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In 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 4 June 14–18 June 21–25

A week of special workshops designed for
recent graduates, church wardens and
those in the non-profit sector.
June 7–11
Harold 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 Tu rn er , Horace Tracy Pitkin
Professor of Historical Theology
“Julian of Norwich: Mystical Theologian”
Robert Wi lson, 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”
Bruce Gordon , Titus Street Professor
of Theology
“The Reformation”
Harold Attridge , Emi li e Town es ,
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of African
American Religion and Theology, and
Edward Waggon er , Lecturer in
Theology
“Theological Sampler”

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11 ISM Fellows

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Dear Alumni and Friends of Yale Divinity School,
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
s p e c t r u m
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.
Sincerely,
Harold W. Attridge
The Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean and
Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament
Advent, 2009
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year in review
Pastors Face a Perfect Storm
by Frank Brown

W
hen Peggy Niederer ’01 M.Div. became es polled reporting having to make budget cuts. This figure
pastor in 2003 of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in was even higher in congregations with only one minister.
Leonia, NJ , she knew that the small congregation’ s
survival might, one day, come into question. By But, even as this perfect storm of diminishing resources and
late 2009, that day appeared to be growing closer as the power- heightened need is visited upon congregations across the
ful forces of the recession ravaged the church’s finances. Holy denominational spectrum, YDS alumni leaders are o≠ering
Spirit was forced to dip into its endowment, and at the worst models for how to not only survive but also prosper in such
possible moment. an environment. It is a time, they say, when churches can
fill their congregants’ needs and o≠er prophetic leadership
“The stock devalued at the same time that we needed to with- in ways that secular institutions cannot. And, the ongo-
draw from it. We took a double hit,” says Niederer. “We may ing crisis is also an opportunity to move along the some-
never recover from that. It may shorten times glacial process of reforming and
the life of the congregation. It could be streamlining the business side of local
five years instead of ten or two years in- church operations. Above all, they say,
stead of eight. It’s hard to know.” focus on a core Christian message must
win out over the clamor of worried voices
The recession, which o∞cially began in and distractions.
late 2007, has taken a harsh toll on Holy
Spirit Lutheran, an ELCA congregation “In 35 years of ministry and teaching,
where about two dozen people attend a I’ve never lived through anything where
typical Sunday service. The congrega- churches are as preoccupied with the econ-
tion’s president, a faithful tither, was omy as they are today,” says Dan Bonner
out of work for nearly a year. Giving was ’76 M.Div., ’77 S.T.M., a Methodist pastor
down by eight percent for the fiscal year who heads the Center for Urban Congrega-
that ended June 30, 2009. The church’s tional Renewal in Georgetown, TX . “What
Shepard Parsons ’84 M.Div.
preschool, founded in 1967, struggled I encourage folks to do is to keep our eye on
along, with Niederer filling the director’s position until our mission and not fret, certainly publicly, over things we
December 2009. Then it closed, after 42 years. cannot control in our environment. The institutions that are
staying the course and even expanding around the edges are
Across the country, Y DS alumni pastors are struggling with the ones staying on mission. The mission of the church is the
the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. good news, the peace and justice, the whole bundle.”
Shepard Parsons ’84 M.Div., a United Church of Christ
minister in Shelton, CT , took a 63 percent pay cut and went The Lake Institute’s study, the “2009 Congregational Eco-
part-time as the sole pastor. Ruth Ann Chartier ’93 M.Div., nomic Impact Study,” found that churches that have older
a UCC pastor, is moving from one financially struggling members, are more dependent on endowment income, and
church in Massachusetts to another in Pennsylvania, in part are smaller in size are faring worse than their counterparts.
because she is impressed with the new congregation’s gritty The good news from the Lake Institute, which polled mostly
survival skills. local Protestant churches, seemed to be that, overall, giving
was up from 2007 to 2008, although the rate of increase was
These experiences mirror the findings of a 2009 national not as high as in previous years.
study by the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving that captures
the extraordinary economic pressures at work. Just as endow- Jerry Henry ’80 M.Div., chair of the Development Committee
ment dividends shrink and church members themselves are of the YDS Alumni Board, parses such numbers for a living
squeezed financially, local churches are witnessing a jump in as an Atlanta-based partner with the Alexander Haas fund-
demand for the social services that they have historically pro- raising consulting firm. “Giving to religion is one of the last
vided. According to the study, nearly one-third of the church- things to decrease. I think it has to do with the deep spiritual

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Across the country, YDS alumni pastors are struggling with the worst
economic downturn since the Great Depression.
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
Ruth Ann Chartier ’93 M.Div.
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.”
s p e c t r u m
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
Kerry Robinson ’94 M.A.R.
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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 FACULTY NOTES AND NEWS
YDS faculty
by Jason Peno ’10 M.Div.
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
Christopher Beeley
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.
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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
D i v i n i t y S c h o o l
press include “Kant on Depravity” in tions include “First Sunday of Advent/ and presentations is “Spirituality and
Kant on Practical Justification. World AIDS Day” and “Cancer Ethics in the Sustainability Agenda:
Awareness,” both online entries for Some Beginning Thoughts,” given at
Jeremy Hultin is on leave for the The African American Lectionary. Smith the Third World Forum on Theology
2009-2010 academic year. In September, has also served on the religious edu- and Liberation in Brazil.
he gave a paper at the cation/scholars sub-
British New Testament committee of the Tony Thomas H. Troeger serves as the
Society meeting in Blair Faith Foundation. national chaplain to the American Guild
Aberdeen, Scotland. Smith’s home church, of Organists, writing a monthly column
First Institutional Baptist for the Guild journal, The American
Willis J e n k i n s ’s Church of Phoenix, Organist. He also continues to supply a
book Ecologies of Grace: has named a hallway in monthly column for the preaching jour-
Environmental Ethics and her honor. nal Lectionary Homiletics. In September,
Christian Theology was Oxford University Press published
published by Oxford Bryan Spinks gave Troeger's third collection of poetry,
University Press. He the lecture “What is God, You Made All Things for Singing:
Thomas H. Troeger
has been developing Celtic about Neo-Celtic hymn texts, anthems and poems for a new
the joint degree program between the Christian Worship?” as the keynote millennium.
Yale Divinity School and the School paper at a 2008 meeting of the Society
of Forestry, where he also holds an for Liturgical Study in Mirfield, Tisa Wenger ’s book We Have
appointment. Outside of Yale, Jenkins England. Spinks serves as co-editor a Religion: The 1920s Pueblo Indian
has been active in the Christian Faith of the Scottish Journal of Dance Controversy and
and Earth project. Theology, on the edito- American Religious
rial board of the Society Freedom was published
Two books by Carolyn Sharp for Liturgical Study’s by the University of
came out in 2009: Irony and Meaning journal, Anaphora, and North Carolina Press.
in the Hebrew Bible published by on the editorial commit- In press is Wenger’s
Indiana University Press and Old tee of Ashgate Press’s essay “God and the
Testament Prophets for Today pub- Liturgy, Worship and Constitution: Histori-
lished by Westminster John Knox. Society series. cizing American Secu-
Her essay “Jeremiah” was published larisms,” in the book
in the Theological Bible Commentary. Paul Stuehrenberg Public Religion, Secu-
Tisa Wenger
Sharp published three book reviews published an article, larism, and Democracy.
and seven pieces for two homiletics “Theological Librarianship,” for the She gave an invited lecture, “We
resources, Feasting on the Word and forthcoming third edition of the Have a Religion: The 1920s Pueblo
Workingpreacher.org. She is in the ordi- Encyclopedia of Libraries and Informa- Indian Dance Controversy and
nation process in the Episcopal Church, tion Science. American Religious Freedom,” at
and as part of that formation she com- the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
pleted a parish internship and a unit of Emilie Townes recently pub- in Albuquerque.
Clinical Pastoral Education in 2009. lished Religion, Health, and Healing in
African American Life, co-edited with Robert Wilson most recently
Yolanda Y. Smith is on sabbatical Stephanie Y. Mitchem. She is work- published an article entitled “Psalm
until September 2010. While on sab- ing on Foundations and Ruminations 41: Exegetical Perspective,” in volume
batical, Smith is writing a book titled in Womanist Moral Thought: Selected one of Feasting on the Word, Year B,
Women’s Spirituality and Education in Essays, and Womanist Theological edited by David L. Bartlett and Barbara
the Black Church. Her recent publica- Reader. Among her most recent lectures Brown Taylor.

s p e c t r u m 5
 PROLIFIC YEAR FOR FACULTY AUTHORS
YDS faculty
by Michael O’Loughlin ’09 M.A.R.
F
or 1 4 y e ars 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?”
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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
D i v i n i t y S c h o o l
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.
s p e c t r u m
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.
7
 Strength to Strength
B D S NEW S
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.
8 Y a l e
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 Britton
President and Dean
D i v i n i t y S c h o o l
B ER K E LE Y NOTES
The Bishop Berkeley Society
To 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.
Edu c a t i o n a l L e a d e r s hip a nd Mini 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.”
s p e c t r u m
Andrea Burr ’10 M.Div. and Harlon Dalton administer communion at Chapel
on the Green
Urban and environmental initiatives
Through 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.
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 A Year of Building Bridges
by Martin D. Jean, Director
I S M NEW S
T
h e I nstitut e 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.
10
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 Y DS , the Institute sponsored
three exhibitions: The Story of Our Journey: The Art of John
August Swanson; The Prodigal Son Returns: The Art of Soichi
Y a l e D i v i n i t y S c h o o l

John August Swanson: “Festival of Lights,” 2000
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 C D 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.
s p e c t r u m
ISM Fellows in Sacred Music,
Worship, and the Arts
by Martin D. Jean, Director
W ith gre at ple asure 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.
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annual report
Y D S B Y T H E N U MBERs
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.
Yale Divinity School Student Profile
Enrollment by age 2009-10
Under 25 123
25-29 132
30-34 50
35-39 20
40-49 35
Over 50 40
Enrollment by program and
gender 2009-10
WOMEN MEN
M.Div. 95 92
M.A.R. 83 91
S.T.M. 7 12
Non-degree 11 9
TOTAL 196 204
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 2009
Graduates by program
M.Div. 58
M.A.R. 55
S.T.M. 13
TOTAL 126
12
Student diversity 2009-10
Black Non-Hispanic 33
Asian or Pacific Islander 18
Hispanic/Latino 11
Native American 0
White Non-Hispanic 242
Other/declined to state 95
International students 2009-10
Belarus 1
Brazil 1
Burma 1
Canada 3
China 5
Colombia 1
Denmark 1
Germany 7
Ghana 2
Hong Kong 1
India 2
Jamaica 1
Kenya 2
Korea, Republic of 15
Latvia 1
Malaysia 2
Mexico 2
Poland 1
Serbia 1
Sierra Leone 1
Singapore 3
Sudan 1
Taiwan 1
United Kingdom 7
Y a l e
Major faith traditions
represented 2009-10
A.M.E. 7
Anglican 8
Assemblies of God 3
Baptist 18
Baptist, American 3
Baptist, Southern 2
Buddhist 1
Christian Reformed Church of N. Am. 5
Christian, unspecified denomination 7
Church of God 1
Church of God in Christ 3
Church of the Nazarene 2
Churches of Christ 3
Congregational (not UCC ) 4
Disciples of Christ 4
Episcopal 86
Evangelical 7
Hindu 2
Interdenominational 16
Jewish 3
Jewish, Reformed 1
Latter Day Saints 7
Lutheran 4
Lutheran (ELCA ) 20
Lutheran, Missouri Synod 1
Mennonite 4
Methodist, Korean 1
Methodist, United 29
Muslim 2
Non-denominational 7
Other 13
Pentecostal 4
Presbyterian (non-US ) 9
Presbyterian (USA ) 18
Presbyterian, Other 2
Presbyterian, PCA 4
Quaker 1
Roman Catholic 29
Unitarian 2
United Church of Christ 20
Unspecified 28
D i v i n i t y S c h o o l
 Gifts (for Current Operations)
1

Student Financial Aid $ 407,795 5.21% 2

3
Other Restricted $ 1,155,500 14.76%
Total Restricted $ 1,563,295 1

Unrestricted $ 0 2
3
Total UNRestricted $ 0
1
TOTAL CURRENT OPERATIONS $ 1,563,295 2
11
22
33
3

Gifts (for Capital Purposes)

44
55
66

Endowment and similar funds: unrestricted income $ 0

Endowment and similar funds: restricted income $ 6,266,355 80.03%
Property, buildings, and equipment $ 0 0.00%
T otal-Capital Purposes 11
22
33
$ 6,266,355
44
55

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

66
77
1
2
88
3 99
4 10
10
5
6

1
2
3
4 1
5
6
7 2
8

Revenues and Other Support 3

9
10

Investment income $ 17,487,330 66.92% 5

6
Tuition and fees $ 6,991,873 26.75% 1
2
Contributions from other organizations and individuals $ 602,114 2.31% 3

Grants, contracts, and appropriations $ 285,077 1.10% 4

15
Auxiliary enterprises $ 338,552 1.30% 26

Other sources 1
1
2
$ 422,525 1.62% 3
2
3
1 3 4
2 14
41

TOTAL REVENUES, GAINS, AND OTHER SUPPORT $ 26,127,471

3 25
512
4 36
623
54
5
3
645

6
456
56
6

1
1
2
21
3
321
4
4312
5125
436
23
654
7347
658
845
769
5
9867
6710
10
98
78
109
89
10
910

Expenditures
10

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% 1
2
Operation and maintenance of plant 1
2
1
2
133
$ 3,717,671 15.93% 3
24
145

Library $ 1,466,789 6.29% 4

3
256
46
3
51
14
62
25
1 3
36
5
Research $ 285,077 1.23%
2 14
41
3 25
512
4 36
623
54
6
3
645

7
Auxiliary enterprises $ 309,633 1.33%
456
56
6 1
8
2
Admissions $ 401,503 1.73% 9
3
10
Student services 11
$ 287,566 1.24% 4
22
13
3
15
1244

TOTAL EXPENDITURES 2355

34661
1457
72
$ 23,322,220 26
25
16883
36
2791
9
37
4

CAPITAL MAINTENANCE & OPERATING RESERVES $ 5,604,784

47 110
3810
25
192
58
436
210
69 3
547
48
73 4
658
10
84 5
769
95 6
59
87
6710
10
98
78
10
89
9 610
10
910
10
7
8
9
10

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 Honor Roll
annual report

O F
IT is with great appreciation that
we present the 2008-2009 Honor
Roll of Donors. The donors listed
herein have generously contributed
in support of the students and
programs at Yale Divinity School.
The following pages record the names
of Yale alumni and friends who made
* Alumni in the five most recent YDS classes are recognized for any gift.
a gift, pledge payment, or new pledge
of $250 or more credited to the 2008-
D O N ORS
Donor Recognition Levels*
Marquand Society $5,000 or more
Edwards Circle $2,500–$4,999
Beecher Benefactors $1,000–$2,499
Bushnell Sponsors $500–$999
Stuart Associates $250–$499
Donors are listed alphabetically within each giving level and all Yale degrees
are indicated.

2009 fiscal year. We also include
recognition of the congregations,
corporations and foundations that
provided support to Y DS .
; 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
* Deceased

Marquand Society Michael D.S. Donovan ; Mrs. John A. Luke ’86 M.A.R.

Anonymous D. Stuart Dunnan v Anne Mallonee ’86 M.Div. v

Julia Ableson Peter D. Eaton v Alonzo L. McDonald

Denise and Stephen Adams ’59 B.A. Arthur R. Eikamp ’47 B.D. ; Debbie McLeod Sears ’09 M.Div.

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
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.
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

E. Stephen Carlsen v F. Washington Jarvis v Peter Feely Walsh ’92 M.Div. 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. ;
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
Ralph R. Warren, Jr. v G
William H. Wright II ’82 B.A. v
Edwards Circle
Anonymous
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

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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
Beecher Benefactors
Anonymous
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
s p e c t r u m
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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annual report
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 Sponsors
Anonymous
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
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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. ;
Y a l e
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.
D i v i n i t y S c h o o l
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
Stuart Associates
Anonymous
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. ;
s p e c t r u m
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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annual report
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.
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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.
Y a l e
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. ;
D i v i n i t y S c h o o l
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.
s p e c t r u m
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 &
Organizations
Association 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.
Congregations
All Saints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, G A 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
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Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Auburn, AL v St. Paul’s Church, Plainfield, CT v
Parish of Trinity Church, New York, NY v St. Paul’s Church, Wallingford, CT v
R.E. Lee Memorial Church, Lexington, VA St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Brunswick, ME v
Saint Michael and All Angels Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Fairfield, CT v
Dallas, TX v St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Riverside, CT v
Second Congregational Church, Greenwich, CT St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Salem, OR v
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, St. Paul’s Parish, Bantam, CT v
San Francisco, CA v
St. Peter’s Church, Cheshire, CT
St. Alban’s Church, Syracuse, NY
St. Peter’s Church, Monroe, CT v
St. Andrew’s Church, Kent, CT v
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Milford, CT v
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church,
St. Raphael’s Church, Crossville, TN v
Millinocket, ME v
St. Stephen’s Church, Richmond, VA v
St. Anne’s in the Fields Church, Lincoln, MA v
St. Stephen’s Church, Ridgefield, CT v
St. Anne’s Parish, Middletown, DE v
St. Thomas’ Church, Fort Washington, PA v
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church,
St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue,
Greenwich, CT v
New York, NY v
St. Elizabeth’s Church, Ridgewood, NJ v
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Towson, MD v
St. Francis-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church,
St. Timothy Episcopal Church, Fairfield, CT v
Malvern, PA v
Trinity Cathedral Church, Columbia, SC v
St. James’ Church, Glastonbury, CT v
Trinity Church, Boston, MA v
St. James’ Church, New York, NY v
Trinity Church, Columbus, OH v
St. James Church, Perkiomen-Collegeville, PA v
Trinity Church, New York, NY v
St. James Episcopal Church, Keene, NH v
Trinity Church On Green, New Haven, CT v
St. James’s Church, Richmond, VA v
Trinity Episcopal Church, Concord, MA v
St. John the Evangelist Church,
Dunbarton, NH v Trinity Episcopal Church, Mobile, AL v
St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, CO v Trinity Episcopal Church, Southport, CT v
St. John’s Church, Ellicott City, MD v Trinity Episcopal Church, Staunton, VA
St. John’s Church, North Guilford, CT v Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, OR v
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Royal Oak, MI v Union Memorial Church, Stamford, CT
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Saginaw, MI v Westminster Presbyterian Church,
Charlottesville, VA
St. Luke’s Church, Fairport, NY v
Women’s Fellowship, First Congregational
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Des Moines, IA v
Church, Old Greenwich, CT
St. Luke in the Fields, New York, NY v
Zion Episcopal Church, North Branford, CT v
St. Luke’s Parish, Darien, CT v
St. Mark AME Church Inc., Orlando, FL
Planned Gifts and Bequests
St. Mark’s Cathedral, Shreveport, LA v
Julia E. Ableson
St. Mark’s Chapel, Storrs, CT v
Rosemary Dysart Baue ’98 M.Div.
St. Mark’s Church, New Britain, CT v
Katherine D. and William R. Bell, Jr. ’07 M.Div.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Springfield, VT v
Wilbur D. Canaday, Jr.* ’45 B.D.
St. Mark’s Parish, New Canaan, CT v
Francis W. Carr*
St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Charlotte, NC v
Jack L. Clark* ’59 Div.,’59 M.A.,’62 Ph.D.
St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Houston, TX v
Leonard G. Clough ’43 B.D.
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Arlington, VA v
Richard G. Copleston* v
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Manchester, CT v
Herbert F. Dabinett* ’35 Div.
St. Matthew’s Parish, Pacific Palisades, CA v
Arthur R. Eikamp ’47 B.D.
St. Matthew’s Parish, Wilton, CT v
William McC. Haynsworth*
St. Michael & All Angels, Dallas, TX v
Ralph C. Kau≠man* ’40 Div.,’40 Ph.D.
St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal
Harriet V. Leonard* ’58 M.Div.
Parish Church, Corona Del Mar, CA v
Sara P. Little* ’58 Div.,’58 Ph.D.
St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church,
Charles E. Minneman* ’57 S.T.M.
Cheektowaga, NY v
St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Old Saybrook, CT
St. Paul’s Church, Rochester, NY v
Y a l e D i v i n i t y S c h o o l
Gifts of Leadership
Annual Fund Volunteers
The 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 Volunteers
A 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 % Par tic ipatio n Class
Hugh Blair 90 1963
Stuart Haskins, Jr. 87 1955
Donald W. Preslan 84 1956
John Bertsch 83 1959
L. Eugene Brown 81 1948
ANNUAL FUND Class Agents
Annual Fund Chair
Jessica Lynn Anschutz ’07 M.Div.
Class of 1937
Winston Trever ’37 B.D.
Class of 1943
A. Waldo Farabee ’43 M.Div.
Class of 1946
Robert C. Lamar ’46 B.D.
Class of 1947
Constance Cronon Thurber ’47 M.Div.
Class of 1948
L. Eugene Brown ’48 B.D.
Class of 1950
A. Bertram Miller ’50 B.D.
Class of 1952
Roger S. Nicholson ’52 M.Div.
Class of 1954
R. Wade Ortel ’54 B.D.
Class of 1955
Stuart C. Haskins, Jr. ’55 B.D.
Class of 1956
Donald W. Preslan ’56 B.D.
Class of 1957
John Moore Bullard ’57 M.Div.
s p e c t r u m
Annu a l Gi v in g t h r o u g h t h e Annu a l F und
2008-09 Goals: 38% Participation and $410,000 in Annual Gifts
YDS # of % parti- Annual
Class Donors cipation GIFTS
1937 2 67 % $ 400
1938 2 67 % $ 233
1939 2 50% $ 150
1940 5 83% $ 2,147
1941 1 20% $ 100
1942 3 27 % $ 270
1943 7 54% $ 2,050
1944 6 50% $ 580
1945 14 56% $ 3,025
1946 13 50% $ 2,985
1947 13 54% $ 2,040
1948 14 61% $ 2,285
1949 14 47 % $ 1,925
1950 23 64% $ 5,215
1951 24 62% $ 5,595
1952 48 71% $ 12,015
1953 37 57 % $ 8,625
1954 45 66% $ 7,750
1955 52 87 % $ 6,350
1956 46 84% $ 8,520
1957 35 74% $ 6,100
1958 40 52% $ 10,103
1959 45 79% $ 8,640
1960 42 65% $ 7,240
1961 55 50% $ 8,820
1962 44 56% $ 6,915
1963 52 58% $ 7,390
1964 49 48% $ 6,336
1965 26 38% $ 3,775
1966 36 43% $ 6,875
1967 40 43% $ 5,930
1968 35 41% $ 4,108
1969 43 47 % $ 5,740
1970 35 37 % $ 6,492
1971 30 34% $ 4,860
1972 35 32% $ 4,430
1973 38 38% $ 7,910
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.
Class of 1958
James K. Donnell ’58 B.D.
Class of 1959
John T. Bertsch ’59 B.D.
Class of 1960
Thomas F. Schafer ’60 B.D., ’61 S.T.M.
Class of 1961
John F. Piper, Jr. ’61 B.D.
Class of 1963
Hugh N. Blair ’63 B.D.
Robert M. Cassels ’63 B.D.
David A. Ehline ’63 B.D.
YDS # of % parti- Annual
Class Donors cipation GIFTS
1974 35 34% $ 4,195
1975 35 32% $ 5,610
1976 39 33% $ 4,120
1977 49 28% $ 5,536
1978 47 37 % $ 5,928
1979 55 43% $ 6,610
1980 46 34% $ 10,406
1981 46 34% $ 6,830
1982 30 24% $ 7,550
1983 42 31% $ 5,600
1984 32 26% $ 10,390
1985 31 26% $ 5,253
1986 39 27 % $ 8,670
1987 31 23% $ 2,097
1988 37 27 % $ 3,862
1989 30 20% $ 3,760
1990 30 21% $ 1,130
1991 28 26% $ 4,839
1992 26 26% $ 2,205
1993 24 19% $ 2,820
1994 26 20% $ 5,940
1995 22 18% $ 9,230
1996 37 26% $ 12,403
1997 22 23% $ 3,050
1998 23 25% $ 7,885
1999 13 17 % $ 3,120
2000 15 14% $ 860
2001 17 15% $ 1,529
2002 25 20% $ 2,895
2003 29 23% $ 2,276
2004 42 27 % $ 5,988
2005 23 19% $ 1,600
2006 33 27 % $ 3,515
2007 41 34% $ 4,089
2008 43 32% $ 10,209
2009 67 53% $ 12,197
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 1964
Ernest R. Stair ’64 B.D.
Class of 1966
Robert K. Loesch ’66 B.D.
Class of 1967
Donald J. West ’67 B.D.
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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.
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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 2004
Chair
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 2005
Chair
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 2006
Chair
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 2007
Chair
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.
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Class of 2008
Chair
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 Advisors
The 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.
D i v i n i t y S c h o o l
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 AFFairs
The 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.
s p e c t r u m
Reunion Planning Committees
The 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 Reunion 25th Reunion
Chair Kenneth F. Baily ’84 M.Div.
J. Kenneth Kuntz ’59 B.D. John C. Barrow ’84 M.Div., ’85 S.T.M.
Steven C. Bonsey ’84 M.Div., ’87 S.T.M.
A. Ralph Barlow, Jr. ’59 B.D., ’64 S.T.M.
Mark A.T. Chinen ’84 M.Div.
William L. Barnes ’59 B.D.
Maureen A. Dickmann ’84 M.Div.
Thomas E. Duggan ’59 B.D.
Bonita D. Grubbs ’84 M.A.R.
Peter C. Hodgson ’59 B.D.
Dyan M. Levander ’84 M.Div.
Thomas M. Johnston, Jr. ’59 M.Div.
Shepard A. Parsons ’84 M.Div.
Mary N. Keithahn ’59 M.R.E.
Judy E. Pidcock ’84 M.Div.
Don C. Skinner ’59 B.D..
Whit Stodghill ’84 M.Div.
’73, ’74, ’75 Cluster Reunion
’93, ’94, ’95 Cluster Reunion
James H. Evans, Jr. ’75 M.Div
Margaret L. Beck ’94 M.Div.
L. Ann Hallisey ’75 M.Div.
April T. Bradley ’96 M.A.R.
H. Timothy Halverson ’74 M.Div.
Martha C. Highsmith ’95 M.Div.
Richard O. Johnson ’75 M.Div.
Patrick J. Kucera ’94 M.Div., ’95 S.T.M.
Arthur B. Keys, Jr. ’73 M.Div.
Peter C. Laarman ’93 M.Div.
Marylouise Oates ’73 M.Div.
Susan K. Olson ’93 M.Div.
Christopher Glenn Sawyer ’75 M.Div.
Anna T. Ramirez ’93 M.Div.
Jake B. Schrum ’73 M.Div.
Anisa P. Cottrell Willis ’95 M.Div.
Gus Spohn ’73 M.A.R.
J. David Stinson ’75 M.Div.
b e c o m e a v o L un t e e r
If 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.
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alumni news
Class Notes
1940s •1950s •1960s •1970s •1980s •1990s •2000 s
Class of 1937
Joseph 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 1939
Caxton 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 41
Immediately 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 1945
George 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.
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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 1947
After 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
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2010 Convocation Lectures
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.
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.
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.
D i v i n i t y S c h o o l
Class of 1948
Secretary
Robert 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
s p e c t r u m
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 1949
Secretary
William Randolph Sengel ’4 9 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 1950
Secretary
Doris “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-
Save the date fo r Co nvo c atio n and
Re unio ns W eek 2010 , Oc to ber 11–14
The following classes will be celebrating reunions:
Cla s s of 1 9 6 0 (5 0 t h) Classes of 1964, 1965 & 1966
Cla s s of 1 9 8 5 (25 t h) 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.
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
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alumni news
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 1951
In 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
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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
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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.
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edu. Their two adopted grandchildren, Charlie
and Ryan, ages 5 and 7, are thriving with their
parents in Fort Myers, FL .
Class of 1952
Secretary
Richard 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-
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Bernice Cosey-Pulley ’53 B.D. presenting a book to
Rebecca Lenn ’10 M.A.R. of the YDS Women’s Center
ber 2009 I published the 56th Annual YDS ’52
Class Letter.”
Class of 1953
Beverly 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 1954
Donald 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
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 Episcopal Diocese of Central New York. Two of
alumni news
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
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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-
Richard Boeke ’54 B.D.
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
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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 1955
Robert 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 .
After serving two denominations—Methodist
and Episcopal—at the University of Illinois,
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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.
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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 1957
John 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 1958
Secretary
Paul 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-
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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
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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 1959
Secretary
J. 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
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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.
Alan McLean ’59 B.D. recalls that YDS
provided him a critical transition from medical
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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.
1960 – Save the Date for your 50th
Reunion, October 11-14, 2010.
Class of 1960
Elizabeth 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-
s p e c t r u m
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.
Norval Reece ’60 M.Div.
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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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 1961
Secretary
Fred 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
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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
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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.
“Retirement for me is about exercising choices
and options. It’s easy to say ‘yes’ when requests
come to challenge my energy, interests, and
commitment to the Church,” wrote Marilyn
D i v i n i t y S c h o o l

Don Saliers ’62 B.D., speaks at the 2009 Alumni
Awards Luncheon where he received the Alumni
Award for Distinction in Theological Education
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 1962
Secretary
Ronald 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.
s p e c t r u m
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.


1964 Save the Date for your Cluster
Reunion with the classes of 1965
and 1966, October 11-14, 2010.
Class of 1964
Secretary
Jane 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 hn El s e ’ 6 4
M . D i v . retired in
2005 from the Presi- Lois Capps ’64 M.A.R.
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
alumni news
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
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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.
1965 Save the Date for your Cluster
Reunion with the classes of 1964
and 1966, October 11-14, 2010.
Class of 1965
Secretary
Bruce 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.
Y a l e
1966 Save the Date for your Cluster
Reunion with the classes of 1964
and 1965, October 11-14, 2010.
Class of 1966
Secretary
Neil 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.
D i v i n i t y S c h o o l
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
s p e c t r u m
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 1967
Secretary
Elaine 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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alumni news
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. Elaine Tiller ’67 M.Div.
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-
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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 . D i v . 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.
Stephen Shuart ’69 M.Div., Harry Knisely ’69 M.Div., Robert Taylor ’69 M.Div., and Charlie Cloughen ’69 M.Div. at
the 2009 Convocation & Reunions Week
Class of 1969
In 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
Y a l e
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
D i v i n i t y S c h o o l
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 1970
Secretary
Jerald 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,
s p e c t r u m
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 1971
John 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.
Richard Hall ’71 M.Div. is finishing his
fifth year as financial manager for Child Care
Resources of Monmouth County, NJ . After wob-
bling partway through a Ph.D. program at Iowa,
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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
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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 1972
Bill 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
Y a l e
the board of directors of Oak Ridge Associated
Universities.
Class of 1974
Secretary
Joseph 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 1975
Secretary
Richard 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.
D i v i n i t y S c h o o l
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
s p e c t r u m
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 Dick Clay ’76 M.Div.
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 1976
Secretary
Paige Smith ’76 M.Div.
PaigeLSmith@aya.yale.edu
Dick CLAY ’76 Div. , who
was at Y DS 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 Y DS 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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alumni news
Secretary
Susan 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 Ron Degges ’77 M.A.R.
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-
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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 Y DS 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
Y DS , 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 1978
Secretary
Vaughan 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
Y a l e
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 Y DS 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.
1979 Save the Date for your Cluster
Reunion with the classes of 1980
and 1981, October 11-14, 2010.
Class of 1979
Secretary
Ron 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
D i v i n i t y S c h o o l
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.
1980 Save the Date for your Cluster
Reunion with the classes of 1979
and 1981, October 11-14, 2010.
Class of 1980
Secretary
Jerry 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
s p e c t r u m
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
Nancy Taylor ’81 M.Div. receives the Alumni Award for
Distinction in Congregational Ministry from Dean
Harold Attridge at the 2009 Alumni Awards Luncheon
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
1981 Save the Date for your Cluster
Reunion with the classes of 1979
and 1980, October 11-14, 2010.
Jerry W. Henry ’80 M.Div. speaking during the 2009 Convocation &
Reunions Week
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 1982
Secretary
Paul 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
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alumni news
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.
Paul Jacobson ’83 M.A.R. with his four siblings and mother.
John C. Wagner ’82 M.Div. has been
a United Methodist pastor since graduation,
serving churches in Indiana and Ohio. He is
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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 1983
Secretary
Kathleen 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
Y a l e
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, OD 180. 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 David Norgard ’83 M.Div.
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
D i v i n i t y S c h o o l
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 1984
Secretary
Maureen 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
s p e c t r u m
Bonita Grubbs ’84 M.A.R. at the 2009 Alumni Awards
Luncheon, where she received the Lux et Veritas Award
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.
1985 – Save the Date for your 25th
Reunion, October 11-14, 2010.
Class of 1985
Secretary
Eugene 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
alumni news
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 1986
Secretary
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 YDS er
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 Y DS .
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
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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 Y DS graduate. He and
Paul enjoy reminiscing about several of the
same faculty they shared—at di≠erent times—
as students.
Dean of Canterbury Cathedral Robert Willis and
Patricia Hames ’88 M.Div.
Class of 1988
Ruth 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 Y DS .
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
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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 1989
Joseph 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 Y DS , 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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rently serve as priest associates at St. Mark’s,
New Britain, where their friend, Pat Hames, is
the rector.
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 Y DS remains fresh
and sweet.
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Class of 1991
Secretary
David 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 1992
Secretary
Fredrick 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 .”
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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 .
Julie Yarborough ’93 M.Div. and YDS Associate Dean of Students
Dale Peterson
Class of 1993
Lee 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
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alumni news
and he and his wife are pursuing an adoption
from Bulgaria. He writes, “Life continues to go
well here in North Carolina. I miss YDS and the
C.S. Lewis Society—is it still meeting? But hope
all is well.”
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.
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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
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
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 1994
Secretary
Amy 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.
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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 1995
Secretary
Anisa 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.
Randall Forester ’95 M.Div. with his family
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.”
Christian Glen ’95 M.Div. an Anglican
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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
(Lizzie), and proud parent of two daughters
(ages seven and ten).”
Class of 1997
Secretary
James 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 Care Goodstal ’99 M.Div. and professor Bryan D. Spinks at
years. Prior to that, he spent nine years as the Hammonasset Beach on their wedding day

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
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 1998
Secretary
Stephen 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 .
1999 Save the Date for your Cluster
Reunion with the classes of 2000
and 2001, October 11-14, 2010.
Class of 1999
Care 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
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alumni news
post as university chaplain of Aoyama Gakuin
University in 2007. Taminobu has been giving
lectures on Christianity and the New Testament
as an associate professor there. Additionally, she
has been serving concurrently as vice-pastor of
Ogikubo Shimizu Church, the United Church
of Christ in Japan. Please pray to God for Japan
and her health.
2000 Save the Date for your
Cluster Reunion with the classes of
1999 and 2001, October 11-14, 2010.
Class of 2000
Secretary
Terese (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 .
2001 Save the Date for your Cluster
Reunion with the classes of 1999
and 2000, October 11-14, 2010.
Class of 2001
Secretary
Samuel 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
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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 2002
Secretary
Stephanie 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 )
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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.
Caleb Kroon with younger sister and brother, Rachel
and Nathanniel
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.
D i v i n i t y S c h o o l
Class of 2003
Secretaries
Jennifer 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
s p e c t r u m
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-
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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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alumni news
school districts and lives with his lovely wife
Jane six blocks north of YDS . Contemplating
the future reminds him of the beatitude, “Blessed
are those...who know their need for God.”
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 2004
Secretary
Elizabeth 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
S a v e the date for Convocation and
R e uni ons Week 2010 , October 11–14
The following classes will be celebrating reunions:
Cla s s of 1960 (5 0th) Classes of 1964, 1965 & 1966
Cla s s of 1985 (25 th) 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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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.
Simon Burce ‘04 M.A.R. with his daughter Julianna
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
Y a l e
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 2005
Secretary
Leslie 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
D i v i n i t y S c h o o l
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.
Molly Field James ’05 M.Div. with her husband Reade
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 2006
Secretary
Elizabeth 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
s p e c t r u m
serving as the Chaplain at Saint Mary’s School, Riverfront Family Church in downtown Hart-
an all-girls’ Episcopal high school in Raleigh, ford, CT . She writes that she started the new
NC , in September 2009. church “for people,
Rebekah Davis ’06 M.Div. completed a like myself, seeking
chaplain residency this summer with Alegent a combination of
Healthcare in Nebraska. Her work was with contemporary wor-
patients in cardiology, behavioral health, and ship and progressive
end-of-life care. She ran for the US House of social policies.”
Representatives in Nebraska’s third congressio- C a r l C r a nn e y
nal district. Follow Rebekah’s campaign on her ’07 M.A.R. worked
site, www.rebekahdavis.com. as an assistant editor
Elizabeth Lerohl Hiller ’06 M.Div. at BYU Studies for a Carl Cranney ’07 M.A.R.
enjoys life in Chicago as pastor of Ashburn year before beginning
Lutheran Church and School, a multiracial his Ph.D. in systematic theology at the Catholic
and multicultural congregation on Chicago’s University of America in Washington, DC .
Southside. She is active in faith-based com- Tim Hiller ’07 M.A.R. and Elizabeth
munity organizing ventures and through com- Lerohl Hiller ’06 M.Div. live in Chicago.
mittee work is supporting campus ministries of Tim is continuing his doctoral studies in theol-
metropolitan Chicago. She enjoys kayaking and ogy at the University of Chicago.
exploring Cook County’s Forest Preserves with
Dottie Hutch ’07 M.Div. has been called to
her husband Tim Hiller ’07 M.A.R.
serve as part-time pastor of First Congregational
Elizabeth Marie Melchionna ’06 Church in East Millinocket, ME . She began her
M.Div. began in August 2009 to serve as associ- ministry on Ash Wednesday of 2009.
ate rector of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church and as
Alisha Lola Jones ’07 M.Div. is a doctoral
Episcopal campus chaplain at Davidson College.
student in ethnomusicology at the University of
Both are in Davidson, NC .
Chicago. Recently she founded the InSight Ini-
Giles Scofield ’06 M.Div. continues to live tiative, Inc., which is a think-for-action tank that
in Canada, where he works as a clinical ethicist facilitates inter-cul-
for the Centre for Clinical Ethics, and teaches tural reconciliation
in the department of family and community through the review
medicine, in the faculty of medicine, at the Uni- of media and multi-
versity of Toronto. This summer he returned to media production.
Denmark for a brief family visit, after which he
Wendy Liddle ’07
attended and participated in an ethics conference
M.Div. and Chase
in Tubingen, Germany.
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Jared R. Stahler ’06 M.Div. was a reli- M.A.R. were mar-
gion fellow at the Chautauqua Institution in ried in August 2008
July 2009. He participated in the Institution’s in Seattle, WA .
interfaith new clergy program with nine other
Linda Loyd ’07
recently ordained clergy from various faith tra-
M.Div. and Gary
ditions. Jared continues to serve Saint Peter’s
Loyd ’07 M.Div.
Church in New York City. Kaji Spellman
have become grand-
’06 M.Div. was recently called by Saint Peter’s Wendy Liddle ’07 M.Div. and Chase
parents twice over Skorburg ’07 M.Div.
to serve on the same pastoral team.
since graduation.
Their son, Jesse, and his wife Kelly are now par-
Class of 2007
ents of Brody (born in 2007) and Brynn (born
Secretary
in 2009).
Andrew Nurkin ’07 M.A.R.
Andrew Nurkin ’07 M.Div. continues
andrew.nurkin@gmail.com
to coordinate civic engagement initiatives at
Lynda Ivey Bigler ’07 M.Div. was Princeton University’s Pace Center. He is also
installed as pastor of the Congregational UCC pursuing an MFA in poetry at Vermont College
in Humboldt, IA , in May. of Fine Arts.
The stole she wore during her In May 2009 R a c h e l
installation was handmade by Pollak ’07 M.A.R. re-
congregation members, each ceived her MFA from the
square representing interests School of the Art Institute
and occupations of congrega-
of Chicago. She lives in New
tion families. In addition to her York City and is the commu-
pastoral duties she sits on the nity coordinator for St. Lyd-
boards of the UCC Disabilities ia’s, a Lower East Side “dinner
Ministries, Upper Des Moines church” founded by Emily
Opportunity, Inc., and the UCC Scott ’06 M.Div. (www.
Governance Work Group. stlydias.org). She maintains
In January 2009, Nancy her art studio in Gowanus,
Butler ’07 M.Div. started Lynda Ivey Bigler ’07 M.Div. Brooklyn.
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alumni news
Elizabeth Abernathy Stone ’07 M.Div. with her hus-
band Cosby in Tanzania
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 Sameer Yadav ’07 S.T.M. with wife
Institute on Care at the Whitney and son, Noah
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 2008
Secretary
Elizabeth 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.
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Roger Huston ’08 M.A.R. moved back facilitating creative weekly worship services and
to Iowa in June 2008 where he founded and advising and counseling students.
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
Roger Huston ’08 M.A.R.
Bend, IN, where Dan has accepted a
position as an associate professor of
law at Notre Dame Law School. Kate thoroughly Mike McGowan ’08 M.Div. is in the
enjoys sharing the grace and knowl- second year of his Ph.D. in systematic theology
edge acquired from YDS with the and philosophy of religion. In his spare time, he
two children God has entrusted to is the teaching assistant for a “Systematic Theol-
her care. ogy for Ministry” class, and the research assistant
Willis J. McCaw ’08 M.Div. for the “Religion and the American Presidency”
recently joined the sta≠ of Hospice project with Columbia University Press. He and
Southeastern Connecticut in the his wife live in sunny, southern California, and
newly created position of spiritual are more than happy to host anyone who needs
coordinator. In December 2008, a place to crash.
McCaw completed a chaplain resi-
dency at Hartford Hospital. He also Class of 2009
currently serves as chaplain of the Secretary
Gospel Church of Trinity College, designing and Kimberly 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.
Diana Carroll ’08 M.Div and Sarah Lamming celebrat-
ing their civil partnership
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