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winter 2006 WHEATON Aid to Hurricane Victims YoungAlumni in Africa WHEATON COLLEGE EXISTS TO HELP BUILD THE CHURCH AND IMPROVE SOCIETY WORLDWIDE BY PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHOLE AND EFFECTIVE CHRISTIANS THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN PROGRAMS OF CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION. THIS MISSION EXPRESSES OUR COMMITMENT TO DO ALL THINGS “FOR CHRIST AND HIS KINGDOM.” VOLUME 9 ISSUE 1 10 14 WINTER 2006 alumni news departments 29 A Word with Alumni 2 Letters From the Vice President for 4 News Alumni Relations 10 Sports 30 Wheaton Alumni Association News 56 Authors Association news and coming events Books by Wheaton’s faculty; thoughts from a published alumnus 36 Alumni Class News 58 Readings Excerpts from Growing with My Garden, Cover photo: Photographed by Al Argueta. Major General Charles G. Rodriguez M.A. ’85 has earned a B.S. by Dr. Rolland Hein ’54 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, an MBA 60 Faculty Voice from Keller Graduate School of Management, and a Ph.D. from Union Institute. He was appointed the Adjutant General of the Dr. Bruce Howard offers values for a Texas National Guard in June 2005, and was responsible for lead- moral marketplace ing the Texas Military Forces during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Read his story on pages 24-25. 61 Student Profile Inside photos: Michael Hudson ’89, pages 8, 10, 11, 20, 30, 39, An art major envisions a film career 50-51, 54, 58, 60, 61; reunion photos 36, 37, 40-42, 44, 45, 47-49. Les Barker, pages 19, 35, 46. 62 Wheaton in the World Roger Sandberg, Jr., pages 14-15. Wheaton athletes in Honduras and Taiwan Homecoming photos, pages 32-33: Richard Lyon ’99, 501 College Avenue Britta Hayne ’05, and Michael Hudson ’89. 64 President’s Commentary Wheaton, Illinois 60187 WHEATONcontents 22 58 features 12 A Vision Glorious 22 After the Storm Visit the Billy Graham Center Museum to Read how one New Orleans alumnus experience the sacred art of painter Ron weathered Hurricane Katrina, and how DiCianni. students and alumni responded to the by Katherine Halberstadt Anderson ’90 devastation in the Gulf. by Katherine Halberstadt Anderson ’90 14 In Word and In Deed Young alumni continue a legacy of service 26 Facing the Valley in foreign development and relief in Africa. One alumna shares her meditations on by Jessica L. Allen healing, prayer, and God’s faithfulness in the midst of life-threatening illness. by Lynette Holm Hoppe M.A. ’89 20 Alumni of the Year 2005 Dr. Robert Brabenec ’60 and Dr.Walter C. Kaiser ’55, B.D. ’58 are honored with awards for distinguished service. by Amy Wolgemuth Bordoni No one told me what would happen had I missed the shuttle back to the cruise ship Aegean I, anchored off Mykonos—except that it would leave without me. Maybe I would have been stranded on this Greek island of windmills and whitewashed buildings, perhaps until the ship returned on its next voyage. I would have been left to hobnob with the jetsetters who frequent this resort “island Letter from of light,”resigned to walk lazy,sandy beaches set against the azure blue Aegean Sea. Editor Georgia I. Douglass ’70, M.A. ’94 the Editor Or maybe—just maybe—a rescue helicopter would have swooped in Assistant Editor and whisked me away, just like in Hollywood thrillers.Truth be told, I had risked Jessica L. Allen missing the last shuttle so I could watch the spectacular Mediterranean sunset— Editorial Consultant Katherine Halberstadt Anderson ’90 from the terrace of the restaurant that was the setting in the last scene in Design Consultants the movie, The Bourne Identity. Alice Isoz Chrismer ’70 Ellen Mardock But I did make it back to the ship in time, to continue the journey as a College Chrismer Mardock Design Group representative on the Alumni Association’s tour of Greece, from June 3-17 (see Class News Editor Donna Antoniuk page 34). Guiding the tour,“Following the Footsteps of Paul,”were phenomenal Editorial Advisers Marilee A. Melvin ’72 leaders David ’75 and Elizabeth Sparks of Footsteps Ministries, who took R. Mark Dillon 45 alumni and friends on a pilgrimage to the settings of the first-century church. Wheaton Alumni Association David taught us from the Scriptures, and Elizabeth, a native of Greece, gave us an President insider’s view of her homeland and its hospitality. Robert D. Dye ’73 President-elect Viewing the sunset seated where movie stars sat is fun and frivolous, but that Matthew C. Hsieh ’93 was nothing compared to walking along the Via Egnatia,the road Paul traveled as Executive Director Marilee A. Melvin ’72 he took the gospel to Gentiles; or renewing baptismal vows where Lydia was Professor Emeritus baptized; or having communion in Corinth where Paul met and worked with Leroy H. Pfund ’49 Alumni Trustee Representatives Aquila and Priscilla. Robert D. Dye ’73 We found Wheaton in Greece, too.At the ancient site of Delphi, I mustered the Charles V. Hogren ’58 Matthew C. Hsieh ’93 courage to greet Barbara Bush. And who was standing there on tour with the Wheaton College former First Lady? None other than our own Debbie Davis Smith ’80, wife President of Michael W.Smith.And on the very Sunday we attended the Greek Evangelical Dr. Duane Litfin Provost Church in Athens, the pastor announced that one of their Bible school’s Dr. Stanton L. Jones new graduates would be attending Wheaton College Graduate School in the fall. Senior Vice President Dr. David E. Johnston ’65 Myrto Theocharous met several alumni that day. Vice President for Advancement Myrto is now on campus, immersed in her major of biblical exegesis. Dr. R. Mark Dillon Seeing her is always a delightful reminder of my visit to her Vice President for Alumni Relations Marilee A. Melvin ’72 country, as she greets me with one of three Greek words Vice President for Student Development I know,“Kalimera!” and kisses me on both cheeks. Dr. Samuel Shellhamer Wheaton is published autumn, winter, spring, and special (catalog) by Wheaton College, 501 College Ave., Wheaton, IL 60187-5593, 630.752.5000, and mailed free of charge to alumni and friends of Wheaton College. Periodicals postage Georgia I. Douglass ‘70, M.A. ‘94 paid at Wheaton, IL (USPS 016326). Editor Postmaster: Please send address changes to Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 60187-5593. Opinions expressed are those of the contributors or the editors, and do not necessarily represent the official position of the College. © 2006 Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL www.wheaton.edu 2 WINTER 2006 lettersWHEATON WHEATON COLLEGE WHEATON The Legacy Continues plan will include taking a literary quote Corrections Thank you for the article “A Pilgrim’s and rewriting it as an amplified and In the Autumn 2005 issue, we included Progress.” I have just finished reading paraphrased work. My references will a sidebar with 23 names of Wheaton David McCasland’s M.A. ’75 Oswald include Ken Taylor’s children’s Bible and alumni who are presidents of colleges, Chambers:Abandoned to God. What an The Living Bible. universities, Bible schools, or seminaries. incredible inspiration! Your article Thanks,Wheaton, for being a We asked readers to tell us if our records mentions Chambers’s work with the contributor to my family’s educational were incomplete, but we failed to specify Holiness movement in Japan.The experiences and my spiritual growth. that those listed were current presidents. evangelist that he worked with was Rosemary Towle Including current and past presidents Bishop Juji Nakada, my great- Wausau,WI brings the total to 58 alumni—a remark- grandfather. My brother, David Sumida able number considering Wheaton’s size. ’78, and I are both Wheaton graduates. Two presidents currently serving but Our Christian legacy was influenced by What to Cover? not on our list: Dr. Donald Meyer M.A. Oswald Chambers’s ministry with my Congratulations! Imagine an entire issue ’76, of Valley Forge Christian College in great-grandfather. of the Wheaton alumni magazine Phoenixville, Pennsylvania; and Dr. John My reunion is next year, and I would (Autumn 2005) and not one mention of A. Martin ’71, of Roberts Wesleyan like to come and see the papers that have the most important issue of the last two College and Northeastern Seminary, been acquired by the Wheaton Archives, years, the war in Iraq.Are we so isolated Rochester, New York. more specifically, any papers that mention in our Christian cocoons that this In the Autumn 2005 issue, we included my great-grandfather. unnecessary and ill-conceived war does a blurb about the book, The Spirit of Sharon Sumida Hasegawa ’81 not concern us? Public Theology (Baker Academic, 2005), Hanscom AFB, MA The magazine celebrated Graham, by Dr.Vincent E. Bacote, assistant Colson, alumni college presidents, C. S. professor of biblical and theological Congratulations to Wheaton for the Lewis (my patron saint) and Clyde Kilby studies.We erred by stating that Abraham Award of Excellence and the Higher (my mentor), and famous alumni . all Kuyper was a British theologian and Goals Award. Many times the articles devotional, pious, and properly upper statesmen. Kuyper was, in fact, Dutch. speak directly to me.A case in point is middle class and overwhelmingly white the tender account of Ken Taylor’s like me. funeral. Reading of his many literary I was teaching at Illinois State in the Write Us accomplishments I remembered his mid-sixties when soldiers came back and We want to hear from you. Send us your letters and children’s paraphrase, The Bible in Pictures stood silently by the flagpole protesting e-mails as they relate to material published in the for Little Eyes, given as a gift to my son at the war in Vietnam.I became radicalized magazine.