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Vol. 84, No. 2 DDH Bulletin Fall 2014 A remarkable invitation: Gratitude for Internships create learning opportunities Hubert Locke in staff meetings and works Hubert G. Locke will conclude his dis- with Executive Director tinguished service as a member of the Charlie Wiles and the CIC Board of Trustees at the end of this Board. She is developing year. First elected in 1998, he served dialogue groups among several consecutive terms. In addition Muslim, Christian, and to making estimable contributions Jewish youth from three to Board deliberations, committee selected communities and work, and task forces, he has regularly also among area college stu- engaged DDH students, including as dents. the 2007 Convocation speaker and in The internship allows her many consequential interactions. Rachel Abdoler and Rabbi Dennis Sasso “…the opportunity not only Hubert Locke is the John and Mar- She was observing the congregation’s to gain experience in basic ministerial guerite Corbally Professor of Public happy celebration of Simchat Torah, skills but also to think deeply about Service Emeritus at the University of which marks the end of one year’s cy- the tension involved in becoming part Washington, where he also served as cle of reading the Torah. People were of a community outside of one’s own Dean of the Evans School of Public dancing with and unfurling the Torah tradition while simultaneously re- Affairs and Vice Provost for Academic scrolls. And then, incredibly, a scroll maining distinct,” she says. Affairs. was placed in her arms, and she began Rachel Abdoler’s internship is one He is the author or editor of eleven to dance.... of two that DDH has arranged and volumes, including Searching for God House Scholar Rachel Abdoler is funded this year. The aim is to situ- in Godforsaken Times and Places: Re- interning in Indianapolis this year, ate students in exceptional settings of flections on the Holocaust, Racism, and exploring models for interfaith co- ministry where they can explore their Death and The Detroit Riot of 1967. He operation and how preparation for vocations and hone their abilities. was a co-founder of the Annual Schol- Christian ministry can be formed by House Scholar Danielle Cox is in ars Conference on the Holocaust and deep engagement with other religious Orange, California, at Disciples- the Churches and a former member communities. At Congregation Beth- related Chapman University. At the of the Committee on Conscience of El Zedeck, a synagogue affiliated with Fish Interfaith Center, she is learning both the Conservative and Recon- about campus ministry with Director structionist movements in Judaism, of Church Relations Nancy Brink, she is mentored by Senior Rabbi Den- Associate Director Cisa Payuyo, and nis Sasso and being invited into con- Gail Stearns, Dean of Wallace All gregational life and worship. Faiths Chapel. During the other half of her week, Ms. Cox focuses on empowering Ms. Abdoler works with the Center students to organize events, service for Interfaith Cooperation, which projects, and other faith programming, seeks to foster interfaith connections and opportunities. She participates (continued on page 3) (continued on page 2) 2 Gratitude for Locke of humanity.” That depiction reflects whomever you become, … remember (continued from page 1) his contributions to public life in the that people apparently thought of Jesus city of Detroit and elsewhere, as well first and foremost as a prophet—as one the U.S. Holocaust Museum. He was as his career as a scholar of the Holo- who spoke God’s truths to his time, as a 1959 BD graduate of the Federated caust and his academic leadership in we believe he does to all ages. That’s Faculty at the University of Chicago. the field of Public Affairs. It also ap- what you must do, wherever you find Mr. Locke has been awarded seven plies to his service as a trustee of the yourself, willing, ready and able to honorary doctorates and numerous Disciples Divinity House, where he speak truth to power, to speak out on other honors. One citation noted: has clarified, motivated, and helped behalf of the oppressed, the poor, the dis- “His words clarify, unite and moti- to attune DDH to the future. possessed, the marginalized to those who vate. His actions embolden and in- His 2007 charge to DDH’s gradu- have the ability to make a difference in spire. With an eye towards the future, ates distills his own lifework: Whatev- the world they confront, but who would he challenges all to look deeper, to er else you do, in whatever post to which just as soon forget or ignore the fact that understand, and to act for the good you go, wherever you find yourself and such people exist. New 2014 Scholars announced

is a 2010 magna cum laude BA gradu- ate of Truman State University, where was selected as the Philosophy and Religion Department’s Outstanding Undergraduate Student. In 2011, he was honored for “Best Undergraduate Paper” at the Midwest AAR meeting for “Baldwin IV: a Curious Case of Leprosy in the Latin Kingdom of Je- rusalem.” Virginia Johnston White (MDiv) is a 2013 magna cum laude BA gradu- ate of Rice University, where she ma- jored in Sociology and History and earned departmental honors and the University’s highest research prizes. (l to r) Joel Brown, Virginia Johnston White, Mark Lambert, Van VanBebber. After graduation she continued as a research fellow with Rice’s Religion Four new persons have joined the lished in the Restoration Quarterly. A and Public Life Program, managing ranks of Disciples Divinity House native of Oregon, he is a 2009 summa the “Religious Understandings of Sci- Scholars. cum laude BA graduate and a 2012 ence” study. She was a HELM Fellow, Joel A. Brown (PhD, Religions in summa cum laude MDiv graduate of a volunteer writing tutor, an intern at America) comes with a ThM degree Abilene Christian University. He was the Journal of Feminist Economics and from Brite Divinity School, where his part of the leadership team of Galileo at the James A. Baker Institute for thesis treated how three Dallas-Fort Christian Church, a new Disciples Public Policy, and a student leader; Worth area seminaries responded to congregation in Mansfield, Texas. she studied in London and partici- the Civil Rights movement. He writes, Mark M. Lambert (PhD, Theology) pated in the NCC’s Young Women’s “My research interests took new shape returns after having received his MA Leadership Experience at the UN. as a result of better understanding from the Divinity School in 2013 as a She writes: “I understand ministry as the complexity and diversity within Disciples House Scholar. He served as an act aimed toward revolutionizing American religious historical scholar- House Council President in 2012-13. communities toward positive change, ship today.” He received the Histori- He is interested in leprosy and its stig- focused on caring for others even cal Society’s Isaac Errett Award for his ma as “stubborn sections of the sym- when it is difficult, and acknowledg- paper on Alexander Campbell’s views bolic structure of Christianity, and ing the dual brokenness and potential on race and class, and he has pub- potent parts of religious parlance.” He for good in all persons.” 3 “Van” VanBebber (AMRS) is ex- ploring long-standing interests in reli- Named scholarship awards gion and next career steps. He earned the BS and MS in Business and Ac- counting at the University of North Texas, graduating summa cum laude. In 1993 he earned a JD at Columbia University with Stone Scholar honors, where he was a Stone Moot Court Semi-Finalist, served on the Human Rights Law Review, Law Revue show cast, and Columbia-Harlem Tutorial Program. Later, he was elected an eq- uity partner in the trial and litigation section of the Dallas firm, Hughes & Luce, LLP. He was active in the Dal- las Bar Association, especially in its mentoring program for at-risk Dallas public school children. He left law First row (l-r) Andrew Langford, Keri Anderson, Joel Brown, Allie Lundblad, Andrew Pack- practice to pursue a PhD at UNT in man. Second row (l-r) Judith Guy, Jeremy Fuzy, Virginia White, Mark Lambert, Interdisciplinary Information Science, Doug Collins. Not pictured: Hye In Park which he received earlier this year. The Edward Scribner Ames Scholarship The Alumni/ae Council selected for high academic achievement has third-year MDiv student Jeremy Fuzy Internships been awarded to Andrew Packman, as this year’s William Daniel Cobb (continued from page 1) a PhD student in Theology, who is Alumni/ae Scholar. A 2011 summa cum preparing to take his qualifying exams laude graduate of Drury University and she recently facilitated student this year. He is interested in how the in Religion and Philosophy, he has participation in an interfaith celebra- arts, hermeneutics, and philosophy focused on religion and public life. He tion at Homecoming. She works with can resource critical theological is a student assistant and media intern the Interfaith Council, Disciples on perspectives on reconciliation. A at DDH this year. Campus, and serves as a resource for 2012 MDiv graduate and ordained The Bernard F. and Annie Mae seventeen other spiritual and religious minister, he is also serving as one of Cooke Scholarship was awarded to groups. She hopes to enhance pro- three pastor-developers of Root and second-year MDiv Keri Anderson. gramming for progressive Christians. Branch Church in the Logan Square Keri is a 2009 summa cum laude “I love the work I’m doing,” she says, neighborhood. graduate of DePaul University in “and I’m certainly grateful for the op- The William Barnett Blakemore Chicago and a native of Peoria. She portunity to do it in such a support- Scholarship recognizes academic served as a foster parent and worked ive environment while I continue to promise and ecumenical vision and with at-risk children prior to graduate learn, read, reflect, and grow.” was awarded to Allie Lundblad, a school. She is doing field education Both scholars have completed two third-year MDiv student and a 2012 this year at Root and Branch Church. years of their MDiv studies and will graduate of Oberlin College. She Mark Lambert (see “New return for their third year of study in worked on community health issues Scholars”) received the M. Elizabeth 2015-16. in a southside Chicago neighborhood Dey Scholarship. The award was in summer 2013; this summer she established by Katherine Dey in completed CPE. She is under care for memory of her grandmother and to ordination with the North Carolina recognize outstanding promise for region and anticipates ordination pastoral or educational ministries. in September 2015 at the historic The Florence Drum and Eleanor First Baptist Church in Hyde Park- Tenant Scholarship, established by Kenwood, where she completed her Katherine Dey in honor of dear field education. She is coordinating friends, was awarded to Judith Guy. chapel worship at DDH again this A second-year MDiv student and a (l-r) Nancy Brink, Danielle Cox, and Gail Stearns at Chapman University year. 2012 magna cum laude Philosophy 42 Named Scholars (continued from page 3) and Religion honors graduate of Eureka College, she has worked and studied abroad, including teaching for one year in the Republic of Georgia. She is completing field education at University Church. The Henry Barton Robison Scholarship for promise in biblical studies has been awarded to Andrew Langford, a PhD candidate in Bible/ Early Christian Literature and an AM alumnus. He is teaching Greek at the Divinity School this year, and he continues to minister with the Lakeview Church of Christ. Second-year MDiv Douglas Collins was awarded the M. Ray and Phyllis Schultz Scholarship, which recognizes promise for congregational ministry. Douglas is a 2013 Philosophy Windows study underway and Religion graduate of Eureka College, where he received numerous Did you know that the Disciples recognitions for leadership. This Divinity House has some 160 leaded THE DISCIPLES DIVINITY HOUSE year, he is learning about liturgy and windows throughout the building? of the UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO pastoral leadership at All Saints’ One-third of the windows open Episcopal Church and serving as onto the courtyard and one-fourth 1156 East 57th Street DDH’s head resident. onto the street. All of the windows Chicago, IL 60637 Hye In Park received the Rolland 773.643.4411 are set in limestone surrounds, many ddh.uchicago.edu and Laura Frances Sheafor Scholarship. of which feature beautiful gothic A 2011 graduate of the elite Yonsei tracery. Individual window panes are Dean Kristine A. Culp University in Seoul, Korea, she is in connected with lead caming, which is Associate Dean Yvonne T. Gilmore Administrator Marsha G.-H. Peeler her final year of MDiv studies. She is soldered in place and held together in Director of Finance Parag Shah a member of First Christian Church steel frames with glazing compound. Editorial Assistant Jeremy Fuzy of Downers Grove, Illinois, where she A 2008 engineering study found Editorial Assistant Douglas Collins completed her field education. She that the building’s limestone walls are Board of Trustees was recently elected to the CCIW so thick and cover enough of the 1928 President Chad H. Martin regional board, and she is active in building that DDH was effectively Vice President Lee Hull Moses NAPAD. She is interested in questions a “green” building long before that Secretary Pamela James Jones Treasurer Mareta J. Smith of suffering and of postmodern category existed. Nevertheless, old Christian identity formation. windows can become drafty and cease Constance U. Battle Angela A. Kaufman The Oreon E. Scott Entering to operate well—and DDH’s windows Larry D. Bouchard April J. Lewton Scholar is Joel Brown, and the are 86 years old and counting. Peter Browning Cynthia G. Lindner William N. Weaver Entering Scholar The Board of Trustees is now study- is Virginia Johnston White (see ing what full restoration of the build- Julian DeShazier Hubert G. Locke “New Scholars”). ing’s windows to optimal operating Teresa Dulyea-Parker Paul A. Steinbrecher condition will require. They began by J. Marshall Dunn James E. Stockdale commissioning a comprehensive W. Clark Gilpin David A. Vargas study of the windows from windows Claudia A. Highbaugh Clark M. Williamson restoration specialists. Verity A. Jones Gaylord Yu JoAnne H. Kagiwada 75 Renovations renew library, reconfigure office

Students have been enjoying the rewards of renovations made over the summer to DDH’s Willett Library and to offices. New lighting makes for better reading and working on electronic devices, and it is more aesthetically pleasing and energy-efficient. In the mailroom and cloakroom, ceilings have been restored to their original height and new built-in furnishings have been added to create workspace for student office assistants and storage; colors inspired by the chapel ceiling glimmer from the back of new, larger student mailboxes. A new paint color scheme brightens everything. Furnishings that were original to the building have been repurposed for offices and for new workstations in the library; entirely redone electrical wiring supports those spaces. Associate Dean Yvonne Gilmore’s office is now on the first floor, a boon for her collaboration with students and with the dean. New “old” doors match existing woodwork and demarcate the deans’ offices from the foyer. The project first took shape in conversations about the library among students and architect Paul Steinbrecher, a trustee who regularly attends Monday dinners and programs, and in planning for office spaces that support collaborative work between the dean and associate dean. The project gained momentum when the Capital Area of the Christian Church included funding toward Willett Library refurbishment in its capital campaign. 6 Leonard W. O’Brien Annual Report: B. Ernest and Judy C. O’Donnell Rory G. Osborne A recognition of generosity Stephanie A. Paulsell and Kevin Madigan Samuel C. and Mary C. Pearson The Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago is grateful for gifts Angela E. Pfile and Douglas Job received from the following individuals, churches and foundations between Rolland G. and Leverne B. Pfile Fund July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014. Don A. and Nancy C. Pittman Annual gifts from individuals and organizations totaled $95,273.25. We G. Philip and Loris Points received additional annual support of $45,810 through the Disciples Mission Thomas H. and Jane Quigley Fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and $35,197.50 in Katherine M. Raley permanent gifts last year. These generous donors helped to foster excellence in Laura Jennison and Joshua C. Reed ministry, leadership, and scholarship. Brent and Sara C. Reynolds Yvonne Gilmore, Associate Dean Robert G. Sulanke Fund, CCF John D. and Sook-Ja Roh Trustees William E. and Patricia V. Crowl Rolland H. and Constance U. Battle and Charles Steerman William and Patricia Crowl Fund Laura Frances Sheafor Fund, CCF Larry D. Bouchard and Peggy L. Galloway Kristine A. Culp Carol and Robert J. Sherman Julian and Mallory DeShazier John C.W. Curry Browning Family Fund J. Marshall and Barbara J. Dunn McKinna Daugherty Clyde Curry and Ellen Smith W. Clark and Nancy Gilpin D. Kent and Janice Dorsey In memory of Josephine Blakemore Claudia A. Highbaugh In honor of the marriage of Richard E. and Marcia D. Starkey Lee Hull Moses and Robert Moses Andy Snyder and Sherry Manning Thomas V. and Patricia A. Stockdale Pamela and Theodore Jones Jennifer Jesse and John Dungan Michael K. Stone and Patricia Perry Verity Jones and William S. Wagnon Stephen C. Duvall Nancy L. and Roger E. TannerThies JoAnne H. Kagiwada Adam Frieberg and Heidi Haverkamp Laird A. and Evelyn B. Thomason David T. and JoAnne H. Kagiwada Fund Russell M. and Barbara S.† Fuller Laura Jean Torgerson and Angela A. Kaufman and Jack Poehlman JacQuette-Bonita Gatewood Timothy Donaghy April Lewton and Garry G. Sparks Liv Gibbons and Elijah Buck Mark G. and Jeffica L. Toulouse Cynthia G. Lindner G. Ryan and Greta Gilbert Beau Underwood and Casey Osterkamp Hubert G. Locke Yvonne T. Gilmore Shawn Van Dyke Chad H. and Crista Martin Ana and Tod Gobledale Stanley L. and Deborah Van Etten Jerry and Donna Martin Family Timothy and Donna Griffin Kerry Waller Dueholm and Ben Dueholm Scholarship Fund Elizabeth Guonjian and Joseph Pettit Norman A. and Katharine M. Wells Robert L. and Eunice Welsh Mareta J. Smith W. David and Sarah Scott Hall Raymond B. and Lois R. Williams Paul A. Steinbrecher Lowell K. Handy and Erica Treesh James E. and Patricia G. Stockdale Sandhya R. Jha Charles L. and Edith K. Johnson PRAYER OF REMEMBRANCE David A. and Aida M. Vargas by James E. Stockdale Clark M. and Barbara Williamson Richard N. and Virginia B. Johnson Barbara and Clark Williamson Fund Browning Family Fund Michael E. Karunas and Amy E. Ziettlow We offer our gratitude, Creator Alumni/ae Katherine G. Newman Kinnamon God, for the remembrances of those Roger R. and Barbara Adams Robert C.N. Kispert we knew, companions of the Way. Vaughn G. Alexander Edward H. and Mary Ruth Kolbe Once again we are made aware of Robert S. and Sue Bates Mark and Daette Lambert your providential care, provided Amy and Roger Bertschausen Dennis L. and Lana Hartman Landon for us through these women and Robert L. and Ann K. Bromley Donald A. and Mrs. Joyce Leak men. They are among those who Frank Burch Brown Timothy S. and Yeahwa C. Lee inspired, challenged, nurtured, and Harold G. and Alberta Z. Brown Fund, Rachel and Christopher Leslie profoundly enriched our lives. CCF Jeffrey S. and Paula R. Lindner Thanks be to you, O God of all life. Peter D. and Carol Browning Katy L. McFall and David E. Cobb And as you blessed them, may your Browning Family Fund Bonnie and Mark Miller-McLemore blessing continue upon us. Donald V. and Margaret C. Burk Vy and YenLinh Nguyen In the name of the one we follow, Warren R. and Clara C. Copeland Amy Northcutt and Craig Middlebrook Jesus Christ, amen. Lee A. and Margaret G. Crawford Kay Lynn Northcutt 7 Friends Caroline Jackson James H. and Carol J. Pinson Tom R. and Vicki † Akers M. Elizabeth Dey Fund Loraine A. Pitman Montee and Audrey Akers, Jr. In honor of Katherine Dey James L. and Peggy Powell Don and Peggy Allan William and Deborah Jennison Paul Pribbenow and Abigail Crampton In honor of David and Sarah Hall Thomas and Evelyn Jensen Ralph E. Lindner Fund, CCF Mark Anderson Sunil K. and Janette C. Jha Kate Raun Thomas W. Andrews E. Gale and Kathleen Job Bonnie Rosen-Cowherd William R. and Shirley E. Baird Rolland G. and Leverne B. Pfile Fund and Thomas E. Cowherd Elizabeth Schmidkunz Karen and S. Todd Barlow Charles L. and Edith K. Johnson Ray and Cynthia Johnson, Jr. and Glen Gibbons William R. and Donna Barr Virginia B. Johnson William Schweiker Sherry D. Bouchard In memory of Richard N. Johnson Parag and Jayshree Shah In honor of the Larry Bouchard family Rosalie Karunas Scribner and Pat Sheafor Bernard O. and Carol Jean Brown Mary Ruth Kennedy Kathryn F. Sherman Wallace Bubar and Gabriele Albrecht John Knight Jr. and Melody Knowles Robert F. and Holly S. Sieck Ann W. Burns James and Peggy Langford Christine and Thomas Siegfried L. Del and Lois Butterfield Judith A. Lawrence Nathan S. and Karen L. Smith Donald J. Camp Browning Family Fund Garry and Pam Sparks Jill Ann Carroll Dorothy O. Ledbetter Lee and Jarene A. Stanford Valerie N. Chang Adelle A. Lemon Claude and Dorothy Steele Ann C. Cole Carolyn C. Long Nina A. Swift M. Elizabeth Dey Fund Rachel Long and Robert Mattox William Tabbernee In honor of Katherine Dey Richard P. and Janice Lord Albert M. Tannler Brian J. and Ruth Ellen Cooper Jerry D. and Donna H. Martin Irene Van Boskirk Fund, CCF Lee A. and Margaret Crawford Jerry and Donna Martin Family Lou and Pamela E. Vovk Robert W. and Elizabeth Crowe Scholarship Fund In memory of Thelma V. Northcutt Betty A. Culp Richard J. and Mary S. Martin Leila Ward Mary C. Curtis W. Barnett Blakemore Fund Charles and Jane Watkins Terry and Ann Daniel In memory of George L. Seaton Harold R. and Evelyn N. Watkins Jerry and Dianne Daugherty Martin E. and Harriet J. Marty In memory of Rolland and Lee and Aloma Dew Ronald and Pat McClain Laura Frances Sheafor Katherine A. Dey Good SamaritanTrust Karin Weaver M. Elizabeth Dey Fund W. Barnett Blakemore Fund John N. and Lucy S. Williams Drum and Tenant Fund In honor of Mrs. Josephine Blakemore In honor of John Norton Williams Betty J. Doss Donald H. and Ann McCord Geunhee and Geunsoon Yu James O. and Jeanne Scott Duke Jerry D. and Ginny McCoy Churches Bruce and Helen Ervin Holly C. McKissick Ron McNeill Austin Boulevard Christian Church Darryl Ferguson Dorothy Messenger Legacy Fund, CCF John R. and Marilyn L. Foulkes John M. and Geraldine C. Miller Bethany Christian Church, Fuller Family Fund, CCF Margaret M. Mitchell Fort Washington, Maryland Sally and Paul Fuzy and Richard A. Rosengarten Christian Church of Arlington Heights Frances U. Genung Peter M. and Lynne Morgan William and Patricia Crowl Fund Neil and Belinda Gilpin Estelle V. O’Connor Christian Church Capital Area Nancy Godlewski Omega Chapter of Psi Upsilon Fraternity Christian Church Foundation Richard O. and Carolyn R. Gray Frances E. Oney Disciples of Christ Historical Society Cliff and Louise Greaves Thelma Vaden Northcutt Fund Disciples Mission Fund In honor of Thandiwe Gobledale Marilyn Partin Irving Park Christian Church Fund, CCF Eddie E. Griffin Garrett E. and Betsy Paul North American Pacific Asian Disciples Louise G. Griffin Marsha G.H. and Walter Peeler Arthur A. and Susan Hanna Larry R. and Kathy Pepper Foundations Lana and Gilbert A. Hasenyager F. Joseph and Mary A. Pettit Chapin-May Foundation of Illinois Dolores Highbaugh Doretta J. Philpot Setsu Hirasuna † Damaris Peters Pike Bequests David T. and JoAnne H. Kagiwada Fund In memory of Dr. Eugene H. Peters Jack and June Reeve † Philip and Mildred Holzhausen Dorothy T. Pilley Ruth S. Wassenich † 8 2014-15 Disciples The Gertrude Gary Sutcliffe Society

Scholars Established in 1994, the Sutcliffe Society recognizes individuals who ensure the mission of Disciples Divinity House by providing for a gift through their estate. It Rachel Elizabeth Abdoler is named in tribute to the woman whose vision and gifts built the original endow- MDiv ment, furnished the building, and completed the chapel. The Society encourages Keri Marie Anderson others to follow her example and honors those who carry forward the tradition of MDiv vision and action. Joel Alan Brown PhD, Religions in America Polly Scribner Ames† Brandon Duane Cline Robert V. and Bonny Andelson† PhD, Early Christian Literature Arthur A. and Norma Jane Azlein† Douglas Owen Collins John R.† and Julia P. Bean MDiv Miriam Bellville† Robin Danielle Cox Don S.† and Carol L. Browning MDiv Benjamin F. † and Ann W. Burns Jeremiah Paul Fuzy L. Del and Ann† Butterfield MDiv Gene R. Cleveland† Judith Naomi Guy Annie Mae Cooke† MDiv Robert W. and Elizabeth Crowe Cheryl Payne Jackson William E. and Patricia V. Crowl MDiv Kristine A. Culp Mark Michael Lambert Katherine A. Dey PhD, Theology Burrus Dickinson† Andrew Mark Langford J. Marshall and Barbara J. Dunn PhD, Bible F. McDonald and Jean Ervin† Bethany Watkins Lowery Malcolm S. and Ruth M. Ferguson† Leverne and Rolland G.† Pfile PhD, Religions in America Samuel F. Freeman, Jr.† Marjorie Powell† Allison Beth Lundblad W. Clark and Nancy Gilpin Thomas and Jane Quigley MDiv Elizabeth H. Guonjian and Jack V. and June E. Reeve† Andrew Michael Packman Joseph S. Pettit Lester and Mary Catherine PhD, Theology John W. Harms† Rickman† Hye In Park Harvey C. and Ruth S. Hartling† Paula K. Ritchie MDiv Isabelle Havens† Carl B.† and Esther L. Robinson Marion T. Van VanBebber Wilbur S. Hogevoll† Edward M. and Charlotte Romine† AMRS Dorothy Hunter† Melvin Ray and Phyllis Ann Schultz† Virginia Johnston White Lewis G. Joachim† Wayne A. and Geneve R. Selsor† MDiv JoAnne H. Kagiwada Rolland H. and Laura Frances Leslie L. and Elizabeth M. Kingsbury† Sheafor† Maurice F. Knott† George W. and Marsha Shields Residents Edward H. and Mary Ruth Kolbe Jesse J. and Mary V. Simoson† Caroline Anglim Ned R. and Sibyl M. Lavengood Ellen M. and Clyde Curry Smith Sun Bok Bae Ralph E. Lindner† Thomas V. and Patricia A. Stockdale Rachel Carbonara C. Harvey and May Sweet† Lord James E. and Patricia G. Stockdale Rick Durance Frank C. and Winifred A. Mabee† Robert and Frances Sulanke† Jaewoong Jeon John and Maxine† McCaw Charles H. Swift, Jr.† Noriko Kanahara Holly McKissick Marlin E.† and Janice I. Thomas Kiva Nice-Webb Bonnie J. and Mark Miller-McLemore Robert A.† and Marjorie M. Thomas Sarath Pillai Jess E. Moore† Joseph J. and Irene Van Boskirk† Kathryn Ray K. Everett and Virginia L. Munson† Paul G. and Ruth S. Wassenich† Quinn Rosenthal Kay L. Northcutt Woodrow W. and Marie† Wasson Raúl Zegarra B. Ernest and Judy C. O’Donnell Norman A. and Katharine M. Wells Angela E. Pfile and Douglas Job John Norton† and Grace Williams 9 Permanent Funds The following represent gifts to the endowment fund or to build, furnish, or renovate the building of $10,000 or more ($5,000 or more before 1975). These gifts sustain the mission of the Disciples Divinity House. We are deeply grateful for the faithfulness and foresight of these donors. S. F. and Mary Elizabeth Freeman, Sr., Fund 1998 Endowment Funds Barbara and Clark Williamson Fund 1998 Year established Lloyd V. and Vera G. Channels Memorial Fund 1999 Ellen M. Thomas Fund 1901 Jerry and Donna Martin Family Scholarship Fund 1999 Old Endowment Fund 1906 Jo M. and Rebecca M. Riley Fund 1999 R. A. Long 1906 Arthur A. and Norma Jane Azlein 2000 Ella L. Ford 1906 Mable Topping and Samuel F. Freeman, Jr., Fund 2000 Nell B. Ford Torrey 1906 Clyde Curry and Ellen M. Smith 2002 Stella D. Ford Schlottman 1906 Charles H. Swift, Jr. 2003 W. S. Brannum 1906 P. Hunter Beckelhymer Fund 2003 E. MacDonald Bowman 1906 Robert and Frances Sulanke 2004 New Endowment Fund 1913 Bernard F. and Annie Mae Cooke Scholarship 2004 Philip H. Gray 1913 Orchard Street Christian Church Ministerial 2004 Gertrude Gary Sutcliffe 1930 Education Fund William Henry Hoover Lecture Fund 1945 G. L. Andy and Dorothy Coffman Messenger Fund 2005 Lizzie K. Schermerhorn Memorial Fund 1949 Lewis G. Joachim 2005 Harry R. Moore 1958 The Baringer-Butterfield Fund 2005 Arthur Burton Keller Memorial Fund 1964 Norman A. and Katherine M. Wells 2005 Samuel M. Jasper 1968 John and Maxine McCaw 2010 Hugh T. Morrison 1973 Rolland G. and Leverne B. Pfile Fund 2011 W. Barnett Blakemore Scholarship Fund 1975 Henry Barton Robison Scholarship 1979 Edward Scribner Ames Scholarship 1979 M. Elizabeth Dey Scholarship 1979 Melvin Ray and Phyllis Ann Schultz Scholarship 1982 Drum and Tenant Scholarship 1983 Oreon E. Scott Entering Scholarship 1987 William N. Weaver Entering Scholarship 1987 William F. Rothenburger Memorial Scholarship Fund 1987 Illinois-Wisconsin Scholarship Fund 1989 Established as part of the Centennial Endowment 1993-96 John R. and Julia P. Bean Fund The Browning Family Fund David and Margie Bryan Fund Solomon and Victoria David Fund H. Robert Gemmer Fund Gordon W. and Anne Hoerner Hagberg Fund Wilbur S. and Marcia Hogevoll K. Barton Hunter Fund David T. and JoAnne H. Kagiwada Fund Building Funds Clarence E. Lemmon Fund Year established Frank and Winnie Mabee Fund Myrtilla A. Colbert Jones 1923 Eugene May Fund William Darnell MacClintock 1923 Lotus M. McLemore Fund Samuel Sweeny MacClintock 1923 Chester I. and Lois Miller Fund Thelma Vaden Northcutt Fund William Henry Hoover 1923 Kunihiko and Rebecca Onishi Fund Gertrude Gary Sutcliffe 1928 Jack V. and June E. Reeve Illinois-Wisconsin Capital Funds Appeal 1965 Dennis and Mary Lou Savage Fund Burrus Dickinson 1992 Rolland H. and Laura Frances Sheafor Scholarship Fund L. Del and Ann Butterfield 1994 James E. and Patricia G. Stockdale Hoover Foundation 1995 Robert A. and Marjorie M. Thomas Herbert L. Willett, III 1995 Paul G. and Ruth S. Wassenich Fund Chapel 75th Anniversary Renewal 2005 John Norton and Grace Lord Williams Fund 10 3 Kristel Clayville (2001) asked, “What’s Brian Grant (1964) and Clark News religion got to do with drought?” in Williamson (1957; trustee). Together Find more news and more the July 31 edition of Sightings, pub- the twelve represent 540 years of service details at ddh.uchicago.edu lished by the Martin Marty Center at as ordained ministers. and on Facebook the Divinity School. She is teaching at Centre College. Verity Jones (trustee) has become the Executive Vice President of Christian Root and Branch Church, a new congre- Theological Seminary. gation led by Tim Kim, Neil Ellingson, and Andrew Packman (current House Sympathy to JoAnne Kagiwada Scholar and PhD student), now meets (Trustee) on the death of her moth- on 1st and 3rd Sundays and holds din- er, Setsu Hirasuna, on August 25 in ner church on 2nd and 4th Saturdays. Fresno, California. Mrs. Hirasuna was They led worship at the CCIW Regional 104 and had remained active until Assembly on October 10. very recently. JoAnne reflected that, Rebecca Anderson (2007) curated while her father was a public figure, a Moth StorySLAM at the Regional Congratulations to Patricia Duncan working with the Japanese American Assembly of Illinois and Wisconsin on (1999) and to DDH community mem- Citizens League and organizing labor in October 10. Four live, crafted, first per- ber Mandy Burton, who received their the San Joaquin valley, her mother “... son narratives were shared around the PhDs from the Divinity School on fed everybody who came to the house, assembly theme, “Plant for the future… August 29, for work in Bible and in often without much notice. She always play with a purpose.” The storytell- Religion and Literature, respectively. found some way. And she never seemed ers included Michael Karunas (1995), to lose her cool.” Senior Minister of Central Christian Church; Justin Zeigler, Senior Minister Brite Divinity School professor Tim of the Christian Church of Arlington Lee (1986) wrote about Pope Francis’s Heights; Deirdre Jackson Jones (2007); visit to South Korea for Sightings in and Yvonne Gilmore (2001). September: “South Korea’s Catholic Church: Poster Child for a Fresh Former resident David Albertson Pontificate.” has been awarded a 2014 Manfred Congratulations to Ryan Gilbert Lautenschlaeger Award for his new (2006), Greta Hicks, and big sister book, Mathematical Theologies: Nicholas Amelia, on the birth of Elijah Donald of Cusa and the Legacy of Thierry of Gilbert on July 7! Chartres (Oxford University Press). He teaches at the University of Southern Associate Dean Yvonne Gilmore California. (2001) spoke at the pre-event for the 23rd Biennial Session of the National Sympathy to Joan Bell-Haynes (1995) Convocation of the Christian Church, on the death of her beloved spouse, meeting in Columbus, Ohio, on July 23. April Lewton (2004) and Kris Culp Oscar Haynes, on August 1. He was She also introduced the featured Friday (1982) with Joan Bell-Haynes (1995), 98. Mr. Haynes, a retired businessman, evening speaker: Julian DeShazier who preached at the Capital Area’s was well known for his service in the (trustee). regional assembly on October 18. Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), including as Second Vice Moderator of In his new book, Religion Around Emily Alex McCauslin (2011) has accepted the General Assembly, President of the Dickinson (Penn State Press, 2014), a position as Pastor of Church Vitality National Convocation, and editor of Clark Gilpin (1970) explores how and Youth Mission at Journey of Faith the Oldtimers Grapevine. the poet engaged and imaginatively Christian Church (formerly Memorial reshaped the religion around her. Christian Church) in Ann Arbor, Congratulations to former residents Michigan. Leah Boyd and Jeff Challberg, who On October, 19, Central Christian were married August 9 in St. Paul, Church in Indianapolis presented Irami and Bonnie Osei-Frimpong Minnesota. They met at DDH and the Honored Ministers Pin to twelve (2005) and Another Chance became engaged in the Chapel of the members of its congregation, including Productions have screened “Disciples,” Holy Grail. a pilot for a television series. 11 from the University of Michigan, as In Memoriam did her future husband, Russell M. Fuller. They married on January 6, Alumnus and former trustee Donald 1948; that fall both began graduate L. Jones died August 6 in Indianapo- studies at the Divinity School of the lis. He was 84. University of Chicago, where she Born in Healdton, Oklahoma, he would earn a Masters degree in Chris- earned his BA from Phillips Univer- tian Ethics and he, the BD degree. sity and his BD from Phillips Theo- Although her husband was a DDH logical Seminary. In 1957, he entered Scholar, in those years, the Divinity John Donggook Roh (1983) was the University of Chicago as a Disci- House did not grant funding to Bar- installed as the moderator of the North ples Divinity House Scholar. He later bara---or to any other women. In later American Pacific Asian Disciples, at attended the CG Jung Institute in years, Barbara claimed her rightful NAPAD’s Convocation in Hyde Park Zurich for advanced training. place as an alumna, and participated in August. DDH hosted a reception on For forty years, he served as a pas- the opening night of the Convocation in Alumni/ae Council meetings and tor of churches in Kansas, Illinois, to celebrate the long and rich con- other DDH events. and Indiana, including as minister of nections between DDH and NAPAD. In 1955, the Fullers returned to Third Christian Church in Indianap- Alumnae Sandhya Jha (2001), Yvonne Ann Arbor. In 1965, Barbara became olis. He was active in the civil rights Gilmore (2001), and April Lewton the principal founder of the Interfaith movement in the 1960s and chaired (2004; trustee) led a pre-Convocation Council for Peace and Justice in Ann the Human Relations Commission in event on anti-racist and pro-reconciling Arbor, for which she served as a staff Rock Island, Illinois. This led to many ministry; JoAnne Kagiwada (trustee), member for many years. She was con- years of working with groups in the Tim Lee (1986), Kris Culp (1982), cerned especially about the healing of 1970s and 80s, focusing on positive Julian DeShazier (trustee), Bonnie relations between the people of the handling of conflict in school settings. Osei-Frimpong (2005), and Vy United States and Vietnam, abolish- Nguyen (2004) also participated in the Later he worked as counselor and ing nuclear weapons, and ending the Convocation program. worked for nearly twenty-five years Cold War. with the ManKind Project. He wrote From 1980 to 1996, she directed a two books, Wisdom for the Journey and program for Reconciliation with Viet- Hunger for Wholeness. From 1963-93, nam for the Christian Church (Disci- he served as a member of the Board ples of Christ), leading 13 delegations of Trustees of the Disciples Divinity to visit Vietnam building bridges of House. mutual concern and assistance. He is survived by Emily Hurst-Jones She is survived by her husband and and by two children, Jonathan (Karen) three children, Barbara (Kelvin Seif- Jones and Rebecca (Christoph) Jones- ert), Rusty (Jamie Saville), and Kath- Buerck, by five grandchildren, and by erine “Kit”, and four grandchildren. his sister. Ben Varnum (former resident) She was preceded in death by a son, speaks with ministry colleagues who Robert Roy, and a sister. returned to DDH and the Divinity Barbara S. Fuller died at her home in School October 3-4 for a time of peer- Ann Arbor, Michigan on July 29. She driven clergy renewal. The idea for the was 88. event arose in conversation between An ordained minister, she served Mr. Varnum and Beau Underwood local and national justice ministries (2006). The pilot project was then from her base in Ann Arbor and at developed by Associate Dean Yvonne Memorial Christian Church (now Gilmore (2001) and Divinity School Journey of Faith Christian Church). Director of Ministry Studies Cynthia She is remembered as “an inveterate Lindner (1978, trustee), and it was peacenik who was driven by her love funded in part by a grant from the for all people and an incorrigible Oreon E. Scott Foundation. sense of justice.” She was born in 1925 to Robert and Irene Angel Stauffer in North Manchester, Indiana. She graduated

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Distinguished Alumnus/a Nominations Sought

The Alumni/ae Council invites nominations for the biennial award, to be presented at the DDH luncheon at the Columbus General Assembly on July 21, 2015. The award recognizes lifelong service and achievement.

Make a nomination by writing President Peter Browning, c/o The Disciples Divinity House or online at ddh.uchicago.edu. A list of previous recipients is available at ddh.uchicago.edu

Disciples Divinity House, fall 2014. First row (l-r) Kharis Gilmore-Essig, Andrew Packman, Kathryn Ray, Doug Collins, Andrew Langford, Trustee Paul Steinbrecher. Second row (l-r) Administrator Marsha Peeler, Rachel Carbonara, Raúl Zegarra, Rick Du- rance, Mark Lambert, Virginia White, Kiva Nice-Webb, Allie Lundblad. Third row (standing, l-r) Associate Dean Yvonne Gilmore, Assata Gilmore, Sarath Pillai, Keri Anderson, Judith Guy, Caroline Anglim, Van VanBebber, Jaewoong Jeon, Quinn Rosenthal, Bethany Lowery, Joel Brown, Dean Kris Culp, Brandon Cline, Jeremy Fuzy, Tonks Lynch. Not pictured: Rachel Abdoler, Sun Bok Bae, Danielle Cox, Cheryl Jackson, Hye In Park, Noriko Kanahara.