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Taylor University Pillars at Taylor University The aT ylor Magazine Ringenberg Archives & Special Collections Fall 1988 Taylor University Magazine (Fall 1988) Taylor University Follow this and additional works at: https://pillars.taylor.edu/tu_magazines Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Taylor University, "Taylor University Magazine (Fall 1988)" (1988). The Taylor Magazine. 60. https://pillars.taylor.edu/tu_magazines/60 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Ringenberg Archives & Special Collections at Pillars at Taylor University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aT ylor Magazine by an authorized administrator of Pillars at Taylor University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. All readers should be familiar with the New Testament story of the boy with the fish and loaves. Of how he gave those fish and loaves to Jesus, and of how Christ blessed that meal for one and fed many. It has been that kind of year at Taylor University, a year of gifts that, when blessed by God, have been multiplied many times over. Evidence is this magazine, containing the 1987-88 annual report supplement; at 64 pages, plus the cover, it is the largest issue ever produced in the 28-year history of the magazine. Its size was a necessity, for it required nearly half the magazine simply to honor the many, many people who gave of their resources to Taylor University this year. Unseen gifts that go a long way It was truly a year in which gifts were blessed and multiplied. Two examples stand out. First, an anonymous donor placed a $300,000 matching challenge on the Taylor Fund to raise new, unrestricted dollars; the development team, through the generosity of Taylor's constituency, matched that number, then topped it by nearly half, raising $449,013 in new and increased gifts. Second, members of the National Alumni Council conducted a major phonathon. Calling from Taylor University during their winter meeting, members of the NAC went far down the trunk of the tree to tap the very roots of the school's constituency. They received an overwhelming majority of pledges to participate in the Taylor Fund. Moreover, 195 of those alumni pledging to participate went on to call 10 more alumni who had not yet been contacted. Again, the gift of time by the 18 NAC members was greatly multiplied. Perhaps those giving the greatest gift to Taylor University are those who serve her daily and yet, like the small boy with the lunch who was one member of a multitude, go unrecognized. We've tried to correct that somewhat by sharing with you 1 3 people who are representative of the work force at Taylor University — people who make Taylor one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation. For you, in this magazine Other gifts and blessings are to be found in these pages, as well. Top-selling author Chaim Potok visited campus, and English professor Ed Dinse shares some of the insight given by the Jewish writer. Coreen Zoromski, a senior, was blessed with a year of study in Wellington, New Zealand, the gift of a Rotary Club Scholarship; she shares her experiences in the Last Eden. Tanya Crevier uses her gifts to share the word of God with young people throughout the Midwest. And Scott Dubois, confined to a wheelchair, shares his struggle while at Taylor to make the college handicapped-accessible. You'll find these stories in our Vista section, beginning on page 12. Don Odle's gifts to Taylor University are far too numerous to mention, but the honor due him continues to roll in. And alumnus Conrad Rehling, golf coach emeritus at the University of Alabama, would like to play through, if you don't mind; he's given the love of golf to thousands. These articles may be found in the Alumni Spotlight on page 24. A huge thank-you is due you, the constituency of Taylor University — the Taylor Family, as we like to call it. Because of your support, Taylor University has been duly blessed, and the gift of a quality. Christian liberal arts education can be multiplied to many. Kurt E. Bullock '81 University Editor Fall 1988 Issue TAYLOR UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE Volume 26, No. 1 FEATURES 1987-88 Annual Giving Supplement (Begins page 16) President's Message AR-2 Dr. Jay L. Kesler discusses the splendor of giving when faith is nestled in Jesus Christ Advancement's Report AR-4 Gifts to the Taylor Fund were truly blessed and multiplied during this record, million-dollar year President's Associates AR-6 Taylor's major support base experienced a 25 percent growth; the college is grateful for these special donors The Taylor Fund AR-8 A donor's matching challenge helped boost this bread- and-butter program past the million-dollar mark Giving the gift of service AR-31 The Parents' Cabinet and National Alumni Council provide support that makes a difference Taylor's Board of Trustees AR-32 Chairman HasselTs board assumes great responsibility in making Taylor an effective Christian college DEPARTMENTS News & Information 2 Alumni Spotlight 24 Vista 12 Alumni Notes 26 Taylor Club News 21 Campus Calendar 31 Pages from History 22 Collage 32 Taylor University Magazine Taylor University Editor Jay L. Kesler '58, president Daryl R. Yost, provost Kurt E. Bullock '81 Alumni Editor Taylor University Magazine is published quarterly for alumni, parents of current students, faculty, staff, Bettv Freese students and friends of Taylor University. Please send correspondence to Editor, Tavlor University Magazine, Administration Building, West Reade Avenue, Upland, IN 46989, (317) 998-5197. Photography this issue; Crevier, Shaw Edward E. Dinse, Scott Dubois, Carl W. Jim Garringer Contributing authors Tanya Janice Grouse, Hassell, Charles R. Jaggers, Jay L. Kesler, Steve Manganello, Jere True\, Sharon Wit, Coreen Zoromski. Cover Design On the cover: "Taking the five loaves and two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the '76 Kathy Herrmann loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were History Editor satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfulls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children." Matthew 14:19-21 (NTVI Wesley Robinson '50 Student Assistant Taylor University complies with all federal and state nondescrimination laws. Taylor University is an equal-opportunity institution. Direct inquiries to the Office of the President, Tavlor University, Upland, IN Jeff Kiger '89 46989, (.117) 998-520.1, or the Office of Civil Rights, Washington, P( ACADEMIC NEWS hunger for more study in greater depth. At a practical level, the mini-courses Executives receive provide an idea exchange that goes Zephaniah sparks beyond facilitating small talk at social dose of liberal arts gatherings; increased knowledge of the the writer in House In a year when Allan Bloom and Wil- liberal arts provides managers with It was while he was in Israel last liam Hersh led the way in bemoaning broadened perspectives and helps to summer that the idea came to Paul America's lack of familiarity with and develop the wisdom needed in dealing House. love for the liberal arts, Taylor Univer- with the complex world. Further, the He was reading Zephaniah as part of sity initiated a program offering refresher program gives the participants opportu- his daily devotions when it occurred to and enrichment mini-courses in the lib- nity to interact with stimulating and him that the book contains the three eral arts to middle and upper-level cor- challenging professors with professional basic components of prophecy — sin, porate executives. grasp of the various topics. punishment, restoration — in three short Realizing that in the real-world life of The program began last fall at Lincoln chapters. fast-track living experienced by execu- National Corporation in Fort Wayne, "What caught my eye initially was a tives there is little time for enrichment Indiana. Lincoln National selected 25 complete prophecy in one small book," dealing with values and quality of life, high potential executives to participate says House, assistant professor of reli- Taylor University designed mini-courses in lecture and dialogue sessions every gion. After finding little scholarly work to provide carefully tailored, challeng- other Monday night. The sessions be- on Zephaniah, he set out to write his ing and rewarding experiences in the gan at 4 p.m., recessed for a catered own book. liberal arts. Thus was born the Executive dinner between 6 and 7, then ended with "I saw it as a Seminar Program (ESP) — The Liberal a 30-minute summary question-and- chance to make Arts in Sixteen Measured, Honey-Fla- answer discussion period. an original con- vored Doses. Mr. Richard J. Vicars, senior vice presi- tribution," he dent of Lincoln National, provided skill- says. "Frankly, I Broadening perspectives ful and professional direction of the want to make the The primary objective of ESP is to logistics of the sessions. Mr. Ian M. book more inter- heighten awareness of, and interest in, Rolland, president and chief executive esting to other the liberal arts — thereby creating a officer at Lincoln National, generously people." endorsed the program and provided And so a constructive suggestions to assure that Paul House small book of the program met the needs of the corpo- prophecy, 53 rate headquarters executives who were verses in all, was analyzed and sketched chosen to participate. in a 150-page book called Zeplianiah: A Lincoln National hosted the bi-weekly Prophetic Drama. It is published by sessions in their corporate dining room Almond Press and sells for $25 hardback and provided the catered meal.