Hartford Seminary Annual Report 2012 President’s Message

Greetings. I welcome Shanell’s appointment, you to our 2012 Annual Hartford Seminary has Report. a special strength in post-colonial studies of In many varied ways, the Bible since her work Hartford Seminary in this field complements plays a significant role the work of Uriah Kim, in today’s plural world. Associate Professor of In this message, I would Hebrew Bible. In addi- like to outline just some tion, Shanell focuses on of the activities that have womanist and feminist taken place in the past Biblical interpretation. year that demonstrate At Drew University, how the Seminary equips her dissertation topic, individuals and religious “Empire, Gender and institutions to provide Ambiveilence: Toward leadership that is faith- a Postcolonial Woman- ful, contextually sensitive ist Interpretation of the and open to dialogue Woman Babylon in the with other faith tradi- Book of Revelation,” tions. won the Rabbi Dr. Shel- don J. Weltman Prize for Having an outstand- the Best Dissertation in ing faculty is one of our Biblical Studies. Shanell core strengths and I am is ordained clergy in the pleased to report that Presbyterian Church of this year we have ap- the United States. pointed two new faculty members. Speaking of Uriah, it gives me great pleasure Najib Awad is Associate to inform you that Uriah Professor of Christian is now our Academic Theology. Najib is a Pres- Dean. Our former byterian theologian from Dean, James Nieman, Syria. The breadth of his was named President of scholarship is reflected in the Lutheran School of his range of publications, Theology at Chicago from “The Passion Nar- last spring. It was dif- rative in the Gospel of ficult to bid farewell to Matthew: A Historico- Jim. At the same time, Narrative Criticism” to I am pleased, we are all his most recent book, pleased, that Uriah has “And Freedom Became a assumed the position of Public Square: Political, Academic Dean; he has Sociological and Reli- shown dedication, skill gious Overviews on the and enthusiasm in the Arab Christians and the first few months of his Arabic Spring.” tenure. Shanell T. Smith is Our development efforts Assistant Professor of have led to several major New Testament and achievements. Christian Origins. With

2 Hartford Seminary • Annual report 2012 Thanks to the generosity the Shinnyo-en Founda- The faculty at the office and the Communi- of Board member Trudie tion to support a Reli- Hartford Institute for cations Office to make us Prior and her husband gious Diversity Leader- Religion Research have more known to the public Neil Prior, the estate of ship Workshop, held in continued their excel- and increase the number The Revs. Jane and Wil- June. The workshop will lent work in congrega- of people interested in liam Inderstrodt, Lynn be an annual gathering of tional studies, helping studying at the Seminary. and John Fulkerson, experienced and emerg- faith communities un- and another anonymous ing leaders from diverse derstand the challenges A final note: I attended member of the Semi- religious backgrounds, they face and offering a reception in New nary Board of Trustees, eager to share their own ways to strengthen their York City in October to we have established an expertise and to learn vitality. In the past year, honor our alum Jacky endowed faculty chair in new leadership practices. the Faith Communities Manuputty, a Master of Abrahamic Partnerships. It is directed by Lucinda Today project issued Arts and International The first holder of the Mosher, Faculty Associ- reports on innovative Peacemaking Program chair will be Yehezkel ate for Interfaith Studies. and contemporary graduate from Indonesia. Landau, Faculty Associ- worship styles and the Jacky received the ate in Interfaith Rela- Academically, we entered use of social media and Tanenbaum Center tions, and the focus will into an exciting new Internet technologies. for Interreligious be the history and prac- partnership in 2012 with FACT also participated Understanding’s tice of Jewish, Christian the Jewish Theological in two major studies of Peacemakers in Action and Muslim Relations. Seminary for JTS stu- mosques in America. award to recognize his dents to study at Hart- Scott Thumma par- peacemaking work. We also celebrated the ford Seminary to gain a ticipated in the U.S. Jacky has helped form completion of a major first-hand understanding Religious Congrega- Peace Provocateurs project to enhance li- of Islam and Christianity tions & Membership to use social media to brary services. With the and to contribute a Jew- Study, collecting data combat religious conflict H.A. Vance Foundation ish presence and perspec- on non-denominational between Christians and as primary donor, and tive so that together the churches. Muslims in Indonesia. including significant do- three traditions may To see Jacky put into nations from the Ahearn work toward creative and You may know that practice what he learned Family Foundation and constructive relations Miriam Therese Winter, in Hartford and to have a number of individual among them. The Prior our long-time faculty his work thus recognized supporters, the Seminary Family Foundation, led member in liturgy, wor- is a great pleasure and an was able to add nine by Trustee Trudie Prior ship and spirituality, is indication of the value of mobile shelving units in and her husband Neil a renowned songwriter. the work we do. the library, increasing the Prior, made a generous Last winter, we cele- accessible collection by gift to fund six course brated the release of her I appreciate your support 30 percent. enrollments for JTS new CD, Loving You, of Hartford Seminary. students here during which is the first in a Please stay in touch with Also, over the summer, the 2012-2013 aca- series of new recordings suggestions and feedback we installed a new front demic year. Three JTS of her songs. on our work. We would courtyard. As part of students participated in love to hear from you. this project, through the the Building Abraha- A major focus for us is Thank you, gifts of 16 donors, we mic Partnerships course to increase the number installed special pavers in in June. One of them of students studying the central square. These said afterward, “The at the Seminary. Tina pavers commemorate experience exceeded my Demo was hired a Seminary alumni/ae, expectations, which now, year ago as Director family, friends, teachers looking back, seem to of Recruitment and and mentors. have been far short of Admissions and has Heidi Hadsell what I encountered.” been working with my Another major grant to President the Seminary came from

Hartford Seminary • Annual report 2012 3 Trustees

Ralph E. Ahlberg Heidi Hadsell Frank R.A. Resnick Minister Emeritus, Round President, Professor of Social Chief Financial Officer, Hill Community Church, Ethics, Hartford Seminary Mandell Greater Greenwich, CT; Immanuel Hartford Jewish Congregational Church, Community Center, Hartford, CT West Hartford, CT; Beth Amy Hines El Temple, West Hartford, Abubaker Al Shingieti Senior Vice President, The CT Executive Director, Alford Group, Livingston International Institute of Manor, NY; Church of the Nancy P. Roberts Islamic Thought, Herndon, Larger Fellowship, Unitarian President, VA ; All Dulles Area Muslim Universalist, Boston, MA Council for Society (ADAMS), Sterling, Philanthropy, Hartford, VA Edward G. Horstmann CT; St. John’s Episcopal Senior Pastor, Immanuel Church, West Hartford, Fatma Antar Congregational Church, CT Emeritus Professor of Hartford, CT Economics, Manchester Community College, Stanley C. Kemmerer James K. Robertson Manchester, CT; Visiting Vice President, Challenger, Senior Partner, Carmody Professor of Arabic, Trinity Gray & Christmas, Inc.; and Torrance, Waterbury, College, Hartford, CT; Priest-in-Charge, Christ CT; Treasurer, Board Founding Board Member, and The Epiphany Episcopal of Trustees; First Islamic Association of Church, East Haven, CT Congregational Church, , Berlin, Watertown, CT CT Reza Mansoor Cardiologist, Hartford Karen Bailey-Francois Hospital and Cardiac Care Amy Robinson Associate Pastor, Ellington Associates; First Vice Chair, Marketing Congregational Church, Board of Trustees; President, Communications Ellington, CT Islamic Association of Greater Consultant, Hartford, Hartford, Berlin, CT; Board CT Christel Ford Berry of Trustees, Muslim Coalition Principal, Ford Berry of Connecticut and Covenant Alwi Shihab Associates, Hartford, CT; Prep School, Hartford, CT Special Envoy to the First Cathedral, Bloomfield, Middle East and the CT Vanda B. McMurtry Organization of the Partner, Davis & Harman Islamic Conference for Courtney B. Bourns LLP, Washington, D.C.; the President of the Partner, Berman, Bourns, Chair, Board of Trustees; Republic of Indonesia, Aaron & Dembo, Christ Church, Georgetown, Jakarta, Indonesia Hartford, CT; Asylum Hill Washington, D.C. Congregational Church, Scott Thumma Hartford, CT Umar F. Moghul Professor of Sociology of Partner, Stephenson Religion and Director of Herbert Brockman Harwood Middle East LLP, the Doctor of Ministry Rabbi, Congregation Dubai, UAE; Secretary, Program, Hartford Mishkan Israel, Hamden, Board of Trustees Seminary CT Salahuddin Muhammad Hans Ucko Muslim Chaplain, New Martin L. Budd Co-Chair of a Bud- York State Department of dhist inspired interfaith Retired Partner, Day Pitney, Correctional Services; Imam, program, Day of Prayer Stamford, CT; Te mpl e Masjid Al Ikhlas, Newburgh, and Action for Children, Emanu-El, New York New York with UNICEF; Fellow in Interfaith Relations, Hartford Seminary; Sydney Perry Church of Sweden William J. Cronin Chief Executive Officer, Retired President, Jewish Federation of Greater Elliot P. Williams Cronin and Company New Haven and the Jewish Principal, The New Inc., Glastonbury, CT; Community Center of New England Guild, Hartford, Chair Emeritus, Board of Haven; Westville Synagogue, CT; First Church Trustees; St. Patrick-St. New Haven in Windsor (UCC), Anthony Church, Hartford, Windsor CT CT Trudie J. Prior President and General Timur Yuskaev Wendy B. Grammas Manager, Coral World Assistant Professor of Former financial executive, Ocean Park, St. Thomas, Contemporary Islam, Greenwich, CT VI; Second Vice Chair, Hartford Seminary Board of Trustees; Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas

4 Hartford Seminary • Annual report 2012 President’s Council

The President’s Council is comprised of former Seminary Trustees and others who have previously held leadership roles and who now offer their collective wisdom to the President in service to current opportunities and challenges.

Ralph E. Ahlberg William H. Farley Marnie W. Mueller Kenneth W. Taylor Ali A. Antar Walter M. Fiederowicz Margaret Patricelli Margaret O. Thomas Mohammad S. Bajwa, M.D. Carl T. Furniss Susan E. Pogue Phillip E. Trowbridge, Anthony S. Brown Heidi Hadsell, Ph.D. Donald P. Richter, Esq. M.D. Cyril C. Burke Herbert W. Hansen John H. Riege, Esq. Joyce H. Yarrow Nancy C. Butler Barbara E. Headley Michael R. Rion, Ph.D. Barbara B. Zikmund, Ph.D. David E. A. Carson Alvan N. Johnson Nancy C. Rion William J. Zito Sanford Cloud Worth Loomis Robert N. Schmalz, Esq. Davida F. Crabtree J. Alan McLean Jane I. Smith, Ph.D.

Corporators

Hartford Seminary Corporators are the school’s ambassadors to communities far and wide: friends and alumni/ae who know and believe in the mission of the Seminary and share that enthusiasm with others, raising awareness and inviting participation. Corporators also play another essential role, as they are responsible for electing new Seminary Trustees at the Annual Meeting of the Corporation each spring.

Winthrop R. Adkins Bridget Fidler Kimat G. Khatak Scott Schooley Dean C. Ahlberg James T. Fleming David S. Knishkowy Edmund M. See Kamal Ali Jerry Franklin Charles M. Kuchenbrod Pedro E. Segarra LeRoy Bailey Karl A. Fransson Molly O. Louden Ralph M. Shulansky Grace E. Bergen James P. Friedman Janice S. Macferran Paul Smith Donna Berman Harriet H. Gardner B. Patrick Madden Marie M. Spivey John A. Berman Arnold C. Greenberg Rosalie A. Malone Mark S. Steiner Shelley D. Best R. Nelson Griebel Thomas F. Malone Sohaib N. Sultan James Boucher Jay-Seth Guberman E. Merritt McDonough Joanne F. Susag Harold C. Buckingham Rashid Hamid William G. Moldwin M. P. Susag Scott Cady Walter L. Harrison Helen M. Moore Beverly D. Tatum Thomas G. Carr Alyce F. Hild Edna N. Negron Sally S. Taylor Edward A. Charlebois John M. Horak Nitza M. Nieves Joseph M. Tobin Sajjad B. Chowdhry Molly F. James Sulayman S. Nyang Lincoln S. Young Marian B. Cox-Chapman Barbara Jamestone Erline M. Patrick Ritu Zazzaro Alice Cruikshank Ronald D. Jarvis Marc A. Reich Peter Cruikshank S. Edward Jeter Ezra H. Ripple James E. Curry Calvert G. Keirstead Louis W. Romanos Carole C. Fay Kathleen W. Kellogg Jonathan Rosenbaum Lowell H. Fewster Colleen M. Keyes Donna E. Schaper

Hartford Seminary • Annual report 2012 5 Hartford Seminary Statement of Activities for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2011 and 2012

2012 2011 Total Total

OPERATING REVENUE: Programs, scholarships and courses $ 1,400,523 $ 1,475,710 Student housing 102,129 91,932 Less: Student Aid (310,855) (279,235) Student tuition and fees, net 1,191,797 1,288,407 Investment return utilized for operations 2,207,000 2,205,034 Private gifts and grants 183,774 421,002 Research and grants 300,899 357,080 Auxiliary activities 138,948 109,585 Other revenue 99,695 93,277 Total operating revenue 4,122,113 4,474,385

OPERATING EXPENSES: Insitutional support 1,584,925 1,453,164 Instructional 1,166,695 1,339,079 Academic support 778,586 826,911 Plant expense 599,773 612,398 Student Services 150,096 157,937 Total operating expenses 4,280,075 4,389,489 Change in net assets, operations (157,962) 84,896

OTHER CHANGES: Private gifts and pledges 2,040,132 272,247 Investment return, net of amount utilized for operations (2,573,579) 4,638,611 Change in value of beneficial interests 33,595 480,780 Gain on sale of assets 0 51,258 Total other changes (499,852) 5,442,896

Change in net assets (657,814) 5,527,792

Net assets, beginning of year 42,120,385 36,592,593 Net assets, end of year $ 41,462,571 $ 42,120,385

6 Hartford Seminary • Annual report 2012 Karen R. Helm Honor Roll of Donors Dr. Tukyul Kimm* Charles M. Kuchenbrod (C) and Rebecca A. Sielman The Rev. Selva R. Lehman* Joyce and John Lemega Worth Loomis (PC) and Dr. Louise Earle Loomis Janice S. Macferran (C) Dr. Ian Markham and Lesley Markham* Umar F. Moghul, Esq. (T) and Saema Ansari, M.D. Generous-hearted Fund and other special The gifts listed below Evan M. Odden* and Leah Odden individuals and funds to support represent donations The Rev. Steven J. Peterson* Marc A. (C) and Karen Reich organizations from a faculty salaries and made between July Donald P. Richter, Esq. broad range of faith programs). 1, 2011 and June (C) and Jane Richter Amy B. Robinson (T) and traditions have helped 30, 2012. The Lewis Robinson Karen B. Rollins* Hartford Seminary Following those giving levels listed June C. Roy* achieve its goal of gifts, we list those represent total giving Dr. Roy M. Rutherford* Patricia B. Snyder preparing students to organizations and by the individual or The Rev. Dr. E. B. Stanley* Edward B. Whittemore and understand and live individuals who have organization during Brooke Whittemore in today’s multi-faith given to special funds that time frame, The Rev. Donald J. Wilson and Mary Ann Lundy world with its many such as Scholarships excluding gifts in kind. David L. Yoder and Carol Yoder continuing challenges to support current and Please note: We do Partner ($100.00+) and opportunities. future students, the our best to list your Nancy G. Aker* and J. Endowment to ensure name correctly, but if Brooke Aker The Rev. Jonathan P. Albright* This Honor Roll of future growth and you have a correction and Nancy M. Albright Paul M. Aldrich Donors recognizes sustainability, Capital to make, please call Dr. Kamal Ali (C) those whose gifts have Projects, Specially the Institutional The Rev. Harry S. Andersen* and Dorothy E. Andersen supported current Designated Gifts and Advancement Office Carolyn Arvidson The Rev. Charles D.* and operations and Legacy Giving (The at (860) 509-9520 Sandra H. Baboian programs (the Annual Mackenzie Heritage or email swright@ The Rev. Theodore R. Bader* and Vernetta Bader Society). hartsem.edu. Martha M. Baker* E. Gwen Bartok* Peter E. and Morven C. Barwick John A. Berman, Esq. (C) ANNUAL FUND Aida Mansoor* McKinney and Laura Berman CONTRIBUTORS The Rev. Alfred W. Matthews* Philip R. McLoughlin and Christel F. Berry (T) Trustees (T) and Mrs. Virginia Matthews Rose Marie McLoughlin C.S. and Willem A. Bijlefeld Corporators (C) Vanda B. McMurtry (T) and Dr. Marnie W. and Dr. Robert The Rev. Dr. Steven Blackburn President’s Council (PC) Maria E. McMurtry E. Mueller and the Rev. Susan E. Wyman Alumni/ae * The Rev. Dr. James R. Nieman The Rev. Dr. C. Taylor Morse Auburn A. Boyers* and Ruth Indicates deceased and the Rev. JoAnn A. Post The Rev. Canon Richard Nancy P. Roberts (T) and T. Nolan and Robert C. Boyers Gale Brancato President’s Circle Stephen Roberts Pingpank A. Richard and Faith Brayer ($5,000.00+) James K. Robertson (T) and Mrs. Caroline W. Palmer* Mary F. Brodhead* Martin L. Budd, Esq. (T) JoAnn Robertson The Rev.* and Mrs. John E. Post The Rev. Dr. Shirlee M. Bromley* and Aviva Budd Mrs. Betty H. Stevens Ezra H. Ripple IV (C) and The Rev. Margaret O. Thomas Christina Ripple Frank A. Brooks* The Rev. Dr. Cyril C. Burke Leadership Circle (PC) and the Rev. Kenneth The Rev. Dr. Evans F. Sealand* (PC) and A. G. Burke ($2,500.00+) Thomas and Evelyn Sealand The Rev. Hazel A. Burnett* Gregory B. Butler and the Eliot P. Williams (T) and Edmund M. See, Esq. ( C) The Rev. Robert H. * and Rev. Nancy Butler (PC) Susan Williams and Ellen E. See Anne S. Calvert Gertrude J. Prior (T) and The Rev. Dr. Barbara B. Zikmund F. Barry Stipp* Dr. M. Dosia Carlson* Cornelius Prior (PC) and Dr. Joseph Zikmund II Joanne F. (C) and M. Philip Susag (C) The Rev. Bobbie Chapman* Ed Charlebois (C) and Julie Visionary ($1,000.00+) Pacesetter ($500.00+) The Rev. Grenville B. Winthrop Charlebois The Rev. Ralph E. Ahlberg The Rev. Anne S. Alvord III*and Nancy Winthrop Richard C. P. Chun* (T, PC) and Beverly C. The Rev. Beryl J. Capewell* The Rev. Dr. William J. Zito Shannon Clarkson Ahlberg and Marvin Capewell (PC) and Janet Zito Laurence and Ann Coe David S. and Jill Barrett David E. A. Carson (PC) and and 2 anonymous donors The Rev. Ralph* and Ruth Colby M. Saleem Bajwa (PC) and Sara F. Carson William H. and Frances F. Kaneez Bajwa Sanford Cloud, Jr., Esq. (PC) Investor ($250.00+) Connelly Betsy Bergen (C) and Diane B. Cloud Samsiah Abdul Majid David and Joan Cooney Robert L. Bergen The Rev. Edward F. Duffy and Douglas W. Addison* The Rev. Warren E. Covell* Courtney B. Bourns, Esq. (T) Lynne S. Duffy Dr. Winthrop R. (C) and Dr. Dr. Marian B. Cox-Chapman and Anne Lundberg Bourns The Rev. Dr. Jay Ebersole* Caroline Manuele Adkins (C) and Dr. James Chapman Rabbi Dr. Herbert N. Brockman Lynn B. Fulkerson* and Dr. Dr. Ali A. Antar (PC) and Dr. The Rev. Dr. Davida Foy (T ) and Elin Brockman John P. Fulkerson Fatma Antar (T) Crabtree* (PC) Dr. Olive J. Brose Carl T. Furniss (PC) and The Rev. Dr, Robert W. Richard Crocker*and Judy Harold C. Buckingham, Jr., Esq. Carolyn Furniss Bermudes* and Sally Crocker (C) and Joyce C. Buckingham The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bermudes Scott E. Crom William J. Cronin, Jr.(T) and A. Good* and Dr. Alan Pratt The Rev. Marilyn S. Breckenridge* Alice Cruikshank (C) and Ann P. Cronin* Rashid Hamid (C) and and the Rev. Thomas R. Peter Cruikshank (C) Jane Ellingwood* Ester Sanches-Naek Breckenridge* The Rev. Arpad de Kallos* Shawn and Linda Fisher Samuel C. Hamilton and George and Frances B. Caspar Tina Demo Cornelia P. Ford* Sandy Hamilton Mary E. Coleman* The Rev. Dr. Richard C. Diehl* Heidi Hadsell, Ph.D. (T) Allison Chisolm and Nancy Dartnall* and Mary Diehl Amy Hines (T) Peter Hansen Linda T. Eaton* and John T. Mary H. Dixon* Ms. Hyun M. Kang Lee* and Charles A. Johnson* Eaton Maribel* Donat and Nafi Donat Mr. Seung Lee Robert C. Knox III Rabbi Stephen Fuchs The Rev. Dr. Michael A.* and The Rev. Stanley C. Kemmerer* The Rev. Dr. Molly O’Neill David Gonci and Noreen Cullen Deborah M. Drake (T) and Nancy Kemmerer Louden* (C) Wendy B. Grammas (T) The Rev. Dwight A.* and Mrs. Dr. M. R. Mansoor (T) and William McKinney and Linda Dr. Donald C. Helm* and

Hartford Seminary • Annual report 2012 7 Wuqaas Munir Mrs. Susan Cook Dr. Victoria T. Murphy The Rev. Marjorie H. Davis* The Rev. Joyce B. Myers-Brown* Stephen A. Davis Joseph L. Pace* Bettina I. Buonanno DelSesto Harry Y. and Carmen Ruth A. Dudley* Utzurrum Pak* George S. Dunham Dr. Erline M. Patrick (C) The Rev. George W. Easton* Dr. Sydney Perry (T) and Anne Easton Dr. Robert L. Polk* The Rev. Vernon Thomas James W. Pollock* and Edward* and Mrs. Doris Rachel Pollock* McBride Edward* Mark Porizky*and Barbara Anne M. Eglinton Porizky The Rev. Mason B. Ellison and Donald B. Register Roberta Ellison The Rev. Philip D. Reifenberg Dr. Don Emmel* and Esther Edward J. Requardt* Emmel Capital Projects Mr. Frank Resnick (T) Lydia L. Estoye* Dr. Michael R. Rion (PC) and Patricia W. Ferrone* Nancy C. Rion Marion* and David Fields The Power of Partnerships Rev. Robert R. Rock* and Janet and Gene Fierman Susan Rock Dr. Thomas E. and Clara Joe The H.A. Vance Foundation of Hartford provided Dr. V. T. Samuel* Fisher a challenge grant of $25,000 to complete the Christie Lohr Sapp* and Paul Karl A. Fransson, Esq.* (C) A. Sapp John Fussell purchase and installation of mobile shelving in John E. Scavo* J. Edward Gates* and Hartford Seminary’s Library when the Seminary The Rev. Donna E. Schaper Marion M. Gates had successfully raised an additional $50,000 for the (C) and Warren Goldstein The Rev. Bricker* and Robert N. Schmalz, Esq.*(PC) Carolyn Gibson project. and Anne Schmalz Vivienne Girven* Dr. Ali Shakibai The Rev. Dr. Janice Glenn* The Seminary’s Library is at the heart of our Ms. Geraldine Messina Smith* David H. Graham* institution’s mission to increase understanding Shirley Miller Smith* Delores P. Graham among students, faculty, religious leaders, journalists, The Rev. Dr. Kenneth W. Taylor* J. C. D. Hadden, Esq. (PC) and Jo Anne Y. Taylor* Albert Hahn researchers and the general public. The mobile The Honorable Alvin W. The Rev. Ronald Hajarian* shelving project included the purchase and Thompson and Lesley A. Wendy M. Haller installation of nine new mobile book carriages to Morgan-Thompson The Rev. Howard L. Harris* increase the shelving space available for current Humphrey Tonkin and Jane The Rev. James D. and Edwards Gerry P. Harvey collections and future acquisitions. Dr. Phillip E. (PC) and Fay The Rev. Dr. Ivan O. Hawk III* Trowbridge and Peggy A. Hawk Now complete, the mobile shelving has enabled the The Rev. Dr. Hans (T) and Alden* and Betty* Hebard seminary to move 21,000 volumes into circulation, Agneta Ucko Sister Dorothy M. Higgins, SND expanding the library collection by 30%, a significant The Rev. Paul V. Varga* and David M. Hildreth Mrs. Joanne Varga* Virginia R. Hoffman increase with benefits to the entire community. Sharon K. and John Waber Edward G. Horstmann (T) Dr. Ben F.* and Janice M. Wade Katharine Houk* We wish to thank the H.A. Vance Foundation in Caroline B. Webster Shariq Iqbal particular for their visionary support. We would also Joanne T. White* Minister Gloria E. Jimpson* like to thank all the donors to the project (listed on Harry Widman* The Rev. Ardyth Johnson* Mary Ann Willis* and Dale Johnson these pages) and in particular the Ahearn Family Amy P. M. Wolsdorf* Karen Johnston Foundation and the Prior Family Foundation. Cynthia D. Yee* Dr. Robert M.* and Jean Young Madeline S. Johnston Lincoln S. Young (C) The Rev. Dr. Donald H. Mrs. Jean Young* Ketcham* and Mrs. Carol C. Mary Zeman Ketcham and 2 anonymous donors Daniel R. Kingman Barbara A. Dutton The Rev. Glendon C. Jantzi* Sandra J. Kissel Archer L. and Pauline Edgar S. Edward Jeter (C) and Donor ($1.00+) The Rev. Dr. Mary D. Klaaren* James F. English, Jr. and Michael Dewey Jeter Elizabeth Lee Abbott* and Dr. Eugene Klaaren Isabelle S. English The Rev. Dr. Alvan N. (PC) Shamsuddin Akhtar The Rev. Richard W. Larson* Robert Ertl* and Jean Ertl and Betty Johnson Kathleen and Sherwood Yvette Law William H. Farley (PC)* and Shirley Kiefer Anderson Margaret Lezak Ruth Farley Dr. Uriah Y. Kim and Crystal Kim Lynn and Shirley Anderson Richard A. Luehrman The Rev. Dr. Lowell H. (C) and Wilson H. Kimnach Evelyn M. Andre* Dr. Adair Lummis the Rev. Julie P. Fewster The Rev. Dr. Dwight L.*and Doris M. Armstrong The Rev. Kenneth C. Margrey* The Rev. Bridget Fidler ( C) Katherine E. Kintner Sarah Z. Ashraf Dr. Ingrid Mattson and Mr. Ellen D. Fox David S. Knishkowy (C) and The Rev. Dr. David E.* and Amer Aatek James P. Friedman (C) and Judith Greiman Mrs. Kathleen Avery The Rev. John McKinstry* Dianne Friedman Ilona W. Kwiecien* Mr. Ivan Backer and Anne McKinstry Anne Fries* The Rev Robert Lane* and Myron L. Baldwin, Jr. Theodore P. McKnight* and Arthur L. Gaither* and the Rev. Fidelia Lane* Tom and Melanie Barnes Martha L. McKnight* Alfreda Gaither The Rev. Dr. Mary Brown Larson* Emily S. Barrett Mary Alice Wagner Medlicott* Phillip J. and Harriet H. Jonathan B. Lee Rachel Bashevkin Dr. Esther Megill* Gardner (C) The Rev. Thomas H. Lindeman Gordon S. Bates* and Arthur Meyers and Marcia Mr. Sidney L. Gardner* and Joan Lindeman Wanda Bates Meyers Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Garvais The Rev. Dr. Robert Loesch* Priscilla Baxter Rev. Carolyn Olds Mikels, Ph.D. Mrs. Leanore A. and Mr. Sidney Lovett The Rev. Paul Beech* Dr. Roland E.* and Mary Robert Goode John K. Luoma* Nancy Benben* Helen Miller Andree M. Grafstein Shehzad M. Malik Judith A. Benton and The Rev. Gary A. and Lori Mr. Arnold C. Greenberg (C) Eleanor Manire-Gatti* and Robert Benton Mongillo R. N. Griebel (C) Frank Gatti* Shirley M. Berry* Margaret Moore Charles N. Gross* Donna Manocchio and David Dale and Eleanor Blake Mary Lee Morrison and Dr. Ruth E. Hadley and Dr. David Lewis Jean M. Blanning William Upholt M. Hadley Ann Marino* Dr. George N. Bowers, Jr. Pamela Morrison-Wolf* Gwen Haley* and Maria Dynia* Ralph E. Marsden* and Mrs. Myra H. Bowers Barbara Morton Rev. David C. Hall* and Lynda Marseglia* Lois V. Bromson Dr. Lucinda A. Mosher and Georgia Hall The Rev. Dr. John W. Martiner* Donnamarie Brown* Mr. Barrie Mosher The Rev. Ernie Harris* and and Elizabeth B. Martiner Dr. Stanley E.* and The Rev. Monsignor Michael Millie Harris Dorothy F. McDougald* Beverly Brush* J. Motta* The Rev. Mary N. Hawkes* The Rev. J. Alan McLean (PC) Dr. Robert D. Carey* and Rosemary L. Moynihan* and Thelma L. Prince Hedges* and Joan McLean the Rev. LaDonna Carey* Timothy Moynihan Janine M. Hewitt The Rev. Robert A. McWaid* Anne and Jackson Carroll Imam Dr. Salahuddin M. David S. Hill* and Nancy Hill The Rev. Henry Millan The Rev. Alan D. Carvalho* Muhammad (T) Lilyne M. Hollingworth Howard C. Miner, Jr. and Carolyn H. Cary Sarah Mullane Georgette Huie Myra Miner* Polly U. Champ Viola Day Mullin Roseann Lezak Janow and The Rev. Helen M. Moore ( C) Linda Connick Nicolas Mumejian Marvin Janow Dr. William J. Cook, Jr.* and The Rev. Aubrey Murphy*

8 Hartford Seminary • Annual report 2012 Roger S. Nicholson* and Anne Nicholson Special Gifts to support annual Elizabeth Adams Noyes operations (in addition to the Foundation John M. Oblak unrestricted Annual Fund) Highlights Arthur Orth* Marjorie F. Palm Building Abrahamic Nancy J. Parker* Partnerships Foundation Marcia Pavao An Interfaith Community of Impact John Perry-Hooker Learning for Jews, Christians & Rose and Dan Petronella Muslims The Alavi Foundation The Rev. James M. Phillips Kenneth Poppe American Baptist Churches of continues to be a generous David P. Porteous* Connecticut funding partner, providing The Rev. Barbara Prasse and West Hartford, CT faculty salary support for the Rev. Edgar G. Prasse Dr. Saud Anwar and Dr. Mahmoud Ayoub The Rev. Richard S.Pryce* Dr. Yusra Anis and Mrs. Gail Pryce* South Windsor, CT to continue to teach at Dr. Shyamala Raman and Hartford Seminary. Dr. Avon/Canton Rotary Krishnan Raman Ayoub, a noted scholar of Winona Lotz Ramsay* Community Fund Betty Jane Rector* Avon, CT Shi’ite Islam has had a distinguished academic career, The Rev. Catherine H. Reed* David I. Brandwein and Ann at Temple University and Hartford Seminary among Wayne and Donnalou Rollins Brandwein many other institutions, and is known for his belief Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum (C) West Hartford, CT and Dr. Susan Rosenbaum in the importance of interfaith dialogue in today’s Mary Jane Ross Jeffrey Digel and Jane Digel challenging world as we work to build harmonious Marie A. Rovero West Hartford, CT and tolerant relationships among all peoples. Amanda D. Royce-Hale* First Baptist Church of West Jennifer L. Sanborn* Hartford The Alavi Foundation has also taken a leadership role Dorothy E. Schonefeld* West Hartford, CT Frances W. Sellers* in Hartford Seminary’s campaign to secure funding Nehal Shah Ms. Rona Gollob to endow a faculty chair for the study of Shi’ite Islam. Lisa Sheble* Simsbury, CT The Foundation recently provided major funding for The Rev. J. B. Shepherd* The Rev. Dr. Mark L. Heilshorn* a landmark conference last fall on “The State of the Esther W. Shoup Litchfield, CT David Silver and Hilary Smith Study of Shi’ite Islam in North America and Europe” George H. Sinclair* The Bella and Max Shulman at which the endowment campaign was launched. Ian Skoggard Fund of the Jewish Community The conference brought together leading scholars of The Rev. Dr. Roger S.* Foundation of Greater and Edna M. Smith Hartford Shi’i Islam to share perspectives on their rich heritage Dr. Dwight D. Snesrud, D.Min.* West Hartford, CT within the broader Islamic world and to identify Marie M. Spivey ( C) and Mr. Steven C. Kleinman efforts to increase interest in the study of Shi’i Islam Kenneth Spivey Hartford, CT Fred A. Sprenger* in North America. At the conference, Dr. Sayyed The Rev. Nona H. Stewart* David S. Knishkowy (C) and Hossein Nasr of George Washington University gave Ms. Karen Stockton and Judith Greiman the keynote address. Mr. Andrew Stockton West Hartford, CT Dr. Frank A. Stone Stephen K. Lacey and Margaret The Alavi Foundation continues to fund important Pablo Stone* Lacey educational enterprises as a reflection of its mission Nan Streeter Windsor, CT Ralph R. and Bernita “to promote charitable and philanthropic causes W. Sundquist The Rev. Donna Manocchio and through educational, religious and cultural programs.” Thomas Swain* David Lewis The Foundation does this by making contributions Saadat Syed Wethersfield, CT Rev. Andrew D. Terwilleger* to not-for-profit organizations within the United Rocky Hill Congregational and Priscilla C. Terwilleger Church UCC States and Canada that support inter- and intra-faith Herman E. Thomas, Ph.D.* Rocky Hill, CT dialogue, and promote Islamic culture and Persian Mr. Orwell C. Tousley and Mrs. Zama Tousley South Congregational Church of language, literature and civilization. The Rev. Donald A. Toussaint* Granby UCC Woody Trautman Granby, CT Mr. Arthur L. Tucker and The Rev. Linda M. Spiers Mrs. June P. Tucker New Canaan, CT Church UCC Collinsville, CT East Granby, CT Frank A.* and Barbara B. Vietze* Sherie S. Roberts* Geraldine Von Daacke St. John’s Church (Episcopal) Southbury, CT Ellington Congregational Church Vincent Vu West Hartford, CT UCC Rev. Joseph E. Vujs, D.Min* Ellington, CT Richard L. Waddell Gary Tabasinske Alice F. Walker* Lopez Island, WA Donors: Religious First Baptist Church of West John* and Darleen Trinity Episcopal Church Organizations, Hartford Wiedenheft Hartford, CT Foundations and West Hartford, CT Sheryl and Keith Wiggins William C. Voss and Corporations First Church in Windsor UCC Joy Kattner Wilson* Windsor, CT Dennis R. Winkleblack Michelle Voss Churches, Mosques, The Rev. Melvin A.* and Alton, NH First Church of Christ UCC Synagogues and Other Religious Nancy Wittler* New Haven, CT George A. Weiss Organizations Nancy A. Wood Hartford, CT First Church of Christ, The Rev. Robert G. American Baptist Churches of Jacqueline L. White, Congregational UCC Woodward Mrs. Susan Connecticut Middletown, CT Woodward D.Min. West Hartford, CT Timur (T) and Nadya Yuskaev Peoria, IL First Church of Christ, Central Baptist and 5 anonymous donors Bryan Wilson Congregational UCC Church Redding Center, CT West Hartford, CT Hartford, CT ANNUAL GIVING The First Church of Christ, Faculty Salary Columbia Congregational Church Congregational UCC Support UCC Suffield, CT Columbia, CT The Association of First Congregational Church of Theological Schools Congregational Church in South Bloomfield UCC Pittsburgh, PA Glastonbury UCC Bloomfield, CT S. Glastonbury, CT The Alavi Foundation First Congregational Church of New York, NY The Congregational Church of Granby UCC Laconia UCC Granby, CT Women’s Leadership Institute- Laconia, NH General Support First Congregational Church of Congregational Church of Waterbury UCC Jo Ann B. Bourquard* Marlborough UCC Waterbury, CT Agawam, MA Marlborough, CT Fishers Island Union Chapel Cornelia P. Ford* East Granby Congregational

Hartford Seminary • Annual report 2012 9 Hoffman Foundation Chester, CT West Hartford, CT Robert J. Brooks Francis Asbury Palmer Fund Storrs Mansfield, CT Pittsburgh, PA Kelton Cobb Shinnyo-en Foundation Hartford, CT San Francisco, CA Marjorie H. Davis* The Shulansky Foundation, Inc. Granby, CT Bloomfield, CT George W. Easton* The Lilly Endowment, Inc. Essex, CT Indianapolis, IN Peter B. Grandy* West Hartford, CT Corporate & Business George W. Grisevich Giving Legacy Giving: The mackenzie Hartford, CT Heritage Society Ace Advance Paper Company, Gail D. Keeney-Mulligan Inc. Bloomfield, CT New Britain, CT Ruth Ann Martz The Inderstrodt Legacy Aetna Foundation, Inc. West Hartford, CT Princeton, NJ Deborah S. Meny The late Jane and Bill Inderstrodt, both Hartford All Waste, Inc. West Hartford, CT Hartford, CT Seminary alumni, made provisions in their estate Umar F. Moghul (T) plans help Hartford Seminary continue its spiritual The Association of Theological Manchester, CT and educational traditions both now and in the Schools Pittsburgh, PA Joe Peidle future. Known to many of the Hartford Seminary Medford, MA family, the Inderstrodts had long and varied careers in Avon/Canton Rotary Avon, CT Michael R. Rion (PC) ministry, teaching and church administration ranging West Hartford, CT from Washington D.C. to positions in Connecticut Brothers Oil East Hartford, CT Norma A. Rust* and Maine. They both continued to be very busy Simsbury, CT at the end of their lives, even helping to coordinate EMCOR Services/New England Mechanical Scott L. Thumma (T) fundraising for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Vernon, CT West Hartford, CT W. B. Mason, Inc. The Mackenzie Heritage Society recognizes current The Hartford Hartford, CT East Windsor, CT and past donors of planned gifts to Hartford Seminary. What began in 1833 with a vision for Jewish Federation of Greater Memorial and Honor Gifts New Haven developing leadership in ministry has evolved today Woodbridge, CT In memory of Leslie John Adkins into a renowned center for scholarship, research and Dr. Winthrop R. Adkins (C) and Lebon Press, Inc. Dr. Caroline Adkins dialogue. The vision of the founders of Hartford Hartford, CT In memory of Khurshid Akhtar Seminary has flourished. Their legacy is intact, in Medical Mission Sisters Shamsuddin Akhtar many ways because of the generosity and foresight Hartford, CT In memory of H. Constance demonstrated by those whose gifts were made as Mitchell Fuel Co. Inc. Barker Ault planned gifts to support the future growth of the South Windsor, CT Ruth Handley* and Dr. David Hadley institution. People’s United Insurance Agency In memory of my father, Irving To join our Mackenzie Heritage Society, which Hartford, CT Berkelhammer Wendy B. Grammas (T) recognizes current and past donors of planned gifts to Robinson & Cole, LLP Hartford Seminary, you have only include Hartford Hartford, CT In honor of Katie Brush Dr. Stanley E. Brush* and Beverly Seminary in your estate plans. Ryan Business Systems Brush* South Windsor, CT In honor of Professor Kelton Hartford Seminary welcomes your inquiries. For Sam’s Plumbing and Heating Cobb West Hartford, CT more information, please feel free to contact Jonathan Jane Ellingwood* Lee, Director of Institutional Advancement at (860) The Crown Market In memory of Rev. Dr. Carl S. West Hartford, CT 509-9556, or [email protected] or visit www.hartsem. Dudley edu/gifts-lifetime Ulvi S. Gurer, Master The Rev. Donald B. Register Electrician In memory of Jose D. Estoye Coventry, CT Fishers Isle, NY Granby UCC Lydia L. Estoye* United Way of Central & Granby, CT In honor of Mary and John International Institute of Islamic Northeastern CT Higgins, Francis, Rebecca and Thought St. John’s Church (Episcopal) Hartford, CT Herndon, VA West Hartford, CT Joseph Higgins W. B. Mason, Inc. Sister Dorothy M. Higgins, SND Islamic Council of New England St. Mark’s Episcopal Church East Windsor, CT South Hadley, MA Bridgeport, CT In memory of Louisa Horvath Dr. Frank M. Gatti* and Eleanor Matching Gifts Islamic Society of Western Trinity Episcopal Church Manire-Gatti* Massachusetts Hartford, CT Aetna Foundation, Inc. In honor of Dr. Alvan N. Johnson, West Springfield, MA Windham Association of the Princeton, NJ Jr. Vivienne Girven* National Association of Connecticut Conference United The Hartford Congregational Christian Church of Christ Hartford, CT In honor of Yehezkel Landau Churches Hampton, CT David Silver and Hilary Smith Oak Creek, WI The Lilly Endowment, Inc. Foundation Giving Indianapolis, IN In memory of Sam Macferran Noank Baptist Church Janice S. Macferran (C) Noank, CT Alavi Foundation of New York In Kind Gifts and In memory of Harvey K. New York, NY Services Pilgrim Way Baptist Church McArthur Windsor, CT The Ruth Conant Trust Fund Ace Advance Paper Company, Dr. Robert M. Johnston* and Rocky Hill Congregational Hartford, CT Inc. Madeline Johnston New Britain, CT Church UCC H.A. Vance Foundation In memory of Sarah Morgan Rocky Hill, CT Hartford, CT Efrain Agosto Sanford Cloud, Jr. (PC) and Roxbury Congregational Church The Hartford Foundation for West Hartford, CT Diane B. Cloud UCC Public Giving James H. Ameling* In memory of John B. Olds and Roxbury, CT Hartford, CT New Haven, CT Gwendolyn Aldridge Olds-Lewis Rev. Carolyn Olds Mikels, Ph.D. Somers Congregational Church Jewish Community Foundation of James Baker Design UCC Greater Hartford In honor of Sydney Perry Somers, CT West Hartford, CT South Congregational Church of The Maximilian E. and Marion O.

10 Hartford Seminary • Annual report 2012 Rachel Bashevkin Library Computers In honor of M.T. Winter The Maximilian E. and Marion Marjorie Fay Palm O. Hoffman Foundation West Hartford, CT In honor of M.T. Winter

Mary Ann Willis* Women’s Leadership Institute-- Capital Project Capital Projects campaign JoAnne Bauer* Hartford, CT Library Shelving Project Carmela S. Hansen* Harwinton, CT Ahearn Family Foundation Dunedin, FL Hyun M. Kang Lee* and Seung Lee Dr. Nancy T. Ammerman and Dr. Cheshire, CT Jack Ammerman International Peacemaking West Roxbury, MA Special designated Program John and Laura Berman Fund gifts campaign West Hartford, CT Shi’a Conference A Passion for Peacemaking The Rev. Marilyn S. Breckenridge* Alavi Foundation of New York and The Rev. Thomas New York, NY In addition to their support of the Abrahamic Breckenridge*

Edina, MN Partnerships Chair, Lynn and John Fulkerson Religious Diversity Leadership Martin L. Budd (T) and Aviva Workshop have been leading supporters of the International Budd Peacemaking Program (IPP) in both June of 2011 Shinnyo-en Foundation Stamford, CT San Francisco, CA and October of 2012, inspiring other individuals The Rev. Bobbie Chapman and institutions to help in funding this unique Harwinton, CT Hartford Institute for Religion and effective program. “The Seminary plays such Research The Rev. Henry P. Cody an important role internationally in religious West Hartford, CT The Lilly Endowment, Inc. peacemaking,” the Fulkersons said. Indianapolis, IN First Church in Windsor Lynn is a Hartford Seminary alumna, former UCWindsor, CT Endowment campaign Sally Greco President’s Council Chair and former Trustee. Imam Ali Chair for the Study of With her husband, John, she has continued her Canaan, CT Shi’ite Islam involvement with and support of Hartford Seminary, Heidi Hadsell, Ph.D. (T) Ali A. Agah and Mariam Agah Hartford, CT Manassas, VA and in particular, with this key program, which embodies Hartford Seminary’s commitment to Anne Hardy* Parvez Bukhari Amherst, MA South Glastonbury, CT interfaith relations. The Fulkersons said, “Hartford Seminary offers a hopeful vision of the possibilities The Hartford Foundation for Zameer U. Hasan Public Giving Bensalem, PA for peace. It brings together people of diverse religious Hartford, CT perspectives and experiences in a unique environment Syed A. Rizvi Dawn M. Karlson* Hicksville, NY of mutual respect and acceptance.” North Granby, CT Alveena Shah Students enrolled in the International Peacemaking Ilona W. Kwiecien* Boston, MA Jaffrey, NH Program include Christians and Muslims who come Eleanor Manire-Gatti* and Bequest to Endowment from overseas settings in which there is interreligious Dr. Frank Gatti* Betty H. Stevens conflict. They spend an intensive year studying Amherst, MA Bloomfield, CT interfaith dialogue and leadership, and they leave Milton Marcus and Barbara with the skills and knowledge to become interfaith Marcus Legacy Giving peacemakers in their own countries. Farmington, CT Gifts to the MacKenzie The Rev. Alfred W. Matthews* Heritage Society Hartford Seminary began the International and Virginia Matthews The Estate of Jane A. Peacemaking Program (IPP) in 2004. In addition Norfolk, VA Inderstrodt* Robert E. Meditz Topsham, ME to the Fulkersons’ recent gifts, funding for IPP has come from The David E. A. Carson and Sara F. Wethersfield, CT The Estate of William L. Justin Peyton Inderstrodt* Carson Fund, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter East Hartford, CT Topsham, ME Foundation, and a dozen local churches and mosques. The Prior Family Foundation The Estate of J. H. Williams It costs approximately $25,000 to fully fund an IPP St Thomas, VI Hartford, CT student.

Amy B. Robinson (T) and Lewis Scholarship campaign Robinson Black Ministries Program Hartford, CT South Hadley, MA Ellington, CT Scholarships Rabbi Gloria S. Rubin Islamic Council of New The First Church of Christ, The Ruth Conant Trust Fund Oakland, NJ England Congregational Hartford, CT The Rev. Dr. E. Bevan Stanley* South Hadley, MA Suffield, CT The Rev. Dr. Alvan N. Litchfield, CT Islamic Society of Western First Church of Christ, Johnson (PC) and Mrs. Betty Massachusetts Congregational The Rev. Dr. Hans Ucko (T) Johnson West Springfield, MA Middletown, CT Hilaire d’Ozilhan, France Bloomfield, CT H.A. Vance Foundation Islamic Society of Western Lynn B. Fulkerson* and Hartford, CT Dudley Scholarship Massachusetts Dr. John B. Fulkerson West Springfield, MA Litchfield, CT Shirley S. Dudley The Rev. Ann Van Cleef Bloomfield, CT Dr. M. Zubair Kareem Orient, NY Jewish Theological Seminary South Hadley, MA Student Scholarship The Rev. Dr. William J. Zito (PC) Inderstrodt Scholarship Professor Colleen M. Keyes*( C) and Janet Zito Fund The Prior Family Foundation and Bilal Ansari* Portland, CT St Thomas, VI The Rev. Dr. Jay Ebersole* Williamstown, MA

An Anonymous Alumnus Thomasville, NC Jacqueline L. White, D.Min. Programa de Ministerios

Peoria, IL Hispanic Scholarhship Islamic Chaplaincy

Scholarship Congregational Church in South International Glastonbury Dr. Syeda Awais Peacemaking Program and South Glastonbury, CT Longmeadow, MA Scholarship Dr. M. Saleem Bajwa Ellington Congregational Church

Hartford Seminary • Annual report 2012 11 Ways You Can Support Why I Give Hartford Seminary I support Hartford Cash, Check or Credit Card Seminary with Many gifts are cash contributions that are time and treasure made by check or credit card. These gifts are because I believe so strongly in its tax deductible as allowed by law and provide mission. Differences Hartford Seminary with immediate funding for among the faiths ongoing operations. through which people approach Securities and Property God are seen too often, almost reflexively so, as sources of conflict, Gifts of stock, other securities or property benefit even reasons for hatred. Hartford Seminary the institution and provide the donor with a tax adamantly rejects that world view. Rather, it sees deduction for the fair market value of the gift in God-created differences among faithful people when it is made. Additionally, in most cases the a great opportunity for learning, one that, if donor does not have to pay capital gains tax on pursued diligently, leads to true self-examination and a deepening of one’s own faith. The Greek the appreciated value of the stock or property. philosopher Socrates said that the unexamined life is not worth living. More than any other Matching Gifts educational institution I can name, Hartford Many companies provide their employees with Seminary carries that Socratic principle forward the benefit of increasing their gifts to certain in its intensive study of faithful living in the modern world. organizations by matching those gifts either dollar for dollar or by a percentage. Please check with Vanda B. McMurtry your employer about their matching gift program. Chair, Board of Trustees Planned Giving Gifts made through estate planning provide for the future growth of the institution. The Mackenzie Heritage Society honors those who have made provisions for Hartford Seminary in their estate plans. To make a bequest gift to Hartford Seminary, please use the following wording: “I give (…..dollars) or (specific asset, such as securities, real estate or other property) or (all) or (…percent of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate) to Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut, for the sole benefit of the Seminary (for its general purposes) or (for the following purpose:…………………….).”

Gifts in Kind Hartford Seminary welcomes gifts in kind including goods and services that meet the programmatic needs of the organization.

Special and Restricted or Designated Gifts Hartford Seminary has a number of funds that have been established for special purposes and programs to serve the current and future needs of the institution, for example: scholarships, special capital projects and endowed chairs.

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