited with Stephanie Y. Mitchem. She is work-ing on Foundations and Ruminations in Womanist Moral Thought: Selected Essays, and Womanist Theological Reader. Among her most recent lectures

and presentations is “Spirituality and ethics in the Sustainability Agenda: Some Beginning Thoughts,” given at the Third World Forum on Theology and Liberation in Brazil. thomas h. troeger serves as the national chaplain to the American Guild of Organists, writing a monthly column for the Guild journal, The American Organist. He also continues to supply a monthly column for the preaching jour-nal Lectionary Homiletics. In September, Oxford University Press published Troeger's third collection of poetry, God, You Made All Things for Singing: hymn texts, anthems and poems for a new millennium.

tisa Wenger ’s book We Have a Religion: The 1920s Pueblo Indian

Dance Controversy and American Religious Freedom was published by the University of North Carolina Press. In press is Wenger’s essay “God and the Constitution: Histori-cizing American Secu- larisms,” in the book Public Religion, Secu- larism, and Democracy.

She gave an invited lecture, “We Have a Religion: The 1920s Pueblo Indian Dance Controversy and American Religious Freedom,” at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque.

roBert Wilson most recently published an article entitled “Psalm 41: exegetical Perspective,” in volume one of Feasting on the Word, Year B, edited by David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown Taylor.

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FO R 1 4 Y e A R S the Divinity School community has gath-ered each spring in the Com-mon Room to celebrate the fac-

ulty literary works that extend YDS’ classrooms into homes and congrega-tions around the world. What follows are concise summaries of the books presented at the 2009 Book Party.

Buckingham Professor of Old Testa-ment Criticism and Interpretation adela yarBro Collins and Hol-mes Professor of Old Testa-ment Criticism and Inter-pretation John J. Collins delivered the Speaker’s Lec-tures at Oxford in May 2006 and present their talks with additional chapters in King and Messiah as Son of God. With this book, the Collinses enter the conversation sur-rounding Messianism and break free from the typical dichotomy that pits Judaism’s expec-tation for an earthly king against the Christian divine messiah. “The idea of the divinity of the messiah has its roots in the royal ideology of ancient Judah, which in turn was influenced by the egyptian mythology of king-ship,” they note, concluding that the development of Christology “cannot be understood without appreciating the Jewish context in which it had its roots.”

Professor of Religion and Literature peter haWkins’s new book, Undis-covered Country: Imagining the World to Come, is based on the Lyman Beecher lectures that Hawkins delivered at YDS in 2007. The prologue boldly asks, “Does anyone even think of the after-life apart from the experience of loss?”

Hawkins writes that many people do not, because, “The land of the living is so preoccupying that it takes some radical disenchantment to get most of us to entertain anything beyond the here and now.. . . somebody has to die before the hereafter comes up.” The prominent Dante scholar recalls how his parents exhorted him to pray the familiar “If I should die before I wake” prayer common to so many children, and asks, “So what if we should die be-fore we wake?” He admits that no one

can say for sure, but that reflecting on this question “can open up worlds of possi-bility and even make a di≠erence in the way we live now.”

One of the most influential works of theology in the last 50 years, The Nature

of Doctrine by Pitkin Professor emeri-tus of Historical Theology george a. lindBeCk, has been republished in a 25th anniversary edition. Lind-beck’s lifetime of com-mitment to ecumenical dialogue, particularly between Roman Catho-lics and Lutherans, stems in part from his role as a Lutheran delegate at the Second Vatican Council. The book, which began as a series of lectures at Gonzaga University that were then distributed to faculty and students at Yale, was in-tended to give “an intellectually sat-isfying explanation” of achievements Lindbeck had witnessed in ecumenical practice. The book considers “church”

in all of its dimensions and includes a new afterword by the author on “In-terreligious Relations and Christian ecumenism.”

In honor of the Jesuit Brian e. Daley’s 65th birthday, a series of Christology scholars have penned essays for In the Shadow of the Incarnation: Essays on Jesus Christ in the Early Church. ed-ited by visiting assistant professor of theology peter W. martens, the essays in this compendium aim, in part, “to correct particular miscon-ceptions that have arisen around in-dividual Christologies in the early church,” Martens writes. As a group, all of the essays attempt to correct a larger misconception that still exists, which is the idea that Christology must be confined to early creedal state-ments. Among other topics, the essays explore how convictions about Jesus Christ informed numerous practices, including discipleship, martyrdom, scriptural interpretation, and even the practice of thinking well about Christ. Contributors include Kelley McCarthy Spoerl, Archbishop of Canterbury

Rowan Williams, and Walter H. Gray Associ-ate Professor of Angli-can Studies and Patris-tics Christopher a. Beeley.

J. Shannon Clarkson and Kate M. Ott are the editors of Just Hospital-ity: God’s Welcome in a World of Di≠erence, the

final opus of letty m. russell, one of the world’s foremost feminist theologians and longtime member of the YDS faculty who died in 2007. Clarkson and Ott combed through

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scores of index cards, computer files, and jotted-down thoughts to bring Russell’s view on hospitality to print. In this book, readers are given access to her musings on hospitality, with chapters devoted to the theological method that demands hospitality; a discussion on “God’s intention to cre-ate a world full of riotous di≠erence;” and the four central characteristics of hospitality: “the unexpected divine presence, advocacy for the marginal-ized, mutual welcome, and creation of community.” Finally, Russell de-votes a chapter to the attributes of “just hospitality,” such as “solidarity and respect for di≠erences that result from the history and social location of the other.” Notes Russell, “The goal of just hospitality includes actions of genuine solidarity with those who are di≠erent from ourselves modeled on God’s welcome.”

Associate Professor of Hebrew Scrip-tures Carolyn J. sharp reflects on modern society’s trouble finding truth, in her book Old Testament Prophets for Today, the latest addition to the “For Today” series. “The prophet can help,” suggests Sharp, because “the prophet is a truth teller.” Reflecting on two sermons that both claimed to be prophetic, one call-ing for the full inclusion of gays and lesbians in the life of the church and the other naming homosexuality an abomination, Sharp writes that when exploring the distinctive voices of bib-lical prophets readers should keep in mind three points. First, the prophets are mediators of God’s holiness in the world. Next, the prophets are idealists.

And finally, the prophets are our com-panions. The Old Testament prophets can help people make sense of their lives today, contends Sharp. In another book, Irony and Meaning in the Hebrew Bible, she asks, “Is the Book of Jonah ironic? Is Samson supposed to be taken as a model for pious heroism?” In this book, Sharp presents a study of certain Jewish texts that are meant to be read through a lens of irony. If they are not, she says, they can have quite di≠erent implications for the world. Sharp claims, “Universes hang in the balance with every act of reading an ironic sacred text.”

Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Afri-can American Religion and Theol-ogy and Academic Dean emilie m. toWnes is the co-editor of Faith, Health, and Healing in African Ameri-can Life. The book is a collection of es-says that explore the lack of modern

medical treatments that take a holistic approach to healing, including “the body, the mind, the spirit, the family, and the com-munity.” Townes o≠ers a chapter entitled “Just Awailing and Aweep-ing: Grief, Lament, and Hope as We Face the end of Life,” in which she

writes about the end of life with the realization that the task is not entirely academic, but emotional. She writes, “I o≠er my observations about what I have learned and am learning about bone-deep sorrow and the hard deci-sions I have made in burying both my

parents. It means that I consciously reenter the grieving process in ways that are far from intellectual but are

as present for me as my breathing in and out and the pounding of my still-broken heart.”

With Thomas G. Long, Clement-Muehl Professor of Homiletics leonora tuBBs tisdale is editor of Teaching Preaching as a Christian Practice: A New

Approach to Homiletical Pedagogy. The book calls on those who teach preach-ing to abandon both teacher-centered and learner-centered approaches, and instead adopt a “learning-centered methodology.” That is, the contribu-tors to the book ask teachers of homi-letics “to recognize that preaching is a Christian practice, with a centuries-long tradition. . .a fine and rich tradi-tion, to which new preachers both need and deserve to be introduced.” In the chapter entitled “exegeting the Con-gregation,” Tubbs Tisdale writes that biblical exegesis is only one element of preaching, and that successful preach-ers must exegete “the various congre-gational contexts in which preaching takes place, and to speak a word that is both fitting and transformative for a particular people in a particular time and place.” Tubbs Tisdale employs an-thropological tools to determine that successful sermons must speak to all members of a faith community. This is possible by understanding a basic con-cept that says that all people are like all others, all people are like no others, and all people are like some others.

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A FTeR SeVeRAL YeARS of intensive work, the Berkeley Divinity School initiatives in leadership, global engagement, ecology and religion, urban min-

istry, and educational leadership are clearly bearing fruit. Not only has each of these initiatives achieved significant momen-tum, but, overall, the seminary is thriving by any measure. enrollment is strong. The incoming class in the fall of 2009 is one of the largest and most talented ever. Daily chapel is full to overflowing. Annual giving had a dramatic increase in participation last year, in one of the worst economic climates in recent memory. Berkeley is clearly moving from strength to strength!

The health of Berkeley’s program of seminary formation is built first and foremost on a strong and vibrant community, grounded in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. To support this fo-cused pattern of study, prayer and mission, we worked to-gether as a community last year to finalize a Rule of Life—an action that grew out of conversations initiated in the preced-ing year. This Rule of Life, which can be found on our web-site, will provide guidance to our students and alumni alike, assisting them in building a foundation for a spiritual life that can sustain and enrich a commitment to ongoing growth in Christ. Such a foundation is vital to work as a servant leader in any capacity.

The Leadership Initiative took an exciting new turn dur-ing the past year, with the addition of an intensive summer symposium for church wardens and recent graduates. Led by keynote speaker Samuel T. Lloyd, dean of the Washing-ton National Cathedral; leadership consultant and lay leader Gregory Cobbs; and Chilton Knudsen, retired bishop of Maine, the symposium focused on leadership challenges in times of crisis. As the group gathered for this inaugural meet-ing of what we plan as a regular o≠ering, those participat-ing had the opportunity to learn from one another. Based on the comments from attendees, possibly the greatest lesson learned or a∞rmed is the importance for leaders to inter-act with other peers. In our culture, it is not uncommon for those in a leadership position to be cloistered or otherwise set apart. Yet to develop leadership—to become a truly strong and e≠ective leader—one must be able to build and engage both the immediate and the wider community.

I had the opportunity to travel and meet with many friends and alumni of Berkeley Divinity School during the past year.

We were also pleased to bring many pre-1971 graduates back to the old Berkeley campus for a festive reunion during the fall Convocation. During my trav-els, I met with a broad range of friends, from older alumni who attended Berkeley when it was a stand-alone seminary to recent graduates and other friends.

What struck me most strongly and consistently was their deep spirit of commitment and a desire to make a di≠erence. My sense of the wider community that is Berkeley was deep-ened and broadened as I heard how successive generations have sparked the collective imagination of this school.

I was further reminded of the selfless values of our commu-nity as we closed out a very successful annual campaign. In spite of a year marked by continuing economic uncertain-ties, our alumni and friends stepped up boldly, helping us to achieve our targets. Because most of our endowment income goes directly toward scholarships or toward faculty support, and ALL student tuition goes to support academic instruc-tion at Yale, annual giving is critical to covering Berkeley’s own operations and outreach. Most heartening was watch-ing as the number of alumni gifts rose by 135 percent. Active participation and investment, no matter what the amount, is both collectively and individually life-giving.

As you hear about the fine work of our graduates, we hope you will continue to recognize the value of investing in the formation of leaders who enliven the Church and spread the Gospel in both traditional and new and creative ways. All of last year’s graduates were placed, many in parishes and several in chaplaincy and church school leadership posi-tions, reflecting the rapid, strong success of our new edu-cational Leadership in Ministry program. If our incoming class of approximately 40 students in the Anglican Studies program is any indication, we have much to hope for as the future unfolds!

The Very Reverend Joseph BrittonPresident and Dean

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the Bishop Berkeley soCietyTo honor those who have made a planned gift or named Berkeley Divinity School in their wills, the seminary has es-tablished the Bishop Berkeley Society. Named after George Berkeley, the english philosopher and future bishop who came to Connecticut with a vision to establish a training pro-gram for New World clergy, the Society evokes the sense of vision and mission that has characterized Berkeley graduates from the time of the school’s 1854 founding.

Planned gifts are a powerful mechanism for alumni and friends to make lasting contributions that provide ongoing support for training and raising up new clergy and lay leaders. For donors, the impact of such a commitment can be person-ally transforming and far-reaching. Berkeley himself created a legacy by sending more than 900 books to the fledgling Yale College in 1733.

More recently, Richard G. Copleston a∞rmed an historic family legacy through the establishment of the O≠well Scholarship. Copleston, a longtime resident of Connecticut, came from england as a young man. He worked in the U.S. as an executive in a utilities company. He also was a com-municant and lay leader at St. Peter’s Church in Cheshire. His family history included 162 years of successive fathers and sons who served as the vicar of O≠well, england, and Copleston wanted to do something to memorialize this un-usual and selfless tradition. He spoke with his rector at St. Peter’s, Sandra Stayner ’90 M.Div. As a Berkeley alumna, Stayner suggested that Copleston consider a gift supporting seminarian scholarships. Upon his death in 2006, Copleston left $716,000 to establish the O≠well Scholarships at Berkeley Divinity School.

e D U c a t I o N a L L e a D e r s H I P a N D m I N I s t r Y Interest is strong in Berkeley’s year-old program that trains students to serve as chaplains, teachers and administrative leaders in schools and colleges. During the 2008-2009 year, 17 students took part, nearly half of them non-episcopalians at YDS. Headed by Tony Jarvis, the headmaster for 30 years of Boston’s Roxbury Latin School, the program aims to o≠er a certificate in educational ministry to Yale Divinity School students. To support the program, Berkeley is establishing partnerships with a number of schools, including St. Martin de Porres Academy, a Roman Catholic middle school that educates low-income children in New Haven. “The teachers at St. Martin’s have welcomed me, and their dedication to these children is inspirational,” said Kino Vitet ’11 M.Div., an intern at the academy in 2009-2010. “It is clear to me that the church must become more involved in education.”

UrBaN aND eNvIroNmeNtaL INItIatIvesThrough its current students and recent graduates, Berkeley continues to build and support programs that embody the Gospel in tangible and urgently important ways, especially in relation to urban ministry and concern for the environ-ment. The school is, for example, partnering with the Your Place program, based at St. Andrew’s Church in New Haven. Your Place provides mentoring, tutoring and other support to at-risk youth who are eager for alternatives to gangs and violence. While still a student at Berkeley, Jane Jeuland ’09 M.Div. helped found Your Place with St. Andrew’s rector, Tracy L. M. Johnson ’95 M.Div. “Co-founding Your Place has taught me so much, not only about myself and about work in the church,” Jeuland said, “but also about the reality of street violence in America.”

Berkeley interns helped to launch in late 2008 Chapel on the Green, an outdoor worship service in downtown New Haven that is sponsored in part by nearby Trinity Church. The weekly service is attended by homeless and other disad-vantaged people, as well as seekers from all walks of life. In another part of New Haven, Berkeley students are regular volunteers at Loaves and Fishes (the food pantry ministry of the episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. James) where hundreds of people are served each week.

On the environmental front, Andrew Barnett ’11 M.Div. re-cently completed a mission trip to Japan, where he partnered with the Tochigi-based Asian Rural Institute. The institute is a farm school dedicated to training worldwide communities to develop farming that is environmentally, socially and eco-nomically sustainable. In conjunction with his mission trip, Barnett, who is enrolled in a joint-degree program with the Yale School of Forestry, played a key role in establishing the campus-based Divinity Farm that now supplies produce for the weekly community dinners at Berkeley Center.

Andrea Burr ’10 M.Div. and Harlon Dalton administer communion at Chapel on the Green

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THe INSTITUTe IS AN interdisciplinary gradu-ate center for the study and practice of sacred music, worship, and the arts. Its rich curricular o≠erings are supplemented by an array of public

events throughout the year. As a major arts presenter in New Haven, the ISM’s program extends from musical events to art exhibitions, literary readings, and many interdisciplinary o≠erings that defy classification. In almost all of its activities—from academic courses and con-ferences and symposia to public performances in New Haven and on the road nationally and internationally—the Institute is always build-ing bridges between disciplines, between faith communities, between cultures, between ideas, and between people. Here are some of the highlights of that e≠ort in 2008-2009.

The ISM’s musical life is one of the fullest in the world for an institution of its kind, including support of seven choirs Yale Camerata and Yale Schola Cantorum, together with the Yale Glee Club, are the primary concert choirs at Yale, while several chapel choirs function liturgically in worship services in Marquand and Battell Chapels.

Musical highlights of the year included Schola’s performance of J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor. After two performances in New Haven, it was taken on tour to South Korea and China. Yale Camerata undertook an ambitious program of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, rarely heard in its entirety, performing all six cantatas over two days in December. The Great Organ Music at Yale series brought three visiting artists to Yale: Dame Gillian Weir (with a weeklong residence in November) and ISM alumnus Paul Jacobs, both playing in Woolsey Hall; and David Yearsley, who performed in Marquand Chapel on the new Krigbaum Organ. Recitals by Yale faculty Thomas Murray in Woolsey Hall and by me in Christ Church epis-copal rounded out the series.

Of a more interdisciplinary nature, the Institute hosted a choral music workshop in collaboration with Oxford Uni-versity Press. Led by faculty members Marguerite Brooks and Thomas Troeger, it was entitled “Too Splendid for Speech but Ripe for a Song,” and brought pastors and church musi-cians from the region to Yale to explore the integration of music and preaching in service planning.

The theme of music and preaching was taken up in greater depth in the spring in a three-day symposium on music and preaching, organized by Thomas Troeger and me, exploring

three broad repertoires of liturgical music: jazz, sa-cred music of the Black church, and western classi-cal. Jonathan Berryman, Bill Carter, Melva Costen, Palle Kongsgaard, Kim Long, J. Glenn Murray, and Ike Sturm with Aurora made guest presentations.

Worship services at the symposium involved ISM faculty and students as musicians, planners, and presiders. It preceded the national pedagogy con-ference of the American Guild of Organists, also hosted by the ISM in March 2009. It featured wor-ship services, concerts, master classes, and panels

on church music curricula. Martin e. Marty, Marva Dawn, Quentin Faulkner, Robert Rimbo, and Don Saliers spoke at plenary sessions.

Another interdisciplinary symposium, The Christmas Orato-rio in Context, was organized by ISM faculty member Markus Rathey, and o≠ered in conjunction with the Yale Camerata’s performance of the work. It served to place Bach’s master-work in its wider cultural and religious context. Adela Yarbro Collins, Susan Roll, Robin A. Leaver, Meredith J. Gill, and Markus Rathey spoke; Sally M. Promey chaired a session.

The Institute also presented “Rumi and the Whirling Der-vishes,” a program of Rumi’s Islamic mystical poetry read in Farsi and english, followed by the 800-year-old Mevlevi Sufi Whirling Ceremony. Opening remarks were by Faruk Celebi efendi, world head of the Mevlevi Sufis and 22nd generation descendent of Rumi himself. The annual Liturgy Symposium Series, presented in four parts from November to March, brought internationally known scholars to Yale to address the Sterling Divinity Quadrangle community. The 2008-2009 roster included Matthew Boulton of Harvard University, Julie Gittoes, and Susan Boynton of Columbia University. The art exhibitions presented by the Institute constitute a primary public outreach vehicle for the program in religion and the arts. With support from YDS, the Institute sponsored three exhibitions: The Story of Our Journey: The Art of John August Swanson; The Prodigal Son Returns: The Art of Soichi

a Year oF BUILDINg BrIDgesby martin D. Jean, Director

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Ism FeLLoWs IN sacreD mUsIc, WorsHIP, aND tHe artsby martin D. Jean, Director

W ITH GReAT PLeASURe the Institute in July announced the creation of a new initia-tive: the ISM Fellows in Sacred Music, Wor-

ship, and the Arts. Inspired by other great centers for advanced study, this fellows program will advance scholarship and creative work consistent with the In-stitute’s mission and create a network of leaders work-ing across national, cultural, disciplinary, and religious boundaries. The new environment will help create an ever-changing but deeply integrated community of scholars, practitioners, and performers at Yale, and build a powerful international network.

Beginning in 2010-2011, the Institute will bring to-gether a small group of scholars, religious leaders, and artists from around the world to New Haven for one year to work and teach in their fields of sacred music, liturgical and ritual studies, or religion and the arts. The group may also include scholars in the humanities and social or natural sciences whose work is directly related to these areas. The program seeks to expand knowledge and support work in the fields of sacred music, liturgical/ritual studies, and religion and the arts; it will enlarge the teaching and learning enterprise to include departments and schools seeking more collaboration in these areas. A series of public lectures and presentations during the academic year will showcase the Fellows.

It is our hope that this new initiative will be a mean-ingful way to extend the original vision of our found-ing donors to new constituencies at Yale and the world beyond. Our founders were convinced of the importance of music and the arts in creating mutual understanding and respect between people. This has inspired us to move beyond our current boundaries to forge a diverse, worldwide network of scholars, prac-titioners, and artists whose work will be transformed in this vibrant, interdisciplinary community.

More information is available at www.yale.edu/ism/fellows or by calling 203-432-3187.

Jean is professor of organ and professor in the practice of sacred music, as well as the director of the Institute of Sacred Music.

Watanabe (the annual cooperative exhibition presented with the Overseas Ministries Study Center); and The Flowering Cross: Holy Week in an Andean Village exhibition of photo-graphs by Robert A. Lisak with commentary by ISM faculty member Jaime Lara.

The Literature and Spirituality Series brought three great writers to the Sterling Divinity Quadrangle in the course of the year: Jacqueline Osherow, poet; Robert Alter, bibli-cal scholar and translator who gave the first Lana Schwebel Memorial Lecture in Religion and Literature; and, Barbara Brown Taylor, sermonist and memoirist.

The annual Kavanagh Lecture was given Robert F. Taft, S.J. of Rome’s Pontificio Istituto Orientale, whose lecture was en-titled “Mrs. Murphy Goes to Moscow: Kavanagh, Schmemann, and the ‘Byzantine Synthesis’.”

Colloquium: Music, Worship, Arts is an annual scholarly jour-nal containing major lectures sponsored by the Institute as well as lectures given in the weekly colloquium. There is an interactive CD component included with the journal. The latest volume of Colloquium appeared in late fall 2009 as a print-on-demand publication, and online.

Spectrum readers interested in receiving e-mail notification of ISM’s events and publications may subscribe online at www.yale.edu/ism. We are most interested in reinforcing our bridge with you, and working with you to build bridges to the future.

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A s the following statistics indicate, YDS continues to be a vibrant intellectual community, composed of students from a wide variety of religious traditions. Graduates use their theological education in a diverse array of settings including pastoral ministry, social service, and education. The financial condition of the school remains healthy, due in large measure to the generosity of our alumni and friends of theological education. We continue to meet our

goals as a self-support school within Yale.

eNroLLmeNt BY age 2009-10Under 25 12325-29 13230-34 5035-39 2040-49 35Over 50 40

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M.Div. 95 92M.A.R. 83 91S.T.M. 7 12Non-degree 11 9

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aDmIssIoNs aND YIeLD FaLL 2009 M.Div. M.A.R. S.T.M. TOTAL Admit 52% 55% 32% 51%

Yield 53% 51% 61% 52%

cLass oF 2009GRADuATeS By PRoGRAM M.Div. 58M.A.R. 55S.T.M. 13

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stUDeNt DIversItY 2009-10Black Non-Hispanic 33Asian or Pacific Islander 18Hispanic/Latino 11Native American 0White Non-Hispanic 242Other/declined to state 95

INterNatIoNaL stUDeNts 2009-10Belarus 1Brazil 1Burma 1Canada 3China 5Colombia 1Denmark 1Germany 7Ghana 2Hong Kong 1India 2Jamaica 1Kenya 2Korea, Republic of 15Latvia 1Malaysia 2Mexico 2Poland 1Serbia 1Sierra Leone 1Singapore 3Sudan 1Taiwan 1United Kingdom 7

maJor FaItH traDItIoNs rePreseNteD 2009-10A.M.e. 7Anglican 8Assemblies of God 3Baptist 18Baptist, American 3Baptist, Southern 2Buddhist 1Christian Reformed Church of N. Am. 5Christian, unspecified denomination 7Church of God 1Church of God in Christ 3Church of the Nazarene 2Churches of Christ 3Congregational (not UCC) 4Disciples of Christ 4episcopal 86evangelical 7Hindu 2Interdenominational 16Jewish 3Jewish, Reformed 1Latter Day Saints 7Lutheran 4Lutheran (eLCA) 20Lutheran, Missouri Synod 1Mennonite 4Methodist, Korean 1Methodist, United 29Muslim 2Non-denominational 7Other 13Pentecostal 4Presbyterian (non-US) 9Presbyterian (USA) 18Presbyterian, Other 2Presbyterian, PCA 4Quaker 1Roman Catholic 29Unitarian 2United Church of Christ 20Unspecified 28

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Student Financial Aid $ 407,795 5.21%

Other Restricted $ 1,155,500 14.76%

TOTAL ReSTRICTeD $ 1,563,295

Unrestricted $ 0TOTAL UNReSTRICTeD $ 0

TOTAL CURReNT OPeRATIONS $ 1,563,295

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endowment and similar funds: unrestricted income $ 0endowment and similar funds: restricted income $ 6,266,355 80.03%

Property, buildings, and equipment $ 0 0.00%

TOTAL-CAPITAL PURPOSeS $ 6,266,355

GRAND TOTAL (ALL GIFTS) $ 7,829,650

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Investment income $ 17,487,330 66.92%

Tuition and fees $ 6,991,873 26.75%

Contributions from other organizations and individuals $ 602,114 2.31% Grants, contracts, and appropriations $ 285,077 1.10%

Auxiliary enterprises $ 338,552 1.30%

Other sources $ 422,525 1.62%

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Instruction $ 4,725,245 20.25%

Scholarships and fellowships $ 4,017,358 17.23%

Academic support $ 4,914,786 21.06%

Institutional support $ 3,196,592 13.71%

Operation and maintenance of plant $ 3,717,671 15.93%

Library $ 1,466,789 6.29%

Research $ 285,077 1.23%

Auxiliary enterprises $ 309,633 1.33%

Admissions $ 401,503 1.73%

Student services $ 287,566 1.24%

TOTAL eXPeNDITUReS $ 23,322,220

CAPITAL MAINTeNANCe & OPeRATING ReSeRVeS $ 5,604,784

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D o n o r r e c o g n i t i o n L e v e L s *

Marquand Society $5,000 or moreEdwards Circle $2,500–$4,999Beecher Benefactors $1,000–$2,499Bushnell Sponsors $500–$999Stuart Associates $250–$499

* Alumni in the five most recent YDS classes are recognized for any gift.

Donors are listed alphabetically within each giving level and all Yale degrees are indicated.

; Consistent giving to YDS for the last 10 consecutive years (or since gradua- tion, whichever is shorter).

v All or a portion of the donor’s giving was to Berkeley Divinity School at Yale

G Received Honorary Degree from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale

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Julia Ableson

Denise and Stephen Adams ’59 B.A.

Carl T. Anderson and Betsy Neville Anderson ’97 M.Div. ; v

Rosemary Dysart Baue ’98 M.Div. ;

George Bauer

Katherine D. and William R. Bell, Jr. ’07 M.Div. ;

Ann and Alan F. Blanchard ’61 B.A. v

Hazel and Allen C. Blume ’59 M.Div.

John H. Branson III ’74 M.Div. v

Joseph and Karla Britton v

Martin S. Brown, Jr. ’86 B.A.

Peggie Ann Findlay and Steven e. Bush v

Wilbur D. Canaday, Jr.* ’45 B.D. ;

Samuel Glenn Candler ’82 M.Div. ; v

e. Stephen Carlsen v

James G. and Marion Dawson Carr ’02 L.H.D.v G

Sara and David e.A. Carson v

Jack Lowell Clark* ’59 Div., ’59 M.A., ’62 Ph.D.

Leonard George Clough ’43 B.D. ;

Richard G. Copleston* v

Michael Bruce Curry ’78 M.Div. v G

Ann and Thomas e. Dewey, Jr. v

James A. Diamond v

James K. Donnell ’58 B.D. ;

Michael D.S. Donovan ;

D. Stuart Dunnan v

Peter D. eaton v

Arthur R. eikamp ’47 B.D. ;

Anne e. engen

George A. Fowlkes ; v G

Jean McCarthy Graustein ’95 M.Div.

Adam S. Greene ’09 M.Div.

Brendan Griswold v

G. William Haas ’71 B.A. v

Peter Vanderwerken Haight ’59 B.A.

Frances Hall Kieschnick ’75 B.A.

Margaret Ann Bauer ’86 B.A., ’91 M.F.A. and F. Lane Heard III ’73 B.A.,’78 J.D. v

Sage and Geo≠rey M. Hoare ’82 S.T.M. v

Richard M. Hunt ’48 B.A. v

Brenda G. Husson v G

Kenneth L. Jacobs ’76 S.T.M.

F. Washington Jarvis v

Ann Mae and Robert Kass v

Ralph C. Kau≠man* ’40 Div.,’40 Ph.D.

Mary Nelson Keithahn ’59 M.R.e. ;

Julie V. ’84 M.Div. and David H. Kelsey ’58 B.D.,’60 M.A.,’64 Ph.D. ;

Julie and Wilmot H. Kidd v

Harriet V. Leonard* ’58 M.Div.

Russell J. Levenson, Jr. v

Sara P. Little* ’58 Div.,’58 Ph.D.

Worth Loomis 45 B.S. ; v

Mrs. John A. Luke ’86 M.A.R.

Anne Mallonee ’86 M.Div. v

Alonzo L. McDonald

Debbie McLeod Sears ’09 M.Div.

Robert L. McNeil, Jr. ’36 B.S.

Andrew C. Mead ’71 B.D. ; v

Charles e. Minneman* ’57 S.T.M.

William Owen Murphy ’96 M.Div.

Sharon B. Pass

Stephen S. Peterson ’84 M.Div. ;

J. Scott Pidcock ’82 M.A.R. ;

Nicholas Tewkesbury Porter ’86 B.A., ’94 M.Div. v

A. Gary Shilling v G

Alexander H. Slaughter ’60 B.A.

Kathleen and George e. Todd ’51 B.D.

Charles R. and Lynda Zoltai Tyson ’05 M.Div. ; v

Peter Feely Walsh ’92 M.Div. v

Ralph R. Warren, Jr. v G

William H. Wright II ’82 B.A. v

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David Robert Anderson ’89 M.Div. ; v

Harold W. Attridge

Sarah Wallace Buxton-Smith ’94 M.Div. ;v

Steven M. Champlin ’80 M.Div. ;

Karen and John B. Chane ’72 M.Div. v G

o F D o N o r sHonor Roll

IT IS WITH great appreciation that

we present the 2008-2009 Honor

Roll of Donors. The donors listed

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in support of the students and

programs at Yale Divinity School.

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of Yale alumni and friends who made

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o F D o N o r sHonor Roll Dee Anne Dodd v

Frank P. Gallipoli

Jon W. Galloway ’78 M.Div. ;

Patricia Margaret Hames ’88 M.Div. ; v

William McC. Haynsworth* ;

elizabeth Bates Johnson ’84 M.Div. ;

James A. Kenney III ’63 Div. v

Ruth Lawson Kirk v

Phillip and Linda L. Lader ’08 M.Div. ;

Berta R. and James Thomas Laney ’50 B.A., ’54 B.D.,’66 Ph.D.,’93 L.H.D.H.

James B. Lemler v

L. Kathleen Liles ’88 M.Div.,’90 S.T.M. v

Robert W. Lynn ’52 B.D. ;

Harold elmer Masback ’94 M.Div.

elizabeth Marie Melchionna ’06 M.Div. ; v

Peter Corbin Moister ’95 M.A.R.

Marylouise Oates ’73 M.Div.

Julia and Christopher Glenn Sawyer ’75 M.Div. ;

Marilynne and David T. Scott ’69 B.A.,’78 Ph.D.

Kenneth Share ’94 M.Div. ;

Christian Richard Sonne ’57 B.A. v

Dawn Marie Stegelmann ’08 M.Div. ; v

Tom and Brenda J. Stiers ’83 M.Div. ;

Robert B. and Judith M. Thomas ’91 M.Div. ;

Lee Ann Tolzmann v

Mims Maynard and Marek P. Zabriskie ’89 M.Div. ; v

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Harry Baker Adams ’47 B.A.,’51 B.D., ’76 M.A.H. ; G

ernest Byron Anderson ’84 M.Div.

Bennett H. Barnes, Jr. v G

Videen McGaughey Bennett ’08 M.Div. ;

Howard C. Benson ’53 S.T.M.

John T. Bertsch ’59 B.D.

J. Truman Bidwell, Jr. ’56 B.A. ; v

Bobby Ray Bonds ’56 M.Div. ;

Anne B. Bonnyman v

Steven C. Bonsey ’84 M.Div.,’87 S.T.M. ;

Avery Rogers Brooke v

Fred R. Brooks, Jr. ’61 M.Div. ;

Katharine and Richard A. Burnett ’83 M.Div. v

Julie e. Calhoun-Bryant ’88 M.Div. ; v

Leesa H. ’69 M.A.R. and Dennis M. Campbell ’70 B.D.

Christian Junshik Chae ’98 M.Div.

Robert H. Chambers III ’65 B.D. ;

Maureen and Richard Chilton, Jr. v

Sharon and W. Malcolm Clark ’61 B.D.,’63 M.A., ’64 Ph.D. ;

Judith and Charles e. Cloughen, Jr. v

Jerome R. Cogdell ’59 B.D. ;

Florence Fletcher Coke and William Gaston Coke, Jr. ’54 B.A.

Martin Copenhaver ’80 M.Div. ;

Matthew Thomas Corkern ’01 M.Div. v

Michelle Cox v

David H. Crandall v

Herbert F. Dabinett* ’35 Div.

Frank S. Denton ’66 B.D. ;

Park P. Dickerson ’58 B.D.,’65 S.T.M. ;

Henry C. Doll ’61 B.D. ;

Jessica J. Dwelle

Rem B. edwards ’59 B.D. ;

Darren elin ’98 M.Div. v

Linda Koch Lorimer ’77 J.D. and Charles D. ellis ’59 B.A.,’97 M.A.H. v

Terence L. elsberry v

Janet and Ronald T. evans ’70 B.D. ;

Donald B. Fitzsimmons ’47 B.D.,’55 S.T.M. ;

Stefan and elizabeth J. Ford ’81 B.A. v

John B. Fritschner v

Julie Smucker Fuller ’04 M.A.R. ;

Beth and Gary A. Glynn v

Roberto Segundo Goizueta ’76 B.A.

Howard R. Greene v

Daniel LaRue Gross ’04 M.Div. ; v

Alison Acker Gruseke ’07 M.A.R. v

Sunny Hallanan ’87 M.Div. v

L. Ann Hallisey ’75 M.Div.

James D. Hammerlee ’58 M.Div. ;

Daniel R. Heischman ’76 S.T.M. v

George S. Heyer, Jr. ’56 B.D.,’59 M.A., ’63 Ph.D. ;

Hoyt Leon Hickman ’53 M.Div. ;

William Burton ’55 B.S. and Judith Kleinhans Holding ’08 M.A.R. ; v

John e. Holman* v

Deborah Hentz Hunley ’77 M.Div. ; v

Carol Rose Ikeler ’50 B.D. ;

Douglas O. and Anne Hislop Jensen ’88 M.Div. ;

Mary B. ’89 M.A.R. and Robert L. Johnstone III ’89 M.A.R. ; v

Gary D. Jones ’85 M.Div. v

Richard Ayer Kimball ’52 B.A. and Anne Bogardus Kimball ’86 M.Div. v

David e. Krehbiel ’59 B.D.

J. Kenneth Kuntz ’59 B.D. ;

Arthur Hugh Latimer ’98 M.Div. ;

Katherine M. Latimer ’85 M.Div.,’98 S.T.M. ;

Kyung-Sig Samuel Lee ’83 M.Div.

George M. Leing ’07 M.A.R. ;

Bernadine A. Lennon

Hunhwa Lim ’99 M.A.R.

George Arthur Lindbeck ’46 B.D.,’55 Ph.D. ;

Herrick B. Littlefield v

William G. Long ’57 M.Div.

Patricia Jane Lull ’77 M.Div.

Norman M. MacLeod III ’89 M.Div. v

Roger H. Martin ’68 B.D.,’69 S.T.M. ;

elizabeth B. and John W. Martiner v

Paul Murray Minus ’55 B.A.,’58 B.D.,’60 M.A., ’62 Ph.D. ;

John A. Mitchener III ’67 B.D.

Lydia Notar Morrow ’58 M.R.e. ;

Frank Albert Mullen ’56 M.Div.

Winthrop Nelson, Jr. ’52 B.D. ;

Dorothy J. Nemetz and John F. Todd

John Septimus Nuveen ’62 M.Div. ;

Carol Pinkham ’85 M.Div. and Je≠rey Charles Oak ’85 M.Div.,’86 S.T.M., ’93 M.A.,’95. M.Phil.,’96 Ph.D. v

Martin Joseph O’Connor ’02 M.Div. ;

Sarah Co∞n Klebnikov O’Connor ’73 B.A.

Mary ellen Therese O’Driscoll ’02 M.Div.

Raymond e. Oliver ’52 M.Div. ;

Peter W. Peters ’69 M.A.R. ;

A. Karl Phillippi ’43 B.D. ;

James W. Peterson and Judy e. Pidcock ’84 M.Div. ;

Charles A. Pillsbury ’70 B.A.,’90 Div. ;

James M. Pool ’83 M.Div.,’84 S.T.M. ;

Jayne Collins Pool ’84 M.Div. ;

Calvin e. Ratcli≠ ’89 M.A.R. ;

Norval D. Reece ’60 M.Div.

Richard Walter Rieder ’61 B.A. ;

Deborah and Charles M. Royce v

Nancy and George e. Rupp ’67 B.D. ;

Wayne R. Sandau ’53 B.D.,’87 S.T.M. ;

Robert A. Sandercox ’57 M.Div. ;

Thomas F. Schafer ’60 B.D.,’61 S.T.M. ;

Paul e. Schrading ’58 B.D. ;

Lawrence F. Scofield ’86 M.Div. v

Michael Scott Seiler ’97 M.Div. v

Derry Moritz and Charles R.S. Shepard ’51 B.A., ’54 M.A., ’84 M.Div.

Sachiko Y. Shirai ’70 M.Div.

Mark S. Sisk v

Kate T. and Andrew D. Smith v G

Harold edwin Snow ’77 M.Div.

Alan Jay Sorem ’66 M.Div.

ernest R. Stair ’64 B.D. ;

Anne e. Stanback ’85 M.A.R.

A. Knighton Stanley ’62 B.D.

Virginia W. Stowe

Tracy Strong, Jr. ’40 M.Div. ;

William K. Stuart ’73 M.Div.

Janet W. Tanner ’98 M.A.R. ;

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Barbara Brown Taylor ’76 M.Div. G

Betty L. Turner ’71 M.A.R.

Janice Ann Vogt ’90 M.Div. ;

James L. Waits ’61 B.D.

Angelique Keturah Walker-Smith ’83 M.Div. ;

Geo≠rey e. Walworth ’79 M.Div.

Patrick Carroll Ward ’08 M.Div. ; v

Robert Paul Ward ’52 M.Div. ;

Roger B. White ’76 M.A.,’77 M.Phil., ’79 M.A.R. v

Charles L. Wildman ’70 B.D. ;

Mary Grace Williams ’88 M.Div. v

Stephen J.C. Williams v

Alice H. ’45 Div. and William engels Wimer III ’44 Div. ;

Scott W. Wood ’63 M.Div. ;

Molly and Andrew Fargo Wooden ’96 M.A.R.

Michael Wu ’81 M.Div. ;

Bushnell sponsorsAnonymous

Judith Anne Allison ’05 M.Div. ; v

Anne Stilson Alvord ’94 M.Div. ;

Carol L. Anderson v G

Talitha J. Arnold ’80 M.Div. ;

Michael Anthony Baal ’82 M.Div. ;

Stephanie Abbott Bailey ’06 M.Div. v

William R. Baird, Jr. ’50 B.D.,’52 M.A., ’55 Ph.D. ;

Janet Baker

Matthew Thornton Banks ’01 M.A.R.

Verlyn L. Barker ’56 B.D.,’60 S.T.M. ;

Stephen P. Bauman ’79 M.Div. ;

Ann M. Beams ’80 M.Div.,’91 S.T.M. ;

Mark M. Beckwith ’78 M.Div. v

Lynda Ivey Bigler ’07 M.Div. ;

Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Birch v

Rachelle Birnbaum ’77 M.Div. v

Stephen M. Bolle v

Harold R. Bott v

Robert M. Brashares ’52 M.Div. ;

Je≠rey David Braun ’04 M.Div. ;

L. eugene Brown ’48 B.D. ;

John Moore Bullard ’57 M.Div.,’62 Ph.D. ;

April Lynne Berends ’02 M.Div. and Michael Andrew Bunting ’02 M.Div. ; v

Anthony Buquor v

Will D. Campbell ’52 B.D. ;

Noland MacKenzie Canter III ’73 M.Div.

Timothy K. Carpenter v

Francis W. Carr* v

Joseph Francis Cistone ’90 M.A.R.

Beth and Mark R. Clevenger ’86 M.Div. v

Philip R. Cousin

Rebecca Thompson Crosby ’02 M.A.R., ’07 M.Div.

Katharine B. and W. Thomas Cross

Nancy G. Curme ’58 M.R.e. ;

Mary T. ’88 M.Div. and Thomas Spaulding Cushman ’88 M.Div. ; v

J. Roderick Davis ’63 B.D. ;

Christine Marie Delmar ’06 M.Div. ;

Dolores Ann de Montmollin ’01 M.Div. v

Herbert A. Donovan, Jr. v

David W. Drake ’81 M.Div.

Hope H. eakins ’89 M.Div. v

C. Clifton eden* v

Stephen Matthew edwards ’80 B.A.,’83 M.Div.

Dana Leigh english ’81 M.Div.

evelyn Ramsdell Ferguson ’66 M.A.R. ;

elizabeth W. Field v

Janet and J. Seymour Flinn ’75 S.T.M. ; v

C. Allan Ford v

Faith S.T. Fraser v

Robert e. Gartman ’59 S.T.M.

Sarah Barringer Gordon ’86 J.D.,’86 M.A.R., ’87 M.A.R.

Nancy eaton Gossling ’00 M.Div. ; v

Rondda and William West Grant ’54 B.A. v

Matthew Keadle McCreight ’89 M.P.P.M. and Kathryn emily Greene-McCreight ’88 M.Div., ’89 S.T.M.,’91 M.A., ’92 M.Phil. ,’94 Ph.D. ; v

John Daniel Gro≠ ’43 B.D.

Warren F. Gro≠ ’52 B.D.,’55 Ph.D. ;

Jerry Wayne Henry ’80 M.Div.

Robin R. Henry v

Marilyn Rhyne Herr

Benjamin Hugh Hill ’02 M.A.R. ;

A. Robert Hirschfeld ’91 M.Div. v

eva F. ’61 M.A.T. and Peter C. Hodgson ’59 B.D., ’60 M.A.,’63 Ph.D. ;

Randolph Marshall Hollerith ’90 M.Div. v

Heather Steele Hopkins ’92 M.Div.

Stephen A. Huber ’98 M.Div. v

Virginia R. and Mateo Cristian Jaramillo ’04 M.A.R.

Robert G. Jones ’50 B.D., ’57 M.A.,’59 Ph.D. ;

Boardman Wright Kathan ’56 B.D. ;

Arthur B. Keys, Jr. ’73 M.Div. ;

edward Hamilton Kicklighter ’51 B.D.

Kenneth H. Kindig ’54 B.D. ;

Jerald L. Kirkpatrick ’70 B.D.

Pierce W. Klemmt ’76 M.Div. ;

John Preston Kohl ’67 M.Div.

June Kushino

Peter C. Laarman ’73 Div.,’93 M.Div.

Kathleen LaCamera ’83 M.Div.

Robert C. Lamar ’43 B.A.,’46 B.D. ;

Richard L. Lancaster ’49 B.D. ;

Tambria elizabeth Lee ’88 M.Div.

Harold T. Lewis v G

Mary Frances Libassi ’56 Div.

Violette S. Lindbeck ’53 B.D.,’66 M.A. ;

Mitchell James Lindeman ’83 M.Div. v

William W. Lindeman ’72 M.Div.

Molly O’Neill Louden ’83 M.Div.

William Harrison Low ’74 S.T.M. ;

Dudley and John MacFarlane III v

Bert William Marshall ’97 M.Div. ;

Peter W. Marty ’85 M.Div. ;

Andrew Mason ’60 B.D. ;

Dorothy W. McCabe ’62 B.D. ;

Myrtle e. McCall ’80 M.Div. ;

Robert B. Meacham ’94 M.A.R.

A. Bertram Miller ’50 B.D. ;

Clinton Martin Miller ’94 M.Div.

Dwight F. Miller ’56 M.D. v

Susan A. Miller ’73 M.A.R.,’81 M.Div.

Malcolm H. Miner v

Richard W. Moll ’61 M.Div.

Peter John Nagle ’96 M.A.R. ;

Richard T. Nolan ’67 M.A.R. ; v

George M. Noonan ’79 M.Div. ;

Don R. Norenberg ’58 B.D. ;

George e. Packard

Christopher Athan Pappas ’04 M.Div. v

Fred W. Pardee III v

Joon Surh Park ’69 B.D.

David P. Pearson ’56 B.S. v

Martha Beckwith Peck ’81 M.Div.

John F. Piper, Jr. ’61 B.D. ;

David Walker Plumer v

David e. Price ’64 B.D.,’66 M.A.,’69 Ph.D. ;

Robert W. Rahn ’51 B.D.,’52 S.T.M. ;

Wilma Jean Reichard ’77 M.A.R.,’79 M.Div.

Charles edwin Richardson ’96 M.Div.

V. Bruce Rigdon ’62 B.D.,’63 M.A.,’68 Ph.D. ;

Jack A. Saarela ’74 M.Div.

Vincent Gerald Seadale ’04 M.Div. v

Nakyun Shin ’69 M.A.R.

Ruth e. Shinn ’55 B.D.

Hallam C. Shorrock, Jr. ’52 M.Div. ;

Andrew A. Sorensen ’62 B.D.,’69 M.Phil., ’71 Ph.D.

Gustav D. Spohn ’73 M.A.R.

Caroline Mary Stacey ’90 M.Div. v

e. Bevan Stanley ’74 B.A., ’83 M.Div. ; v

Richard C. Stazesky ’52 B.D.,’53 S.T.M., ’55 M.A. ;

Jane Stickney v

J. David Stinson ’75 M.Div. ;

elizabeth L. Strawn ’04 M.A.R. ;

Taminobu Takasago ’99 S.T.M.

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Kah T. Tan ’99 M.A.R.

David Graham Thornton ’66 B.D. ;

edwin B. Towle ’45 B.A.,’48 B.D. ;

Gene M. Tucker ’60 B.D.,’61 M.A.,’63 Ph.D. ;

J. Gordon Verplank ’66 B.D. ;

Javier Alexis Viera ’00 S.T.M.

Rebecca Mary Voelkel ’96 M.Div. ;

Carol Lynn Wade ’03 M.Div.,’04 S.T.M. v

edward I. Wagner ’78 M.Div.

Charles I. Wallace, Jr. ’68 B.D. ;

Anna Hildegard Wallich ’77 B.A.,’81 M.Div. ;

Pamela Stewart Wesley v

Margaret Jane Whittemore ’45 Div. ;

Richard James Wood ’64 M.A.,’65 Ph.D. v

Susan Cavanagh Wyper ’84 B.A.,’08 M.Div. v

Doris Anne Younger ’50 M.Div. ;

Sylvia and John Philip Zaeder ’58 B.A., ’62 M.Div. ;

Philip W. and elizabeth Zarelli-Turner ’78 M.A.R. v

Jervis S. Zimmerman v

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Chad Patrick Abel-Kops ’96 M.A.R.

elizabeth Holly Adams ’09 M.Div.

Harry Wakefield Adams ’51 M.Div.

Jane Alexander ’90 M.Div. ;

elizabeth Peggy Allen ’78 B.A.,’87 M.Div. ;

Jessica Collins Anderson ’08 M.A.R. ;

John Joseph Anderson ’06 M.A.R.

Marilyn Lea Anderson ’98 M.Div. v

Jessica Lynn Anschutz ’07 M.Div. ;

Janet edwards Anti ’76 M.Div. ;

Harry C. Applewhite ’58 B.D. ;

elizabeth Alder and Daniel S. Appleyard ’83 M.Div. v

Lindsay Murray Bacher ’09 M.A.R.

Reginald Lee Bachus ’09 M.Div.

Caroline S. Bacon ’04 M.A.R.

Gunda and Theodore H. Bailey III v

Kempton Dunn Baldridge ’88 M.Div.

Obadiah Zarephath Ballinger ’08 M.Div. ;

Kathryn Loretta Banakis ’03 B.A.,’09 M.Div. v

Jonah Kenyon Bartlett ’09 M.Div.

Sara Ann Bassler ’03 M.Div. ;

Angela Carline Batie ’07 M.Div. ;

Kimberly Joy Bauser ’09 M.Div.

George W. Baxter, Jr. ’51 M.Div. ;

Harold e. Beliveau, Jr. v

Ruby K. Belk ;

Jonathan David Bennett ’06 M.A.R. ;

R. Dudley Bennett, Jr. v

Robert Shaw Benson ’95 M.Div. ;

Matthew Aaron Benton ’05 M.A.R.

Dustin D. Berg ’07 M.Div. v

Daniel Jacob Binder ’08 M.Div. ;

Hugh N. Blair ’63 B.D. ;

emily Jo Bloemker ’09 M.Div.

John H. Blume III ’82 M.A.R.,’84 J.D.

Ann Pinckney Bonner-Stewart ’06 M.Div.v

William B. Bonvillian ’72 M.A.R. ;

Robert James Boulter ’06 M.Div. v

Robert e. Bowers ’64 M.A.R. ;

Mary Louise Bozza ’08 M.Div. ;

Henry G. Brinton ’86 M.Div. ;

Alicia K. Brooks ’07 M.Div.

esther Mary Brown ’09 M.A.R.

Shannon Lee Buckmaster ’05 M.Div. ;

Simon Benjamin Burce ’04 M.A.R. ;

James Franklin Burns ’05 M.A.R.

Michael Francis Cagney ’09 M.A.R.

James S. Campbell ’80 M.A.R.

L. Marshall Campbell ’52 S.T.M. ;

Beryl Johanna Capewell ’61 S.T.M. ;

Diana elizabeth Carroll ’08 M.Div. ; v

Ralph R. Carskadden v

Christine Chakoian ’83 M.Div.

Ki Joo Choi ’95 B.A.,’98 M.Div.

Spencer Tyler Clayton ’05 B.A.,’08 M.Div.

Lindsay Kathryn Cleveland ’08 M.Div. ;

William Scott Cleveland ’08 M.A.R. ;

Anne Wright Co≠man ’88 M.Div.

Meredith Frances Coleman-Tobias ’09 M.Div.

Abigail Jean Cooper ’08 M.A.R. ;

Joel Robert Cornwell ’78 M.Div.

Peter Gannon Crumlish ’09 M.A.R.

Kathleen M. McIntosh and James e. Curry ’85 M.Div. v

Roger M. Dalton ’58 B.A.

Bethany Leigh Davidson ’10 M.Div. v

Judith A. Davis ’91 M.Div.,’95 S.T.M. v

Jeremy Reed Deaner ’07 M.Div. ;

Robert B. Dell ’55 B.D.

Christopher James King Dickson ’07 M.Div. ;

Carla Dietz Carroll ’08 M.Div. ;

David Stone Dill ’08 M.Div. ; v

David Louis Dodson ’77 B.A.,’81 M.Div., ’81 M.P.P.M. ; v

Jennifer Marin Creswell ’05 M.Div. and Ian Heston Doescher ’98 B.A.,’05 M.Div.

Anna Clay Doherty ’08 M.Div. ; v

James F. Dowd ’63 B.D. ;

Clark evans Downs ’10 M.A.R.

Frederick F. Driftmier* ’45 B.D.

eleanore Whitla Drury ’77 M.Div.

Mary emily Briehl Duba ’09 M.Div.

Richard L. Du∞eld, Jr. ’79 M.A.R.

Terry Jean Dumansky ’09 M.A.R.

James Johnstone Dunn ’09 M.Div.

Judith Dupre

Marc G. eames ’07 M.Div.

Mary and Richard F. ebens v

John Monroe edwards, Jr. ’67 B.A.,’08 M.A.R.

Wilbur S. edwards ’40 Div. ;

Verna Marina ehret ’93 M.A.R.

Sven Olaf ensminger ’08 M.A.R. ;

Kathleen D. evans

Paul Lansing evans ’09 M.A.R.

Kevin Gerard ewing ’07 M.Div.

Ann P. and Dewitt T. Farabee, Jr. ’52 B.D., ’64 S.T.M. ;

Mary Kamal Farag ’09 M.A.R.

evelyn and Conner M. Fay ’51 B.A. v

Nathan McBride Finnin ’08 M.Div. ; v

Robert William Fisher ’98 B.A.,’05 M.Div.

Vicki I Flippin ’08 M.Div. ;

Nichole Marie Flores ’09 M.Div.

Matthew Fong ’56 B.D. ;

Joan Bates Forsberg ’53 B.D. ; v G

Ms. Janice L. N. Fournier ’06 M.A.R. ;

Stephen Lawrence Gaetano ’09 M.A.R.

Carmen Christine Germino ’07 M.Div. ;

Greta Getlein ’09 M.Div.

emily e. Gi≠ord ’09 M.A.R.

Marion M. Gilbert v G

Brian Timothy Gillis ’09 M.Div.

Jennifer M. Gingras ’07 M.Div. ;

Samuel T. Gladding ’70 M.A.R. ;

Howard L. Gordy, Jr. ’57 B.D.

Donald K. Gorrell ’55 B.D. ;

erik Carl Graham-Smith ’09 M.Div.

Lucas Michael Grubbs ’05 M.Div.,’08 S.T.M. v

Meredith Farmer Grubbs ’06 M.Div.

Allison Lynn Hager ’09 M.Div.

Liam Patrick Haggerty ’09 M.Div.

M. Wendell Hainlin v

Karen Anne Halac ’04 M.Div.,’07 S.T.M. ;

Berkeley Clint Hall ’07 M.A.R. ;

Daniel emerson Hall ’91 B.A.,’96 M.Div., ’99 M.D. v

Jacquelyn Reed Hall ’09 M.Div.

Lauren elaine Hall ’07 M.Div. ;

Alfred Theodore Halsted, Jr. ’56 M.Div. ;

Catherine Sider Hamilton ’86 Div.

Robert Standish Hamilton ’53 M.Div. ;

Kennedy Day Hampton, Sr. ’09 M.Div.

Chul Heum Han ’06 S.T.M.

Grace Sun-Khil Han ’09 M.Div.

Diane Higgins and James Gerard Hannan ’08 M.A.R. ; v

Jennifer M. Hanrahan ’07 M.Div. ;

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Grayson Ney Hansard ’09 M.Div.

G. Holger Hansen ’63 B.D.,’64 S.T.M. ;

Kerith A. Harding ’09 M.Div.

Cameron Reynolds Hardy ’09 M.Div.

David R. Harkness ’76 M.Div.,’78 S.T.M.

Charles H. Harper ’61 S.T.M. ;

Robert Canaan Harris ’07 S.T.M.

Peter James Harrits ’09 M.Div.

Stuart Campbell Haskins, Jr. ’55 B.D. ;

Matthew Coe Haugen ’07 M.A.R. ;

Marina Stefanie Hayman ’09 M.A.R.

George A. Hearne ’58 M.Div. ;

Kristin R. Hedger ’05 M.A.R.

Sarah Louise Heiman ’05 B.A.,’08 M.Div.

Roy Leslie Heller ’90 M.Div.,’91 S.T.M., ’96 M.Phil.,’98 M.A.,’98 Ph.D.

Mary Dee Hendricks ’06 M.Div. v

Cornal G. Henning

James Daryn Henry ’09 M.A.R.

Paul Reuben Hetrich ’60 M.Div. ;

elijah Heyward III ’07 M.A.R. ;

Barnet M. McKee ’79 M.Div. and ellen H. Hiatt ’79 M.Div. ;

W. Scott Hicks ’69 B.D.,’71 S.T.M. ;

Joshua Ashton Hill ’09 M.Div.

elizabeth Lerohl Hiller ’06 M.Div. ;

Timothy Mark Hiller ’07 M.A.R. ;

Paul edson Hitchcock ’05 M.Div. ;

Nancy Carol Hoerner ’83 M.F.A.,’09 M.Div.

Cynthia Caravatt Holden ’97 M.Div.

Herman Hollerith IV ’81 M.Div. v

Kimberly Hornung-Marcy ’80 M.Div. ;

John William Houghton ’89 M.A.R.

Ann Marit ’88 M.Div. and C. Warren Hovland ’43 B.D.,’50 Ph.D. ;

Mary Kay Howard ’05 M.A.R.

Louise Howlett ’88 M.Div. ;

Archie V. Hu≠, Jr. ’62 B.D. ;

Dorothy J. Hutch ’07 M.Div.

Ross Burling Jackson ’65 B.D.

Molly Field James ’05 M.Div.

Bonnie Scott Jelinek ’69 M.A.R.

eric Vincent Jeuland ’08 M.Div. ; v

Brandon Dale Johnson ’08 M.Div. ;

earl evans Johnson ’76 M.Div.

Frank Amos Johnson ’58 M.Div. ;

Johanna Kathryn Johnson ’09 M.Div.

Rachel Noel Johnson ’08 M.A.R. ;

Song Bok Jon ’08 S.T.M. ;

Joe R. Jones ’61 B.D.,’63 M.A.,’70 Ph.D. ;

Richard B. Jones ’67 B.D. ;

Steven R. Jones ’75 M.Div. ;

Heidi L. Joos ’80 M.Div. ;

Victoria Jihae Jung ’08 M.A.R. ;

Barbara Ann Kapenga ’81 M.A.R.

Robert J. Kasper ’52 B.D. ;

e. Weldon Keckley* ’46 M.Div.

Charles A. Kennedy ’51 B.A.,’56 B.D.,’61 Ph.D. ;

Jennifer Kiel ’06 M.A.R.

Donald Hun Kim ’06 M.Div.

Paul Dong-Kwang Kim ’07 S.T.M.

Jacquelyn W. Kirby ’89 B.A.,’08 M.Div. v

C. Kris Kirkpatrick ’74 M.A.R. ;

Kristi Rose Kleinbeck ’06 M.Div. ;

Aaron Wesley Klink ’05 M.Div.

Stephen Barrett Klots ’99 S.T.M. ; v

Chilton R. Knudsen v

David Jon Koehler ’62 B.D. ;

erik William Kolb ’06 M.A.R.

Jennifer Joyce Krebs ’99 M.A.R.

Patricia Anne Kriss ’10 M.Div. v

Philip Sinclair Krug ’52 M.Div. ;

Dieter P.O. Kuchenbecker ’75 M.A.R.

emily Christine Kuhn ’07 M.Div.

Matthew Alan Kustenbauder ’06 M.Div., ’08 M.A. ;

Samuel P. Lamback, Jr. ’70 B.D.

George Allen La Montagne ’94 M.Div. v

Sean Robert Lanigan ’09 M.Div.

Ronald Glen LaRocque ’03 M.Div. ;

Sean Larsen ’07 M.Div.

Sarah C. and Ledlie I. Laughlin III ’87 M.Div. v

Danielle and Peter R. Lawson ’53 Div. v

Caroline Bryer Levy ’08 M.Div. ;

Glenn M. Libby ’95 M.Div. ; v

Susan Szymanski Liguori ’05 M.Div.

Susan G. and John Donald Limpitlaw ’92 M.A.R. v

Steven Charles Ling ’07 M.Div. ;

Thomas V. Litzenburg, Jr. ’61 B.D. ;

John H. Longley ’53 B.D. ;

Linda H. ’07 M.Div. and Gary Vaughan Loyd ’07 M.Div. ; v

Micah Jonathan Luce ’07 M.A.R.,’08 S.T.M. ;

Rachel Keas Lyle ’08 M.Div. ;

Daniel Kent MacDonald ’08 M.Div. ; v

Janet Parsons Mackey ’60 B.D.

elizabeth Anne Magill ’09 M.Div.

Avery C. Manchester ’62 S.T.M. ;

Ann elizabeth Markle ’99 M.Div.v

Marian eileen Marks ’94 M.Div.

Charles Wallace Marsh IV ’07 M.Div. ;

Christopher Harper Martin ’90 B.A.,’96 M.Div. v

Jeannie M. Martz ’90 M.Div. v

Willis Jermal McCaw ’08 M.Div. ;

Stanley H. McCreary ’82 S.T.M.

Ian Douglas McFadden ’08 S.T.M. ;

Robert B. McFarlane v

Michael W. McGowan ’08 M.Div. ;

Justin Michael McIntosh ’09 M.Div.

Philip F. McKean ’61 B.D. ;

Christopher McKee ’09 M.Div.

ellen Bacon McKinley ’76 M.Div. ; v

Paul King McLain III ’07 M.Div. ; v

Sarah Anne McLean ’85 M.Div.

Robert C. McMillan ’46 M.Div. ;

Darron Logan McNutt ’09 M.A.R.

Carol Lynn Mead ’09 M.Div.

Will Henry Mebane, Jr. ’06 M.Div.

Christopher Owens Meserole ’09 M.Div.

Gabriel Joseph Michael ’09 M.A.R.

Jennifer Lynn Miller ’09 M.Div.

John Franklin Miller ’65 M.Div. ;

Patricia Sobers Mitchell ’02 M.Div. v

Joseph James Monachino ’76 M.Div.

Charles Howland Montgomery ’56 B.A., ’92 M.A.R.

Rose-Anne Moore ’07 M.A.R. ;

Sarah elizabeth Moore ’05 S.T.M.

Stanley R. Moore ’55 B.D.

Donald e. Mowery v

Thomas J. Mullen* ’59 B.D. ;

edward Bowman Mulligan IV ’06 M.Div.

James Joseph Murphy III ’07 M.Div. ;

Alan Neale v

elizabeth M. Nestor ’79 M.Div. ; v

Mark A. Neumeier ’79 M.Div. ;

Roger Stewart Nicholson ’52 M.Div. ;

Ralph V. Norman, Jr. ’58 B.D.,’60 M.A., ’61 Ph.D. ;

Robert Wayne Northup ’56 Div.,’56 Ph.D. ;

Andrew Crowell Nurkin ’07 M.Div. ;

William R. Nye ’62 B.A.

Jeannine M. Oakes ’08 M.Div. ;

William James O’Brien ’05 M.Div. ;

Joel Caleb Oesch ’09 M.Div.

George William Oglesby ’93 M.A.R.

Michael James O’Loughlin ’09 M.A.R.

John Ryan O’Neal ’07 M.A.R.

R. Wade Ortel ’54 B.D.;

Jennie elizabeth Ott ’06 M.Div. ;

Katya elizabeth Ouchakof ’06 M.Div. ;

Christine Siobhan Overstreet ’09 M.A.R.

Jonathan Conant Page ’07 M.Div. ;

Courtney F. Palmbush ’09 M.A.R.

eun Joo Park ’09 M.Div.

Joo Il Park ’09 S.T.M.

Richard Sumner Parker ’55 M.Div. ;

Grace Pauls

William S. Peebles IV v

Thomas J.P. Pellaton ’91 M.Div. v

Albert Mitchell Pennybacker, Jr. ’56 M.Div. ;

Carol Seifrit Pepper ’78 M.Div.

Alice De V Perry ’80 M.Div.

Andrew Cornell Pester ’07 Mus.M.,’08 M.A.R. ;

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Rakesh Peter Dass ’08 M.Div. ;

Yejide Salama Peters ’08 M.Div. ;

Kenneth G. Peterson ’49 M.Div. ;

Ann Rachel Phelps ’09 M.A.R.

J. Delton Pickering ’60 M.Div.

Je≠rey David Pierce ’06 M.Div.

Lois A. Pike ’54 Div. ;

Susan Beth Pinkerton ’08 M.Div. ; v

Norah Shannon Planck ’96 M.A.R.

David H. Poist v

Avery Denison Post ’49 B.D.,’52 S.T.M. ;

John Lee Powell ’60 B.D.

edward Alton Powers ’52 M.Div. ;

Joseph Michael Primo ’06 M.Div.

Cameron Dale Randle ’08 M.Div. ; v

Howard M. Ratcli≠ ’62 B.D. ;

Kwame Osei Reed ’79 M.Div.

Louise Reinecke ’64 Div.,’64 Ph.D. ;

Robert J. and Patricia A. Reuss ’86 M.Div. ; v

Haesun and Syngman Rhee ’65 S.T.M.

Joshua David Rinas ’08 M.Div. ;

Janice Marie Robinson ’88 M.Div. ; v

Frank B. and Ann Calvin Rogers-Witte ’69 M.A.R. ;

Andrea Lynn Wigodsky ’05 M.Div. and John Davis Rohrs ’05 M.Div. ;

Mindy Robin Roll ’07 M.Div. ;

Vanessa Payne Rose ’07 M.Div.

Anne and Je≠ery W. Rowthorn vG

Karen Free Royce v

Stephen Merrill Ruckman ’08 M.A.R.,’08 J.D. ;

Choron Ryan ’08 M.A.R. ;

Douglas Benjamin Sagal ’99 S.T.M.

Howell Crawford Sasser, Jr. ’09 S.T.M. v

Mark S. Schantz ’81 M.Div. ;

Michael Schram ’81 M.A.R.

Giles R. Scofield ’06 M.A.R.

emily Margaret Scott ’06 M.Div. ;

Jane Hanger Seeley ’64 M.A.R.

elmo Bender Self ’56 B.D. ;

A. Craig Settlage ’69 S.T.M.

Kurt Frank Sha≠ert ’05 M.Div. ;

Mary Katherine Sheena ’06 M.A.R.

Jennifer Patricia Sheridan ’09 M.Div.

Robert B. Simpson ’55 B.D. ;

Peter W. Sipple ’62 B.A. v

Robert e. Skeele ’53 B.D. ;

Ian Arvid Skoggard ’08 M.Div. ;

Wendy Liddle ’07 M.Div. and Raleigh Chase Skorburg ’07 M.A.R.

Aaron Victor Skrypski ’05 M.Div.

Samuel Nathaniel Slie ’52 B.D.,’63 S.T.M. ;

Virginia Miner Smanik ’05 M.Div.

Katherine elizabeth Smanik Moyes ’05 M.Div.

Bill D. Smith ’66 B.D.

David H. Smith ’64 B.D.

Kenneth e. Smith ’74 M.Div.

Kirk Stevan Smith ’79 M.Div. ; v

Roy G. Smith ’60 B.D.

Georgia Ann Snell ’89 M.Div. ;

Thomas G. Speers III ’87 M.Div. ;

Kaji Rosa Spellman ’06 M.Div.

Jared Robert Stahler ’06 M.Div. ;

erinn Marie Staley ’07 M.Div. ;

Katherine Allison Stanford ’84 B.A.,’08 M.Div.

Robert B. Starbuck ’53 B.D. ;

Sandra Hardyman Stayner ’90 M.Div. v

Truman R. Stehr ’57 B.D.

William Penn Haney Stevens, Jr. ’63 B.D. ;

elizabeth Abernathy Stone ’07 M.A.R. ;

Kelly J. Stone ’06 M.Div.

Robert M. Stoppert ’64 B.D. ;

James F. Strange ’64 B.D.

Herbert edward Strom ’69 S.T.M.

Javen Dane Swanson ’09 M.Div.

eileen Brower Sypher ’07 M.Div. ;

Frederick Hilborn Talbot ’57 M.Div. ;

Richard e. Tappan ’53 B.D. ;

Judith and Robert e. Taylor v

elizabeth Alexandra Dorota Tebbe ’09 M.A.R.

Janet Carol Tereskiewicz ’09 M.Div.

Rahiel Tesfamariam ’09 M.Div.

Carol e. ’72 M.S.N. and Michael J.R. Tessman ’73 M.Div. v

Delseta Thomas

John H. Thomas ’75 M.Div.

Andrew Robert Hurst Thompson ’06 M.A.R.

Deanna Alice Thompson ’92 M.A.R.

John Andrew Tirro ’89 B.A.,’09 M.Div.

Paul e. Towner v

elizabeth Carroll Trang ’08 M.A.R. ;

David A. Travers ’67 B.D.

Gaynl C. ’66 M.A.R. and J. Irwin Trotter ’54 B.D. ;

Susan Power Trucksess ’83 M.Div.

Danielle elizabeth Tumminio ’03 B.A., ’06 M.Div., ’08 S.T.M.

Yat Kwan Luana Tung ’06 M.Div.,’09 S.T.M. ;

John H. Turner ’65 M.Div.

Kathleen S. Turner ’08 M.Div.,’09 S.T.M. ;

Kathy A. Turner ’69 M.Div. ;

T. Gregory Turner ’70 M.Div. ;

Wayne S. Underhill ’50 B.D. ;

Paul Jonathan Ungerland II ’09 M.A.R.

Lee VanBremen ’64 B.D. ;

Richard F. Van Wely ’72 S.T.M. v

John Richard Vogel, Jr. ’66 B.D.

Victor Thang Vu ’02 B.A.,’05 M.Div.

David S. Wade ’80 S.T.M.

Leigh-Anne Walker ’09 M.A.R.

Richard Warch ’64 B.D.,’68 Ph.D.

Anthony R. Watson ’09 S.T.M.

Theodore Robert Weber ’50 B.D.,’56 M.A., ’58 Ph.D.

Travis Alan Weber ’08 M.Div. ;

Timothy Ryan Weisman ’07 Mus.M.,’09 M.Div.

Je≠ry Lynn Wells ’05 M.Div. ;

Charlotte Kay Brechbill White ’97 M.Div. ;

Laura Renee Fitzpatrick Wilder ’09 M.Div.

Cynthia Cameron Willauer ’00 M.Div.

elizabeth Suzanne Wille ’09 M.Div.

Reverend Mary T. Williams ’49 B.D.

Christopher elsworth Wogaman ’05 M.Div. ;

Leslie Gesiene Woods ’05 M.A.R. ;

Christopher e. Wuthmann ’80 M.A.R.

Maria elise Yocum ’05 S.T.M.

William J. Yoder ’68 B.D. ;

Philip Young Yoo ’09 S.T.M.

Lawrence T. Young ’62 B.D. ;

Meghan Davis Young ’09 M.Div.

Thomasina Yuille ’82 M.Div.,’96 S.T.M.

Myounghun Yun ’09 S.T.M.

Gregory Howard Zehner ’06 M.Div.

Nicole Sydney Zellweger ’01 M.A.R.

Foundations, corporations & organizationsAssociation of Theological Schools

Atlanta Theological Association

The Chilton Foundation

Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

Domestic & Foreign Missionary Society, New York, NY v

The Fund for Theological education, Inc., Atlanta, GA v

Good Samaritan, Inc. v

The Henry Luce Foundation

The Jessie Ball duPont Fund

Metanexus Institute

Missionary emergency Fund, Bristol, VA v

New to You Shop v

Oikonomos Foundation

Passionist Fathers of CT, Inc.

congregationsAll Saints episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA v

All Saints’ Parish, Beverly Hills, CA v

Calvary episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, PA v

The Cathedral Church of St. Mark, Minneapolis, MN v

Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, GA v

Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, NC v

Christ Church, Alexandria, VA v

Christ Church, Harwich Port, MA v

Christ Church, Greenwich, CT v

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Christ Church of Pomfret, Pomfret, CT v

Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati, OH v

Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis, IN v

Christ Church Christiana Hundred, Wilmington, De v

Christ Church Parish, Redding Ridge, CT v

Christ Church Portola Valley, Portola Valley, CA v

Christ & Holy Trinity Church, Westport, CT v

Christ & St. Stephen’s Church, New York, NY v

Christ episcopal Church, Roanoke, VA v

The Church of the Ascension, New York, NY v

The Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Palm Beach, FL v

Church of the Good Shepherd, Pawtucket, RI v

Church of the Holy Spirit, Charlestown, RI v

The Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, PA v

Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr, PA v

The Church of St. Stephen the Martyr, edina, MN v

The episcopal Diocese of Long Island, Long Island, NY v

Domestic & Foreign Missionary Society, New York, NY v

emmanuel episcopal Church, Corry, PA v

The episcopal Church at Yale, New Haven, CT v

episcopal Diocese of Chicago, Chicago, IL v

episcopal Diocese of Long Island, Garden City, NY v

episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, Jackson, MS v

episcopal Diocese of Missouri, St. Louis, MO v

episcopal Diocese of New York, New York, NY v

episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana, Inc., South Bend, IN v

episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC v

episcopal Diocese of Oregon, Portland, OR v

episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA v

episcopal Diocese of Washington, Washington, DC v

First Church of Christ, New Haven, CT

First Church of Christ Congregational, Redding, CT

First Church of Windsor, Windsor, CT

First Congregational Church, Bristol, RI

The First Congregational Church, Hudson, OH

First United Methodist Church of Conover Men’s Club, Conover, NC

Fishers Island Union Chapel, Fishers Island, NY

Grace episcopal Church, Amherst, MA v

Grace episcopal Church, Silver Spring, MD v

Grace & St. Peter’s episcopal Church, Hamden, CT v

Green’s Farms Congregational Church, Westport, CT

Holy Trinity episcopal Church, Auburn, AL v

Parish of Trinity Church, New York, NY v

R.e. Lee Memorial Church, Lexington, VA

Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Dallas, TX v

Second Congregational Church, Greenwich, CT

St. Aidan’s episcopal Church, San Francisco, CA v

St. Alban’s Church, Syracuse, NY

St. Andrew’s Church, Kent, CT v

St. Andrew’s episcopal Church, Millinocket, Me v

St. Anne’s in the Fields Church, Lincoln, MA v

St. Anne’s Parish, Middletown, De v

St. Barnabas episcopal Church, Greenwich, CT v

St. elizabeth’s Church, Ridgewood, NJ v

St. Francis-in-the-Fields episcopal Church, Malvern, PA v

St. James’ Church, Glastonbury, CT v

St. James’ Church, New York, NY v

St. James Church, Perkiomen-Collegeville, PA v

St. James episcopal Church, Keene, NH v

St. James’s Church, Richmond, VA v

St. John the evangelist Church, Dunbarton, NH v

St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, CO v

St. John’s Church, ellicott City, MD v

St. John’s Church, North Guilford, CT v

St. John’s episcopal Church, Royal Oak, MI v

St. John’s episcopal Church, Saginaw, MI v

St. Luke’s Church, Fairport, NY v

St. Luke’s episcopal Church, Des Moines, IA v

St. Luke in the Fields, New York, NY v

St. Luke’s Parish, Darien, CT v

St. Mark AMe Church Inc., Orlando, FL

St. Mark’s Cathedral, Shreveport, LA v

St. Mark’s Chapel, Storrs, CT v

St. Mark’s Church, New Britain, CT v

St. Mark’s episcopal Church, Springfield, VT v

St. Mark’s Parish, New Canaan, CT v

St. Martin’s episcopal Church, Charlotte, NC v

St. Martin’s episcopal Church, Houston, TX v

St. Mary’s episcopal Church, Arlington, VA v

St. Mary’s episcopal Church, Manchester, CT v

St. Matthew’s Parish, Pacific Palisades, CA v

St. Matthew’s Parish, Wilton, CT v

St. Michael & All Angels, Dallas, TX v

St. Michael & All Angels episcopal Parish Church, Corona Del Mar, CA v

St. Patrick’s episcopal Church, Cheektowaga, NY v

St. Paul evangelical Lutheran Church, Old Saybrook, CT

St. Paul’s Church, Rochester, NY v

St. Paul’s Church, Plainfield, CT v

St. Paul’s Church, Wallingford, CT v

St. Paul’s episcopal Church, Brunswick, Me v

St. Paul’s episcopal Church, Fairfield, CT v

St. Paul’s episcopal Church, Riverside, CT v

St. Paul’s episcopal Church, Salem, OR v

St. Paul’s Parish, Bantam, CT v

St. Peter’s Church, Cheshire, CT

St. Peter’s Church, Monroe, CT v

St. Peter’s episcopal Church, Milford, CT v

St. Raphael’s Church, Crossville, TN v

St. Stephen’s Church, Richmond, VA v

St. Stephen’s Church, Ridgefield, CT v

St. Thomas’ Church, Fort Washington, PA v

St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York, NY v

St. Thomas episcopal Church, Towson, MD v

St. Timothy episcopal Church, Fairfield, CT v

Trinity Cathedral Church, Columbia, SC v

Trinity Church, Boston, MA v

Trinity Church, Columbus, OH v

Trinity Church, New York, NY v

Trinity Church On Green, New Haven, CT v

Trinity episcopal Church, Concord, MA v

Trinity episcopal Church, Mobile, AL v

Trinity episcopal Church, Southport, CT v

Trinity episcopal Church, Staunton, VA

Trinity episcopal Cathedral, Portland, OR v

Union Memorial Church, Stamford, CT

Westminster Presbyterian Church, Charlottesville, VA

Women’s Fellowship, First Congregational Church, Old Greenwich, CT

Zion episcopal Church, North Branford, CT v

Planned gifts and BequestsJulia e. Ableson

Rosemary Dysart Baue ’98 M.Div.

Katherine D. and William R. Bell, Jr. ’07 M.Div.

Wilbur D. Canaday, Jr.* ’45 B.D.

Francis W. Carr*

Jack L. Clark* ’59 Div.,’59 M.A.,’62 Ph.D.

Leonard G. Clough ’43 B.D.

Richard G. Copleston* v

Herbert F. Dabinett* ’35 Div.

Arthur R. eikamp ’47 B.D.

William McC. Haynsworth*

Ralph C. Kau≠man* ’40 Div.,’40 Ph.D.

Harriet V. Leonard* ’58 M.Div.

Sara P. Little* ’58 Div.,’58 Ph.D.

Charles e. Minneman* ’57 S.T.M.

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aNNUaL FUND voLUNteersThe Divinity School’s Annual Fund campaign relies on the alumni who volunteer their time to help raise money for student scholarships. Be-cause of these individuals, YDS raised $385,805 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009. The alumni o∞ce is most thankful for all of the volunteers who helped make this year’s cam-paign successful.

Honor Roll of Annual Giving VolunteersA volunteer qualifies for the Honor Roll if his or her constituency achieved an annual giv-ing participation rate of 80 percent or more in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, and the volunteer made a donation to the Annual Fund campaign.

Name % PartIcIPatIoN cLass Hugh Blair 90 1963Stuart Haskins, Jr. 87 1955Donald W. Preslan 84 1956John Bertsch 83 1959L. eugene Brown 81 1948

ANNuAL FuND CLASS AGeNTS

ANNUAL FUND CHAIR Jessica Lynn Anschutz ’07 M.Div.

Class of 1937Winston Trever ’37 B.D.

Class of 1943A. Waldo Farabee ’43 M.Div.

Class of 1946Robert C. Lamar ’46 B.D.

Class of 1947Constance Cronon Thurber ’47 M.Div.

Class of 1948L. eugene Brown ’48 B.D.

Class of 1950A. Bertram Miller ’50 B.D.

Class of 1952Roger S. Nicholson ’52 M.Div.

Class of 1954R. Wade Ortel ’54 B.D.

Class of 1955Stuart C. Haskins, Jr. ’55 B.D.

Class of 1956Donald W. Preslan ’56 B.D.

Class of 1957John Moore Bullard ’57 M.Div.

Class of 1958James K. Donnell ’58 B.D.

Class of 1959John T. Bertsch ’59 B.D.

Class of 1960Thomas F. Schafer ’60 B.D., ’61 S.T.M.

Class of 1961John F. Piper, Jr. ’61 B.D.

Class of 1963Hugh N. Blair ’63 B.D.

Robert M. Cassels ’63 B.D.

David A. ehline ’63 B.D.

Robert F. Glover ’63 B.D.

G. Russell Goldner, Jr. ’63 B.D.

Jane e. McFarland ’63 B.D.

Robert F. R. Peters ’63 M.Div.

David A. Purdy ’63 B.D.

Scott W. Wood ’63 M.Div.

Class of 1964ernest R. Stair ’64 B.D.

Class of 1966Robert K. Loesch ’66 B.D.

Class of 1967Donald J. West ’67 B.D.

Gifts of Leadership yDS # oF % PARTi- ANNuAL CLASS DoNoRS CiPATioN GiFTS

1937 2 67% $ 4001938 2 67% $ 2331939 2 50% $ 1501940 5 83% $ 2,1471941 1 20% $ 1001942 3 27% $ 2701943 7 54% $ 2,0501944 6 50% $ 5801945 14 56% $ 3,0251946 13 50% $ 2,9851947 13 54% $ 2,0401948 14 61% $ 2,2851949 14 47% $ 1,9251950 23 64% $ 5,2151951 24 62% $ 5,5951952 48 71% $ 12,0151953 37 57% $ 8,6251954 45 66% $ 7,7501955 52 87% $ 6,3501956 46 84% $ 8,5201957 35 74% $ 6,1001958 40 52% $ 10,1031959 45 79% $ 8,6401960 42 65% $ 7,2401961 55 50% $ 8,8201962 44 56% $ 6,9151963 52 58% $ 7,3901964 49 48% $ 6,3361965 26 38% $ 3,7751966 36 43% $ 6,8751967 40 43% $ 5,9301968 35 41% $ 4,1081969 43 47% $ 5,7401970 35 37% $ 6,4921971 30 34% $ 4,8601972 35 32% $ 4,4301973 38 38% $ 7,910

yDS # oF % PARTi- ANNuAL CLASS DoNoRS CiPATioN GiFTS

1974 35 34% $ 4,1951975 35 32% $ 5,6101976 39 33% $ 4,1201977 49 28% $ 5,5361978 47 37% $ 5,9281979 55 43% $ 6,6101980 46 34% $ 10,4061981 46 34% $ 6,8301982 30 24% $ 7,5501983 42 31% $ 5,6001984 32 26% $ 10,3901985 31 26% $ 5,2531986 39 27% $ 8,6701987 31 23% $ 2,0971988 37 27% $ 3,8621989 30 20% $ 3,7601990 30 21% $ 1,1301991 28 26% $ 4,8391992 26 26% $ 2,2051993 24 19% $ 2,8201994 26 20% $ 5,9401995 22 18% $ 9,2301996 37 26% $ 12,4031997 22 23% $ 3,0501998 23 25% $ 7,8851999 13 17% $ 3,1202000 15 14% $ 8602001 17 15% $ 1,5292002 25 20% $ 2,8952003 29 23% $ 2,2762004 42 27% $ 5,9882005 23 19% $ 1,6002006 33 27% $ 3,5152007 41 34% $ 4,0892008 43 32% $ 10,2092009 67 53% $ 12,197

a N N U a L g I v I N g t H r o U g H t H e a N N U a L F U N D2008-09 Goals: 38% Participation and $410,000 in Annual Gifts

NOTe: Due to accounting procedures, totals in this chart di≠er slightly from the o∞cial figures of 2,265 donors, 35.1 percent participation, and $385,805 in annual gifts.

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Class of 1968 Noel J.O. Amadi ’68 B.D.

Jane C. Watkins ’68 M.A.R.

Class of 1969 George e. Harris ’69 M.Div.

Class of 1970 Cathie M. Cipolla ’70 B.D.

Class of 1974 H. Timothy Halverson ’74 M.Div.

Class of 1975 J. David Stinson ’75 M.Div.

Class of 1976 Lee C. Hardgrove ’76 M.Div.

Class of 1977 Kristin M. Foster ’77 M.Div.

Susan W. Klein ’77 M.Div.

Class of 1979 Sara M. engram ’79 M.Div.

Ronald L. Hooker ’79 M.Div.

Class of 1980 Jerry W. Henry ’80 M.Div.

Class of 1985 eugene C. McAfee ’85 M.Div.

Je≠rey C. Oak, Ph.D., ’85 M.Div., ’86 S.T.M.

Class of 1986 Mary C. Commerford ’86 M.Div.

Class of 1987 Thomas G. Speers III ’87 M.Div.

Class of 1988 Tambria elizabeth Lee ’88 M.Div.

Class of 1989 Benjamin S. Chan ’89 S.T.M.

Verlee A. Copeland ’89 M.Div.

Scott G. Morrow ’89 M.Div.

Class of 1990 Kristin Neily Barberia ’90 M.Div. Bennie Colclough ’90 M.Div. Brigid Farrell Dunn ’90 M.Div.

Class of 1992 Fredrick A. Wiese ’92 M.Div.

Class of 1993 Kristin B. Godlin ’93 M.Div., ’98 S.T.M.

Class of 1994 Patrick J. Kucera ’94 M.Div., ’95 S.T.M.

Class of 1997 James D. ebert ’97 M.Div.

Class of 2000 Charles-Ryan D. Duncan ’00 M.A.R. Demetrius Solon Semien ’00 M.Div.

Class of 2001 Matthew T. Curry ’01 M.Div. Adam e. eckhart ’01 M.Div.

Class of 2002 Jan D’Vonne Webster ’02 M.Div.

Class of 2003 Cheree Chablis Johnson ’03 M.Div. Michael Gibbs Milton ’03 M.A.R.

Class of 2004CHAIR

Je≠rey D. Braun ’04 M.Div.

Philip Peter Corbett ’04 S.T.M. eloise H.P. Kille≠er ’04 M.Div. Justin Matthew List ’04 M.A.R.

erin Lyn McGrath ’04 M.A.R. Melissa Ann Pucci ’04 M.A.R. Marissa Ann Smith ’04 M.A.R.

elizabeth L. Strawn ’04 M.A.R. Carol Janson Welles ’04 M.A.R.

Class of 2005CHAIR

Aaron Victor Skrypski ’05 M.Div.

Benjamin David Hopkins ’05 M.A.R. Cecelia Leebeth Jones ’05 M.Div. Je≠ry Lynn Wells ’05 M.Div. Andrea Lynn Wigodsky ’05 M.Div. Leslie Gesiene Woods ’05 M.A.R.

Class of 2006CHAIR

Jennie elizabeth Ott ’06 M.Div.

Martha S. Korienek ’06 M.Div. Will Henry Mebane, Jr. ’06 M.Div. elizabeth Marie Melchionna ’06 M.Div. Chan Sok Park ’06 M.Div., ’07 S.T.M. Kaji Rosa Spellman ’06 M.Div. Jared Robert Stahler ’06 M.Div. Andrew R. H. Thompson ’06 M.A.R.

Class of 2007CHAIR

erinn Marie Staley ’07 M.Div.

Jessica Lynn Anschutz ’07 M.Div. Angela Carline Batie ’07 M.Div. William R. Bell, Jr. ’07 M.Div. Paul Kang-Kul Cho ’07 M.Div. Jeremy Reed Deaner ’07 M.Div. Matthew Coe Haugen ’07 M.A.R. elijah Heyward III ’07 M.A.R. Micah Jonathan Luce ’07 M.A.R., ’08 S.T.M. Mindy Robin Roll ’07 M.Div.

Class of 2008CHAIR

Rachel Keas Hatch ’08 M.Div.

Spencer Tyler Clayton ’08 M.Div. Lindsay Katthryn Cleveland ’08 M.Div. Vicki I Flippin ’08 M.Div. Caroline B. Levy ’08 M.Div. Myra C. McNeill ’08 M.Div. Dawn M. Stegelmann ’08 M.Div. Kathleen S. Turner ’08 M.Div. Patrick C. Ward ’08 M.Div. Travis Alan Weber ’08 M.Div. Jennifer G. Zogg ’08 M.Div.

BoarD oF aDvIsorsThe YDS Board of Advisors is comprised of church leaders, major scholars and theolo-gians, and laity leaders from various walks of life, including business, politics, law, health, and philanthropy. This group pro-vides encouragement, counsel, and support for the school’s mission of preparing leaders for church and world.

CHAIR

Christopher Glenn Sawyer ’75 M.Div.

Wesley D. Avram George Bauer Stephen P. Bauman ’79 M.Div. Je≠rey D. Braun ’04 M.Div.

Timothy C. Collins John W. Cook ’57 B.D.

Martin Copenhaver ’80 M.Div. ellyn Crutcher Lillian Daniel ’93 M.Div. Ronald T. evans ’70 B.D. Julie S. Fuller ’04 M.A.R. Nora Gallagher Roberto S. Goizueta Adam S. Greene ’09 M.Div. Frances Hall Kieschnick F. Lane Heard III, esq. Bryan J. Hehir Megan S. Jessiman ’93 M.A.R. Scott Black Johnston ’89 M.Div. Frances Hall Kieschnick Linda Lader ’08 M.Div. Philip Lader Douglas M. Lawson Harold e. Masback ’94 M.Div. Debra L. McLeod Sears ’09 M.Div. Joon Surh Park ’69 B.D.

Stephen S. Peterson ’84 M.Div. J. Scott Pidcock ’82 M.A.R.

David e. Price ’64 B.D.

Andrew A. Sorensen ’62 B.D.

A. Knighton Stanley ’62 B.D.

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Brenda J. Stiers ’83 M.Div. Janet W. Tanner ’98 M.A.R.

Barbara Brown Taylor ’76 M.Div. Nancy S. Taylor ’81 M.Div. Krista W. Tippett ’94 M.Div. Clyde Cebron Tuggle ’88 M.Div. Michael P. Williams II ’98 M.A.R.

BoarD oF aLUmNI aFFaIrsThe YDS Alumni Board, elected as a repre-sentative body, has as its mission to represent alumni to the School and the School to them: to connect, energize, and alumni in support of YDS and its mission; to nurture and sustain relationships among alumni and with the facul-ty, administration, and students of the School; and to recognize alumni for their achievement and contribution to society.

PReSIDeNT

Mary ellen T. O’Driscoll ’02 M.Div.

Dwight D. Andrews ’77 M.Div. Talitha J. Arnold ’80 M.Div. Joan Cooper Burnett ’04 M.Div. Ki Joo Choi ’98 M.Div. Cheryl K. Cornish ’83 M.Div. Thomas e. Duggan ’59 B.D. James H. evans, Jr. ’75 M.Div. L. Ann Hallisey ’75 M.Div. Jerry W. Henry ’80 M.Div. Carol Rose Ikeler ’50 B.D. Susan W. Klein ’77 M.Div

J. Kenneth Kuntz ’59 B.D.

Arthur H. Latimer ’98 M.Div. Bert W. Marshall ’97 M.Div. Myra C. McNeill ’08 M.Div. Clinton M. Miller ’94 M.Div. George M. Noonan ’79 M.Div. Alice de V Perry ’80 M.Div. Timothy L. Poston ’93 M.A.R.

Javier Alexis Viera ’00 S.T.M.

B e c o m e a v o L U N t e e rif you would like to volunteer for yale Divinity School, please

contact the alumni office by email (divinity.alumni@yale.edu) or

phone (203.432.3871) and find out how you can become involved.

reUNIoN PLaNNINg commItteesThe following alumni helped to plan their class or cluster reunion in October 2009. The alumni o∞ce is deeply grateful for their help. Thank you for the generous gift of your time, energy, and ideas.

50th ReunionCHAIR

J. Kenneth Kuntz ’59 B.D.

A. Ralph Barlow, Jr. ’59 B.D., ’64 S.T.M. William L. Barnes ’59 B.D. Thomas e. Duggan ’59 B.D. Peter C. Hodgson ’59 B.D. Thomas M. Johnston, Jr. ’59 M.Div.

Mary N. Keithahn ’59 M.R.e.

Don C. Skinner ’59 B.D..

’73, ’74, ’75 Cluster ReunionJames H. evans, Jr. ’75 M.Div

L. Ann Hallisey ’75 M.Div. H. Timothy Halverson ’74 M.Div. Richard O. Johnson ’75 M.Div. Arthur B. Keys, Jr. ’73 M.Div. Marylouise Oates ’73 M.Div.

Christopher Glenn Sawyer ’75 M.Div. Jake B. Schrum ’73 M.Div.

Gus Spohn ’73 M.A.R.

J. David Stinson ’75 M.Div.

25th ReunionKenneth F. Baily ’84 M.Div. John C. Barrow ’84 M.Div., ’85 S.T.M. Steven C. Bonsey ’84 M.Div., ’87 S.T.M. Mark A.T. Chinen ’84 M.Div.

Maureen A. Dickmann ’84 M.Div. Bonita D. Grubbs ’84 M.A.R. Dyan M. Levander ’84 M.Div. Shepard A. Parsons ’84 M.Div. Judy e. Pidcock ’84 M.Div. Whit Stodghill ’84 M.Div.

’93, ’94, ’95 Cluster ReunionMargaret L. Beck ’94 M.Div. April T. Bradley ’96 M.A.R. Martha C. Highsmith ’95 M.Div. Patrick J. Kucera ’94 M.Div., ’95 S.T.M. Peter C. Laarman ’93 M.Div. Susan K. Olson ’93 M.Div. Anna T. Ramirez ’93 M.Div. Anisa P. Cottrell Willis ’95 M.Div.

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cLass oF 1937JosePH smItH ’37 B.D. spent his 97th birth-day—July 7—on Hand Lake in upper Minnesota with his son FreD smItH ’67 B.D. who now lives in the summer cabin Joe bought in 1964 with a group of colleagues from the national o∞ce of the Christian Church (Disciples) in Indianapolis. Joe Smith now lives in an apart-ment in a large building with 80 residents in the retirement complex Warm Hearth Village in Blacksburg, VA.

cLass oF 1939caxtoN Doggett ’39 B.D. lives alone in his house perched high above Lake Junaluska, NC, with a beautiful mountain range beyond. Following his graduation from YDS, Hal Luc-cock found a church for him in Florida where he later served as pastor of Methodist churches in Miami, Tampa, Winter Park, and Lakeland (First Church). In 1939 Doggett preached the graduation sermon in Marquand Chapel entitled “Perplexed But Not In Despair.” He remains “perplexed but not in despair” as he looks at the world today.

cLass oF 19 41Immediately after graduation, george BaLL ’41 B.D. was pastor for two little Methodist Churches in Vermont, though before the year was out, he was a chaplain in the army. After the war, he returned to Yale on the GI Bill to earn an S.T.M. and Ph.D. degrees, and married a student he met at YDS. Ball taught religion at Whitman College for 42 years. At 94 he is now retired.

cLass oF 1945george r. BaILeY ’45 m.DIv. is in the Woodlawn Commons Independent Retirement Unit. George is in good health for 91, except for poor eyesight. He walks a couple of miles a day for exercise, cares for a memorial garden and has a vegetable garden. He is active at church and takes the sacrament of communion to the homebound. George also does volunteer tasks in his community and participates in the Rotary Club and keeps busy.

At the age of 89, JoHN merNer ’45 B.D. is enjoying reading, walking, attending a fitness class, dancing, traveling and volunteering. Two years ago he lost his dear companion of 63 years, known to members of the class of ’45 as Betty Tucker. So, he has had to make a new life for himself. He recently moved from Roseburg, OR, where he has lived for 34 years, to Seattle, WA, to be near family.

DoN moDIsHer ’45 B.D. and Carolyn now reside at 5031 Hillsboro Pk., Nashville, TN 37215, near their daughter, Christine. Don retired in 1984 from Conference of the United Method-ist Church. Then they spent 24 years traveling by RV between Tucson, AZ, and Chautauqua Lake, NY. Both Don and Carolyn enjoy reason-ably good health and the friendship of many.

sterLINg WHIteNer ’45 m.DIv., ’52 s.t.m. writes that in “September, Barbara’s niece and husband took us on a wonderful 3 week trip to Portugal and Spain featuring pousadas and paradores. Flying business class was quite a contrast to our many China economy-traveling modes.” Sterling’s fifteenth trek in 30 years to the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging saddens him that pure research now dominates. “We elderly feel more like guinea pigs than partici-pants,” he writes.

cLass oF 1947After Norma and artHUr eIKamP ’47 B.D. returned from 35 years in Japan doing missionary work, they built their own house in the Oregon woods. He has selectively cut cedar logs into lumber and pine logs for firewood. Arthur has served as interim pastor in two churches. He has published a few books. One of them, Sensei, is an autobiography. Arthur is 91 and Norma is 82.

JacK meLHorN ’47 m.DIv. and his wife Mary celebrated their 61st wedding anniver-sary in June. They have lived in emporia, KS, for 37 years. He served 44 years in higher edu-cation as a sociology professor and in admin-istration. Twenty-five of those years were at church-related colleges and included 12 years in part-time pastorates. He retired in 1991. He and Mary enjoy church activities, visiting their family, and travel.

erNest W. secKINger ’47 DIv. writes, “My Darling Jessie of 58 years died February 23, 2007.” “It is a di≠erent world; but God and a host of supporters are making still a good world!” Since August 2008, he has been a resident of Stonehenge Assisted Living, 2679 Stonehenge Dr., Blairsville, GA 30512. His computer con-tains a 150-page account of reflections and sto-ries on about 70 years as a Methodist minister. He would love to hear from roommates Chuck estes and Parker Rossman, as well as Bacon House friends.

At 86, eLmer taLcott ’47 m.DIv. gar-dens, plays the piano and water colors. He also occasionally preaches, baptizes and marries. He remains active with the global peace committee of his Presbytery and serves on the board of a

trust for First Presbyterian Church in elizabeth, NJ. Vital signs so far so good. He is all for a single payment plan for national health and other radi-cal regulatory controls. Selah.

coNNIe tHUrBer ’47 m.DIv. is happy to report a recent memorable family reunion, a nine-day Caribbean Princess cruise with two of three sons, their spouses and three grandchildren. This was an absolutely ideal way to be together with activities for all ages and attentively served delicious meals together. She is grateful to wor-ship regularly at Nassau Presbyterian Church, Princeton, NJ, which has well-planned worship, eight choirs, excellent music and frequent Taize style congregational singing plus outstanding preaching.

In January, Alice and eDWarD WeBer ’47 B.D. enjoyed time-shares in Myrtle Beach and Charleston. In May they celebrated edward’s 70th high school reunion by being escorted through the school by the principal. edward reads large print non-fiction and western books, teaches a Bible study class, and conducts a service at a senior center. Three of their grandchildren are in college, but one grandson visits often.

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The Lyman Beecher Lectures will be given by Mary Catherine Hilkert, who, as a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, specializes in contemporary systematic theology. She is the author of Naming Grace: Preach-ing and the Sacramental Imagination.

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The Kent Shafer Lectures will be given by Sean Freyne, professor emeritus of theology in the School of Religions and Theology at Trinity College, Dublin. Freyne’s academic interests include a study of Galilee in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, the historical Jesus, the gospels, and aspects of early Jewish and early Christian history and develop-ment. He has published several books, most recently Jesus a Jewish Galilean: A New Reading of the Jesus Story.

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cLass oF 1948secretaryrobert seymour Jr. ’48 B.D.robertseymour@compuserve.com DoUg DorcHester ’48 B.D. met with newly discovered family members over easter 2009 after his wife Janice’s fourth genealogy led them to family in Canada. Since his stroke, Doug is no longer able to preach or teach, but, to keep his brain alive, he continues to write an article a month for the church paper. He and his wife are both 85, sharing a joint birthday celebration on July 19, 2009, a date between their birthdays.

J.t. HorrIcKs ’48 s.t.m. is in his 90th year of life, living alone, and continuing to review the life and teaching of Jesus. He writes, “I will never forget when Professor Burrows returned from Jerusalem in 1946 with the discovery story of the Dead Sea Scrolls!” Horricks has five times escorted church groups to Palestine and vis-ited the mountain of the Transfiguration, the Qumran Caves, and the essene Village at the Dead Sea.

PaUL PrUItt ’48 B.D. stays active in Fauntle-roy Church UCC, WA, teaching in an adult Sunday church school class and singing in the choir. Paul is also an active member of the Fel-lowship of Reconciliation, a peace group. With his wife Mary Margaret they have logged 15 years proposing a Single Payer Health Plan for the state of Washington.

JeaN scHeUFLer JoHNsoN ’48 m.DIv. continues to live in a St. Petersburg, FL, after the death of her husband Jay in 2007. She has trav-eled to see relatives in Beijing, China, two sons and families in Los Angeles and Napa, CA, and was met by her fourth son when she was flown back from an elderhostel trip to Scandinavia with a broken ankle 2008. She is actively serving in both church and community.

James NoLaND ’48 B.D. continues to live with his wife Mary in their Houston home, where they have resided the past 42 years. Mary is recovering from a broken back she su≠ered four months ago. James is well and remains busy developing internet service programs for the Per-sonalysis Corporation, a worldwide testing and consulting firm he established in 1975.

cHarLes e. steeLe ’48 B.D. moved after 16 great years from St. Simons Island, GA, to Macou, GA, to be near his daughter, Sandra. His wife evelyn has Parkinson’s disease but it has not progressed in five years. All are active United Methodists and involved in community services where they live.

DIcK steIN ’48 B.D. retired as founding pastor of the Sanibel, FL, Congregational UCC parish in 1990. He moved with wife Frances to Rock Hill, SC, to be near their granddaughters. They observed their fortieth wedding anniver-sary and Dick’s 85th birthday April 2009. They are active in the local First Presbyterian Church, where Frances is on the session. Both are choir members, volunteer in public schools helping

kids with reading, exercise regularly, enjoy good health and want health care for everyone.

eD toWLe ’48 B.D. and Marian, his wife for 62 years, continue their condominium-style residency and active participation in the Wesley Homes Des Moines retirement community south of Seattle. ed still sings in the choir and Marian holds an o∞ce in United Methodist Women at the local United Methodist church. In May 2008 both traveled to Washington, DC, where ed presided at the wedding of the oldest of their four grandsons.

roBert e. WILLoUgHBY ’48 m.DIv. is still living in Lakeland, FL, and has just had his fifth book published: The Future of Christianity in a Post Christian Era. He remains an associate member of Westar (the Jesus Seminar), and remains active in his Unitarian Fellowship where he was recently honored with the Cleo Thomas Award for humanitarian service. He also remains a part of a progressive study seminar dealing with social, political and theological issues.

cLass oF 1949secretaryWilliam randolph sengel ’49 B.D., ’50 s.t.m.padre_bill@msn.com DavID roWaND ’49 m.DIv., and his wife eleanor send their best and God’s richest bless-ings to all of their YDS classmates now and through the coming years.

WILLIam seNgeL ’49 B.D., ’50 s.t.m writes, “What a joy in retirement to have this fresh reminder that our Old Presbyterian Meet-ing House parish in Alexandria, VA, gave Yale Divinity lifetime funds for the William and Marian Sengel Scholarships for students from around the world. As recipient Irene Berita Murimi said in Kiswahili, ‘Asante Sanda,’ so we say to YDS for the nurture of our sixty years of ministry!”

cLass oF 1950secretaryDoris “Dodie” a. Younger ’50 m.Div.gdyday@verizon.net BILL BaIrD’s ’50 B.D. and his wife Shirley, living in Fort Worth, TX, celebrated their sixty-

third anniversary on June 21. Bill has had a vari-ety of medical concerns recently, most notably a hip replacement. Volume 3 of his History of New Testament Research brings the long story of the development of historical critical work into the last half of the 20th century.

PaUL BarNes ’50 s.t.m. noted that while it is many years since graduation, he is still going to school and carries a Lasell College Student ID card. He lives in Lasell Village, a retirement com-munity on the school’s campus in Newton, MA. He no longer does any preaching but serves as a deacon in his UCC church and sings in the choir. He taught a course there on religious denomina-tions called, “So Many Churches—What’s the Di≠erence?”

BoB Bates ’50 m.DIv. is in Cleveland, OH. His wife Jane needing a live-in helper provided by a special care company complicates his life. Bob is thus able to serve as parish associate of the Old Stone Church (Presbyterian), where his main work is teaching adult church school class and welcoming the visitors at morning wor-ship and co≠ee hour. In November of 2008 he had quadruple bypass surgery and is doing fine at 90.

JerrY JUD ’50 DIv., after receiving his Ph.D., served as a pastor for 15 years in the West Haven United Church. Sadly his first wife esther Stu-ermer drowned in 1961. Jerry founded Shalom Mountain Retreat and Study Center. Later he started Timshel, a retreat and study center devoted to the experience and study of mysti-cism. He recently celebrated his 90th birthday and now lives in Montrose, PA, with his second wife Georgeanne.

DoNaLD BIsHoP ’50 m.DIv. retired in 1991 after 31 years teaching the course in reli-gion o≠ered by the Washington State University philosophy department. He and his wife have done quite a bit of traveling in a motor home and now go to Arizona in the winter months. His chief hobbies are gardening, bike riding, plant-ing trees and writing letters to newspapers. He also writes articles for journals, the most recent being “Wars Begin in the Minds of Men.”

caroL rose IKeLer ’50 B.D. remains in Louisville, KY, in a Presbyterian senior center. However, she travels every summer to Ghost Ranch, NM, for several weeks to take part in

save tHe Date For coNvocatIoN aND reUNIoNs WeeK 2010, octoBer 11–14the following classes will be celebrating reunions:

cLass oF 1960 (50tH) cLasses oF 1964, 1965 & 1966cLass oF 1985 (25tH) cLasses oF 1979, 1980 & 1981 cLasses oF 1999, 2000 & 2001

if you are interested in helping to plan your reunion, please email Carmen Germino ’07 M.DiV., Director of Alumni Relations, at divinity.alumni@yale.edu.

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their rich program. There she usually invites grandchildren to join her. In the winters she remains very active in her Presbyterian church between trips to New Haven where she contin-ues to serve on the YDS Alumni Board.

DIcK smItH ’50 m.DIv. and HarrIet vaN rIPer ’49 m.DIv. recently celebrated their 60th anniversary. His current involvements include being president of Front Desk Florence in Oregon, a subscription concierge service designed to keep seniors in their homes as long as feasible. He was selected as poster child for the annual Lane (County) Coalition of Senior Services program that, in 2009, honored older Americans who capture the “Oregon Spirit.”

george toLmaN ’50 B.D. is still active in the First Christian Church in Tucson, AZ, singing in the choir. Last year he published his book, Tales, Trails, Trials and Triumphs, mem-oirs of a western, 20th-century preacher. He is still involved with Habitat for Humanity in his area. He and his wife Janet still do some hiking and fly fishing, often in Montana. He is in quite good health.

teD WeBer ’50 B.D. has been professor emer-itus of social ethics from emory University since 1977. In 1999 he served as visiting professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 2001 Ted published his latest book, Politics in the Order of Salvation: Transforming Wesleyan Political Ethics. In 2008 he was honored with the Heilbrun Dis-tinguished emeritus Professor Fellowship. His next book War, Peace and Reconciliation, has been delayed because of surgery.

macY WHIteHeaD ’50 B.D. remains in Bath, Me, where he has spent a great deal of time caring for his wife edie, who su≠ers from a variety of age-related conditions. Recently he has wisely found some part-time care giving help. That has freed him to take part in activities that he has always enjoyed, including Scotch country dancing. Macy has also resumed an active role in his Quaker congregation.

DoDIe YoUNger ’50 m.DIv. continues to live in a retirement community in Maplewood, NJ, where she is centrally located among her four children and 10 grandchildren. She is active on local committees there as well as participating in the life of the Glen Ridge Congregational Church. This summer, her family gathered to celebrate their 50 years as part of the summer community in Sorrento, Me, as well as Dodie’s 85th birthday.

cLass oF 1951In 2006 DaLe BIcHseL ’51 B.D. and his wife Jo moved to a fine retirement community in Dela-ware, OH. They are near the campus of his alma mater, Ohio Wesleyan University. They are also close to their three children. The couple enjoys traveling, attending lectures and concerts at the university, and visiting friends and family. Dale has beautiful memories of his years at YDS.

HarrY eBerts ’51 B.D. , with his brother, PaUL eBerts ’56 B.D. , published a book

entitled The Early Jesus Movement and Its Parties. In it they describe the mission of the Twelve, the Brethren, the Hellenists, and the Apostles and how they cooperated with and competed against each other in theology, worship and mission tar-gets. YBK published the book.

vaN HarveY ’51 B.D. and his wife of 59 years live in Palo Alto, CA. In 1996, he o∞cially retired from Stanford University, where he was a pro-fessor of religious studies. Harvey continued to teach until 2008 but now only teaches an occa-sional course in the Continuing Studies Program. Harvey was close friends with Gregor Thompson until she died. He continues to remain in touch with classmates Gordon Kaufman, Richard Nie-buhr, and Jim Gustafson.

More than 200 new and old friends gathered when KeNNetH JoNes ’51 m.DIv. cele-brated his 90th birthday. Ken and his wife Rocky were named two of 20 Maryland Senior Volun-teers for 2009. The awardees were recognized for their service throughout the state to serve

community-based organizations such as Habi-tat For Humanity, the National Association of Active and Retired Federal employees, and the Montgomery County Amateur Radio Club.

After teaching in religious studies at Drew University, HoWarD cLarK Kee ’51 DIv. launched the religious studies program at Bryn Mawr College, taught at the University of Penn-sylvania, and became chairman of the graduate division of religious studies at Boston Univer-sity. Kee took part in excavations in Israel and Jordan, and was visiting professor at Durham, NC, Brown University, Mississippi State Uni-versity, and Australia. He has two sons and a daughter. He is now retired at Quadrangle, founded in Haverford, PA, by Quakers.

WarreN troPF ’51 B.D. has been a local church pastor for the United Methodist Church since graduation from YDS. He spent 24 years in Ohio. Warren and his wife live in a retirement community where he coordinated an afternoon Sunday service for residents in assisted living.

The lives of Maya and LoWeLL ZUcK ’51 B.D. continue much as usual in retirement at 208 Oakwood Ave., St. Louis, MO 63119. Lowell sent Maya o≠ for a short reunion with Stuttgart relatives in May. She enjoyed that greatly. Both Maya and Lowell may be reached at lzuck@eden.

edu. Their two adopted grandchildren, Charlie and Ryan, ages 5 and 7, are thriving with their parents in Fort Myers, FL.

cLass oF 1952secretaryrichard c. stazesky ’52 B.D., ’53 s.t.m.rstazesky@comcast.net BoB BrasHares ’52 B.D. attended his grandson, Nathan’s, wedding in Sebastopol, CA, at the family estate of Nathan’s best man, Ryder Strong, who is the star of television’s “Boy Meets World.” In July 2009, Bob’s wife Lucinda fell near their swimming pool. She su≠ered a badly sprained wrist and hairline fractures of the pelvis. Happily, Lucinda recovered and is now almost 100 percent.

KeNNetH craNDaLL ’52 B. D. and his wife esther celebrated their 60th wedding anni-versary with a three-day get-together with all their children and grandchildren at the Canyon Lodge of McCormick’s Creek State Park in Indi-ana, where Kenneth and esther had spent their honeymoon.

DeWItt t. FaraBee, Jr. ’52 B.D., ’64 s.t.m. and his wife Ann celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary on July 2. The two attended “The January Adventure” on St. Simon Island, SC, as well as Stetson University Pastor School. Dewitt enjoys singing with 28 men at Stetson University elderhostel and in front of other groups. He plays tennis and shares in a book discussion group. Ann is his social secretary.

The York Center Church of the Brethren in Lom-bard, IL, where Ruth and WarreN F. groFF ’52 B.D. are members, recently adopted this commitment: to reduce their carbon dioxide footprint by 80 percent by 2050; to develop a broad plan as to how this goal is to be achieved; and, to formulate a set of calculations on insulat-ing the sanctuary roof, installing new windows, and adding interior insulation to the walls.

HeNrY v. HarmaN ’52 B.D. attended his granddaughters’ graduations this year. Hank and his wife celebrated their 60th wedding anni-versary in Richmond, VA. Hank marked his 84th birthday on the Appalachian Trail in the Berk-shires with two sons and one grandson. Rain, mosquitoes and age prompted an early exit.

Since Margaret died two years ago, aL INgLIs ’52 B.D. has been living alone in the house that the couple had planned together and had their son build next to Al’s runway. Al has given his ultralight airplane to the flying club WingNuts, and is learning to fly a powered paraglider at age 86. Being concerned about ecology for a lifetime, Al only drives his electric GeM car in town and uses his Prius for longer trips.

roBert J. KasPer ’52 B.D. retired in 1988 from full-time service, followed by two interims, part-time pastorates. In 2002, he and Shirley moved to an independent living duplex at the Presbyterian Manor Retirement facility in Law-rence, KS. Shirley’s health deteriorated in 2008 and they had to move to an assisted living floor

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at the Manor, where they still reside. They cel-ebrated 60 years of marriage on July 10.

PHIL KrUg ’52 B.D. went up the Danube by boat and visited Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, Prague in August 2009. Tops were: Freud’s o∞ce, a Mozart orchestra, horse racing, lounge dancing, and sightseeing. They enjoy Times Square theatre as well as regional theater at Pen-guin in Stony Point, NY. Lee is a therapist, and Phil is an episcopal priest.

cHester e. mILLer ’52 B.D. and his wife Pat completed five years of retirement in May. They are in reasonably good health, given the fact that they are both cancer survivors (Pat, breast; Chet, prostate). They are basking in the afterglow of President Obama’s election. Chester has some satisfaction that working in McComb, MS, in September 1964 in voter registration had some small impact on that happy result!

teD Nace ’52 B.D. attends men’s breakfast each week at a local church and appreciates the home care that Lovina receives from a hospice service. One of their daughters, Martha John-son, who graduated in 1979 from Yale’s School of Management, was nominated by President Obama in April and unanimously recommended in June by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government A≠airs to be on the broad cabinet as administrator of the General Service Administration.

WIN NeLsoN ’52 B.D. writes, “35 years ago today I received a cadaver kidney transplant at Hartford Hospital. By the grace of God, the love of a wonderful wife Lynn, and great sup-port from family and friends, I am fully alive and grateful. Our three years in this pleasant retire-ment community (RiverMead of Peterborough, NH) continue to be full. I supply preach in local churches just about every other week. Lynn enjoys gardening and watercolor painting.”

In June 2008 roger s. NIcHoLsoN ’52 B.D. attended the Jesus Seminar at Santa Rosa, CA. It was good to connect with classmate Fran Geddes. In the summer of 2008, Roger served as acting conference minister for the Penn West Conference of the United Church of Christ. In the summer of 2009, he did sabbatical cover-age for a pastor while she was on leave. Serv-ing as YDS Class Agent has been enjoyable and meaningful.

rIcHarD staZesKY ’52 B.D. writes, “In June 2009 I was named president emeritus of The George Washington Society of Delaware after serving ten years as its president. As far as is known, it is the only such organization in the country. In October 2009 I enjoyed a one-week visit in Prague with a fellow minister. In Novem-

ber 2009 I published the 56th Annual YDS ’52 Class Letter.”

cLass oF 1953BeverLY aLLeN asBUrY ’53 B.D. writes, “My 80th year has been marked by throat cancer, healing treatments, and recovery. Scans now find no evidence of cancer remaining.” The illness put her back in touch with several people she has known in her various ministries. That was a blessing. In August, 22 family members, includ-ing 10 grandchildren, gathered at a Mexican hacienda for their first reunion since 1998.

DoNaLD K. camPBeLL ’53 B.D. lives in a two-bedroom cottage in a Presbyterian retire-ment community he helped organize 48 years ago. He is in the midst of writing his mem-oirs, Surrounded . . .Run. The first volume was published a year ago. The second, taking him through Divinity School and his Fulbright year in Scotland, is with an editor. Don is working on a third volume that will cover 19 years in his two pastorates.

geNe caNestrarI ’53 m.DIv. is still serv-ing as supply pastor for two small churches in the Presbytery of the Mid South. He has been doing this for the past 15 years. Gene enjoys his daily activities.

JoeL eDmoNDs ’53 DIv. has transformed from a blond kid with a slight limp into a graying old man in a power wheelchair. After two years as minister of education, edmonds served in a pas-torate for five years. edmonds moved to public education, receiving a master’s from Fresno State, and ended up as a combination counselor and math teacher. He retired in 1987, when it was obvious that his wife Pat would be in growing need of care. Pat died in October 2008 and Joel’s power chair came in August of 2009.

marK FoLLaNsBee ’53 B.D. writes, “The flesh weakens, the spirit soars—and glad I am to be. Marylou and I have a deepening relationship as we share an apartment in an old folks home. My energy flows within shared leadership of Vermont Interfaith Action. Interfaith organizing is the way to go for Justice, building relational power in the community. YDS needs a course in Islamic Studies; Buddhism also.”

trevor a. HaUssKe ’53 B.D. continues in the eighth year of his second retirement. He and Marjean live in their Minneapolis home. He shovels snow, mows the lawn, vacuums and rides the Raleigh, purchased used from Syd’s Cycle in 1949 for riding to YDS. The two enjoy their twelve grandchildren of whom one studies Arabic in Syria and another will be married in September.

vIoLette LINDBecK ’53 B.D. writes, “How the years roll by. After becoming an emeritus from Southern Connecticut State, I continued teaching at the College of Religious Studies, Mahidol U., in Thailand: mostly Buddhist students, half monks.” Retired again, Violette continues organic farming in Vermont, com-plete with horses and a donkey. George remains active, writing and lecturing as one of the last survivors of Vatican II. Her daughter, Kris, in the family business, teaches Judaica in Florida.

Since “retiring” in 1993 from 41 years of pasto-ral ministry, roBert LoveLL ’53 B.D. and his wife have lived in Cincinnati, where he has served as parish visitor in a large United Method-ist church. He and Marilyn have been married 11 years now, are busy with children and grand-children, in good health, and enjoying traveling and reading. They write, “Our best wishes to all YDS classmates.”

sam magILL ’53 B.D. writes, “The past year has been an eventful one for me, passing into the ninth decade of my life in July 2008.” Sam served as vice chair of the local Democratic pre-cinct in the fall and is serving on the local YMCA board. May saw Sam and eunice in Japan for the first time. He and eunice are very happy together and Sam is thankful for her love and companionship.

BoB raINes ’53 B.D. still enjoys good health at 83, as does his wife Cindy. He is on the A∞rmation and Justice Committees of his church, and helped to create the Shoreline Insti-tute for Lifelong Learning in Guilford-Madison, CT. Six kids and ten grandchildren keep the two engaged and mostly delighted. They savor their days as they grieve the loss of friends.

WaYNe saNDaU ’53 B.D., ’87 s.t.m. writes that, 55 years after graduation from YDS and 10 years after retirement, he feels like he did at YDS. Other times he knows he has become old—and it is OK. Life continues on its quiet ways.

cLass oF 1954DoNaLD L. BerrY ’54 s.t.m retired in 1994 as the Harry emerson Fosdick Professor of Phi-losophy and Religion at Colgate University. He continues occasionally to supply parishes in the

Bernice Cosey-Pulley ’53 B.D. presenting a book to Rebecca Lenn ’10 M.A.R. of the yDS Women’s Center

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episcopal Diocese of Central New York. Two of his books were recently published: Through a Glass Darkly: The Ambiguity of the Christian Tra-dition, and Holy Words and Holy Orders.

rIcHarD BoeKe ’54 B.D. had his book, God Is No Thing, published this past year. The book closes with the sermon he gave in his birthplace, which is now a museum in Villanueva, Spain. He and his wife live in england with regular visits to their daughters and grandchildren in Virginia. “Life willing,” he writes, “we will be participat-ing in the Parliament of World Religions in Mel-bourne in December.”

Norma aND DIcK BUceY ’54 B.D. are well but have slowed down. Dick is still biking and enjoys concert music at the nearby Blossom Center and drama at the Cleve Playhouse, in Ohio. The two try to spend quality time with their children and family. Dick was named the “adjunct pastor” of their local church. Dick is on the Akron YMCA Foundation Board and active in summer camp mission and programming.

eDWarD c. eLLIott ’54 m.DIv. spent 40 years in the pastorate, social work administration and therapy. During the past 15 years, he and his wife have enjoyed focusing on their two sons, their families, and continuing education and voluntarism. elliott and his wife of 56 years, Gay, have found fulfillment in Travel elder-hostel, as well as their membership with the Congregation of Duke University Chapel. They are fortunate that these experiences continue to enrich their lives.

DoNaLD FarLeY ’54 B.D. and Martha have just sold their house in evanston and will soon move into an apartment in a new Continu-ing Care Retirement Community, happily also in evanston. They’re both in reasonably good health, at 81 and 87 respectively, and plan to con-tinue their engagement in family, church, and community activities. Their YDS days continue to be an important memory.

teD gaULt ’54 m.DIv. and Carol welcomed a seventh great grandchild in August. He helped celebrate the 50th anniversary of St. Hilary’s episcopal Church in Fort Myers, FL, in Janu-ary, sang with the Southwest Florida Symphony, journeyed to Phoenix for Carol’s 52nd nursing class reunion and celebrated his 85th birthday with 110 family and friends. In September, they traveled to Long Island to participate in the 50th anniversary of a Methodist Church built in Bay-ville, NY, while Ted was pastor there.

eUgeNe KIDDer ’54 m.DIv. celebrated his 80th birthday. He savors ministry in the aging process. He and wife Barbara continue at a steady pace their pastoral counseling and psychother-apy practice with group therapy and couples work. They enjoy piano (Barbara) and trumpet (eugene), Bonsai and garden interests, partici-pation at University Christian Church, their four children and their families who all reside in the Seattle area.

LoU HammaNN ’54 B.D. became an emeri-tus professor of religion in 1997. Then, until May 2008, he worked as an adjunct in philosophy at

Gettysburg College. In 2006, he and his wife moved into their solar home at Hundredfold Farm in Gettysburg, PA. They generate more than twice their domestic electricity and recycle all of their wastewater with aquatic plants, with-

out chemicals. They have more to tell at their website, www.hundredfoldfarm.org.

Since retirement from teaching in 1993, the pil-grimage of W. PaUL JoNes ’54 B.D. has led him to becoming ordained as a Roman Catholic priest, making vows as a Family Brother of the Trappist Order, and creating the Hermitage Spiritual Retreat Center on Lake Pomme de Terre in southern Missouri. He lives the monas-tic life, writes, and does spiritual direction. He feels centered and very blessed.

JosePH PeacocK ’54 B.D. served ecu-menical campus ministries at Berea College, in northwestern Illinois and Franklin and Marshall College. He and his wife Joyce retired to Urbana where they both enjoyed the fine university. He is a volunteer sidewalk superintendent for a seminar on building construction in the School of Architecture, and he coordinates cross-cul-tural programming for visiting Chinese profes-sors with the Center for Asian Studies. Joyce died in October 2008 shortly after their 50th anniversary.

WaYNe g. roLLINs ’54 B.D. resides in Hart-ford, an hour’s drive from YDS, with wife Don-nalou. Three sons and their families live nearby. The couple see classmates Jean (McClure) Blan-ning and Van Parker regularly. Wayne teaches part-time at the Hartford Seminary and lectures and publishes in the field of psychology and biblical studies, most recently co-editing with D. Andrew Kille, Psychological Insight Into the Bible: Texts and Readings.

WILLIam sHIrLeY ’54 B.D. is enjoying retirement in a retirement community 30 miles north of Pittsburgh, in a town with the unlikely name of Zelienople. He has found an outstand-ing congregation that he and his wife make their church home. Occasionally William fills in for vacationing pastors or at congregations between pastors.

JoHN WaLKer ’54 B.D. retired recently as visitation pastor at St. Paul’s United Method-ist Church in Kensington, MD. He writes, “So I’m sitting on the deck reading, working on

my ’49 Packard, and doing my share of praying for this turmoiled, mixed-up world. I look back with great fondness on my years at YDS, and even wax nostalgic as I recall pedaling that old gearless bike up Prospect St. after a night at the Institute of Human Relations. O what fun?”

Now semi-retired, KeNNetH WeLLIver ’54 B.D. was recently recognized for his 45th year of teaching and administration at West Virginia Wesleyan College. He has time for involvement in Habitat for Humanity and other church and community outreach activity. He and Mary Lee have also been fortunate to log many gratifying travel experiences.

cLass oF 1955roBert aLter ’55 B.D. and eLLeN aLter ’56. DIv. have been living in retirement in Wooster, OH, since 1993. They had served 47 years as Presbyterian missionaries in India. Rob-ert’s assignments included community develop-ment activities and school administration. He is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA), as well as an ordained presbyter of the Church of North India. each year, they return to a home in India, usually from September through November.

In 1997, eLIZaBetH aNDersoN ’55 m.r.e. and staNLeY moore ’55 B.D. retired from Liz’s UCC interim ministering and Stanley’s teaching of philosophy in Wisconsin at UW-Platteville to a Christian retirement community called Pilgrim Place in Claremont, CA. The com-munity is alive with passion (peace, justice, envi-ronment), full of love and friendship, and has exciting people around with lots of intellectual/theological challenges. Liz is much involved in women’s issues, runs a food pantry, writes hymn lyrics, does pottery and knits up a storm. Stan does woodworking, leads Bible studies, and jams a lot on his guitar with other lovers of folk, gospel, and country music. Their son, Tom, is professor of physics at Pomona College, while their daughter-in-law is pastor of their local UCC church. “We are blessed,” they say.

JIm BoIce ’55 B.D. married Sally Phillips on January 1, 2009. She is a Ph.D. from Penn State in art education and is a practicing artist. They live at Luther Ridge in Chambersburg, PA. Jim is teaching a group of progressive Christians at Memorial Lutheran Church in Shippensburg, PA, using the “Living the Questions” curricu-lum. Jim’s daughter has three children and is a special education teacher for visually handi-capped children in the Richmond, VA, area.

rIcHarD a. Demott ’55 m.DIv. lost his wife Jane after 38 years of good marriage when she died on March 16th of Alzheimer’s. He writes, “Her gradual decline was a di∞cult journey. Yet, it a≠orded opportunity to be more disciplined to ‘dig into’ the practice of prayer and contempla-tion and to reach out and minister to others.” Richard assists as a priest at the Lutheran-epis-copal church in Newland, NC.

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Champaign-Urbana and Oklahoma State Uni-versity, Stillwater, e. JoHN Dorr ’55 B.D. held pastorates at Grace Church in Chadron, Ne, and at St. James Church in Newcastle, IN. Fol-lowing a chaplaincy internship, John served as a hospital chaplain until retiring to Florida. There, he has the opportunity to care for his mother and to assist in a local church and retirement community.

rIcHarD B. ForD ’55 m.DIv. and Patty have been living in Healdsburg, 75 miles north of San Francisco, for the past 13 years. Involvement in the life of the church consists of membership on the board of the Bishop’s Ranch, the episcopal Conference Center nearby, and other volunteer duties. Richard’s gratitude for YDS increases as the years go by.

gUY HammoND ’55 m.DIv. and his wife Jean moved to Charlottesville, VA, after his retirement from the department of religious studies at Virginia Tech. In Charlottesville, they have found a fine community of retired clergy and religion professors. Guy continues to culti-vate his interest in the thought of Paul Tillich by attendance at conferences and occasional publi-cations. They also spend some summer time in Highlands, NC, where he plays a lot of tennis.

aLaN F. matHer ’55 B.D. still enjoys retire-ment in New Hampshire, taking occasional breaks from winter by escaping to Florida for a month or two. He preaches from time to time and sometimes performs weddings but most of Alan’s ministerial activity is minimal. If he has any ministry at all, he would describe it as a ministry to the unchurched. From the looks of things, that’s a growing population.

rIcHarD s. ParKer ’55 m.DIv. remains active in their New York Methodist Conference, mostly for justice issues and full acceptance of LGBT persons. Sailing on the vessel Charisma provides much joy, and this year included a two-week cruise to Martha’s Vineyard. In June, Rich-ard helped host classmate Dick Wilke and Julie at their annual aonference, where he spoke to their reconciling group, and preached at ordination.

James PHILLIPs ’55 B.D. is fortunate to be living just a few blocks from YDS, at Whitney Center, a retirement community. The Lord has given him good health, and he is able to drive his car, even making day trips to nearby destina-tions. His wife Ruth passed away in 1999, but their two daughters are doing well, and are not far away. He tries to keep up with things in his local church, his presbytery, and the Presbyterian Church (USA) in general.

JoHN c. WagNer ’55 B.D. and his wife Miriam have been living in Westerville, OH, since John’s retirement in 1996 from United Theological Seminary (UTS). The two are involved in theological dialogue and public policy discussion groups, and are engaged in prayer and witness through Faith Commu-nities Uniting for Peace. Since 2000, John has used an electric wheelchair and scooter. With Miriam’s help, he gets around very well and hasn’t hit anybody.

DIcK WILKe ’55 B.D. had his book, The Tie That Binds, recently published by Abingdon Press. He continues to work for prison min-istries through Disciple Bible Studies and for prison reform.

cLass oF 1957JoHN a. carr ’57 B.D. is involved in the Connecticut Disability Advocacy Collaborative; is chair of the church council at their reconciling congregation, First and Summerfield UMC in New Haven; and, is active in MIND, Method-ists in New Directions, which advocates for full inclusion of LBGT people in their conference. John mourns the death of his S.T.M. advisor Jim Dittes.

mereDItH (JerrY) HaNDsPIcKer ’57 B.D. is retired and living in Bennington, VT. He does supply preaching and short interims and serves on the Vermont Conference (UCC) Ministerial Standing Committee. Handspicker also serves as chair of the faith and order com-mittee of the Vermont ecumenical Council. The committee has just finished drafting a response to the World Council of Churches’ document, “The Nature and Mission of the Church.”

rIcHarD HIers ’57 B.D. and his wife Jane celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary this year. Jane actively takes part in church and civic a≠airs. Richard’s new book, Justice and Compas-sion in Biblical Law is to be published this fall by Continuum/T&T Clark. In the tome, Richard gets to draw on his interests and experience in biblical studies, Christian social ethics, and law. He continues to chair the advisory committee for the Journal of Law and Religion.

roN KUrtZ ’57 B.D. resides in The High-lands, a retirement community in Topsham, Me, with his wife elaine. In June, they cele-brated their 55th anniversary. Both enjoy travel, reading, volunteering and active sharing in the life of First Parish Church in nearby Brunswick. Ron finds life in the Obama years seasoned with hope and continuing prayer.

WaLter mott ’57 m.DIv. writes, “Here I am, the beneficiary of two marvelous medical ‘procedures,’ moving along happily in my retire-ment from many years of community college teaching: my long standing partner, Deborah Massa became my wife in January ’09.” Walter has become a vegetable gardener and contin-ues his love of the game of golf. Walter’s single most important commitment to social activism remains his regular work in small claims court as a mediator.

Wilys Claire Nelson, wife of James B. NeLsoN ’57 B.D. died on July 21, 2009. She was an ordained UCC minister with a career in hospital and hospice chaplaincy. Formerly of Minneapolis, the Nelsons had lived in Tucson, AZ, for the past ten years.

DoN sHrIver ’57 s.t.m. received the Grawemeyer Award for a book on religion and ethics, Honest Patriots: Loving a Country Enough to Remember Its Misdeeds, published by Oxford. In August 2009, Abingdon Press published Don’s

book in the Pillars of Modern Theology series, H. Richard Niebuhr. It was written out of much debt to Niebuhr for classes while Don was at Yale from 1955 to 1956. Next year, Seabury Press is set to publish Don’s On Second Thought: Essays from My Life.

trUmaN steHr’s ’57 B.D. current challeng-ing project is to read a book written in German. Dietrich Bonhoe≠er, in the second chapter of Life Together mentions a book by Oetinger that cat-egorizes all 150 psalms under one of the petitions of the Lord’s Prayer. Oetinger’s book Dis Psalmen Davids nach den sieben Bitten des Gebets des Herrn in sieben Classen gebracht, is now available and Truman has ordered it.

cLass oF 1958secretaryPaul e. schrading ’58 B.D.pcschra@verizon.com DoN NoreNBerg ’58 B.D. continues to enjoy life with his wife Joanne in the Kendall at Oberlin retirement community and in Oberlin’s First Church UCC, whose pastor is DavID HILL ’92 m.DIv. Oberlin College o≠ers many cultural benefits to city residents. They are delighted that their son has become city manager of Oberlin, moving with his family from Arizona. A daugh-ter and family continue to live in Willoughby, about an hour away.

roBert DeaLY ’58 B.D. writes, “My life is a composite of some challenging di∞culties, and good fortune.” He has di∞culty remembering and problems concentrating, so it is di∞cult to attempt any challenging reading. About four years ago, Robert contracted a mild case of myelodysplasia. On the brighter side, he has met several attractive women that have provided him with good company so that his bachelor existence is not quite so lonely.

BrUce ergooD ’58 B.D. is trying to follow the admonition: “inasmuch as you have done it unto the least . . . . ” (Mt. 25) Francis of Assisi’s advice fits his style as well: “Always preach the Gospel; use words if necessary.” He and Jane are now providing well bred laying hens to many of the rural Honduran health workers they have trained.

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HUgH FLesHer ’58 B.D. writes, “Since retir-ing ten years ago as Dean of the Chapel at Smith College, I have learned the joys of parish life.” He and Mary are thrilled to discover that the new life of their four grandchildren has renewed theirs. The last year and a half has been given over to knee replacements that at first were problematic but now, after two new surgeries, are working. Hugh is still amazed at the eagerness with which he looks forward to new times.

JUsto goNZáLeZ ’58 s.t.m is enjoying his (pseudo) retirement in Decatur, GA. He spends most of his time writing, and has just published his 104th book. His wife Catherine says that he has printer’s ink instead of blood. Justo also tries to develop and to sustain agencies for Latino/a theological education. He and Catherine have one daughter, two granddaughters, a great-grandson, and a great granddaughter.

egIL grIsLIs ’58 DIv. has been teaching since 1953. Grislis’s more adventurous side of life began in 1990. Having left Latvia by escaping through Russian/German combat lines in 1944, he was only able to visit Latvia after the Soviet Union began to crumble. He has been granted professor emeritus status by the University of Manitoba.

BUD HaYes ’58 B.D. no longer needs oxygen and is able to lead a fully active life. Whatever it was that left scars on his lungs remains undiag-nosed, but apparently it has been arrested. He continues to be active with Inner Peace/World Peace group. October marked the ninth year of maintaining a vigil every Friday evening on the front steps of First United Church in Oak Park, IL.

James Pratt ’58 B.D., who is retired in London, writes that he is “active in a parish church, as one of two Baptist ministers on Parish council and preaching roster.” James heads an outreach committee and churchyard maintenance group, and leads a house Bible study group. “There is much travel, opera, and many houseguests,” he writes. James is founder of a “Grow Old at Home” information and sup-port program like the one featured in the New York Times.

PaUL scHraDINg ’58 B.D. enjoyed the 50th Class reunion at YDS in October 2008. Retire-ment has been a blessing, with the opportunity to relax and enjoy six children, in his blended

family, and 10 grandchildren. His first wife Barbara died in 1997 and he remarried Caro-lynn in 1999. Pittsburgh o≠ers a wide variety of music, theatre, continuing education at various locations, including the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Paul and his wife plan a trip to Hawaii to watch a son compete in an Iron Man race.

cLass oF 1959secretaryJ. Kenneth Kuntz ’59 B.D.ken_kuntz@uiowa.edu DoUgLas BaILeY ’59 B.D., ’60 s.t.m. continues to serve as an annuitant visitor for the United Church of Christ Pension Board in his central southeast Ohio UCC association area.

raLPH BarLoW ’59 B.D., ’64 s.t.m. views his life this past year as something of a culmina-tion of a 30-year commitment to writing a biog-raphy of Liston Pope. In response to an invita-tion to write a book chapter on the psychology of expectations, Ralph o≠ered an interpreta-tion of Pope’s addiction to alcohol. He sought to be faithful to what Pope taught, by placing his addiction solidly within the social context of his time.

tom DIcKeN ’59 B.D. found the presidential election a fascinating drama. He reads in phi-losophy, religion, art, and fiction. Currently he is enjoying Richard Holmes’ The Age of Wonder, on science in the 1700s and 1800s. Once regarding yard work a nuisance, Tom today labors some ten hours weekly, generating a Zen-type mood of meditation. Seasoned travelers, Tom and Nancy have toured from europe to Japan. In the future, they will stick with favorites, New York City, London, and Paris.

tom DUggaN ’59 B.D. and Gail, residing at Pilgrim Place in California, relish musical events at the five Claremont colleges as well as engaging lectures on topics ranging from the environment to America’s role in the world. Serving on the Napier Initiative has been most challenging for Tom. Serving on the YDS Alumni Board for six years, Tom was excited to witness how the school has changed since the 1950s.

rem eDWarDs ’59 B.D. has worked on values in Christianity for a decade, generating several books. He and two colleagues from the Hartman Institute developed the Christian Value Profile ranking two sets of 18 items from best to worst, based on the assumption that our values disclose our personalities and spiritual development. The results are available at Christianvalueprofile.com. Rem’s summer gardening was a success. In the fall he and Louise journey westward to Yellowstone, the Tetons, and elsewhere.

BoB gartmaN ’59 s.t.m. and Patty, despite advancing age, have traveled not only in their state of Texas, but also to New Mexico, Colo-rado, and Arizona. In October 2008 a major trip targeted Warsaw, Krakow, Prague, Vienna, and Budapest. It was a strenuous yet most memora-ble adventure. They are blessed by many family members living nearby. They remain invested in

issues raised by the presidential election, hope-ful that some solutions to a vast array of social problems are within reach.

JeFF HamILtoN ’59 B.D. is well aware that, in recent months, healthcare reform has taken center stage. The Interfaith Alliance of Okla-homa, of which Je≠ is president, held a press conference at the State Capitol and issued a statement a∞rming that all major religions sup-port healthcare as a right for all. The alliance was picketed by a group of some 20 opponents. Beyond politics, Je≠ and Wanda enjoy their grandchildren.

FraNK HeLme ’59 B.D. and Pat helped two granddaughters celebrate their graduations—one from Metropolitan State College in Denver and one from Paschal High School in Fort Worth. In their seventh summer in Fort Worth, they are still receiving a warm welcome. In the summer they attended a New York Philharmonic concert at Bethel Woods, where Woodstock happened 40 years ago.

eDgar HIestaND ’59 m.DIv. states that being the bishop’s interreligious factotum has been a most satisfying outworking of his ordina-tion call since retirement as a United Methodist pastor. As one resourcing the Northern Illinois Conference and its Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns, ed is often in touch with diverse faith communities and ecumenical bodies. Well invested in Christian-Muslim dialogue, he and Nancy delighted in joining their bishop’s delegation to Turkey for intimate interfaith meetings.

Peter HoDgsoN ’59 B.D. and eva partici-pated in a Global Volunteers program in Hun-gary last fall where they taught english to school-children. In the spring they visited London to see eva’s college roommate and husband, who gave the Hodgsons a guided tour of Cornwall. Peter continues to work on Hegel’s philosophy of world history.

marY NeLsoN KeItHaHN ’59 m.r.e. was enlisted by Midland Lutheran College as a “hymnwriter-in-residence.” At the Hymn Soci-ety of St. Olaf College, she presented a sectional on “engaging Children and Youth in Congre-gational Song.” She and John Horman held brief workshops at the Summer Church Music Institute at Virginia Wesleyan College. Mary also taught classes on congregational song in the lay theology program of the South Dakota Confer-ence of the United Church of Christ.

KeN KUNtZ ’59 B.D. taught an evening course on psalms and biblical wisdom literature at the University of Iowa and a short senior col-lege course on psalms for retirees. On the YDS Alumni Board, he serves as secretary. His for-merly out-of-print college textbook, The People of Ancient Israel, was recently published again by Wipf and Stock. In summer 2009, he and Ruth attended a stimulating Darwin conference in Cambridge, england, where they connected with friends they had made there earlier.

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school, where he had intended to go following college, to a rich grounding in scripture, history, ethics, and introduction to the diverse duties of local church ministry. It was in ministry that he found his niche for over 40 years. He feels especially indebted to three faculty members—Roland Bainton, H. Richard Niebuhr, and Browne Barr—whose insights accompanied him into active ministry.

eD PoItras ’59 B.D. reports that the past year brought Genell and him their 50th wed-ding anniversary and separate trips to Korea. His trip consisted of three months in North Korea monitoring food distribution. Genell’s journey was to mark the 60th anniversary of a Christian community center where she had been a board member during their 30 years of United Meth-odist missionary service in Seoul. They continue to translate Korean literature into english and volunteer in local service projects.

cLass oF 1960eLIZaBetH morrIs DoWNIe ’60 DIv. retired as rector of a parish in 2005. Since then, she has been serving as Sunday associate in another parish, sharing equally in both preach-ing and presiding. elizabeth writes, “It’s a great gig—no committees!! (I have undertaken some adult formation, though this is not required of me.) I am a peace and justice activist, Benedictine oblate, and proud grandmother of three, blessed with good health and a pension. Deo gratias!”

After 5 years in UCC pastorates and 23 years in college administration, JaY eBersoLe ’60 s.t.m. retired to pursue the study of music as an undergrad at The University of North Carolina, Wilmington and graduate auditor at UNC—Greensboro School of Music. He had been a chorister since junior choir days 75 years ago, and now his music “career” of the past 15 years has greatly enriched his arrival at age 81.

erHarD gersteNBerger ’60 s.t.m. has been retired since 1997 but is active teaching, writing, and preaching. As he does every year, he plans to attend the SBL conference. He plans on lecturing in New York City at Union and New York University. His latest German book is due out soon in english. It is entitled, Israel in the Persian Period and published by SBL. erhard’s earlier work was Theologies in the Old Testament, published in english in 2002.

PaUL HetrIcH ’60 m. DIv. writes, “Greet-ings from Pennsylvania to all classmates!” He and Barbara continue to participate with their Micronesian partners in providing educational opportunities and theological training for pas-tors and church leaders on the Island of Pohn-pei in the Federated States of Micronesia. This is their 23rd year of involvement with the wonder-ful people there.

DavID HUFF ’60 B.D., ’62 s.t.m. spent 40 years as a United Methodist pastor in Con-

necticut and retired in 1998 with his wife Wendy to their new house in the lakes region of New Hampshire. David spends several weeks, mostly in the summer, filling in pulpits, but most of the time he is a docent at the Canterbury Shaker Vil-lage, interpreting the faith of that most interest-ing religious colony. He enjoys hiking, reading and choral work.

BILL KeNNeDY ’60 m.r.e. retired after 40 years as a social worker. Charlotte retired from UCC-related housing organization in Connecti-cut. They moved to Vermont in 2007. Char had been on town council in Connecticut and Bill mentored in public school. Both are still active in church and volunteer in civil rights and environ-mental education programs in a local school.

george LINg ’60 B.D. has composed a book focusing on Asian emerging societies, after expe-riencing the cultural dynamics in China. He was recently featured in the alumni magazine of Mansfield College of Oxford University.

After several years as a pastor, WIL LoNg ’60 B.D. completed his Th.D. studies and entered the German educational system as a teacher. That work occupied his life. Now he is trying to find some Christian who would like to review the context and meaning of the Lord’s Supper for the purpose of evoking its full range of dynam-ics. In case of any interest in that theme, contact Wil at this address: Koeppernesstrasse 89, 61381 Friedrichsdorf, Germany

In March 2009, JoaN LoveKIN ’60 B.D. and her husband Al moved to Las Vegas, NV, in order to be closer to their children, and because they missed the mountains. Both are still involved with Literacy and evangelism International. At present, they are working to finalize a literacy primer for northeastern Uganda. They hope to return to Uganda and possibly the Congo within the next year for short visits with literacy partners there.

JaNet ParsoNs macKeY ’60 B.D. retired from Intentional Interim Ministry in 2006, and moved from Massachusetts to Virginia in 2007 to live close to her son’s family. It gives her joy to see her two grandchildren daily. Last year Mackey was treated for breast cancer. In the fall she will visit friends in Holland and France before returning to volunteering in school and her church, Little River UCC.

NorvaL reece ’60 m.DIv. received the DePauw University 2009 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for Media. He was previ-ously awarded the National Cable and Tele-communications Association highest honor, the Vanguard Award, and inducted into Cable Television Pioneers. He spends summers on Cape Cod where he caught an amazing striped bass taken o≠ Monomoy Island on his Boston Whaler, “Mugwump.”

roBert L. regeNoLD ’60 m.DIv. retired in 1989. He stays involved as a volunteer and as Global Outreach Commission Chair. His wife Patsy died in 1990. He gives thanks to his daughter, Brenda, and her husband for a six-year old grandson, Mitchell, who is the light of

Robert’s life. Mitchell wears Robert out but he keeps Robert young with all the time they spend together doing many activities.

In 2001 JoHN e. roBerts ’60 B.D. retired after 31 years as pastor of Woodbrook Baptist Church in Baltimore. As pastor emeritus his job is to support the pastor, stay out of the way, and only do what he is asked. From 2001 to 2007, he was an associate scholar with the Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies. He is currently co-chair of the ICJS board. For two years John was interim pastor at the Vienna (VA) Baptist Church.

In June, tHomas scHaFer ’60 B.D., ’61 s.t.m., retired for the third time from a United Methodist Church denominational appoint-ment. He writes, “This time it is for good—just ask my wife.” The two have purchased a new patio set and a new grill to start enjoying retire-ment. They need to pray a bit harder to have it stop raining so much, but life is good and they look forward to slowing down—just a bit.

reNFro sProUL ’60 B.D. is very happily retired at his family’s lakeside cottage near Knox-ville, TN, in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. His time at YDS remains one of the most treasured memories in his life of education and parish ministry. The annual Convocation and Reunion remains near the top of his wish list of treasures yet to be enjoyed.

WILLIam sWINg ’60 B.D. is currently di-rector general of the International Organization for Migration. In recent years, William was the United Nations Secretary General’s special representative for the Democratic Republic of Congo.

tIm taYLor ’60 DIv. is still happily serving St. George’s episcopal Church in Nashville, TN. He is enjoying the collegiality of six priests who meet daily for Bible study and prayer. Taylor attributes church growth to God’s grace and the proclamation of a Gospel of transformation: Jesus welcomes each person as he or she is, with-

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out conditions. . .and leaves no one the way he found them.

geNe m. tUcKer ’60 B.D. was honored as a distinguished alumnus of his alma mater, McMurry University, for his contributions to theological education, biblical scholarship, and the church. He and Charky, his wife of 52 years, retired to Denver, CO, near both their daughters. They travel regularly both in the United States and abroad. They enjoy the mountains of Colo-rado and the streams full of trout, where Gene often can be seen, fly rod in hand.

tom WoeHrLe ’60 B.D., ’64 s.t.m. and his wife Donna continue in good health. They added a fifth grandchild in January, enjoy being with their family, attend concerts, read, travel some, and do various outdoor activities.

DIcK YerrINgtoN ’60 B.D. is grateful for his wife of 44 years Penny, as well as his three children and six grandchildren. Dick is also thankful for summering and painting in New Harbor, Me, at The Salt Water Artist’s Gallery and living in Beacon Falls, CT. He serves as part time associate pastor of the Newtown United Methodist Church in Newtown, CT. YDS continues as a precious gift of great memories, friendships and insights.

cLass oF 1961secretaryFred Brooks, Jr. ’61 m.Div.fbrooksjr@stny.rr.com FreD r. BrooKs, Jr.’61 m.DIv. continues to work for health care reform and other social justice issues through several local, state, and national organizations. He actively participates in the Democratic Party as chair of his town committee and member of the county executive committee. Recently Fred and his wife Alice have enjoyed visits with Arthur and Sharon Melius, Bill and Judy Morrow, and Larry Sehy. Fred and Alice reside in Vestal, NY.

In recent months DavID e. L. BroWN ’61 m.DIv. and his wife Anne have visited Shaker villages in Maine, New Hampshire, and New York. They are hoping to visit 14 additional Shaker sites. enjoying travel focused upon spe-cial themes, David invites classmates to form a seminar in 2010 to explore the Shaker movement and other utopian communities. David and Anne live in Shelburne, VT.

In 2008 george W. eastoN ’61 B.D. and his wife Ann, who reside in essex, CT, helped to reelect “Landslide Joe” Courtney, US repre-sentative from eastern Connecticut. In 2006, Joe won by a few votes. The 2008 victory margin was comfortable, possibly because of Barack Obama’s candidacy. George writes, “We contributed many times to Obama’s campaign and were. . .present at his inauguration and the environmental ball where Al Gore and others spoke.”

“Living in sunny southern California has its advantages!” wrote James g. estes ’61 B.D. and vIrgINIa DarNeILLe estes ’63 DIv., who reside in escondido, CA. “We have gone

solar and delight in seeing the meter moving in reverse! Coupling that with a Prius and artificial turf, we are about as ‘green’ as we can be!”

BartLett W. gage ’61 B.D. and his wife Faye live in Darien, CT, and are parents of two sons. After years of study and overseeing the family business, Bart was ordained a priest in the episcopal Church and served in two Connecticut parishes. Bart, now retired, o≠ers pastoral care on a part-time basis. He invites all to his website: www.fathergage.com.

Since retiring from the Council of Churches in Philadelphia in 2001, c. eDWarD geIger ’61 m.DIv. has served several interim urban and suburban pastorates. ed and his wife Peggy live in Wallingford, PA, and have enjoyed their trav-els, including biking trips, to Germany, France, Holland, and various states. They are the parents of three children and have five grandchildren.

Retired after 39 years in parish ministry, cHarLes H. HarPer ’61 s.t.m is fully engaged with his poetry. His poems are often published in journals. Sorting Things Out, a book of his poetry with a preface by Harvey Cox, was published in 2008. Charles and his wife Pat sing in the choir of the Church of the Pilgrimage in Plymouth, MA, where they reside.

WILLIam B. HUNtLeY, Jr. ’61 B.D. noted the pride he felt as he read about the accomplish-ments of his classmates and other YDS gradu-ates in the winter 2009 issue of Spectrum. “What an amazing account of the lives of so many from YDS.” Bill teaches courses on the Hebrew lan-guage, the Hebrew scriptures, and world reli-gions at the University of Redlands in Redlands, CA, where he lives.

Joe r. JoNes ’61 B.D. retired in 2000 as professor emeritus of theology and ethics from Christian Theological Seminary. Joe and his wife Sarah now live in a cabin in Hulbert, OK. He enjoyed the 2005-2006 academic year as visit-ing professor of theology at YDS and consults occasionally with his oldest daughter sereNe JoNes ’85 m.DIv., president of Union Theo-logical Seminary in New York City. Joe posts his writings at www.grammaro≠aith.com.

aLFreD c. Krass ’61 B.D. retired from Peace Action in 2008 and teaches in the lifelong learning program at Temple University and in Bucks County Community College in Pennsyl-vania. Al wrote, “By teaching courses in poetry, American history, and occasionally Bible, I have a great opportunity to reach. . . the general com-munity. . .now some even come to my course on Jesus!” Al and his wife sUsaN BrYNe Krass ’62 m.a.r. reside in Levittown, PA.

DoNaLD H. mccorD ’61 B.D. and Ann, who live in Morristown, NJ, celebrated 50 years of marriage in 2008. After many years in parish ministry, Don retired in 2002. He remains active

as a preaching elder in the presbytery of Newton and is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Chatham Township. With his other responsi-bilities, he works part-time in Restoration Hard-ware and still enjoys playing sports.

After 36 years on the Rhodes College faculty in Memphis, TN, F. mIcHaeL mcLaIN ’61 B.D. retired in 2003. He had received an award for distinguished teaching and had established a service-learning program in Memphis and Hon-duras. Mike and his wife Charlotte live in Basalt, CO. “The fishing is great! I serve as a teaching consultant for the Wabash Center and tutor in an eSL program,” he writes. His “true love,” he a∞rms, is Marisin, his granddaughter.

artHUr r. meLIUs ’61 m.DIv. resides in the Baptist Health Nursing Center, Scotia, NY. Ill with multiple sclerosis, he enjoys visits from his wife Sharon, his three children, and friends Fred and Alice Brooks. Arthur appreciates notes, calls, and visits. His phone number is 518-372-4498.

WILLIam r. morroW ’61 B.D. pursues his private practice of psychotherapy. Bill par-ticipates in a congregation, which o≠ers him latitude to explore subjects such as “Commu-nicating With the Unconscious Through Myth, Metaphor, and Ritual.” He and Judy live in Fort Myers, FL, and are celebrating 42 years of marriage. They are the proud grandparents of four little ones. Bill is “wrestling with the usual questions of mortality while trying to stay o≠ the endangered species list,” he writes.

c. erIc moUNt, Jr. ’61 s.t.m. and Truly, who live in Danville, KY, celebrated 50 years of marriage in 2008 by traveling to France. Both eric and Truly are retired from teaching at Centre College where the eldest of their ten grandchil-dren enrolled in the fall of 2008. eric’s articles are frequently published. In addition to speak-ing, preaching, and playing tennis, he conducts seminars on ethics for health care sta≠ members and serves on several committees.

JoHN F. PIPer, Jr. ’61 B.D. extends “sin-cere thanks to all who contributed to the Annual Fund on behalf of the Divinity School.” He chal-lenges class members to increase giving to YDS during the 50th reunion year. Retired, John is writing a history of Lycoming College, the oldest Methodist college still connected to the United Methodist Church. Lycoming will celebrate its bicentennial in 2012. John and his wife Margaret reside in Lycoming, PA.

LaWreNce J. seHY ’61 m.DIv. and his wife Kathryn, parents of two sons and grandparents of three, moved in 1997 to Niles, MI. After 40 years as professional fundraiser, the final ten with the Lutheran School of Theology, Larry retired in 2001. Kathy and Larry were married for 47 years before Kathy’s death in January 2006. Active in the eLCA and on several boards, Larry volunteers his skills to the church and other not-for-profit groups.

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L. staveNger ’61 m.DIv. She has been serv-ing as acting academic dean of eden Theologi-cal Seminary in St. Louis, MO. Marilyn teaches UCC history and polity, and last spring she co-taught a course on “Gender, Sexuality, and Alterity in the Church.”

In January 2009, after 35 years, DavID s. WILeY ’61 B.D. retired from directing African centers, first at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and then at Michigan State University. Still a professor of sociology and African studies at MSU, David’s research focuses on the African environment and human and economic develop-ment. He is also studying international educa-tion in universities and the US military’s impact upon Africa. David and his wife Christine reside in Lansing, MI.

cLass oF 1962secretaryronald P. Byars ’62 B.D. rbyars@union-psce.edu roN BYars ’62 B.D. and wife Susan moved in the summer to Lexington, KY, where they had lived from 1980 to 1993. Their motivation? A son, a daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren.

DavID c. DUNcomBe ’62 B.D. lost his wife Sally four years ago. He lives in White Salmon, WA. His son, Stephen, teaches in New York City, while his daughter, Betsy, is a social worker in Maine, and daughter, Jane, manages an arts center nearby. David spends his days as the handy man at the local emergency shelter, although his last extended fast for Third World debt relief in Washington, DC, has slowed him down.

Since retiring from the Perkins School of Theol-ogy faculty, LeroY HoWe ’62 B.D. has been focusing his energies on equipping laypersons for caregiving ministries in their local congrega-tions through training, consulting, and writing. Learn more at his website, www.howeabout.

com. He and his wife Nancy live in Richardson, TX, and celebrated their 47th anniversary in September.

KeNt KeLLer ’62 B.D. o∞ciated with class-mate Rabbi William Cutter at the memorial ser-vice for deceased ’59 Class members during their Yale College 50th Reunion in June. Kent and his wife Janet also enjoyed a delightful visit with retired YDS professor Charles Forman. In July, Kent completed climbing the last of Colorado’s 54 14,000-foot peaks, a saga that he began at age 13. “Poor planning required me to scale the nine most di∞cult after I turned 70,” he wrote.

DavID KoeHLer ’62 B.D. and his wife are enjoying retirement in Minneapolis. He writes, “We are active in our downtown Presbyterian church. We spend part of each year at our place on the Bay of Fundy enjoying lobster and wild blueberries. We took our two granddaughters to Glacier National Park to see wildlife and saw a cheeky chipmunk and a brazen raven.”

LarrY mINear ’62 B.D. retired in 2006 from Tufts University. His first retirement project resulted in a study, “The US Citizen-Soldier and the Global War on Terror: The National Guard experience.” A more extensive book, also based on interviews with soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, scheduled for publication soon, is entitled Through Veterans’ Eyes: The Iraq and Afghanistan Experience. Since 1994, he has been living in Orleans on Cape Cod with his wife Beth.

Since receiving his Ph.D. at Vanderbilt, WooDY rIcHarDsoN ’62 B.D. and wife Cemele have lived in Middle Tennessee. Woody spent five years as dean renovating the American Bap-tist Seminary’s curriculum, faculty, and library before resigning under pressure from funda-mentalist Southern Baptists. After a Hebrew-Union archaeological fellowship in Israel, he returned to involvement in civil rights, prison reform, and habitat housing while revitalizing five small churches. He has spent the last 20 years in financial planning.

DoN e. saLIers ’62 B.D. retired from emory University two years ago, while continuing to write and to compose music and teaching regu-larly at St. John’s University in Minnesota. He has had two books published recently: Music and Theology and Filled With Light—a collabo-ration with architectural photographer, Jona-than Hillyer. Don has a rich life, with lecturing, preaching and hymn festivals, as well as “musical conversations” with daughter emily, based on their book, A Song to Sing, A Life to Life.

JacK scott ’62 B.D. completed eight years in the California State Senate in 2008. California has term limits. He then became the Chancellor of California Community Colleges on January 1, 2009. This system of higher education has 110 colleges and 2.7 million students. He and his wife Lacreta live at 604 13th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.

regINaLD stacKHoUse ’62 DIv. is writ-ing a book about the Big Blue Machine, a political group that played a major role in the electoral

fortunes of the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada. He is teaching two courses at Wycli≠e College and the Toronto School of Theology. Reginald is also an interim priest in charge of a small Anglican church. His wife Margaret remains in a chronic care hospital after su≠ering a massive stroke in 2008.

James W. WHIte ’62 B.D. and wife Patti spent 2008 and 2009 exploring the Pacific Northwest while serving as transitional minis-ter at University Congregational United Church of Christ. Now back in Colorado Springs, he’s working on a fly fishing book and planning a trip to Australia to visit friends met on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela four years ago.

LarrY YoUNg ’62 B.D. continues as retired on-call clergy at First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica, occasionally preaching, leading adult classes, and doing memorial services. He is actively involved in a local community adult education program and enjoys frequent travel, including a trip to China and a service team to the Blackfeet reservation in Montana.

cLass oF 1964secretaryJane Hanger seeley ’64 m.a.r. seeljh@esns.org LoIs caPPs ’64, m.a.r. represents Califor-nia’s 23rd Congressional District. After graduate school, she and her husband Walter moved to Santa Barbara, CA, where they raised their three children and where she still lives. Lois worked for 20 years as a nurse for the Santa Barbara School District. In 1998 she was elected to serve the remainder of her late husband’s term in Congress and contin-ues to serve today.

J o H N e L s e ’ 6 4 m.DIv. retired in 2005 from the Presi-dency of the Institute for Social and economic Development (ISeD), Washington, DC (www.ised.us), but continued independent consulting. Called back to ISeD in January 2008 to rescue the organization, John retired again in July 2008. He continues indepen-dent consulting. His wife Cathy Roller retired from the International Reading Association in March 2009, and they recently moved to Holmes Beach, FL.

aLBert HocKaDaY ’64 m.DIv., ’65 s.t.m. has retired three times in his life. In 1996, he retired from the Air Force. In 2003, the Pres-byterian Church (USA) granted him honorable retirement status. On October 1, 2008, Albert

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retired from an interdenominational Church in San Antonio, TX. even now, he’s still engaged in pastoral ministry—hospital chaplaincy, teach-ing, and other parish ministries. Somehow, true retirement remains illusive.

DavID LYaLL ’64 s.t.m. retired in 2002 from being principal of New College and senior lecturer in practical theology at edinburgh Uni-versity. He and his wife Margaret celebrated their golden wedding anniversary this year and have moved to Tunbridge Wells near London to live near their daughter and her family. David continues to supervise postgraduate students for the Cambridge Theological Federation in a new professional doctorate in practical theology recently launched by a consortium of english universities.

DIcK mILLer ’64 m.DIv. just moved to Palm Springs, CA, from Albuquerque. He loves Albu-querque, but moved to Palm Springs because of the greater concentration of older gay men there. His new address is 596 South Vista Oro, Palm Springs, CA 92264. Let him know if you live in the area or are visiting.

catHIe aND HarrY Parrott Jr. ’64 B.D. live at Penney Retirement Community in northeast Florida. Parrott writes, “Come and consider! Life is abundant.” Cathie volunteers at town hall, writing and managing grants; Harry works with Rotary International and Americans United for Separation of Church and State. He writes, “We’d enjoy hearing from you, parrotts mail@bellsouth.net.”

J. BarrIe sHePHerD ’64 B.D. writes, “Nine years of retirement find Mhairi and me divid-ing time between Wallingford, PA, and our island cottage o≠ the Maine coast. Four daugh-ters, three granddaughters, and family back in Scotland, plus my continued writing, lecturing, and guest preaching, keep us busy. I’m playing euphonium in a local concert band, and about to become president of the Saint Andrew’s Society of Philadelphia. We are on the list for a retire-ment community in Scarborough, Me.”

During 2008 Carolyn and JIm straNge ’64 B.D. lived in Tampa, FL. Jim is professor of reli-gious studies at the University of South Florida teaching full-time. He chairs the university grad-uate council and serves as senator and member of the faculty senate executive committee. In May

and June, he and Carolyn were in Israel work-ing on the publication of the USF excavations at Sepphoris, which Jim directs.

Lee vaNBremeN ’64 B.D. and Jane continue to enjoy living in New Hampshire. Their daugh-ters also have homes there so they see them and their six wonderful grandsons often. Lee is still active on several boards and has just started a men’s book group. Jane works part-time as clini-cal supervisor for a family support program and spends a lot of time in the garden.

cLass oF 1965secretaryBruce W. Barth ’65 B.D.wbarth@diodecom.net BrUce BartH ’65 B.D. three-year term call as director of prison ministry for the Nebraska Synod of the eLCA ended in June 2009. A one-year continuation gives him time to plan for what comes next. He is still healthy and energetic, but naps are welcome. Increasingly, his onto-logical curiosity deepens and he wonders a lot. Stay tuned.

JoHN W. HeIster ’65 B.D. retired from directing the Mediation Center of Rochester for 27 years. He is currently painting oil and water-color landscapes and has art in galleries in Roch-ester, Bu≠alo, and Florida. A wife six children (blended family), 12 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren keep him busy. He guest preaches many Sundays and is active in social justice issues. John is also a pastoral associate at a Presbyterian church.

Following ten years in parish ministry, over 20 years as a US Army chaplain, and another seven years in parish ministry, ross JacKsoN ’65 B.D. is in the midst of his fourth year as chaplain to the Salem Community Hospital in Salem, OH. He and Alice celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary in September 2009. Both are graced with good health, good children and good friends.

JoHN Legates ’65 DIv. has never lived at a legal address more than 10 minutes from his birthplace. He has lived in the same house for 25 years, and the same suburb for 33 years. He flies regularly and designed and built his home. He enjoys the outdoors and splits his own wood for heating. He writes, “My wife is fabulous, and my parking space at Harvard provides access to lots of Mozart and Mahler.”

BILL ratLIFF ’65 B.D. retired in 2003 from teaching pastoral care and counseling. He and his wife lived four years in a new, green, community in Northern Virginia, then provided daycare for their granddaughter in Louisville before moving to Leland, NC, last fall. They are living near their older daughter and her family. Bill is grateful for every day while still trying to learn how to grow older gracefully and with style.

cLass oF 1966secretaryNeil e. topli≠e ’66 m.Div.ntopli≠e@comcast.net DavID aBBott ’66 B.D., ’68 s.t.m. retired after serving intentional interim ministries pri-marily with the United Presbyterian Church. Currently he teaches pastoral counseling in Detroitfor Ashland Seminary and in Kingston, Jamaica, for the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology. He expanded his YDS Master’s thesis into a book, SCENARIO Role Play: The Blees Method, published in 2005 by AuthorHouse. David and wife Karen participate in half-mara-thons and enjoy the water, especially in a canoe he built.

JoN DaLtoN ’66 B.D. is vice president for student a≠airs and associate professor of higher education at Florida State University, Tallahas-see where he directs the center for leadership and ethics and co-edits the “Journal of College and Character,” www.collegevalues.org. Following graduation from YDS, Jon’s positions included faculty positions at Iowa State University, Northern Illinois University and the University of Kentucky. Jon and wife Bev have two children living in Chicago.

Following graduation, FraNK DeNtoN ’66 B.D. was an associate pastor in Stratford, CT, followed by 12 years with the Bridgeport Coun-cil of Churches. Pastorates in Monroe, CT, and Pound Ridge, NY, rounded out his active min-istry before he retired in 2006. His son, Markhas been married 39 years to Charlene and they have two children. Frank’s volunteer activities include keeping up with his grandson, Bible study, choir, mission trips, Habitat for Humanity and CROP Walks.

DoNaLD FreY ’66 B.D. still teaches eco-nomics at Wake Forest University. “The econ-omy keeps doing scary things that keep the job interesting, so I’ve not retired.” Wife Linda and Donald welcomed a first grandchild in 2009, born to their youngest son and his wife. A second book was published this year, America’s Economic Moralists, by SUNY Press. It details an economic “morality” that endorses self-interest above the common good, and presents a much more responsible alternative ethic.

BrooKs HoLIFIeLD ’66 B.D. has been teaching at the Candler School of Theology at emory University in Atlanta since 1970, and he is moving toward retirement relatively soon. Ongoing research has led to two recent publica-tions by Brooks, Theology in America: Christian Thought from the Age of the Puritans to the Civil War and God’s Ambassadors: A History of the Christian Clergy in America. Travel has included trips to Germany to read papers at Tübingen and Göttingen.

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DottIe KWoK ’66 m.a.r. shares that she and KWoK NaI WaNg ’66 B.D. are the par-ents of a daughter, Ming Ling Kwok, (with the initials of Martin Luther King, Jr.). She is also known by her French name, Miche’le. After 32 years of teaching in Hong Kong, Dottie lives in Florida but returns twice a year to Hong Kong to visit family and friends.

Since 2006 roBert LoescH ’66 B.D. has been full-time pastor of Zion’s United Church of Christ in Sand Lake, NY. He has been an active leader in the area ecumenical and UCC organi-zations and programs. Until recently, Robert was the Class of 1966’s longtime class agent. He also has served as president of Mohawk Hudson Association of the UCC and vice president of Troy Area United Ministries. He is the parent of four children and three grandchildren. Robert also makes time for regular free-lance writing and speaking about environmental, international peace, and arts.

marK mecKstrotH ’66 m.DIv. and family recently celebrated his father’s 100th birthday. Travel has included a 29-day cruise in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas. Mark stays active with supply preaching and playing bridge as well as visiting frequently with grandchildren.

DIcK rIseLINg ’66 B.D. retired from State University of New York in 1995. For the past five years he has been executive director of the Sullivan Alliance for Sustainable Development, which designs renewable energy projects at no cost. His other activities include a weekly radio show and a newspaper column on social and environmental justice. He has just completed 40 years of organic, horse-powered farming. The farm is now energy independent with a wind tur-bine, a straw-bale house, and vehicles running on used vegetable oil.

aLaN sorem ’66 m.DIv. is in his 11th year of a stated supply position at South Frankfort Pres-byterian Church in Frankfort, KY, commuting five days a week from his home in Louisville. He also travels to New York City on a monthly basis to visit grandson Leo, born in 2008 to daugh-ter, elizabeth, and her husband John Lussier. Alan returned to YDS in June for the summer study and enjoyed Romans and Calvin for five days.

BoB tILLer ’66 B.D. retired in 2008 from the National Council on Aging. His 29 years in public policy advocacy included stints with American Baptist Churches USA, Bread for the World, and the Religious Coalition for Repro-ductive Choice. In retirement, Bob has volun-teered to teach english as a second language and has been appointed to his county’s Commission on Aging. He enjoys solving crossword puzzles, playing softball and growing tomatoes. Bob and elaine reside in Silver Spring, MD.

NeIL toPLIFFe ’66 m.DIv. completed his ministry with Geist Christian Church in Novem-ber and followed with retirement and a move to Grand Rapids, MI. Neil and wife Sandy are enjoying the close proximity to one daughter, son-in-law and three year old granddaughter

and planning travel to visit a second daughter and family in Texas.

After being retired three years, gorDoN ver-PLaNK ’66 B.D., accepted a part-time appoint-ment at the local United Church of Canada congregation in White Rock, British Columbia. “Worship preparation and leadership, teaching, and administrative support keep me busy,” he writes. He also has time to care for grandchildren in Seattle and Atlanta. A pilgrimage to Ireland in 2006 renewed his interest in Celtic Christianity. Gordon and his wife are looking forward to a pilgrimage in France in 2010. Two days prior to his 69th birthday JoHN r. vogeL, Jr. ’66 B.D. resigned his associate position at St. James United Methodist Church where he had a very exciting ministry for eight years. He had been hired by emmanuel Cleaver II—a US congressman since 2005—who also ended his tenure at the church in 2009. John noted that “it’s strange to be unemployed after 54 years, but I trust new opportunities will come.” mIcHaeL vosLer ’66 B.D. has been mar-ried to Anne Nancy (Rose) for 45 years. They have a daughter, son-in-law and two grand-sons. He served over eight years at Salem Com-munity UCC, in Norwood, OH, and spent 14 years representing the International Faculty of the ecumenical Institute in Chicago. He was at epiphany UCC in St. Louis for 13 years before moving to semi-retirement in 2003. “I continue to be part of several ecumenical organizations and serve on several interfaith and justice action boards,” he writes. KWoK NaI WaNg ’66 B.D., for the past 43 years, has been focused on the renewal of the Church for the sake of God’s world. He firmly believes this process has to start with the local church. So for the past two and half years, he devoted his time to work in an international church in Hong Kong.

cLass oF 1967secretaryelaine tiller ’67 B.D.etiller@montgomeryhospice.org James I. cHeNg ’67 m.DIv., ’68 s.t.m. has been ordained in New Orleans, LA. After three and half years, he finally finished interim service at Taiwanese Presbyterian Church of Washington in Wheaton, MD. Last year, James enjoyed going back to YDS for the 40th reunion. He has moved back to King of Prussia, PA, and is updating the Taiwanese/Chinese translation of the Book of Order of the Presbyterian Church (USA).

art gaFKe ’67 m.DIv. continues as trainer, consultant, and mentor through Art Gafke Con-sulting. He and his wife elena De La Peña live in Las Vegas, NV, where Art is active in building a faith-based community organization to address the needs of families. His website is www.Art Gafke.com

BILL HaNNa ’67 m.DIv. remains active in public policy issues related to health and human

services in Colorado. Bill returned to public service following the election of governor Bill Ritter. He works part-time as the director of the O∞ce of Policy and Legislative Initiatives for Human Services. He and his wife Cindy, owner of a graphic design firm, live in Denver.

JoN HeLLsteDt ’67 m.DIv. is retired after a teaching career at the University of Massa-chusetts, Lowell and a private practice in psy-chotherapy. He is living with his wife Sharon in Stonington, Me, and enjoys volunteer work as well as frequent visits to his five children and eight grandchildren. He enjoys staying in touch with YDS classmates Mike Lund, Sid John-son, George Rupp, Paul Hanson, and Jonathan Hartshorne.

NaNcY Jo KemPer ’67 m.DIv. retired at the end of June 2009, after 18 years of service as the director of the Kentucky Council of Churches. She continues to serve as a part-time minister of a small congregation while exploring new ways to be an advocate in legislative arenas for common good issues.

H. gerarD KNocHe ’67 m.DIv. is retiring after serving as bishop of the Delaware-Mary-land Synod of the eLCA since 2000. He retires before the completion of his second term because of health issues. During his service, he helped the synod develop at least one new mission each year and worked for the establishment of a residential senior high school in which all the students are recovering addicts.

tom LeNtZ ’67 s.t.m. is chairman of the elec-tronics company Global Display Solutions, Inc., a business based in Italy. He lives in St. Peters-burg, FL, and OH. He serves on the board of trustees of Carthage College in Kenosha, WI.

JoHN mItcHeNer ’67 B.D. and Ginette went to Alaska in early June 2009. They reported that the weather was marvelous with no “liquid sunshine.” The scenery was outstanding. An able naturalist educated them on totems, glaciers, whales, sea otters and much more. Locals were excited that 2009 marks 50 years of statehood. John’s work in race relations was featured in a local newspaper under the headline “1959: Two Graduate from two edenton High Schools, one white—one black.”

rIcHarD t. NoLaN ’67 m.a.r. was married to Robert C. Pingpank, his partner of 54 years, in the Trinity College Chapel, Hartford, on June 4, 2009, during their 50th class reunion. Details and pictures are at www.nolan-pingpank.com/. The New York Times announced their marriage in its June 7th edition. Both 72 and retired in West Palm Beach, Dick and Bob are now basking in total leisure—an indefinite sabbatical!

BoB PaULeN ’67 m.DIv. won medals in the long hurdles, short hurdles, long jump and triple jump at the 2009 USA Masters Champi-onship. He will represent the US in the World Masters Games in Australia in October. He will then continue on around the world with stops in Cambodia, Vietnam, United Arab emir-ates, Italy, Morocco, and Brazil before arriv-

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ing home in Silver Spring, MD, in time for the Christmas holidays.

JoHN PrestoN ’67 m.DIv. has summarized his parish career in a book, Wrestling Until the Dawn: The Fight for Biblical Justice in a Postmod-ern World. It is available through Amazon. He is active in environmental activism, partly as the Northeast representative on the Presbyterians for earth Care steering committee. He and his wife Sally are thrilled with the recent birth of their first granddaughter, and con-tinue to enjoy life in beautiful upstate New York.

JoaN stUart ross ’67 m.DIv. retired after 41 years of teaching college art. She plans to devote her time to painting and printmaking in her Seattle studio http:// ballardworks.org and her new Nahcotta, WA, studio. This summer, Joan will exhibit work at Mighty Tieton and Waterworks Gallery in Friday Harbor. Several of her encaustic landscapes are featured in Nature, published in Paris, France. Joan is organizing her archives for the University of Washington libraries.

george rUPP ’67 m.DIv. is now in his eighth year as president of the International Rescue Committee, an international relief and development agency that operates in over 40 countries and also resettles refugees through 23 o∞ces in the United States. George and Nancy just celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary. They enjoy time with their two daughters, sons-in-law, and five grandchildren.

Charlotte and meLvIN D. scHmIDt ’67 m.DIv. are enjoying retirement in Hyattsville, MD, where they live surrounded by their three daughters and nine grandchildren. Mel served Congregational churches in Connecticut and Mennonite churches in Kansas, Ohio, and Mary-land before retiring on his 66th birthday in 2003. Mel and Charlotte enjoyed a semester of study in Harvard in 1979 and a three-month trip to Indonesia in 2001.

DavID W. scHNeIDer ’67 m.DIv. of Woodbridge, CT, is now semi-retired from the practice of law. After ordination in the UCC, marriage to vIrgINIa gLaNN ’66 mar , graduation from Yale Law School, and clerking for a federal appeals judge, David was a partner and managing partner of Tyler Cooper & Alcorn, one of Connecticut’s oldest firms. Dave and Jinny are proud of their three children: a college organic chemistry professor, a nurse planner, and an oceanographic engineer.

roNaLD J. sIDer ’67 m.DIv. continues as professor of theology, holistic ministry, and public policy at Palmer Seminary at eastern University and as president of evangelicals for Social Action. He continues to work on a variety of public policy issues, serving on the boards of the National Religious Partnership for the envi-

ronment and Sojourners and on a task force of President Obama’s White House Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partne rships.

eLaINe tILLer ’67 m.DIv. has had a full career in gerontology and end-of-life concerns. She continues to work as director of Commu-nity education and Outreach at Montgomery

Hospice in Rockville, MD, where she does lots of writ-ing, speaking, and training. elaine and BoB tILLer ’66 m.DIv. are celebrat-ing their 45th wedding anniversary this year. Their four grandchildren bring incredible joy to their lives.

DoNaLD J. West ’67 m.DIv. continues to live in Thomasville, GA, where he has served for 20 years as the minister of the Boston, GA, Presbyterian Church. He represents the Flint River Presbytery

on the Council of the Synod of South Atlan-tic and continues to operate West Real estate Associates. He is to be installed as the national moderator of the Association of Presbyterian Tent Makers.

JeNNY Yates ’67 m.a.r. continues to enjoy living beside the ocean at Wrightsville Beach, NC. She teaches psychology and reli-gion in the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington and practices as a Jungian analyst.

cLass oF 1969In 2002, DavID aNDreWs ’69 m.DIv. com-pleted a 20-year pastorate at the Congregational Church in Middlebury, VT, where he contin-ues to live. Since then, he has been director of development and community relations at the Counseling Service of Addison County. David has done part-time interim and supply preach-ing, while keeping time free for his kids and for

sailing on Lake Champlain. He enjoys his two granddaughters, Stella and eva, who live nearby in Brandon, VT.

JosePH FreemaN ’69 B.D. pastors Christ the Savior Lutheran Church in Fishers, IN. A local newspaper recently interviewed Freeman for an article where he shared his views on faith and life.

tHomas HaUPert ’69 m.DIv. is continu-ing a long-term project of listening for the main themes of the New Testament by slowly reading the Greek, a few verses a day (while also read-ing the same in Latin, German, and Spanish to keep those fresh). He also is listening for how these same themes are heard and understood in the lives of a variety of congregations, with the hope of writing, someday, of what he hears in these places.

aLaN JoHNsoN ’69 B.D. is chair of the membership committee of the First Congrega-tional Church in Boulder, CO, and has gone on five of the church’s mission trips to New Orleans. He also chairs their church’s Mental Health Min-istry, is a founder of the Interfaith Network on Mental Illness, and received the United Church of Christ award from the Mental Illness Net-work. His book, Encounters at the Counter: What Congregations Can Learn about Hospitality from Business, Pilgrim Press in 2009.

After graduating, WILLIam mUrraY ’69 m.DIv. has pursued a special ministry of infor-mal chaplaincy to leaders. To train himself, he attended Harvard Business School for an MBA and numerous workshops on leadership and communication skills, which Bill has been

teaching to leaders for over 30 years. He can help improve your emotional intelligence, on a dona-tion basis, as his way of making a di≠erence. To learn more, visit www.eagleAlliance.com.

roger N. PoHL ’69 B.D. recently retired as director of the ecumenical Center and Inter-national Residence in Ann Arbor, MI, where he worked for nine years on interfaith, cross-cultural understanding and cooperation. An

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ordained UCC minister for 40 years, he ear-lier served three churches in Minnesota and Michigan, and with his wife Joanne taught at Southern Christian College in the Philippines. In the 1990s, he was active in the Inter-religious Healthcare Access Campaign advocating for uni-versal healthcare.

a. craIg settLage ’69 s.t.m., an ordained Lutheran minister, serves in the o∞ce of the presiding bishop of the evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He is the director for mission support, responsible for strengthening the rela-tionship between the 65 synods of the eLCA and the denomination. His responsibilities include the $60 million in support for the mission and church-wide ministries of the eLCA. He and his wife Rachel live in suburban Chicago.

sHIN Na KYUN ’69 m.a.r. is a member of the Democratic Party and the National Assembly of Republic of Korea. She was elected as a pro-portional representation in 2008. Currently, she is a member of the Foreign A≠airs, Trade and Unification Committee and the chairperson of the Gender equality Committee in the National Assembly of Korea.

cHarLes WatKINs ’69 m.DIv., ’70 s.t.m. and JaNe comBs WatKINs ’68 m.a.r. are in their 40th year of congregational ministry and their 17th year at Central Christian Church (Dis-ciples of Christ) in Decatur, IL. They are joy-ously expecting the birth of their first grandson to Anne-Karine and Ben in Bloomington, IN, where Ben is Linux platform administrator for Cook Medical Group. They are delighted to hear from and respond to friends who may write to charleswatkins@aya.yale.edu.

cLass oF 1970secretaryJerald Kirkpatrick ’70 B.D.mrstardad@yahoo.com FaItH NIcKeL aDams ’70 m.a.r. partici-pated in the design and composition of a memo-rial booklet entitled Constance Libbey Menninger: Perspectives on a Vibrant Life. To complete this task and privilege, Faith was for six weeks a tele-commuter to Berkeley, CA.

garY aHLsKog ’70 B.D., ’71 s.t.m. has completed four quarters of CPe, a Ph.D. in psy-chology, and certifications in psychoanalysis and hypnosis. Today, he makes his living in his o∞ce in New York City and east Hampton as a psy-choanalyst, exploring nuances of the heart, and as a hypnotic healer, curing smoking, drinking, phobias, intractable pain, and similar issues with a nearly 100 percent success rate.

BoB BIxLer ’70 m.DIv. spends his time working with a foundation he co-founded in Northern India, the Ladakhi Children’s School-ing Project, and with his photography. He retired in 2007 after 35 years working in the field of community-based prevention on the state, national and international level. He and his partner of 22 years, John, live in Denver. They have three children, Marialisa, a lawyer,

Amanda, a college administrator and Rachel, a hospice social worker

For the last 40 years raND eDWarDs ’70 m.DIv. and Leslie have been serving United Methodist churches in small college towns. They have three grandchildren ages 5, 3, and 2. When Rand’s dear friend and roommate, KeN PoWeLL ’71 m.DIv., came down with terminal cancer, he asked if Rand believed that with God all things work together for good with those who love the Lord. Rand said, “I’m not sure.” Ken said, “I believe that they do.”

After 23 years serving a wonderful UCC congre-gation in Darien, CT, roN evaNs ’70 B.D. and Janet retired to a blissful life of active retire-ment at Pilgrim Place in Claremont, CA. They are surrounded by a host of engaging people who have served the life of the Church in many denominations and in all parts of the world. The weather, combination of activities, and proxim-ity of the Claremont Colleges and Claremont Theological School make for happy days.

sam gLaDDINg ’70 m.a.r. writes, “God is full of surprises, just ask Abraham. Our young-est, Timothy, was accepted to Yale’s Class of 2013 (Saybrook College) so I will travel to New Haven more and visit YDS in the process.” Sam continues to chair the department of counseling at Wake Forest University and to write. Some-day he hopes to publish as many books as WILL WILLImoN ’71 m.DIv.

tHomas L. HaLL ’70 B.D. completed a five-month intensive interim in 2008, as senior pastor at Shadow Rock UCC in Phoenix, AZ. Prior to that, he was senior interim for 27 months at Mayflower UCC in Billings, MT. He is now the senior pastor at Salem UCC in Denver, CO. After 63 years of bachelorhood, he married Laura Novosad in Denver. Tom looks ahead to another eight to 10 years of ministry.

PaUL HarrIs ’70 B.D. and wife Sally write from Tanzania: “Bottom line: the situation is excellent. God is good, people are amazing, graces attend every day, the church is alive and lively, we have good opportunities to use what talents we have and forgiveness for our short-comings. I’m in good health and Sally is getting better. We are surrounded by loving friends and supportive colleagues and good things are hap-pening. How can we keep from singing?”

After graduation in 1970, Kathy and DavID KeLLer ’70 m.DIv. moved to Pittsburgh where David started his first local church appointment as a United Methodist pastor. Six appointments later, he is currently serving yet another great congregation in Wilkinsburg near Pittsburgh. A special supplement to his ministry has been summer ministries leading wilderness camping events. He writes, “Retirement looms in a two or three years but I am in no rush. Ministry is still an adventure and privilege for me.”

JerrY KIrKPatrIcK ’70 B.D. continues in interim and transitional ministry, this time serv-ing a small congregation in Keller, TX, a suburb of Fort Worth. They have bought a house in Waco, which is their homebase—at least until

one of their children gets settled in a long-term location. Brenda remains director of accounts payable at Baylor University. Their son, Andrew, is writing his dissertation in political science at emory University in Atlanta, while his sister, Courtney, and brother, edward, are chasing their dreams in Los Angeles.

After 30 years in the Lutheran ministry, LeoN-arD KLeIN ’70 B.D, his wife and two of three children, entered the Catholic Church in July of 2003. On April 1, 2006, Leonard was ordained a priest.

The work of marJorIe Peace LeNN ’70 m.a.r.—assisting global governments in improving the quality of their university sys-tems—has extended to 50 countries. The Center for Quality Assurance for International educa-tion (www.cqaie.org) of which she is president has evolved since its founding in 1991 to o∞ces near Washington, DC; Hanoi, and Abu Dhabi. Higher education remains key to the promotion of global understanding.

cHUcK WILDmaN ’70 B.D. and Anne have been busy retiring to Cape Cod. He o∞cially ended his 20-year “tour” as senior pastor of Rock Spring Congregational UCC in Arlington, VA, on April 15. They are located a few minutes’ walk from a great ocean beach and surrounded by several fresh water ponds for non-motor water sports. He writes, “My best to all. Hope to see some of you at YDS fall conferences.”

In June 2009, saNDY WYLIe ’70 B.D. was appointed as interim pastor to Tulsa’s University United Methodist Church, a congregation that he served 20 years ago. He plans to retire next June to a house that he and Susan are building on Lake Windsor in Bella Vista, AR. The house will have a library to accommodate Sandy’s large preaching collection. He plans to stay active in homiletics.

cLass oF 1971JoHN cHarLes ’71 m.DIv. and JeNNIFer BracKeNBUrY Boger ’71 m.a.r. live in Chapel Hill, NC, where Jack is in his fourth year as dean of the UNC School of Law. Jennifer works for a law firm, directs the Strowd Roses Charitable Foundation, and remains active in prison ministry. Their greatest delight is grand-daughters, edith, 4, and Alice, 9 months; next greatest is seeing old YDS friends. Anyone pass-ing through Tar Heel territory, look us up!

JoHN FreemaN ’71 m.DIv. retired last year after 37 years as a minister in the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. In retirement, he has been enjoying long-time hobbies of golf, fishing, and wood-working (including learning woodturning). He also reconnected with a dear friend, sam LamBacK ’70 m.DIv., with whom he is play-ing folk music again, as they did during their days in New Haven.

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he joined the field of association/nonprofit man-agement in 1978 and has been there ever since. Richard dabbles in jazz piano, bridge, and has been married to Kathy Sexton Hall since 1970. Richard says a special hello to Dale Lindquist, Brad Kress, Peter Williams, and Dave Bartlett.

KIrK HaNsoN ’71 DIv. is University Pro-fessor of Organizations and Society at Santa Clara University and executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied ethics (www.scu.edu/ethics). Kirk is helping create new centers for business ethics and spirituality in China and India and serves on the board of the Skoll Foundation, which promotes social entrepre-neurship globally. Kirk’s daughter, Kelsey, is a third year M.Div. student at Fuller Theological in Pasadena, CA.

DaLe LINDqUIst ’71 m.DIv. is assistant pro-fessor and associate director of the Beck Institute on Religion and Poverty at the Graduate School of Social Service of Fordham University. The Institute collaborates with faith-based anti-pov-erty programs using University resources. He is currently filming a documentary on faith-based emergency food programs in New York City. He lives in Westchester with his wife Marion. His son works for Teach for America and his daugh-ter is a graduate student.

WaLter rIeDeL ’71 m.DIv. serves in Stuart, FL, where his church is beginning a new ministry to singles, with a dedicated, contemporary-style worship and activities geared toward the needs of single people. The average church pays 46 per-cent of the adult population no or negative atten-tion. Those involved in the planning are excited, and 30 percent of our planning group does not even belong to the original church.

JoHN roLLeFsoN, m.DIv. ’71 retired in mid-August from 35 years of pastoral ministry, having served Lutheran congregations in San Francisco, Milwaukee, Ann Arbor and Los Ange-les. He and his wife Ruth, a retired public school music teacher, are living in San Luis Obispo where he is beginning his retirement by serving as a part-time interim campus pastor at Cal Poly. Ruth and John welcomed their first grandchild in early July!

DavID WHeeLer ’71 m.DIv. is senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Portland, OR. This congregation in the heart of downtown Portland worships in english, Spanish and Cambodian, and engages in ministries of feeding, housing and outreach to students in the surrounding colleges and universities.

After 20 years in campus ministry, five years ago WILLIam H. WILLImoN ’71 m.DIv. moved to Birmingham, AL, to be the bishop of the

North Alabama Conference of the United Meth-odist Church. In February 2009 William had the good experience of being able to go back to YDS to lecture and to preach. He was thrilled with the condition of the school, physically, academically, and spiritually.

cLass oF 1972BILL BoNvILLIaN, ’72 m.a.r. is coauthor (with Charles Weiss of Georgetown Univer-sity) of a new book published in April by MIT Press. Structuring an Energy Technology Revolu-tion attempts to set out a new energy policy to meet the challenges of climate change and energy security. For the past four years Bill has directed MIT’s Washington, DC, o∞ce and he teaches science and technology policy courses on the adjunct faculty at Georgetown.

JoHN BrYsoN cHaNe ’72 m.DIv. serves as episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Washington, DC, and president and CeO of the Protestant episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the Wash-ington National Cathedral. His work focuses on Middle east peace initiatives and supporting his diocese’s companion relationship with the Angli-can Province of Southern Africa. He has twice been preacher in residence at the Chautauqua Institution. Other activities include lobbying on Capitol Hill and interfaith dialogue.

DavID cox ’72 m.DIv., ’87 s.t.m., though retired for pension purposes, now serves St. Luke’s episcopal Church in Hot Springs, VA. He still lives in Lexington where he is a member of the city council, teaches courses in ethics and in liberal arts at two local colleges, and tries to do some writing. David was a deputy to the recent episcopal General Convention. He and Melissa enjoy having all their three still-single children in Virginia.

DavID eLLINgsoN ’72 m.DIv. is professor of children, youth and family studies at Trinity Lutheran College near Seattle. He is the director of the Children, Youth & Family Center at the college and also directs the Service and Learn-ing Leadership Training Project. His current research is a major five-year study of the out-comes of service learning among adolescents. David is married and has five children and they live in edmonds, WA.

tom sNaPP ’72 m.DIv. retired from active full-time ministry on August 1, 2008, and moved near Gulfport, FL. His daughter lives there with her son. Tom and his wife spend a lot of time baby-sitting and otherwise enjoying their grandson. Tom serves as pastoral care special-ist at Trinity Lutheran Church in downtown St. Petersburg, FL, where he coordinates parish callers and works with downtown church issues like homelessness.

James tUrNer ’72 m.DIv. retired as chief counsel of the House of Representatives Com-mittee on Science and Technology and served on President Obama’s transition team. He became director of energy policy for Association of Public and Land Grant Universities and joined

the board of directors of Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

cLass oF 1974secretaryJoseph m. Freeman ’74 m.Div.jfreeman@christthesavior.org m. cLare aDams ’74 s.t.m. continues to teach happily at Caldwell College in New Jersey. She writes, “Working in a double department and with campus ministry is most enriching as it connects me with great colleagues who share my interests, and with the students on several fronts.” Recently Clare supported the students in establishing a Students for Life club on campus with the goal of service for life in its many dimensions.

marK eLLINgseN ’74 m.DIv. serves on the faculty of the African-American church’s largest accredited seminary, the Interdenomi-national Theological Center in Atlanta. He has just had his 15th book published, Sin Bravely: A Joyful Alternative To a Purpose Driven Life (Con-tinuum), a critique of Rick Warren and Joel Osteen. The book has received good reviews, and Mark has been a featured guest for several radio interviews.

cLass oF 1975secretaryrichard o. Johnson ’75 m.Div.roj@nccn.net LYLe vINceNt aNDersoN ’75 m.DIv. is now a Quaker, ex-philosopher and [g—m] lawyer. He hears regularly from YDS fundrais-ers; if $200K lien vs. ex-client in WILD case[s] v. the reputed model/mentor of Matlock ever comes through, they will hear back. He is still adjusting to the Deep South. Lyle’s bio is at www.lawdalton.com.

rIcHarD e. aLLeN, Jr. ’75 m.DIv. is still serving as a pastor in the United Methodist Church. After 25 years in South Carolina, includ-ing pastorates in Myrtle Beach and Columbia, and a stint as an associate pastor at Christ Church in New York City, he is pastor of Mamaroneck UMC in Westchester County, NY. He has been married to Lynne, a career counselor, for 10 years. He enjoys hiking and photography.

samUeL W. croLL, III ’75 m.a.r. is CeO of The Clean Air Group. He is a director of Mazda Limited of Ahmedabad, India, and a trustee emeritus at Skidmore College. Sam is currently clerk of the session at Rye Presbyterian Church and a member of the Stephen Ministry. He lives in Greenwich, CT, with his son, Harrison, and wife Ann, who is director of admissions at the Stanwich School.

marK D. DeWaLD ’75 m.DIv. has been pastor of First United Church of Christ in Read-ing, PA, for the past 21 years. He has been mar-ried for 37 years to Nancy Hodge Dewald who is a librarian at the Penn State Berks Campus. His elder daughter, Alison, is pursuing a Ph.D.

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in research chemistry at the University of Vir-ginia. His younger daughter, Laura, is a second grade teacher in the Charlottesville, VA, area. He enjoys hiking with his pet Keeshond, Atom. eDWarD e. FLoWer ’75 s.t.m. is now retired. He served for twenty years as a US Army chaplain. He then earned his doctorate in psychology and served an additional 23 years as a pastoral counselor. He and his wife Judy, a clinical psychologist, serve as visitors for the United Methodist endorsing Agency and run workshops for Methodist chaplains returning from the combat zone and their spouses. The Flowers have been married for 51 years and have two sons and four grandchildren.HeNrY B. FreemaN ’75 m.DIv. is president of H. Freeman Associates, LLC, a fundraising consulting firm serving non-profits and schools throughout the country. This fall, Henry admin-istered a blog for the Henri Nouwen Society on The Spirituality of Fund-Raising. He also recently completed a five-hour video series titled Nine Guiding Principles and 50 Practical Tips for Suc-cessful Fundraising. To contact Henry, visit www.hfreemanassociates.com.rIcK JacKsoN, ’75 m.a.r. is the president of the Center for Courage & Renewal (www.CourageRenewal.org). He co-directs the center with his wife Marcy and senior partner Parker Palmer. The center’s mission is to nurture per-sonal and professional integrity and the courage to act on it.rIcHarD o. JoHNsoN, ’75 m.DIv. has been pastor of Peace Lutheran Church, Grass Valley, CA, for 25 years. Beyond the parish, he edits Forum Letter, an independent publication that comments on things Lutheran for a reader-ship of several thousand. On the side, he teaches church history for Fuller Seminary’s Northern California extension. He has been married to Lois for 31 years. His son, Luke, is a journalist work-ing in Singapore, and his daughter, JoHaNNa ’09 m.DIv., is on internship in Naples, FL. DIeter P. KUcHeNBecKer ’75 m.a.r. has been pastor of the Lutheran Church in Schlam-ersdorf, Schleswig-Holstein for eight years. He has been working on a committee of the North-elbian Church observing sects and cults. He is president of the regional American Society and has led a group called “Common Ground” at the American Center of Hamburg. He’s been mar-ried to Hannelore, who is an architect, for 21 years and has a daughter, 13. DavID W. KUcK ’75 s.t.m. has been on the academic sta≠ of the United Theological College of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, since 1991, teaching New Testament and preach-ing. He is called by the eLCA, on behalf of the Lutheran Church in Guyana. He recently pub-lished Preaching in the Caribbean: Building up a People for Mission. His wife Mary teaches english at UTCWI and for a program training Jamaican vocational teachers. KeNt r. LogaN ’75 m.DIv. has worked in the field of special education in Atlanta since 1975. He’s been a classroom teacher, consulting

teacher, grant writer, researcher, and univer-sity faculty. He currently works half-time as an autism specialist with DeKalb County Schools. He’s been married to Mary Callaway for 37 years. Their daughter, Hillary, is married and work-ing as a social worker in Asheville, NC. She is expecting first child in February. Their daugh-ter, Hannah, is married, employed as a teacher in Greensboro, NC.

marY caLLaWaY LogaN ’75 m.DIv. has been a pastoral counselor in private practice at Druid Hills United Methodist for 12 years, having worked the previous 15 years previous in community counseling and substance abuse treatment. In 1997, Mary developed a group spiritual-direction art studio, Seeds of Light, which allows members to reflect on their spiri-tual autobiography using visual expression. She is also a painter and found-objects artist follow-ing biblical and spiritual themes.

BarBara (mIoDoNsKI) oLDmeaDoW ’75 m.DIv. and JoHN oLDmeaDoW ’75 m.a.r. continue to live in Australia. Barbara has completed over 20 years as a school chap-lain, and is considering her future direction in pastoral ministry and spiritual development. John continues in his role as executive director of the Board of education of the NSW Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia.

eLLeN roBBINs ’75 m.DIv. has been teach-ing Hebrew Bible in the department of Near eastern studies at Johns Hopkins University for 18 years. She is writing a radical re-interpreta-tion of the story of the Garden of eden. She is an active participant in Women in Black and has organized a Peace Path annually every September 11 since 2002. She’s been married to Joel Spruck for 30 years. They have a daughter, Hannah.

JIm rUBINs ’75 m.DIv. retired from Napa County government, where he worked for 25 years in various administrative roles including alcohol and drug administrator in the heart of the California Wine Country. While at YDS he mar-ried L. aNN HaLLIseY ’75 m.DIv. and they had three children. Jim and Ann were divorced in 1996 but meet often to celebrate kids and accomplishments. Oldest daughter has recently been named an astronaut candidate by NASA and is training for space flight. Middle daughter is a social worker like her ol’ man. Son works in the phar-maceutical industry. Jim works part-time as a social worker/chaplain at the local hospital in Napa.

cHarLes J. scaLIse ’75 m.DIv. has served as a Fuller Seminary professor for 15 years. With his wife Pamela Johnson Scalise, an Old Testament pro-fessor, he teaches primarily at Fuller Northwest in Seattle. Last June, Charlie delivered a plenary address on theological di≠erence to the Society

for Pastoral Theology, where he also co-chairs the church and Christian formation group and serves on the Journal of Pastoral Theology’s edi-torial board.

steve scHLatHer ’75 m.a.r. worked in daily newspapers for 27 years. He now does publicity, speaking, education, and outreach for a county waste management district. He and his wife of 24 years Nancy Flinchbaugh live in Springfield, OH. Their sons are Luke, a recent St. Olaf graduate working in database manage-ment for Wittenberg University, and Jacob, about to start his third year at the University of Cincinnati with a double major in computer sci-ence and math.

DaNIeL soLBerg ’75 m.DIv. never responds to these requests for news, but fortunately for him, his brother-in-law is the class secretary. He continues to serve as pastor of St. Paulus Lutheran Church in San Francisco. Daniel lives in Castro Valley with wife Barbara and a revolv-ing assortment of their five children, their friends and some grandchildren. He generally tries to be in as much trouble as possible for someone of his age.

JosePH DavID stINsoN ’75 m.DIv. has been the minister of the Glen Ridge Congrega-tional Church (UCC) in Glen Ridge, NJ, for 17 years. He is also a rear admiral in the US Navy, serving since the fall of 2007 as deputy chief of chaplains. He and his wife Cynthia have been married for 29 years and have four children. Hannah, Phoebe and Jesse have graduated from college and have various levels of employment. The youngest Lydia is a junior at Williston-Northampton School. The Stinsons also have a home in Swanzey, NH.

PHILIP F. WIeHe ’75 m.DIv., ’76 s.t.m. is serving as the interim rector of St. George’s episcopal Church in Arlington, VA. This is Phil’s third interim rectorship following the develop-ment of a service as a consultant to churches struggling with conflict and strategic plan-ning. Phil published a book, Ten Dumb Things Churches Do in 2001, and this year has published More Dumb Things Churches Do with his wife

LINDa mcFaDDeN m.DIv. ’81 as co-author.

cLass oF 1976secretaryPaige smith ’76 m.Div.PaigeLsmith@aya.yale.edu DIcK cLaY ’76 DIv. , who was at YDS for a year, left to attend law school at the Uni-versity of Kentucky, becoming managing editor of the Law Review. He has worked for the same firm in Louisville ever since getting his law degree. He

continues his YDS education by learning from his wife elizabeth a Presbyterian minister and their four children. If you are in Louisville, Dick writes, “I’d love to give you hospitality.”

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cLass oF 1977secretarysusan Klein ’77 m.Div.susanklein51@earthlink.net Someone who also practices Nouwen-esque hos-pitality is roN Degges ’77 m.a.r., the newly elected president of Disciples Home Missions. Though he has recently relocated to India-napolis, while in Los Angeles, Ron led the San Fernando Valley Interfaith Council which produced a film, “Putting Faith into Action.” He and his wife of 22 years, Denise, are the parents of five children.

margIe maYsoN ’77 m.DIv., another prac-titioner of hospitality, has moved to Ithaca, NY, from Rochester to serve in a reconciling congre-gation of the United Methodist Church. Her 700-member congregation is working on a mission statement that will incorporate transgendered persons into its welcoming ministries. She and Wes Perkins are the parents of two out–of-the- nest daughters, but they still cohabit with large dogs. Margie continues to love the ministry.

marILYN HaIr ’77 m.DIv. and rIcK steeLe ’78 m.DIv. are the parents of three children, the youngest of whom has just started college. Their eldest child’s genetic condition, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, led Marilyn to become a nationally known advocate for persons with this condition and to complete another bachelor’s degree in biology. She is now working for her master’s degree in public health-genetics at the University of Washington in Seattle. She is an inspiration to all of us.

DeBoraH HeNZe HUNLeY ’77 m.DIv. was in Los Angeles as a deputy for the General Convention of the episcopal Church. Deborah continues serving as rector of Christ Church in Roanoke, VA.

We continue to be proud of cHrIs gLaser ’77 m.DIv. whose 11th book, As My Own Soul: The Blessing of Same-Gender Marriage, has just been published by Seabury. He serves as interim pastor of a UCC church in Atlanta. In May, the Center for Lesbian and Gay Stud-ies at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA, o∞cially celebrated the reception of Chris’ papers into their archives.

BrUce sYLvester ’77 m.a.r., ’80 m.DIv. writes of developments in the medical field for the Christian Science Monitor and various Inter-net sites. He lives in Monticello, GA, (the set-

ting for the film My Cousin Vinny), his US base, and in an ancient house in western Hungary, which he has renovated. He made the summer of 2009 a “self-care summer,” he writes, “losing weight, paying o≠ debt and avoiding most hurtful behaviors.” He is enjoying the novels of Graham Greene.

The industrious and illustrious rIcHarD HaYs ’77 m.DIv., after completing his Ph.D. at emory, taught New Testament at YDS and settled into Duke Divinity School where he is now George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament. His most recent books are Seeking the Identity of Jesus: A Pilgrimage (eerdmans), and Reading the Bible Intertextuall, (Baylor). He spent fall ’08 as a visiting fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge. In June he received the Dr. Theol honoris causa from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany.

reggIe roWeLL ’77 m.DIv., ’80 s.t.m., who worked at the bookstore during his time at YDS, is full-time sta≠ chaplain at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. He has been there since 2007 and continues to supply at Aldersgate UMC in North Charleston. He and his wife Denice, live in Hanahan, SC. He is interested in starting a Facebook account for our class. If you would like to help, please let him know.

cLass oF 1978secretaryvaughan D. mcternan ’78 m.Div.mcternav@hotmail.com marY DeeLeY ’78 m.DIv. continues working as pastoral associate and No. 2 to the director for the Sheil Catholic Center at Northwestern University. She also does some spiritual direc-tion and counseling. Occasionally she gives lec-tures, and does a little writing. More important, she and Dan are proud of their daughters: one in law school and the other working as an aero-space engineer.

JoHN PaUL BeaUDoIN ’78 m.DIv. lives in Pebble Beach, CA, with his wife Rhonda and their dog, Tazz. Nicholas, his eldest child, teaches english in Taiwan. Jordan is a college junior currently studying in Mendoza, Argen-tina. JP is a clinical psychologist and medical examiner in private practice. John stays in close contact with many YDS friends.

LarrY BUxtoN ’78 m.DIv. continues as senior pastor at Burke United Methodist Church, where he was appointed in 2007. He also teaches the practice of reaching in the United Methodist course of study at Wesley Seminary and taught in Kenya recently. Beverly continues her leader-ship training and development consulting busi-ness. Garrett, 23, was married in June 2009 to the former Carly Brown. Tyler, 22, is a senior at Virginia Tech.

LIsa JeaN HoeFNer ’78 m.DIv. continues working in outdoor ministries in Oregon and Idaho. As executive director, she is now work-ing with both the episcopal Diocese of Oregon

as well with the Oregon Idaho Conference of the United Methodist Church. She provides the sites for the presbytery of the Cascades and registration services for the Pacific Conference of the United Church of Christ and Rogue Valley YMCA. Personal travel has taken her recently to the Iona Community in Scotland.

erIc KoLBeLL ’78 m.DIv. is now writing full-time. He writes, “The UCC has been gracious enough to see my writing as my ministry.” eric is also working as a psychotherapist part time. His latest book is The God of Second Chances (West-minster Press). He and his wife Ann, live in New York City. Their daughter, Kate, is a senior at Bryn Mawr.

D. LYNN sNIDer ’78 m.DIv. has just finished his first year as pastor of the Chagrin Falls United Methodist Church. Lynn is close to the finish line of a two-year-long on-line Bible study that he is leading.

gLeNN WagNer ’78 m.DIv. is finishing his 33rd year of pastoral ministry and third as pastor of the Holt United Methodist Church in Holt, MI. Nancy Wagner (formerly YDS reception-ist) serves as secretary of the east Lansing City Council. Son Michael is enrolled at University of Michigan Law School and daughter Bethany will graduate in 2010 from Hope College.

margaret aLIce WILcox (aka aLLY PerrY) ’78 m.DIv. has served as an epis-copal priest in Pottsboro, TX, at Saint John the Apostle episcopal church since 2004. The church has gotten awards for growth in aver-age Sunday attendance at diocesan convention for the last four years. Her husband, a lighting designer in the film business, has worked with Scott Meyers.

JoHN WaDsWortH ’78 m.DIv. is a part-ner at the law firm of Brown Rudnick in Boston, doing primarily environmental and energy law, having left the ministry in 1984. He is married to Maria, an oncology nurse working in a private clinic, and has one son, Noah, who is in his senior year of high school.

cLass oF 1979secretaryron Hooker ’79 m.Div.rhooker2003@yahoo.com JIm gILcHrIst ’79 m.DIv. is senior pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Pitts-burgh, PA. He teaches at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and participates in Council on Foreign Relations activities.

roNaLD L. HooKer ’79 m.DIv. joins his classmates in remembering the contributions of the recently deceased gaYLorD NoYce ’52 m.DIv. to prepare the class for parish minis-try. He writes, “Yale was a great, well-rounded school because of faculty members like Gaylord

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Noyce and Harry B. Adams, who prepared us to serve the church.”

eLLeN H. HIatt ’79 m.DIv. and BarNet m. (“mIKe”) mcKee ’79 m.DIv. are cel-ebrating 30 years of marriage and ministry in the Missouri Mid-South Conference of the UCC. ellen is the “in house” chaplain at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, IL, and Mike continues to practice law and represent the Missouri Mid-South and Illinois South Con-ferences of the United Church of Christ. Their daughter, Kathleen, is in medical school at emory. Their son, Jonathan, begins architec-ture school this fall at Washington University in St. Louis.

Last October marK NeUmeIer ’79 m.DIv. was diagnosed with a brain tumor. At the time he was otherwise in perfect health and great physical shape. Mark has paralysis on his left side and is considered totally disabled. He is trying to recover some use of his left arm and leg, but needs help with the most basic tasks. He writes, “Life can be cruel. I just drew a short straw.”

scott tHaYer ’79 m.DIv. has been called as minister to Bethany Memorial Church and chaplain of Bethany College in Bethany, WV. Bethany was the home of Alexander Campbell, founder of the movement that eventually became the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Beth-any College, founded by Campbell in 1840, is the oldest college in the state of West Virginia.

marK vaLerI ’79 m.DIv. continues as a professor of church history at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, VA. He, his wife Lynn, and two teenage sons live in Richmond and are involved in the Third Presbyterian Church. His latest book, Heavenly Merchandize: How Religion Shaped Commerce in Puritan America, will appear in the spring from Princeton University Press.

cLass oF 1980secretaryJerry W. Henry ’80 m.Div.jerry@ahmp.com vaNessa FaLgoUst ’80 m.DIv. has been called to serve as minister of West end Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Danville, VA. Her husband Alan Cox continues to teach music at the University of Virginia.

HoLLY HamLett ’80 m.DIv. was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2007 and under-went surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treat-ment. She is doing well. In 2008, she traveled to Korea as a delegate of the Global Cooperation Society and received an award from California State University, Long Beach School of Social Work in recognition of 15 years of service as a field instructor.

JerrY HeNrY ’80 m.DIv., partner with Alex-ander Haas consulting firm in Atlanta, GA, had

the pleasure and unique experience of recently co-teaching a course, “Nonprofit Leadership and Management,” with Oli Jenkins at Can-dler School of Theology. Designed for students considering vocations with nonprofit agencies (social service, faith-based, and social justice ministries in particular). Jerry writes, “Imagine the two of us teaching together! Those students will never be the same again!!!!”

oLI JeNKINs ’80 m.DIv. became director of the O∞ce of International Initiatives for Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, GA. In addition to teaching and directing the first year of Contex-tual education for M.Div. students. He writes, “One of the perks of the new job was accompany-ing Candler student interns to the Republic of Georgia in May. And if you have insomnia, watch for the book, Equipping the Saints: Best Practices in Contextual Theological Education.”

KareN JoHNsoN ’80 m.DIv. retired from institutional work almost two years ago. For the last 15 years she has been part of the Dayspring Community of Washington DC’s ecumenical Church of the Saviour. Karen continues to do spiritual direction both in private practice and at

Virginia Theological Seminary. She writes, “To have been blessed with work I love all these years is to experience life as a cup running over. I am so grateful.”

Peter strImer ’80 m.DIv. continues as rector of St. Andrew’s, Seattle. He headed his diocesan deputation to the episcopal Church General Convention and served as the chair of the legislative committee on communications for the House of Deputies. The people of St. Andrew’s designed and built the 35-foot high stained glass window that is the centerpiece of their sanctuary. He wants his classmates to know that he continues, “to dance and carry on and have a good time.”

PaUL WooD ’80 m.DIv. has begun his 30th year of fulltime ministry and now serves the First

United Methodist Church of Cheraw, SC. His wife Kay is a provisional deacon in the United Methodist Church and is doing extended CPe in Columbia, SC. Their daughter, Jane, teaches first grade in Spartanburg, SC; and their son, Paul Wood III, works for a video gaming firm in Shanghai, China.

cLass oF 1982secretaryPaul stroble ’82 m.Div.pes2@uakron.edu LYN g. BraKemaN ’82 m.DIv. has been active in a ministry of pastoral counseling and serves as spiritual director and part-time clergy at St. John’s episcopal Church in Gloucester, MA. She is also the author of two books, Spiritual Lemons and The God Between Us, both published by Augsburg Books. Lyn plans to retire in the summer of 2010 to Cambridge, MA, to travel some, write a lot, stay healthy (a full-time job) and enjoy city play.

sam caNDLer ’82 m.DIv. writes, “I have been Dean of the episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta for ten years. I have been quite active in the General Convention of the episcopal Church and in inter-religious dialogue around the world. I still play piano when I can, and write for the website www.episcopalcafe.com. I also maintain a blog at www.goodfaithandthecom mongood.blogspot.com. Boog is doing wonder-fully, as are Sarah (in medical school), Martha (married), and Samuel (about to be married).”

scott PIDcocK ’82 m.a.r. continues his involvement with The Pidcock Company, a 65-person architectural and land planning firm in Allentown, PA. Along with wife Gillian, Scott is active in the life of First Presbyterian Church of Allentown and with his children, Rachel (NYU graduate school), Stuart (Colorado College), and Lucy (Moravian Academy grade 10). Scott also serves on the YDS Board of Advisors.

BarBara KLINe seamoN ’82 m.DIv. lives in Leverett, MA, serving a Congregational church. After more than 25 years of ordained ministry, she has expanded her work to include helping individuals with Autism Spectrum Dis-order (ASD). She received a masters certificate

Nancy Taylor ’81 M.Div. receives the Alumni Award for Distinction in Congregational Ministry from Dean Harold Attridge at the 2009 Alumni Awards Luncheon

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in ASD from Antioch University in 2007 and was recognized for her work by The Common-wealth of Massachusetts in 2008. She has four children: Joshua, 29, Katie, 27, Jesse, 25, and Caleb, 9.

WILLIam H. sHePHerD ’82 m.DIv. has been appointed reference librarian at Pitts The-ology Library, emory University. He received his master of library and information science degree from Valdosta State University in 2008. Bill lives in Gri∞n, GA, with his wife Nancy and a Basset Hound named Puddle.

cHarLes steWart ’82 DIv. is Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science at MIT and the chair of the department. In addition to his scholarship and administrative duties, he is also housemaster of McCormick Hall. He passed the quarter-century mark of happy marriage to Kathy Hess this past year, and his son will be a high school sophomore this year. He continues to be active in his local United Methodist Church and the New england Conference.

PaUL stroBLe ’82 m.DIv. recently moved to St. Louis where his wife Beth is the new president of Webster University. Paul will start teaching courses at eden Theological Seminary in the fall of 2009. He continues writing study books and curriculum for the United Methodist Publishing House and recently started a blog at paulstroble.blogspot.com. He and Beth have been married 25 years. Their daughter, emily, is in her sopho-more year at Seton Hall University.

JoHN totteN II ’82 m.DIv. was elected to the Mecklenburg county district court bench in Charlotte, NC.

roBert troeger ’82 m.a.r. celebrated 21 years as music director of St. Matthew’s episcopal in Wheeling, WV, and at Wheeling Jesuit University. He completed a sabbatical in Germany studying music teaching techniques for very young children, and played a recital on the organ of the newly rededicated Frauen-kirche in Dresden. He and Deborah celebrated son Alec’s graduation from Rollins in 2008, and son Nicolas is in his junior year at the University of Cincinnati.

JoHN c. WagNer ’82 m.DIv. has been a United Methodist pastor since graduation, serving churches in Indiana and Ohio. He is

currently pastor of Aldersgate UMC in Huber Heights, OH. He continues to engage with vari-ous peace and justice movements, both locally and for his denomination. John and his wife JoAnn have three daughters, a granddaughter and a grandson.

tHomasINa a. YUILLe ’82 m.DIv., ’96 s.t.m. retired after 23 years of service as a chap-lain in the US Navy. Currently, she serves as the University Chaplain and Rooke Chapel Minister at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA.

cLass oF 1983secretaryKathleen Lacamera ’83 m.Div.mediazoo@email.com catHerINe a. DIxoN ’83 m.DIv. has worked as a drug and alcohol counselor, secured a second masters degree in rehabilitation counsel-ing, and snagged her certification and licensure in Pennsylvania. She has mourned the ending of a long-term relationship, been blessed with another chance, and in the midst of it all was found by the woman who gave birth to her and surrendered her for adoption. Catherine’s adop-tive mother lived to see it happen and with grace extended herself to her birthmother.

The travels of rIta FerroNe ’83 m.DIv. to give liturgy workshops this year took her to Dodge City, Wichita, and Reno. The Wild West! What fun, especially Reno. It was the first time she ever attended a church conven-tion in a casino. Other events include national conferences in Orlando and San Jose, and teach-ing in New York. Yale made her proud with “A Common Word.” Bravo YDS!

roBIN HarWooD ’83 m.DIv., ’85 s.t.m., began a new position as senior fellow at the Urban Institute, a liberal think tank in Wash-ington, DC, devoted to research on public policy that a≠ects the lives of vulnerable fami-lies and children. She loves it there. She and her daughter, Katie, a second grader, still live in Garrett Park, MD, a leafy suburban community near Bethesda.

LINDa HIggINs ’83 m.DIv. has been serv-ing the North Stonington Congregational Church in Connecticut as its interim minister. At home, Linda has three children in col-lege as of fall. Nick is finishing up at Manchester Community College, Brit-tany is at Costal in South Carolina, and Tori is at the Savanna College of Art and Design.

In June, PaUL JacoB-soN ’83 m.a.r. was ordained as a transitional

deacon in the episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. (Transitional meaning that, God willing and the Church consenting, he will be ordained a priest

within about six months.) An additional joy was being joined by all four of his siblings and his mother. Sorrow came in early August, with his mother’s death. They were all able to spend time with her in her last several weeks.

A year into life as PictureWise Productions, KatHLeeN Lacamera ’83 m.DIv. and her husband (both producers) have been work-ing on news, feature and educational films and print projects for US and UK audiences. It is only occasionally that they get to the point where they don’t speak. . . . for just a week or so. Work as a hospital chaplain one day a week continues to be a spiritual anchor and a personal privilege for which Kathleen is enormously grateful.

mev mILLer ’83 m.DIv. received an ed.D. in critical pedagogy from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis in 2002. She is cur-rently the director and founder of We LeARN (Women expanding Literacy education Action Resource Network), located in Cranston, RI. We LeARN is a community that promotes women’s literacy as a tool that fosters empower-ment and equity for women.

DavID NorgarD ’83 m.DIv. continues to expand his management consulting practice to nonprofit organizations, OD180. He serves on the alumni and community advisory board of Antioch University in Los Angeles and was recently elected president of Integ-rity. He and his partner, Joseph Oppold, celebrated their 30th anniver-sary of life together in Palm Springs. Visiting the Quad-rangle last summer for the first time in many years, he rec-ognized it on the outside but couldn’t believe it on the inside.

eDmUND K. “NeD” sHerrILL II ’83 m.DIv. was appointed as the fourth head of school of The School at Church Farm in exton, PA, start-ing July 1, 2009. A∞liated with the episcopal Church, the school is a 7th-to-12th grade, college preparatory, boarding and day school for boys, many of whom come from single parent families. edmund says, if you have young boys, consider sending them here!

caroL strIcKLaND ’83 m.DIv. accepted the call to be pastor of the Abbeville (SC) Pres-byterian Church and was installed on March 1, 2009. Prior to this, she served for 21 years as asso-ciate pastor of Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, with the last 12 years being part-time in the ongoing dance of vocations of ministry and motherhood. She and her family (husband Jack plus Xan, 12, and Anna, 8) are adjusting well to all the changes this move represents.

BrYaN WHItFIeLD ’83 m.a.r. continues to enjoy teaching Bible and Greek to undergradu-ates at Mercer University in Macon, GA. In the summer of 2008, he spent a transformative week

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with the Iona Community o≠ the coast of Scot-land. In the summer of 2009, Bryan presented a paper at a conference at Regent’s Park College in Oxford and spent a week with the Taizé Com-munity in France.

cLass oF 1984secretarymaureen a. Dickmann ’84 m.Div.maureenDickmann@aya.yale.edu marY aNNe geertsma ’84 m.DIv. has been in pastoral ministry for the last 21 years. She has been a director of pastoral care for the past 11 years. She and her husband Alex celebrated their 40th anniversary this year and 40th reunions at their colleges.

marK graNqUIst ’84 m.DIv. was recently appointed associate professor of Church History at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN. Granquist had previously taught for 15 years in the religion departments of St. Olaf and Gustavus Adolphus Colleges.

JeFFreY moNtagUe ’84 m.DIv. lives in Connecticut with his wife of 25 years and three stupendous kids, each of whom is working and finishing college. He is working for the Con-necticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, in Norwich. Je≠’s ministry includes working as coordinator of the clinical faith initiative in treatment and recovery pro-grams, coordinator of the employee assistance program, and leader of the Connecticut Disaster Behavioral Health Response Network for eastern Connecticut.

roBert NUgeNt ’84 s.t.m. , a Catholic priest of the Society of the Divine Savior,has published articles on religious topics in America, Commonweal, Church, The Tablet, and other Catholic journals. Paulist Press will publish his new book, Silence Speaks, in the coming year. In 2010, he is also leading a pilgrimage to Ger-many and the Passion Play at Oberammergau. Recently, he has served in parishes in england and Ireland and participated in the Tantur ecu-menical Center’s program in Jerusalem.

INgrID PoPe ’84 m.a.r. has joined the Lakeway Church in Texas. It is a Community Church and her daughter and family are mem-bers. Pope left Greenwich, CT, where she had lived for many years. Her house is on Lake Travis and the view is beautiful. Ingrid would love some visitors.

raNDoLPH PUrINtoN ’84 m.DIv. lives in Amherst, MA, with his wife Anita. He is the Christian education director of The South Amherst Congregational Church.

sHaroN WatKINs ’84 m.DIv. , nomi-nated by President Barack Obama, delivered the sermon at the national prayer service held on the day after the president’s inauguration.

WHIt stoDgHILL ’84 m.DIv., now Marion Soards, writes, “At 50, this is a year of milestones, with a 25th reunion at Yale Divinity School, and the 25th anniversary of my priesthood.” Marion currently works in hospital chaplaincy and is a

student in supervisory education. Marion and son, Lloyd, 8, live in Marion’s old hometown of Louisville, and Lloyd attends elementary school at Marion’s old school. “We practice Tae Kwon Do. We’re black belts,” Marion writes.

cLass oF 1985secretaryeugene c. mcafee ’85 m.Div.mcafee@post.harvard.edu BetsY BergeN ’85 m.DIv. continues to lead monthly worship services at Loomis Vil-lage Retirement Community in South Hadley, MA, teaching scripture when she can and always looking for secular ways to present spiritual material. At age 78, Betsy has been married to husband Bob, a Williams man, for 57 years, and reports that “some of us never die, and we don’t even fade away—too bad, I could stand to lose a few pounds.”

PaUL BUssaN ’85 m.a.r is currently at work on his next book of poetry. His most recent book, On Freeing Myself From A Full Nelson Hold, and Other Sonnets, received an honorable mention in the 16th Annual Writer’s Digest International Self-Published Book Awards, and was selected as a finalist in the 2008 USA Book News Awards and as a finalist in the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. For more information, visit www.psbpublishing.com.

gormaN HoUstoN ’85 m.DIv. is in his seventh year as pastor of Dauphin Way United Methodist Church in Mobile, AL. This is the same church where Gorman served as an associ-ate pastor for five years shortly after returning to Alabama from YDS. He and his wife Jeanne are busy this year as their son, Gorman, a member of the Class of 2010 at St. Paul’s episcopal School, prepares for college.

Kate LatImer ’85 m.DIv. and husband artHUr ’98 m.DIv. have been serving

churches needing short-term pastoral leader-ship through a transition crisis. The Latimers are beginning such a call in a small Connecticut church because of the serious illness of a long-term, much-loved pastor. She reports that she and Arthur never know where they will be next, and that’s just fine.

sereNe JoNes ’85 m.DIv. has just finished her first year as president of Union Theologi-cal Seminary in New York. She is also pleased to announce the publication of her new book, Trauma and Grace. She and her daughter, Charis, enjoy living in Morningside Heights.

geNe mcaFee ’85 m.DIv. just celebrated his fifth anniversary as pastor of Faith UCC in Richmond Heights, OH. He welcomed two new kittens into the family in April (Boaz and Phoebe), and traveled to Atlanta for a preach-ing conference in May and General Synod in Grand Rapids in June. He continues to serve the Western Reserve Association in its department of church and ministry and in its Lay School, where he loves to teach Bible.

caroLINe KeeNeY meYers ’85 m.DIv. is concluding four years as pastor of South Con-gregational Church in Amherst, MA. She and 14 other members just returned from the church’s first-ever mission trip to Appalachia. Finishing a major reconstruction, the church looks forward to rededicating their building in the fall. Caro-line and husband Tom are enjoying the activities of their children Rebecca, 15, and Sam, 13, both involved in local music, theater, and sports.

tIm morIta ’85 m.DIv., retired after 28 years as a US Navy chaplain, is now vice-presi-dent of a college-prep private school in Hawaii and preaches regularly at Ilikai Hotel Resort Ministries in Waikiki. Wife Jan is a public school teacher in Honolulu.

PameLa mott ’85 m.DIv. just celebrated her fifth anniversary at St. Mary’s episcopal Church in Portsmouth, RI, a lovely setting and a wonderful parish in which to serve. In these last few years—in addition to the usual stu≠—Pam’s congregation has welcomed another church in a merger, planned a new building, and had a capi-tal campaign. Pam looks forward to the class of 1985’s 25th reunion.

In September, caroL PINKHam oaK ’85 m.DIv. celebrated her third anniversary as rector of St. John’s episcopal Church, elli-cott City, MD, a 2000-member parish outside Baltimore with a day school of 400 children. She remains active in e≠orts to support newly ordained clergy as they transition into ministry, following seven years administering a Transition into Ministry grant from the Lilly endowment. Carol and Je≠ have two children, Nathaniel, 20, and Julia, 17.

JeFF oaK ’85 m.DIv. serves on the leadership team for Bon Secours Health System, a nonprofit Catholic health system operating in seven states. In addition to serving as corporate responsibility o∞cer, he recently began leading philanthropy e≠orts in the ten communities served by Bon Secours. He also serves as a corporate fellow

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for the ethics Resource Center, an independent nonprofit organization in Washington, DC, dedicated to advancing ethics in public and pri-vate institutions.

aNNe staNBacK ’85 m.a.r., hit several milestones this year. She turned 50, celebrated her 25th anniversary, and then legally mar-ried her partner, now wife Charlotte. She also “retired” from her position as founding executive director of Love Makes a Family, the organiza-tion that has been leading the campaign for mar-riage equality in Connecticut for the past nine years. She is looking forward to some time o≠ while she figures out what’s next.

cLass oF 1986secretary m. Lise Hildebrandt ’86 m.Div.lisehild@verizon.net After eight years as senior pastor of Fairfax Pres-byterian Church in VA, HeNrY BrINtoN ’86 m.DIv. received a Lilly Clergy Renewal Grant for sabbatical visits to churches that practice hos-pitality well in Scotland, California, Germany, and Washington, DC. Wife Nancy finished her doctorate in public health. Daughter, Sarah, is a senior at Duke and son, Sam, is a high school senior. He enjoyed reconnecting with YDSer Serene Jones recently while writing a USA Today essay on John Calvin.

marIa eDDY tJeLtveIt ’86 m.DIv. has been rector of the episcopal Church of the Mediator, in Allentown, PA, for ten years, and has recently become the ecumenical and inter-faith o∞cer for the Diocese of Bethlehem. This summer, husband Alan and she took children William, 11, and Anna, 8, on a first cross-country trip to see in-laws in Montana. On the way back she visited LINDY corNeLIUs HarDWIcK ’86 m.DIv. and eLIse FeYerHerm ’86 m.DIv., who was just ordained an episcopal deacon.

LarrY rotH ’86 s.t.m. retired from US Navy chaplain ministry in 2003 after 23 years of service. He presently serves as assistant director of Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries. His assigned territory includes the Northwest, Mid-America, and Western Canada, where he services about 50 chaplains in military, correctional, health care, and campus institutions. Chaplain conferences and church conventions supporting Chaplaincy Ministries allow him to connect with pastors and church leaders across America.

meLaNIe mcrae ’86 m.DIv. is bereavement counselor and chaplain for Park Nicollet Hos-pice. Husband scott mcrae ’85 m.DIv. continues to be director of spiritual care at Meth-odist Hospital in St. Louis Park, MN. They live with their two dogs in Minneapolis or on the north shore of Lake Superior. Daughter Ana is away at college. They think often and fondly of friends from YDS.

PaUL F. JeFFrIes ’86 m.a.r. is an associate professor and chair of the philosophy depart-ment at Ripon College in Ripon, WI. He serves

on the executive board of the Wisconsin Insti-tute for Peace and Conflict Studies. The current president of Ripon College, DavID JoYce ’78 m.DIv., is also a YDS graduate. He and Paul enjoy reminiscing about several of the same faculty they shared—at di≠erent times— as students.

cLass oF 1988rUtH eLeNa avIta ’88 DIv. writes, “As I grow older, I speculate on my ever-growing faith. As a Buddhist, I chant, and chanting is like saying prayers.” She is devoted to living out her spirituality with the years ahead. She is disabled with emphysema and diabetes, yet she lives a full life. She will never forget the lessons she learned at YDS.

JULIe e. caLHoUN-BrYaNt ’88 m.DIv. serves as rector of St. Alban’s episcopal Church in Syracuse, NY. She also is the diocesan coordi-nator for episcopal Relief & Development, and a member of the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) and Global Missions Commit-tees. Her husband Brian works as an Apple com-puter systems engineer for Syracuse University. Sons Russell and Christopher are 15 and 9 years old. Julie can be reached at jecb@twcny.rr.com.

JeNNIFer BeaL ’88 m.DIv. has moved back to the east coast after nine years in Los Angeles. She is in Lincoln, MA, near both her parents and daughter, who has now finished her ninth grade year at Concord Academy. Jennifer is teaching in the Lincoln Public Schools as a classroom assistant and would love to hear from friends at jennifer.beal@mindspring.com.

aNNe JeNseN ’88 m.DIv. and her husband Doug have now been in California for four years. They now have four grandchildren with another on the way. Having their family only ten to 15 minutes away has been great. Anne has just com-pleted an interim at St. Paul’s in Oakland, and is now starting at Christ Church Alameda. After almost 30 years as a human resources consultant, Doug is retiring soon.

KILLIaN Noe ’88 m.DIv. has two daughters in colleges on the east coast and he and Bernie are still in Seattle, WA. Bernie continues to serve as head of Lakeside School and Killian is still nur-turing the Recovery Café, Home of the School for Recovery, a community for healing and

transformation, serving men and women who have su≠ered trauma, homelessness, addiction (chemical and/or behavioral) and other mental health challenges.

JULIe ZeLLe ’88 m.DIv. has been living in Minneapolis, where she was raised. She is hap-pily married to Charlie Zelle and they have two kids who keep them busy and wonderfully amused. Charlotte is 17 and Nick, 14. Zelles is an ordained minister in the UCC and her ministry work has focused primarily on pediatric end-of-life care. The two have been fortunate to spend their summers on Cape Cod, which is, in her mind, heaven on earth!

cLass oF 1989JosePH m. BIaNcHI ’89 m.DIv. is presently president of his own company, Calvary Press Publishing, with over 30 titles in print, distrib-uted worldwide. He is the author of four books, Common Faith, Common Culture, God Chose To Save, My Friend Grace and 21st Century Corinthi-ans. In 2007, he purchased Calvary Press out-right and has set a course to produce the highest quality Christian literature available. He is also active speaking at churches and conferences. He lives in Greenville, SC, with his wife Monica and daughter, Christina.

raY BosHara ’89 m.a.r. is vice president of the New America Foundation, a DC-based think tank. Since graduating from YDS, he has worked on Capitol Hill and elsewhere to advance poli-cies to reduce hunger and poverty in the US and worldwide. His book, The Next Progressive Era, was published in April. Ray recently moved to St. Louis with his wife Lora Iannotti and their three children, ages 8, 11, and 13.

JosHUa WaI-tUNg cHo ’89 s.t.m. is the president of the Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary. His leadership at the seminary began in 2000. During the ten years of his deanship and presidency, he authored three books, Humanity and Virtue (2004), Narrative and Ethics (2005), and Spiritual Friendship (2009). His books and leadership style reflect his pas-sion in theological hermeneutics, virtue ethics and moral character formation.

garIN cYcHoLL ’89 m.DIv. is the creator of a new book-length poem, Hostile Witness. It is a meditation on mold, boxing, corruption, and Illinois politics. It reconsiders the story of George Ryan, who, as governor, commuted the death sentences of 157 inmates in 2003 before being indicted and eventually sentenced on cor-ruption charges. Garin and his wife Shadla live in Homewood, IL, and he teaches writing and literature at the University of Illinois at Chicago and at the University of Chicago.

In the fall of 2002, HoPe H. eaKINs ’89 m.DIv. retired as rector of St. John’s episcopal Church in essex, CT, and moved to Barrington, RI with her husband Bill, who, in turn, had retired as rector of Trinity episcopal Church, Hartford. In 2007, they moved back to Hart-ford, since most of their wonderful children and grandchildren live near there. They cur-

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BoB FreNcH ’89 m.DIv. is pastor of the United Ministry of Aurora, NY, a combined Presbyterian and episcopalian parish in the Finger Lakes. He also serves as moderator of the Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse and part-time chaplain of Wells College. Bob’s blended family with his wife Sharon now includes nine grandchildren.

aLvIN HeLms ’89 m.a.r. lives with his wife and four children in the beautiful Pacific North-west. He served several Congregational churches as a pastor for about 18 years. Currently, Alvin is the chief operations o∞cer for the Tacoma Rescue Mission. In his spare time, he has taught some classes in ethics and leadership for Chap-man University and served as a sports chaplain. Alvin invites you to visit www.rescuetacoma.com or write, alvinhelms@gmail.com.

In May 2009, rIcK KINg ’89 m.DIv. com-pleted his first year as senior minister of First Congregational UCC of Longmont, CO. His wife Linda Kopecky works for the City of Long-mont, and their three sons, eli, 11, Samuel, 9, and Gabriel, 7. Rick serves on the board of the Clark-Lanyon Funds, a local granting organization, and has camp counseled at La Foret, the UCC camp in Colorado Springs.

BrIaN maas ’89 m.DIv. is lead pastor at First Lutheran Church in Lincoln, Ne. He began that call in 2006 after serving nine years at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kansas City, MO. His wife Debbie continues to teach elemen-tary school music, and they have two high-school age children.

eLIZaBetH Pratt ’89 m.DIv. has just com-pleted seven years at SAFe Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition in Spartanburg, SC. As clinical direc-tor, she supervises a team of eight psychothera-pists o≠ering therapy to survivors of domestic and sexual violence. She and her husband have been together almost six years. They enjoy their home in the woods, raising their teen-aged sons, playing with their dogs, gardening, travel, books, music, and volunteer service in the church and community.

sUsaN carPeNter stUBer ’89 m.a.r. lives in Wayne, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia, with her husband Jim, and children, Daniel, 8, Annie, 7, Janie, 6, and Molly, 4. She is a clinical psychologist with special interest in women’s health issues such as infertility. The family is active at St. David’s episcopal Church in Radnor.

For the last five years, JoaNNa WHIte ’89 m.DIv. has had the joy of serving a small epis-copal congregation north of Baltimore, MD. Together, they have journeyed from crisis to discovering what it means to be a living church. At home in Annapolis, she and her husband Sandy are five minutes from two of their children and four granddaughters. even after 20 years, the memory of her time at YDS remains fresh and sweet.

cLass oF 1991secretaryDavid Bryce ’91 m.Div. revDBryce@optonline.net HeNDrIcK PILLaY ’91 s.t.m. is now the minister of the Hankey Congregational Church in South Africa. During their last assembly in Botswana he was inducted as the church’s president for the next two years. Hendrick says, “Some of you may remember my family. Maria is teaching in Hankey while Nathan is a human resource manager for a chain of food stores in their pharmacy department in the whole of the country. Gavin is in the US.”

DeB BIBLer ’93 m.DIv. and her husband DaN BIBLer ’91 m.a.r. live in Americus, GA, with their children, Amelia Jane, 9, and Thom Harrison, 6. Deb now serves as the associate executive presbyter for Flint River Presbytery, while also continuing her work as the PCUSA campus minister at Georgia Southwestern State University. She can be reached at debbibler@bellsouth.net or on Facebook.

marK r. rIgg ’91 m.a.r. , the associate chaplain of the Hill School in Pottstown, PA, and instructor of english, was named first recipi-ent of the Reverend Dr. John W. Riegel Chair in Religious Studies. Mark is a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Pottstown. His wife Sue is a diaconal minister at St. James Lutheran Church in Pottstown.

cLass oF 1992secretaryFredrick a. Wiese ’92 m.Div.fwiese@epiphanydayton.org scott BarKer ’92 m.DIv. is happy to be entering his eighth year as rector of Christ Church in Warwick, NY. In addition to serving at Christ Church, Scott chairs the congregational development commission of the diocese of New York, and attended the episcopal Church Gen-eral Convention this summer. His daughter emily (born at Yale) entered Skidmore College as a freshman.

DIaNe HoPPe HUgo ’92 m.DIv. has begun a new adventure as pastor for Mid-Coast Pres-byterian Church in Topsham, Me, after eight years as a stay-at-home-mom with no pulpits. Her husband Buckley has taken a leap of faith by starting a new business as an Advocate for chil-dren with special needs and their parents. Tad is 13 (teen + autism = maddening fun). Artistic Maggie, 8, is thriving as a “PK.”

DeBra J. KIssINger ’92 m.DIv. has been appointed canon for transition and leadership development in the diocese of Indianapolis. She has oversight for the deployment of clergy and lay professionals. She also assists the commis-sion on ministry with those in the formal process of education and formation for holy orders.

FrItZ WIese ’92 m.DIv. misses playing ulti-mate Frisbee with many of you at YDS. LuAnne teaches fifth grade. Son Luke, 13, plays electric guitar and the sport of the season. Daughter Morgan, 9, is miss theater and a soccer-player. Fritz’s epiphany Lutheran of Dayton has just bought 16 acres for their second campus nearby, so they love the challenges the Lord is placing before them.

After serving UCC churches in Miami, FL, Silver Lake, OH, and Charlevoix, MI, marY L. WILLIs ’92 m.DIv. and Mike Willis took a year o≠ to catch their breath and reconnect with children and grandchildren in Florida and Ohio. During that time, Mary looked into the eyes of retirement and blinked first. So, with new stars in her eyes, in August 2008 she answered the call to serve God at Lordship Community Church in Stratford, CT.

cLass oF 1993Lee arcHarD ’93 m.DIv., his wife Holly and daughter, Anna, live in Richmond, VA. Lee and Holly work with couples and families in a mental health center. They have been busy taking Anna to visit colleges with strong theater programs, as she hopes eventually to found her own reper-tory theater company. Lee’s drama this summer included a ten-day hike in Yellowstone’s back-country with his brothers, while Holly tried to tame his overly ambitious vegetable garden.

steveN P. BreY ’93 s.t.m. is still chair of the religion and philosophy department at

e x e r c I s e Y o U r W I L L P o W e rTo help safeguard the Divinity School’s tradition of excellence, please consider making a bequest in your will to help fund a scholarship or an endowed chair.

To find out how, call 203.432.5358 or write constance.royster@yale.edu.

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LILLIaN DaNIeL ’93 m.DIv. serves as senior minister at First Congregational Church (UCC) in Glen ellyn, IL. She co-hosts the Chicago-based television program 30 Good Minutes. Lillian serves on the boards of Chicago Theo-logical Seminary and Arise Chicago and is part of the emerging Leaders program of the Chicago Council on Global A≠airs. eerdmans published her new book, This Odd and Wondrous Calling: The Public and Private Lives of Two Ministers, in August of 2009.

Peter LaarmaN ’93 m.DIv. serves as the executive director of Progressive Christians Uniting, a growing Southern California network of individuals and congregations. Peter is cur-rently fashioning a new Green Justice Initiative to connect African-American and Latino/Latina youth in South Los Angeles and elsewhere to emerging green job opportunities. His agency is also involved in LGBTQ and marriage equality advocacy in national and regional contexts. Peter contributes frequently to the online Religion Dis-patches magazine.

DereK LarsoN ’93 m.a.r. is associate professor of environmental studies and history at The College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University, a pair of single-sex, Benedictine, Catholic liberal arts colleges in central Minne-sota. His research and teaching center around environmental history, though much of his pro-fessional life is invested in the campus sustain-ability movement. He lives in nearby St. Cloud with his wife Theresa Anderson and their two daugh ters.

JoHN LeINeNWeBer, ’93 m.a.r. writes, “Love One Another, My Friends: Saint Augustine’s Homilies on the First Letter of John in an abridged english version by me has been reprinted. Harper & Row first brought it out 20 years ago, and Wipf and Stock reprinted it last spring. [YDS book-store manager] Micah Luce says that the copies he acquired for the Student Book Supply sold out, but he plans to reorder.”

BIBIaNa PereZ ’93 m.DIv. lives in Atlanta and works as a Spanish teacher at a Catholic school. Their four younger children attend the same school, but Chris, their oldest, graduated this year and will be going to the University of Pennsylvania in the fall. Bibiana enjoys reading and biking, and continues to be actively involved in ministries in the Catholic Church.

erL g. (PUcK) PUrNeLL ’93 m.a.r. is enter-ing his 13th year as rector at Old St. Andrew’s episcopal Church in Bloomfield, CT. His 2006 book, Through Mark’s Eyes (Abington), contin-ues to sell well. This recapitulation of Mark’s Gospel is illustrated by vivid word-pictures. Website: www.throughmarkseyes.com. The screenplay for the book has been finished and seeks a producer.

reBecca totaro ’93 m.a.r. was promoted to full professor in the department of language and literature at Florida Gulf Coast Univer-sity. Her second and third books, The Plague in

Print: Essential Elizabethan Sources, 1558-1603 and Adaptations of the Plague in Early Modern English Literature, the latter co-edited with ernest B. Gilman, are due out in 2010, the same year that will see her article “Securing Sleep in Hamlet” in print in the journal Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900.

WILLIam WagNoN ’93 m.DIv. and verItY JoNes ’95 m.DIv. live in Indianapolis with their daughter Gracie. William owns and man-ages a≠ordable rental properties and does green renovations to single-family homes for first-time buyers. He wants to complete a LeeD-certified home renovation in the next year. He coaches youth soccer, runs half marathons and hasn’t worn long pants for the better part of a year. Verity is publisher and editor of Disciples World Magazine.

cLass oF 1994secretaryamy Heller ’94 m.Div.rev_amy_g@att.net saraH BUxtoN-smItH ’94 m.DIv. has been elected to the International Board of the Compass Rose Society of the Anglican Commu-nion. Sarah continues as rector of St. Andrew’s in Bu≠alo while her husband Stephen J.S. Smith, a Ph.D. candidate at the State University of New York at Bu≠alo, is writing his dissertation on Anglicanism and slavery. They are enjoying their new Bichon Frise puppy, Bijou, a gift from a parishioner.

DoNaLD eUBaNK ’94 s.t.m. is serving as a US Army chaplain at Fort Monroe, VA. He is working on his doctor of ministry at King’s Seminary. His thesis is “Self-Care For Military Chaplains.” He and Jackie have been married for 35 years and became grandparents in Janu-ary 2008. They are spending this Christmas with their children and grandchild in Hawaii. They hope to transition to civilian ministry within the next five years and possibly do mission work in Central America.

Since 1998, sUsaN PFeIL ’94 m.DIv., ’02 s.t.m. has completed five interim pastorates. After the 2005 Hurricane Katrina, she traveled to Gulfport and Biloxi, MS, to serve with Presbyte-rian Disaster Assistance. In February 2008, and 2009, she returned there again with groups from First Congregational Church of Stamford, CT, to serve at Back Bay Mission. Susan is a facilita-tor for the Healthy Boundaries Workshops, and also serves on the committee on ministry for the Presbytery of Southern New england.

martHa serPas ’94 m.DIv. has accepted a position in the University of Houston’s Creative Writing Program after ten years at the University of Tampa. Once she gets settled, she hopes to continue the hospital chaplaincy work she began at Tampa General at Memorial Hermann Hos-pital. Her most recent poems appear in The New Yorker and in Christianity and Literature.

cLass oF 1995secretaryanisa cottrell Willis ’95 m.Div.anisacottrellwillis@aya.yale.edu BetH DaHL ’95 m.a.r. has been an assistant professor since the fall of 2006 at the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s department of politi-cal science, specializing in international conflict resolution and east Asian politics. Dahl recently published an article: “Reconciliation and the Therapeutic Impulse: What Does It Mean to ‘Heal’?” in the April 2009 issue of Human Rights & Human Welfare.

In May, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary conferred upon raNDaLL J. Forester ’95 m.DIv. a D.Min. degree. In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree, Forester wrote a doctoral thesis entitled, “The evangelical Pastor as Agent of Redemptive and Collaborative Change in a Mainline Church.”

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Randall Forester ’95 M.Div. with his family

Peter Laarman ’93 M.Div. receives the William Sloane Coffin ’56 Award for Peace and Justice from Dean Harold Attridge at the 2009 Alumni Awards Luncheon

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priest, recently won an acting statuette for play-ing the role of 12-year-old Oliver Twist in the musical “Oliver,” a television movie special. A professional child actor who starred in movies and television, both drama and comedy, Chris-tian was under contract to Walt Disney Studios before attending YDS. Christian also gradu-ated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

JeaN m. graUsteIN ’95 m.DIv. is continu-ing (part-time) as environmental justice minis-try coordinator for the o∞ce of urban a≠airs of the archdiocese of Hartford, where she began as a student intern. Jean works with Catholic par-ishes to help folks learn and act on the Church’s teaching on care of creation and the complex links with care of neighbor. Bill and Jean rejoice with the presence of their first grandchild, born in April 2009.

LIsa B. HamILtoN ’95 m.DIv., ’96 s.t.m. is the newly elected president of the Berkeley at Yale Alumni Council. Her goal is to strengthen community among alumni from various eras and to connect alumni serving in non-parochial ministries. Lisa works as a hospice chaplain, as a writer/producer for the episcopal Church o∞ce of communications, as a supply priest and as a leader of quiet days and retreats, usually focusing on medieval women mystics.

mIcHaeL moraN ’95 m.DIv. is currently director of programs and ministries for the Bridgeport Rescue Mission in Bridgeport, CT. The Mission provides services to people in crisis and need in an inner-city environment. Pro-grams include a clothing ministry, emergency food services, transient housing for both men and women and a 46-bed residential program.

LIsa raNsom ’95 m.DIv. continues as the vicar of St. Dunstan’s in Waitsfield, VT. She, along with her husband and three children, have a farm where they raise sheep, chickens, goats and bees. They have also started a new business, Grow Compost of Vermont, where they process over 10,000 tons of organic material a year and produce organically certified compost for gar-deners and landscapers. This business keeps the entire family busy year round.

aNIsa cottreLL WILLIs ’95 m.DIv. is pri-marily home with her two boys, ages five and nine. She recently started working part time as a chaplain at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Anisa is also a court appointed special advocate for her county’s family court. She advocates for four children in foster care as they navigate the court system.

stePHaNIe WILsoN ’95 m.DIv. writes: “I returned in 1997 from doing missions work in Lithuania for two and a half years to become rector of St. Paul’s episcopal Church, North Andover, MA. I now live happily in the rectory with my two children, Duncan, 11, and emma, 7, and our cat Abby.”

L. D. WooD-HULL ’95 m.DIv. writes: “I am rector of St. Barnabas episcopal Church in Portland, OR, husband since 1996 to elizabeth

(Lizzie), and proud parent of two daughters (ages seven and ten).”

cLass oF 1997secretaryJames ebert ’97 m.Div. james_ebert@hotmail.com rosaLIND BroWN ’97 m.DIv. continues to enjoy life as a residentiary canon at Durham Cathedral, overseeing the cathedral’s public ministry. A recent sabbatical resulted in two books, Durham Sing! on Durham’s hymnody and Can Words Express Our Wonder? (Canter-bury Press) on preaching. The Cathedral’s Bene-dictine weekends are well established (details on the web) and, in preparation for the dedica-tion of a stained glass window, she is editing stories of Archbishop Michael Ramsey’s years in Durham.

matt FItZgeraLD ’97 m.a.r. has served as the senior minister of the Wellesley Hills Con-gregational Church (UCC), for nearly three years. Prior to that, he spent nine years as the pastor of epiphany UCC on the north side of Chicago. He and his wife Kelli have three small children and two elderly, large dogs.

Bert marsHaLL ’97 m.DIv. is New eng-land director for Church World Service. He continues to do storytelling performances of the Gospel of Mark from memory all over the country (www.gospelofmarkalive.com). In June 2009, he released a CD of original songs, Prairie Child. He now serves on the YDS alumni board and the Massachusetts Council of Churches board of directors.

NatHaN HUmPHreY ’97 m.DIv. and Anne Stone welcomed their second child, Andrew Bid-dlecombe Humphrey on July 15, 2009, a mere two weeks after Nathan’s mother Lois died in California. While in California for the funeral, Nathan was able to see many friends at the Gen-eral Convention of the episcopal Church.

cYNtHIa D. Weems ’97 m.DIv. is now senior pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Miami, FL.

PoULsoN reeD ’97 m.DIv. has been called as the next rector of All Saints’ episcopal Church and Day School in Phoenix, AZ. He has served at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver, CO, since 2002, most recently as sub-dean.

cLass oF 1998secretarystephen murray ’98 m.Div. revdrmurray@yahoo.com rosemarY DYsart BaUe ’98 m.DIv. spent the past ten years as pastor of the Fish-ers Island Union Chapel UCC on Long Island Sound. She retired in the fall of 2009.

eLIZaBetH caWNs ’98 m.DIv. received her Ph.D. in theater from Louisiana State Univer-sity in May 2008. She currently resides in Baton Rouge, LA, and is applying for academic jobs for fall 2010.

aNDrea FoNtaNa (formerly WoNg) ’98 m.DIv. recently was appointed interim director of Magis, an o∞ce of alumni spirituality, service and leadership at Seattle University. She works part-time and continues to care for her daughter Cecilia, born in 2007. She and her family con-tinue to enjoy life in Seattle. If you are in the Northwest, she hopes you will visit.

stePHeN BUtLer mUrraY ’98 m.DIv. moved with his family to Salem, MA, and serves as senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Boston and as assistant professor of religion and college chaplain at endicott College in Beverly, MA.

cLass oF 1999care gooDstaL ’99 m.DIv. and profes-sor Bryan D. Spinks were joined in marriage on the 11th of October 2008 at Hammonasset Beach in Madison, CT. Professor Thomas Tro-eger o∞ciated. Professor Peter Hawkins took part in the ceremony and professor Martin Jean was among the guests. Care Goodstal-Spinks has recently been called to serve as associate pastor at North Haven Congregational Church. Bryan and Care will reside in Guilford, CT.

After a two-year national search, aLBert mosLeY ’99 s.t.m. has been named univer-sity chaplain at The Johns Hopkins University. He previously served as interim director of the Center for Civic engagement and adjunct pro-fessor in the Penonni Honors College of Drexel University.

In July, tammIe-rae KeeLer ’99 m.DIv. entered her 11th year serving the east Moriches United Methodist Church as their pastor.

1999 save the Date for your cluster reunion with the classes of 2000 and 2001, october 11-14, 2010.

Care Goodstal ’99 M.Div. and professor Bryan D. Spinks at Hammonasset Beach on their wedding day

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cLass oF 2000secretaryterese (terri) cain ’00 m.Div.terese.cain@aya.yale.edu terrI caIN ’00 m.DIv. recently accepted the position of director of Pilgrim Fellowship at First Church in Guilford, CT.

eLLeN coLcorD ’00 m.a.r. collaborated in the summer on a multimedia project at New York University’s LaPietra in Florence, Italy, where she presented her art film, “Focus,” with Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky and six jazz musi-cians and composers from N.Y.U. In June, she created and led “The Spiritual, Mental and Natu-ral Light of Italy,” an art tour of Tuscany and Umbria. ellen teaches her love of painting to adults and children at her Colcord Studio School in Greenwich, CT.

JoY oLIver (caLDWeLL) ’00 m.a.r. and her husband eddie welcomed a son, Jonah, into their family on March 19th. Noah, 4, and Hannah (eternally in heaven) are their other children. Joy worked as a lobbyist in the Illinois Senate with then-senator Obama and appeared in an episode of HGTV National Open House. She dabbled in real estate in Asheville, NC, and currently finds joy in being a full-time mother.

scott KersHNer ’00 m.DIv. and Lori Hayes were married on May 24, 2009, at St. Ste-phen’s Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, NY.

cLass oF 2001secretarysamuel Blair ’01 m.Div.scblair@aya.yale.edu taYLor HaLversoN ’01 m.ar. completed his double major Ph.D. at Indiana University in 2006. Taylor was hired at Brigham Young Uni-versity as a faculty consultant at BYU’s Center for Teaching & Learning. He recently had a book published by Cambria Press entitled Distance Education Innovations and New Learning Environ-ments: Combining Traditional Teaching Methods and Emerging Technologies. He and Lisa adopted

a brand new baby boy from California two years ago and currently reside in Springville, Utah.

LYNNe mIKULaK ’01 m.DIv. was certified in January in Orlando, FL, as an associate supervi-sor in the Association for Clinical Pastoral edu-cation at the ACPe annual conference. Lynne is the coordinator of pastoral care and educa-tion at the Westchester Psychiatric Division of New York-Presbyterian Hospital. In addition, Lynne received the 2008 Len Cedarleaf Award, a national prize given to an ACPe certification candidate whose theological and theoretical position papers are noted as exemplary.

mINDY mcgarraH sHarP ’01 m.a.r. and her husband Tommy welcomed baby James Henry Sharp on March 3, 2009. He joins big sister, Lucy Claire, 3. She is currently complet-ing her Ph.D. dissertation at Vanderbilt Univer-sity through an AAUW American 2009-2010 Fellowship.

cHrIstoPHer taLLeY ’01 m.DIv. is cur-rently working for the US Agency for Inter-national Development in Kigali, Rwanda, as a health commodity advisor dealing with pharma-ceutical management and logistics.

DaWN taYLor-storm ’01 m.DIv. is cur-rently pastoring St. Matthew’s United Method-ist Church of Valley Forge in Wayne, PA. She and her husband Dan have two children, Lucas and Rebecca.

cLass oF 2002secretarystephanie Bingham Doss ’02 m.Div.sbdoss@gmail.com aPrIL BereNDs ’02 m.DIv. and DreW BUNtINg ’02 m.DIv. moved to Milwaukee, WI, in September 2008. April serves there as rector of St. Mark’s episcopal Church. Drew has done supply work and has spent a lot of time working on their new home. In June, he recorded an album of 12 original songs (one for each dis-ciple) that will be available this fall. To find out how you can get one, go to www.myspace.com/drewbunting.

stePHaNIe BINgHam Doss ’02 m.DIv., her husband Bryan, and daughter, Claire, 3, wel-comed Jocelyn Reinhart Doss into the world on October 28, 2008. Stephanie continues to serve as pastor of First Congregational Church (UCC)

in Tulare, CA. She is enjoying her ministry and is noticing signs of transformation all around her.

BeN HILL ’02 m.a.r. works at Georgia Tech where he helps create renewable energy and clean technology companies. He also teaches a course on sustainability and ethics. At Central Congre-gational UCC, he has served as a deacon and on committees. His daughter is a high school senior, looking at liberal arts colleges. He just celebrated his 25th wedding anniversary. Ben misses dis-cussing ontology and Tillich and looks forward to hearing from YDS friends.

sara aBBe KrooN ’02 m.DIv. has three children now with her husband Jason. Caleb was born in November 2005, and twins Rachel and Nathaniel were born in December 2008.

When not chasing after the young ones, Sara is working various part-time jobs for Yale, supply preaching, and keeping active with her two church homes.

KeN LeoNcZYK, Jr. ’02 m.a.r. and Ashley Ridgway Lynn were married on in May 2009. They live in Greenwich, CT. Ken is working for the law firm Covington and Burling in New York and continues to serve the episcopal Church of Sudan and preach in New York and Connecticut. This summer, Ashley worked for Debevoise and Plimpton in Paris and New York. She will gradu-ate from Yale Law School in January ’10.

DereK NeLsoN ’02 m.DIv. was married to Kelly Ayers in July 2009 in Vasa, MN. They bought a house and their new address is 3 Shady Ave, Greenville, PA 16125. Derek also recently accepted a call as the interim pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Greenville, PA. In addition, he serves as professor and chair of the religion department at Thiel College.

eLIZaBetH PIPes rooNeY ’02 m.a.r. , husband Je≠, and her family welcomed Samuel David on January 30, 2009. Samuel’s brother, elijah, 4, and sister, Rebekah, 3, are delighted with their new baby brother. elizabeth is still working as a youth director at Palm Avenue Community Church in Fresno, CA.

Wes smeDLeY ’02 m.DIv. and wife Lori still live in northern Virginia with daughter, ella, 2, who is quite a character and loves reading Green Eggs and Ham. His church is growing and his ministry continues to be fun and exciting in new ways. He is looking forward to his upcoming trip to Jerusalem.

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cLass oF 2003secretariesJennifer sue Dunfee ’03 m.Div.jennifer-cliftonpc@vacoxmail.com Lisa Jeffcoat ’03 m.Div.ljm2003@aya.yale.edu DaLe BatemaN ’03 m.a.r. completed a two-year tour as executive o∞cer on the US Coast Guard’s Healy, the nation’s largest ice-breaker. He made several trips to the Arctic. He is now on the Coast Guard’s district sta≠ in Seattle, WA. He spends most of his non-work time assisting his wife Christine chasing their two sons, Morgan and Keleman, and the family Viszla, Clive. The Bateman household is full of good cooking, music, dance and laughter.

JeNNIFer DUNFee ’03 m.DIv. serves as the associate pastor for youth and families at the Clifton Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) in Clif-ton, VA. A part-time minister, she spends much time at home with her two children, Cady, 4, and Tommy, 2. Yet the balance is not flawless, as she recently arrived in a rush at the pediatri-cians’ o∞ce only to discover that her 4-year-old was barefoot.

DeIrDre ecKIaN ’03 m.DIv. recently visited some YDS grads living abroad. In July, Deirdre journeyed to St. Andrews, Scotland, to visit NIcKI WILKINs ’03 m.DIv. and sHeLLeY JacoBseN ’02 m.a.r. Nicki lives near St. Andrews, where her husband teaches, and is an ordained episcopal priest and mother of three. Following YDS, Shelley received her M.L.S., specializing in children’s literature and library services. Shelley lives with her husband Oliver in a village on the Scottish coast.

sHaroN FeNNema ’03 m.a.r. is nearing completion of her Ph.D. in liturgical studies at the Graduate Theological Union. In addition to writing her dissertation, she works as a worship consultant with churches and denominational organizations, while also editing and produc-ing training manuals for Global Jet Services, an aircraft maintenance training provider. She and her partner KIm Hoare ’03 m.DIv. were recently joined in a civil union and are enjoying life together with their dog, Sadie.

DavID FoBes ’03 m.DIv. continues to do supply preaching in UCC churches throughout western Massachusetts. He also serves on the Hampshire Association’s executive committee.

JeNNIFer HaLversoN KUeHN ’03 m.a.r. acquired a new last name when she got hitched last November to Scott Kuehn. They just bought their first house, a 102-year-old home in the North Slope of Tacoma, WA. In addition to home repair, much of their time is dedicated to triathlons. Jen has been a marketing analyst for an insurance company for the last three years—where the ethics degree actually comes in handy.

roN LarocqUe ’03 m.DIv. has crisscrossed the country since graduating, serving congrega-tions in the Chicago area and Portland, OR, as intentional interim pastor. After taking a

Sabbath, he recently answered a call to return to an east Coast state. In June of this year he was elected Pastor of Metropolitan Community Church of Winston-Salem, NC. His partner ed has shared in all adventures and is currently wrapping things up in Portland before joining Ron in North Carolina.

ZacK maBe ’03 m.DIv, ’05 s.t.m. just finished his fourth year as pastor of the Terryville Congregational Church UCC. Zack and his wife Melissa (Yale Nursing ’04), are enjoying their two-year-old son, Joshua, and look forward to welcoming their second child this December. Zack is also excited to be starting the Doctor of Ministry degree program this fall at Hartford Seminary. Zack and family are settled in West Hartford, CT.

tHomas JosePH marcHIo II ’03 m.DIv. was ordained in February 2009 to the ministry of word and sacrament by the presbytery of West Virginia and in May received his master’s degree in choral conducting from Boston Conservatory. He serves as associate pastor and directs music at First Congregational Church in Chatham, MA. He teaches music at Cape Cod Community Col-lege. Joe lives on Cape Cod with wife Sarah and two sons, Thomas, 3, and Christopher, 1.

LIsa JeFFcoat ’03 m.DIv. is proud to have completed her first half marathon in March. She continues to grow and learn in her transi-tion from marriage to beginning again as a single woman. At the time of this writing, she has just been accepted into the 2009 Teach for America Corps, and so she is contemplating packing up her life and moving it to Phoenix, AZ, for the next two years.

mIcHaeL PePParD ’03 m.a.r. completed his degree in religious studies and began as assistant professor of theology at Fordham University. Along with his wife cHrIstIaNa PePParD ’05 m.a.r. and their daughter, Montana, he lives in New York City. When not working, cooking, eating, or chasing a toddler around Central Park, he can be found listening to music, preferably live and outdoors.

HeatHer mccLeNDoN sINcLaIr ’03 m.DIv. is entering her third year as the pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Shel-ton, CT. She and her husband Skipare enjoying their 14-month-old daughter Grace. Grace, being a typical PK, enjoys thinking she is the center of attention at church.

aUDreY scaNLaN ’03 m.DIv. is rector of two family-sized parishes in Central Connecti-cut. She writes that they are a bit like Noah’s Ark: two by two. Two church schools, two organists, two o∞ces, two budgets, two vestries. Twice the fun. She also directs Rhythms of Grace, a wor-ship experience for special needs children, leads workshops and writes for Church Publishing. She also practices cello, tends her organic garden, cooks and is training for her second marathon.

marK stePHeN mUrraY scott ’03 m.a.r. teaches at Concordia University as the assistant professor of Systematic Theology and ethics. He and esther celebrated their 10th Anni-

versary this year. They have two children: James, 3, and Hannah, 1. Mark completed his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 2008 in religious studies (theology). He spends his spare time (which continues to diminish) on the ice, fine tuning his wrist shot.

JeaN eLIZaBetH sHocKLeY ’03 m.a.r. has lived and worked in Amherst, MA, since Jan-uary 2008, serving as the executive and program assistant for the National Religious Partnership for the environment. She continues to volunteer at the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National His-torical Park in Woodstock, VT, where she was a ranger for five years, giving her tour, entitled “The Spiritual Roots of Conservation.” In her spare time, she can be found hiking, canoeing, and dancing around New england.

erIKa sIU ’03 m.DIv. lives in New York City with her husband Simon and children, Ava, 3, and Austin, 1. She spends her free time citi-trekking, exploring all of the city’s great parks and attractions. She currently works as a research associate in the program on legal ethics at Car-dozo Law School. She was recently admitted into the New York Bar and she is set to begin a one-year program in tax law at NYU.

eLIsaBetH tHomPsoN ’03 m.DIv. and cHrIstoPHer PaPPas ’04 m.DIv. find themselves in Westerly, RI, where Chris is the rector of Christ Church (episcopal) and elisa-beth is working as a physician in the Community Health Centre and overseeing the local hospital’s chaplaincy services. All four (!) kids (ages 13, 10, 3, and 2) continue to both challenge and bring joy and perspective to the couple’s vocational callings. elisabeth and Chris are implementing a family service for their otherwise very tradi-tional parish. Any wonder?

aNNe tUrNer ’03 m.DIv. has just moved from Amherst, MA, back to the Washington, DC, area. She will be working half-time at St. Mary’s episcopal Church in Arlington, VA. She plans to spend the rest of the time chasing after daughter Lucy and new baby Molly, and a not-so-new-puppy, Rufus.

James cLemeNt vaN PeLt ’03 m.a.r. coordinates programming for the YDS Initiative in Religion, Science & Technology, co-founded in 2004 by former professor Wes Avram, Dean Harold Attridge, and him. He also presents papers at conferences on related topics. He is

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JeNNIFer DeBIsscHoP WHIPPLe ’03 m.DIv. is the associate pastor at the Con-gregational Church of Brookfield (UCC) in Brookfield, CT, where she devotes lots of time to children, youth, and missions. When not at work, Jennifer spends as much time as possible with her husband Ryan and their one-year-old, Brayden. Together they do a lot of walking, camping, playing games, and listening to good music. They are in the process of buying their first home in Naugatuck.

NoeLLe YorK-sImmoNs ’03 m.DIv. is the associate rector at All Saints’ episcopal Church in Atlanta. She mostly handles adult Christian formation and communications, but also any-thing else thrown her way. This summer, she and husband Kevin welcomed their daughter, Linden Holly, into the world. She joins the chaos begun by her big brother eli, 3. They all live together in a big old house appropriately located near the zoo.

cLass oF 2004secretaryelizabeth Zagatta ’04 m.Div.liz.zagatta@vanderbilt.edu roBert BrItt-mILLs ’04 m.a.r. is working full-time as research faculty at the Florida Center for Reading Research at Florida State University, while simultaneously writing his dissertation in American religious history on the historiography of Protestants and war in America. In May, he and his wife Jackie celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary. Their son, Zander, is 7.

sImoN BUrce ’04 m.a.r. graduated from Boston College Law School in 2008, and prac-tices law at Alston & Bird LLP in the area of real estate finance and investment. He lives in New York City with his wife Cathleen and daughter, Julianna.

Since leaving YDS, roN cHooNg ’04 m.DIv. went on to pursue a Ph.D. at Princeton Theological Seminary. Last May, he defended his dissertation on neuroscience and theology, entitled Do We Sin Because We Are Sinners or

Are We Sinners Because We Sin?: Neuroscience, Nolition, and Implications of a Kenotic Theology of Moral Cognition. He is currently the executive director of the Academy for Christian Thought in New York City and welcomes visitors.

tom DoNLaN ’04 m.a.r. is currently in France conducting research on Francois de Sales and his Sisters of the Visitation. He is a Ph.D. candidate in the division for late medieval and reformation studies in the history department at the University of Arizona. His dissertation will explore de Sales’ approach to piety within the context of the French Wars of Religion. Tom reports that he really likes cornbread.

JUstIN LIst ’04 m.a.r. returned to Chi-cagoland in June 2009 after a year engaging in TB research in Uganda through a NIH global health research training program. He currently lives in Westchester, IL, and is finishing his final year of medical school at Loyola Univer-sity Chicago—Stritch School of Medicine. He is currently applying for residency training in internal medicine.

After leaving the doctoral program in moral the-ology, cHarLes sKrINer ’04 m.a.r. grad-uated in May 2008 with a masters in theology from the University of Notre Dame. He worked for an assistant editor at Ave Maria Press in Notre Dame, IN, for one year. In the fall of 2009 he began law school at Georgetown University.

sID sYmINgtoN m.DIv. ’04 m.DIv. is happy to be serving as associate rector of St. Peter’s episcopal church in Henrietta, NY.

eLIZaBetH Zagatta ’04 m.DIv. gradu-ated in May 2009 with her Master of Marriage and Family Therapy from Trevecca Nazarene

University. She currently lives in Nashville, TN, where she is working on her dissertation as part of her doctoral degree in religion, psychology and culture at Vanderbilt University. Liz works as a pastoral counselor for Pastoral Counsel-ing Centers of Tennessee, a non-profit agency committed to providing clinical and educa- tional services.

cLass oF 2005secretaryLeslie gesiene Woods ’05 m.a.r.leslie.woods@aya.yale.edu JUDItH aLLIsoN ’05 m.DIv. is the associ-ate rector at St. Bartholomew’s episcopal Church in Poway, CA. She ministers to pastoral needs. Hearing the presiding bishop at the episcopal General Convention in July, and meeting a few dear ones, was precious. She misses you all. Write: jallison@stbartschurch.org.

mattHeW BeNtoN ’05 m.a.r. and Laura Benton welcomed their first child, Lennox Pierce Benton, on May 6, 2009. Matt is a Ph.D. candi-date in philosophy at Rutgers University, and Laura, a licensed marriage and family therapist, works in private practice and as a pastoral thera-pist at Princeton Theological Seminary.

cHrIstoPHer cocca ’05 m.DIv. and his wife Amy Scarantino Cocca celebrated the second birthday of their son, Vincent, in the fall 2009. Chris began a master of fine arts program in creative writing (fiction) at the New School. Amy continues her vocation in the addiction counseling and mental health fields.

cHrIstINa coNroY ’05 s.t.m. is a third year Ph.D. student in theological studies at emory University. Her husband Greg and trusty dog, Poe, journeyed down with her to Atlanta from Canada. They have since acquired a rescue dog, Zadie, and a faster scooter on which they do all their commuting.

JeNNIFer cresWeLL ’05 m.DIv. and IaN DoescHer ’05 m.DIv. live in Portland, OR. Jennifer is the rector of St. Luke the Physician episcopal Church in Gresham, OR. Ian was ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and is pastor of Calvary Presbyterian Church. Ian is also working to finish his Ph.D. long-distance from Union Theological Seminary. Their sons, Liam and Graham, are 6 and 4 years old.

KrIsteN DUNN ’05 m.DIv. is ordained in full connection in the United Methodist Church, living in New Haven, CT, and working as the shelter coordinator for a domestic vio- lence shelter.

NatHaN eDDY ’05 m.DIv. is serving as Free Church chaplain to the University of Man-chester in Manchester, UK. Wife Clare is serving as Anglican chaplain. Daughter elise was born on May 29, 2009, and Mahalia is now 3. The family loves life in the UK and visits from Yale friends, too.

vIctorIa garDNer ’05 m.a.r. has been working hard, running and singing in the opera company she founded in 2008, Hillhouse

Simon Burce ‘04 M.A.R. with his daughter Julianna

save tHe Date For coNvocatIoN aND reUNIoNs WeeK 2010, octoBer 11–14the following classes will be celebrating reunions:

cLass oF 1960 (50tH) cLasses oF 1964, 1965 & 1966cLass oF 1985 (25tH) cLasses oF 1979, 1980 & 1981 cLasses oF 1999, 2000 & 2001

if you are interested in helping to plan your reunion, please email Carmen Germino ’07 M.DiV., Director of Alumni Relations, at divinity.alumni@yale.edu.

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Opera Company, in New Haven. Anyone in the greater New Haven area is encouraged to come to HHOC’s productions, which are free. See www.hillhouseoperacompany.org for more information.

moLLY FIeLD James ’05 m.DIv. serves part-time as associate rector of St. John’s epis-copal Church in essex, CT. She lives in Haddam, CT, with her husband Reade. Molly is pursu-ing a Ph.D. in theology and ethics at Hartford Seminary and the University of exeter (UK). Last spring, she spent ten weeks in residence at the University of exeter.

roBert LeacocK ’05 m.DIv. is working in Dallas at Saint Michael and All Angels Church. His wife Stefanie is doing cancer research at the University of Texas Southwestern. In October 2008, they welcomed their first child, a son named Weston. One of Weston’s godfathers is a YDS alum, DereK NeLsoN ’02 m.DIv.

tYLer maYFIeLD ’05 m.a.r. received his Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible at Claremont Graduate University in August 2009 with a dissertation on the book of ezekiel. He is teaching as an adjunct this academic year at Claremont School of Theology and the University of California, Riverside.

rIta PoWeLL ’05 m.DIv. serves the episco-pal Diocese of South Dakota as the youth and young adult ministry coordinator. She is work-ing with Native and non-native young people, exploring contemplative experience in ministry. After a stint with the Taizé community in France, Rita married Justin Beebe last year.

In June, JeFF WeLLs ’05 m.DIv. was ordained an elder in the United Methodist Church. Since July of 2005, he has served as the pastor of Community United Methodist Church in Mas-sapequa, NY. Je≠ serves as the chairperson of the NY Annual Conference Board of Church and Society. Je≠ is also proud to be a YDS class agent for the class of 2005.

cLass oF 2006secretaryelizabeth marie melchionna ’06 m.Div.elizabeth.melchionna@gmail.com aNN BoNNer-steWart ’06 m.DIv. and her husband Je≠ welcomed a daughter, Claire, on March 19, 2009. As if having a baby wasn’t enough change for one year, Ann also began

serving as the Chaplain at Saint Mary’s School, an all-girls’ episcopal high school in Raleigh, NC, in September 2009.

reBeKaH DavIs ’06 m.DIv. completed a chaplain residency this summer with Alegent Healthcare in Nebraska. Her work was with patients in cardiology, behavioral health, and end-of-life care. She ran for the US House of Representatives in Nebraska’s third congressio-nal district. Follow Rebekah’s campaign on her site, www.rebekahdavis.com.

eLIZaBetH LeroHL HILLer ’06 m.DIv. enjoys life in Chicago as pastor of Ashburn Lutheran Church and School, a multiracial and multicultural congregation on Chicago’s Southside. She is active in faith-based com-munity organizing ventures and through com-mittee work is supporting campus ministries of metropolitan Chicago. She enjoys kayaking and exploring Cook County’s Forest Preserves with her husband tIm HILLer ’07 m.a.r.

eLIZaBetH marIe meLcHIoNNa ’06 m.DIv. began in August 2009 to serve as associ-ate rector of St. Alban’s episcopal Church and as episcopal campus chaplain at Davidson College. Both are in Davidson, NC.

gILes scoFIeLD ’06 m.DIv. continues to live in Canada, where he works as a clinical ethicist for the Centre for Clinical ethics, and teaches in the department of family and community medicine, in the faculty of medicine, at the Uni-versity of Toronto. This summer he returned to Denmark for a brief family visit, after which he attended and participated in an ethics conference in Tubingen, Germany.

JareD r. staHLer ’06 m.DIv. was a reli-gion fellow at the Chautauqua Institution in July 2009. He participated in the Institution’s interfaith new clergy program with nine other recently ordained clergy from various faith tra-ditions. Jared continues to serve Saint Peter’s Church in New York City. KaJI sPeLLmaN ’06 m.DIv. was recently called by Saint Peter’s to serve on the same pastoral team.

cLass oF 2007secretaryandrew Nurkin ’07 m.a.r.andrew.nurkin@gmail.com LYNDa IveY BIgLer ’07 m.DIv. was installed as pastor of the Congregational UCC in Humboldt, IA, in May. The stole she wore during her installation was handmade by congregation members, each square representing interests and occupations of congrega-tion families. In addition to her pastoral duties she sits on the boards of the UCC Disabilities Ministries, Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc., and the UCC Governance Work Group.

In January 2009, NaNcY BUtLer ’07 m.DIv. started

Riverfront Family Church in downtown Hart-ford, CT. She writes that she started the new church “for people, like myself, seeking a combination of contemporary wor-ship and progressive social policies.”

carL craNNeY ’07 m.a.r. worked as an assistant editor at BYU Studies for a year before beginning his Ph.D. in systematic theology at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.

tIm HILLer ’07 m.a.r. and eLIZaBetH LeroHL HILLer ’06 m.DIv. live in Chicago.Tim is continuing his doctoral studies in theol-ogy at the University of Chicago.

DottIe HUtcH ’07 m.DIv. has been called to serve as part-time pastor of First Congregational Church in east Millinocket, Me. She began her ministry on Ash Wednesday of 2009.

aLIsHa LoLa JoNes ’07 m.DIv. is a doctoral student in ethnomusicology at the University of Chicago. Recently she founded the InSight Ini-tiative, Inc., which is a think-for-action tank that facilitates inter-cul-tural reconciliation through the review of media and multi-media production.

WeNDY LIDDLe ’07 m.DIv. and cHase s K o r B U r g ’ 0 7 m.a.r. were mar-ried in August 2008 in Seattle, WA.

LINDa LoYD ’07 m.DIv. and garY LoYD ’07 m.DIv. have become grand-parents twice over since graduation. Their son, Jesse, and his wife Kelly are now par-ents of Brody (born in 2007) and Brynn (born in 2009).

aNDreW NUrKIN ’07 m.DIv. continues to coordinate civic engagement initiatives at Princeton University’s Pace Center. He is also pursuing an MFA in poetry at Vermont College

of Fine Arts.

In May 2009 racHeL PoLLaK ’07 m.a.r. re-ceived her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She lives in New York City and is the commu-nity coordinator for St. Lyd-ia’s, a Lower east Side “dinner church” founded by emILY scott ’06 m.DIv. (www.stlydias.org). She maintains her art studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn.Lynda ivey Bigler ’07 M.Div.

Molly Field James ’05 M.Div. with her husband Reade

Carl Cranney ’07 M.A.R.

Wendy Liddle ’07 M.Div. and Chase Skorburg ’07 M.Div.

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eLIZaBetH aBerNatHY stoNe ’07 m.DIv. and her husband Cosby have returned from a year of service in Tanzania. They live in Birmingham, AL, where elizabeth continues to work with high-risk children and Cosby is finishing medical school.

sameer YaDav ’07 s.t.m. writes: “On Feb 21, 2009, Whitney and I were blessed with our first child, Noah Sharad Yadav. Whitney is con-tinuing to work at Duke’s Institute on Care at the end of Life, and this fall I will be preparing for prelims for my third year in the Th.D. program at Duke, focusing on Philo-sophical Theology.”

cLass oF 2008secretaryelizabeth Wilkinson ’08 m.a.r.elizabeth.wilkinson@aya.yale.edu tImotHY Boerger ’08 m.DIv. was ordained as a pastor in the Lutheran church in February at St. Paul Lutheran in San Antonio, TX. Carlos Boerger, Timothy’s father, has been the pastor of St. Paul Lutheran since 1975, and presided over his son’s ordination.

DIaNa carroLL ’08 m.DIv. and Sarah Lam-ming (fall 2005 Cambridge exchange Student) celebrated the blessing of their civil partnership at Marquand Chapel in August. Diana and Sarah are living in Philadelphia, where Diana serves as assistant rector at The Church of the Holy Trin-ity, Rittenhouse Square, and Sarah is completing a CPe residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

mIKe DeL PoNte ’08 m.a.r. is living in the San Francisco Bay Area and leading Sparkseed, a nonprofit organization he founded that invests in college social entrepreneurs. Sparkseed pro-vides mentoring, seed money, pro-bono consult-ing, and web tools to ventures that address social and environment issues. Outside of work Mike continues to enjoy gardening, yoga, cooking with friends, and traveling.

roger HUstoN ’08 m.a.r. moved back to Iowa in June 2008 where he founded and ministers at Testify Church of Christ, the first gender-inclusive Church of Christ in Iowa. He is also finishing his second year in the master of public administra-tion degree program at Iowa State University and hopes to graduate in May. In the summer of 2009 he had the opportunity to visit Israel, Jordan, and egypt.

KatHerINe KeLLY ’08 m.a.r. and her husband Daniel welcomed Bridget Rose on January 5, 2009. Big brother Liam Thomas is 3. Kate and Dan recently moved to South Bend, IN, where Dan has accepted a position as an associate professor of law at Notre Dame Law School. Kate thoroughly

enjoys sharing the grace and knowl-edge acquired from YDS with the two children God has entrusted to her care.

WILLIs J. mccaW ’08 m.DIv. recently joined the sta≠ of Hospice Southeastern Connecticut in the newly created position of spiritual coordinator. In December 2008, McCaw completed a chaplain resi-dency at Hartford Hospital. He also currently serves as chaplain of the

Gospel Church of Trinity College, designing and

facilitating creative weekly worship services and advising and counseling students.

mIKe mcgoWaN ’08 m.DIv. is in the second year of his Ph.D. in systematic theology and philosophy of religion. In his spare time, he is the teaching assistant for a “Systematic Theol-ogy for Ministry” class, and the research assistant for the “Religion and the American Presidency” project with Columbia University Press. He and his wife live in sunny, southern California, and are more than happy to host anyone who needs a place to crash.

cLass oF 2009secretaryKimberly Bauser ’08 m.Div. kimberly.bauser@yale.edu KIm BaUser ’09 m.DIv. is still awesome, perhaps even more so.

JacKIe HaLL ’09 m.DIv. spent the summer after graduation supply preaching every Sunday that she was home. She has also been standing in as the acting youth minister at her church while interviewing for other jobs.

sYLvIa mULLINs ’09 m.a.r. spent the past year in Tübingen, Germany, studying through the Baden-Württemburg exchange Program. She is starting a Ph.D. in late medieval/reforma-tion history at Georgetown University.

elizabeth Abernathy Stone ’07 M.Div. with her hus-band Cosby in Tanzania

Sameer yadav ’07 S.T.M. with wife Whitney and son, Noah

Roger Huston ’08 M.A.R.

Diana Carroll ’08 M.Div and Sarah Lamming celebrat-ing their civil partnership

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