Praxis

News from Hartford Seminary December 2014 • Vol. XXVI • No.1

New Peacemaking Scholarship Opportunities

Based on its expertise in Islamic Studies and Christian Muslim relations, and continuing the success of its breakthrough International Peacemaking Program, Hartford Seminary has launched two new scholarship opportuni- ties: Hartford Seminary Peacemaking Fellows and Plowshares Peacemaking Fellows. Master’s in Transformative Leadership Hartford Seminary Peacemaking Fellows and Spirituality Enriches Offerings is one year, all-expenses-paid residen- tial program of interfaith study for young American Christian leaders seeking to work Hartford Seminary added a pioneering peace and cross–cultural harmony in our for peace among the religiously diverse com- Master of Arts degree in Transformative tumultuous times,” said Prof. Miriam munities of Leadership and Spirituality in Fall 2014, Therese Winter, Professor of Liturgy, the United and students are already enrolled. Worship, Spirituality and Feminist States. Studies, who heads the program. “To Funded by The 36-credit program has been created see the full flowering of initiatives that the Arthur for those students who seek an academic integrate leadership and spirituality in Vining Davis grounding to guide them on their lead- ways that aim to be transformative is Foundations, ership and spiritual paths. The M.A. good news indeed!” these in Transformative Leadership and Fellowships Spirituality is designed to train students Students completing this degree will grew from recognition that the types of for leadership roles in corporate, govern- have grown in an understanding of spir- leaders nurtured in the existing IPP are also ment, and non-profit organizations. It ituality and spiritual practices. Together, needed for bringing together American also serves as continuing education for those inform a way of life that inten- communities. clergy, religious-education professionals, tionally integrates behavior and belief chaplains and counselors, as well as for while honoring the personal search for Continued on Page 4 those seeking to expand their personal meaning. knowledge and experience. Core to the program is exposure to a “I continue to encounter religiously rapidly changing world and its multi- unaffiliated women and men within faceted implications, diversity in under- various faith traditions who are seeking a standing and relating to the Divine, a deeper understanding of the Divine and want to contribute more effectively to Continued on Page 4

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A Q&A WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL PEACEMAKING STUDENTS

Hartford Seminary began the been the major favored religion. Farah Zahra of Lebanon International Peacemaking Program Various types of political restrictions (IPP) in 2004, recognizing the need for and discriminations have been imposed Describe your educational background. skilled peacemakers in many countries on minority religions and ethnic with which the Seminary has connec- groups for over 50 years. Recently, we I am a student of knowledge and I will tions, as well as the unique leadership Myanmar people have been shocked by always be one. My choices of major training that could be provided here. the terrible religious violence appear- (International Business) and minor ing across the country. Since 2012, (Political Sciences) were not random; The IPP is for Christians, Muslims or my hometown of Lashio has been no it was the way to plug myself into Jews who live in overseas areas where exception. multidisci- there is interreligious conflict. Students plinary fields. in the International Peacemaking The past two decades have presented Apart from Program spend an academic year study- many difficulties for those wishing to attending the ing interfaith dialogue and leader- engage in interfaith dialogue, human American ship skills that also includes an empha- rights, peace building. Presently, there University sis on public engagement and public has been more government support for in my home speaking skills. In addition to their dialogue between interfaith groups and country, I also attended Institut formal studies, students are embedded peace-building activities. I was a vol- des Etudes Politiques in Paris and in a local faith community where they unteer President of the YWCA Lashio, University of Oxford Summer School experience American religious culture and in this position I took part in inter- with special focus in Middle Eastern firsthand. faith peace building seminars and proj- politics and society. My religious educa- ects with non-government women’s tion was mostly gained from ADYAN Recently, we had a chance to talk to the organizations. Our mission is to engage foundation, a Lebanese foundation 2014-15 group of IPP students (with and advocate for peace, justice, and for interreligious studies and spiri- the exception of Hasan Doagoo, who equality for women and men through tual solidarity that works on anchor- was visiting his home in Iran at the working with key stakeholders at all ing religious diversity and developing time of our interviews). Here’s how levels toward positive social change in its understanding. There, I attended they answered our questions: Myanmar. courses about world religions and reli- gion and public affairs. Cingh Lun Niang (Lun) of Why are you interested in learn- Myanmar (Burma) ing about interfaith dialogue and Describe the religious conflicts in your peacemaking? home country. Describe your educational background. My knowledge in interfaith dialogue Lebanon was at one time known as a I completed my Bachelor of Theology has been very limited. Therefore, when state whose people rose above sectar- and Master of Divinity at Myanmar I was looking for the means to equip ian divides and whose capital, Beirut, Institute of my education in interfaith dialogue was the Geneva of the Middle East. Theology. and peacemaking, God showed me the In 1975, all of that was blown apart Additionally, I right place to study by directing me to due to an intersectarian war. Lebanon have earned my Hartford Seminary on the internet. was caught in a cycle of threats. Then, Bachelor of Science Lebanon became “full of sects but Degree in Zoology I am confident that living, learning, empty of religion.” The war lasted for from Mandalay and worshiping together with the inter- 15 years after which the Lebanese lived University. faith community at Hartford Seminary in a “cold” war. The intensification of will enable me to contribute more the regional conflict put increased stress Describe the religious conflicts in your fully to my civic community and to on Lebanon’s system and security infra- home country. extend the necessary support to my structure. Lebanon absorbs most of the home country in more constructive and regional conflicts’ tensions. Lebanon’s In Myanmar, Buddhism has historically empowering ways. complex religious and ethnic make-up

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NEW FACULTY PUBLICATIONS

Hartford Seminary celebrated the debut of Prof. Shanell T. Prof. Najib Awad also has a new Smith’s first academic book on Oct. 23, 2014, with a talk book out: Persons in Relation: An Es- and signing. The Woman Babylon and the Marks of Empire: say on the Trinity and Ontology. Prof. Reading Revelation with a Postcolonial Womanist Hermeneu- Awad’s book is unique in that it is tics of Ambiveilence, is part of the Emerging Scholars series not simply a work on the doctrine published by Fortress Press. of the Trinity, but rather “an ex- ploration by means of the Trinity.” Prof. Smith talked about the two schol- Prof. Awad examines the concepts arly conversations in which her book of personhood and rationality, two engages: One is feminist interpretation themes that are prominent within of Babylon in Revelation 17-18 and the doctrine of the trinity. the other is African-American interpre- tations of Revelation in general. She pointed out that at the time of the pub- Prof. Lucinda Mosher’s Death, Resur- lication of her book only four African- rection, and Human Destiny: Christian American scholars had published work and Muslim Perspectives was published on Revelation. by Georgetown University Press. She co-edited the book with David Marshall of Duke Divinity School. The book is “My work adds a new perspective,” she said. “My aim is not the proceedings of the 2012 Building to discount, disregard, or decrease the impact that [their Bridges Seminar — an annual interna- work] has in Revelation scholarship, but rather to further the tional colloquium of scholars. Dr. Mosher is the Assistant conversation, inspiring others in the process.” Academic Director of the seminar. ______has led to ideological and political this must lead to cooperation in the theological books at a Christian pub- polarization and fragmented alliances community, friendship through associ- lisher in Jakarta for one year. Then, amongst its eighteen recognized sects. ation, and obedience to spiritual com- I decided to continue my studies The strategic and critical importance of mands. As we encounter one another, and received my Master’s Degree in this small country lies in the fact that we engage in a high level of sociability Christian Education at JTS in 2010. it is known for being the political, eco- and of consciousness. Dialogue itself is After that, I was asked to teach as nomic and social “barometer” of the promoted as the world’s hope for peace- an adjunct faculty member at JTS. I region. ful reconciliation in the face of all kinds teach Theory of Christian Education, of entrenched conflicts, including con- Teaching Methods, and Christian Why are you interested in learn- flicts arising from faith differences. Education in Pluralistic Church and ing about interfaith dialogue and Society. peacemaking? Erich von Marthin Elraphoma (Martin) of Indonesia Describe the religious conflicts in your For me, interfaith dialogue is a lan- home country. guage of worship and commitment. Describe your educational background. Interfaith dialogue seeks to explore and The religious landscape in Indonesia, investigate; it does not seek to win a I completed my and all over Southeast Asia, is largely debate but to build respectful under- undergradu- characterized by religious diversity. For standing in relationships with others. ate theological hundreds of years we had lived in peace It also seems to me that interfaith dia- degree from 2000 and harmony. However, an event in logue is, at its best, most fruitful and to 2005 at Jakarta most effective when non-expert lay Theological Seminary (JTS). After I Continued on Page 4 people engage with one another. All graduated, I worked as an editor of

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PEACEMAKING FELLOWS, continued from Page 1 IPP, continued from Page 3

Seminary students, denominational leaders, and NGO employees with a commit- 1998 sparked a religious war. It began ment to peaceful religious coexistence in the American context will be invited to from a trivial quarrel between a public apply for one of two annual scholarships available for each of the next three years. transportation driver and a local res- The Hartford Seminary Peacemaking Fellows will have the same program of study ident in Maluku, eastern Indonesia. and leadership training as their International Peacemaking Program peers, and all Because the issue was politicized, it will benefit from the expanded cohort of activist peacemakers. resulted in a war between the Christian and Muslim religions. The resulting The second new opportunity, Plowshares Peacemaking Fellows, is a legacy of conflict ended in 2002 with thousands the Plowshares Institute, which for more than 30 years has cultivated global dead. Occasionally, there are still some peace through mediation, conflict resolution training and travel seminars. conflicts in a few areas of Indonesia Plowshares Institute has also granted the Seminary six International Peacemaking since hard lines groups have raised and Program scholarships over three years, expanding the IPP program even further. spread their teachings. Candidates for Plowshares Peacemaking Fellowship scholarships will likely hail from those countries where Plowshares was so effective in conflict transformation: Why are you interested in learn- China, northeast India and South Africa—though any promising leader with deep ing about interfaith dialogue and commitment to directly apply their new skills and insights to their home country peacemaking? upon return will be encouraged to apply. Additionally, Plowshares Institute found- ers Bob and Alice Evans will bring their extensive practical skill training and lead- Learning from the international com- ership mentoring to all those in these peacemaking programs. munity today is a basic need to build a better understanding of interfaith rela- The groundbreaking International Peacemaking Program was initiated in 2004, tions with others. I believe that we all and has since brought more than 30 young leaders from countries where there is must overcome prejudices that prevent interreligious conflict for a year of study and peacemaking practice at Hartford us from having harmonious relation- Seminary. ships and working together with people of other faiths. We are human beings and we can live together. For more information on the International Peacemaking Program, Hartford Seminary Peacemaking Fellows, and Plowshares Peacemaking Fellows, please Without any distinction of race, reli- contact Jonathan Lee at [email protected] or (860) 509-9556. gion, ideology, all people in the world today need peace. The problem is that ______there are differences that humanity has ______trouble ignoring, and those differences MASTER’S, Continued from Page 1 are often used as to trigger conflict. The conflicts cause many disadvantages, both material and non-material, such as deepening of the awareness of God’s pres- I believe that we all must psychological problems, damaged rela- ence in everyday life, and an application overcome prejudices that tionships with others, oppressive acts, of theoretical learning to reflective prayer prevent us from having injuries to others, poor economic, social and practice. Students will work with a and political development, unhealthy faculty advisor in the field of spirituality harmonious relationships political situations, poor education, and to design a program tailored to meet their and working together with a lack of vision. These happen because personal and educational goals. many people are not able to process dif- people of other faiths. We ferences and celebrate plurality. The M.A. in Transformative Leadership and Spirituality has been approved by are human beings and we For me to live and learn in an interna- the Association of Theological Schools, can live together. tional community, learning interfaith which recently extended Hartford dialogue and peacemaking, I will be Seminary’s accreditation by 10 years. given a great chance to share stories and The degree has also been licensed by the - Erich von Marthin experiences about our problems and State of Connecticut’s Office of Higher our world’s needs for peace. Education. Elraphoma

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Hartford Seminary Annual Report 2014 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Greetings, and welcome to our 2014 complex world. for the Seminary’s operating expenses, Annual Report. truly a blessing to all who call Hartford Next year, we are thrilled to report, Seminary home. In my travels both here and abroad, I the IPP program will be expanding. continue to be reminded that Hartford A gift from the Arthur Vining Davis I’m also delighted to share the news Seminary stands as a model for graduate Foundations will allow us to bring in two that a lead gift of $700,000 toward the interfaith education the world over. Our American Christian students for each of Chair for Transformative Leadership and unique programs set us apart and that the next three years to join our interna- Spirituality was received this fall. Though hasn’t gone unnoticed. Applications are tional students in learning peacemak- the donor wishes to remain anonymous, on the rise and we have seen an uptick in ing skills, in this case for application in that gift is a most significant step in the enrollment as well. the increasingly diverse communities campaign to make permanent a faculty across America. In addition, a gift from member to carry on the visionary work I’m happy to report that both the Plowshares Institute will provide funding of M.T. Winter. Since then, we also Association of Theological Schools and for another two IPP students for each of were blessed with a significant gift for the New England Association of Schools the next three years. that endowed chair from Webster Bank, & Colleges have extended the Seminary’s a new friend and partner in this impor- accreditation for 10 years. Throughout tant work. the accreditation process, the evaluators noted how the faculty, staff, students, And finally, as last year’s Annual Report and board all embrace the institution’s message to you was going to press, we mission to prepare our students to live were all saddened to learn of the death faithfully in and to understand today’s of Dr. Willem Bijlefeld, who retired multi-faith and pluralistic world. from Hartford Seminary in 1990 after 25 years as a Professor of Islamic Studies, In the last year, we’ve demonstrated and Academic Dean, Editor of The Muslim built upon that mission with a number World, and founder and director of the of new programs and activities. Macdonald Center. Wim was 88 years old, and his passing continues to occa- Our new Master’s in Transformative sion appreciative remembrances from Leadership and Spirituality, launched students and colleagues around the in the fall, is a pioneering degree that Financial support has come this year globe. We give thanks for his presence has already attracted a number of highly from many loyal friends for a variety of among us. qualified students. This program teaches purposes, and I will mention just a few: the spiritual underpinnings of leadership. the El-Hibri Foundation of Washington, As always, your suggestions and feed- It’s designed for those who want to inte- DC, provided an International back are greatly appreciated, as is your grate the theory and practice of leader- Peacemaking Program scholarship for continuing support of and advocacy for ship and spirituality in ways meaningful this year’s participant from Lebanon; the Hartford Seminary in the coming year. to everyday life. Shinnyo-en Foundation of San Francisco renewed its generous support of the suc- Thank you, Once again, we have the pleasure of cessful Religious Diversity Leadership hosting four students in the International Workshop; the Ruth Sanger Conant Peacemaking Program, this year from Trust and the Congregational Church Lebanon, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Iran, of South Glastonbury were again sig- and they join a great class of students – nificant supporters of scholarships for Muslim, Christian and Jewish – who are our Black Ministries Program; and the studying here and looking for or reaf- Francis Asbury Palmer Fund continued Heidi Hadsell firming meaning and God’s presence in a its long-standing, substantial support President

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Ralph E. Ahlberg Stephen Camp Matt Laney Trudie J. Prior Minister Emeritus, Senior Pastor, Faith Senior Pastor at President & General Round Hill Communi- Congregational Asylum Hill Manager, Coral World ty Church, Greenwich, Church, United Church Congregational Ocean Park, St. Thomas, CT; Immanuel Congre- of Christ, Church UCC, VI; Second Vice Chair, gational Church, Hartford, CT Hartford, CT Board of Trustees; Hartford, CT Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas

Abubaker Al Shingieti Alison Chisolm Executive Director, Principal, Choice Reza Mansoor Frank R.A. Resnick International Institute Words/Chisolm & Co., Cardiologist, Hartford Chief Financial Officer, of Islamic Thought, Wesley United Method- Hospital and Cardiac Mandell Greater Hart- Herndon, VA; All ist Church, Worcester, Care Associates; First ford Jewish Community Dulles Area Muslim MA Vice Chair of Trustees; President, Islamic Center, West Hartford, Society (ADAMS), Association of Greater CT; Beth El Temple, Sterling, VA Hartford; Trustee, Mus- West Hartford, CT lim Coalition of Con- necticut and Covenant Prep School Fatma Antar William J. Cronin Emeritus Professor of Retired President, Economics, Manchester Cronin & Company Community College, Inc., Glastonbury, CT; Vanda B. McMurty Nancy P. Roberts Manchester, CT; Chair Emeritus, Board Partner, Davis & Har- President, Connecticut Founding Board of Trustees; St. Patrick- man LLP, Washington, Council for Philan- Member, Islamic St. Anthony Church, D.C.; Chair, Board thropy, Hartford, CT; St. Association of Greater Hartford, CT of Trustees; Christ John’s Episcopal Church, Hartford, Berlin, CT Church, Georgetown, West Hartford, CT Washington, D.C. Heidi Hadsell Karen Bailey-Francois President, Professor of Associate Social Ethics, Hartford Pastor, Ellington Seminary, Hartford, CT Congregational Yahya Michot James K. Robertson Church, Professor of Islamic Senior Partner, Car- Ellington, CT Studies and Christian- mody & Torrance, Wa- Muslim Relations terbury, CT; Treasurer, Hartford Seminary Board Of Trustees; First Hartford, CT Congregational Church, Amy Hines Watertown, CT Courtney B. Bourns Senior Vice President, Partner, Berman, The Alford Group, Bourns, Aaron & Livingston Manor, NY; Dembo, Hartford, CT; Church of the Larger Asylum Hill Fellowship, Unitarian Congregational Universalist, Boston, MA Church, Hartford, CT Umar F. Moghul Alwi Shihab Corporate and Finance Special Envoy to the Attorney; Middle East and the Peter Kelly Secretary, Board of Organization of the Herbert Brockman Senior Principal, Trustees Islamic Conference for Rabbi, Congregation Updike, Kelly & Brooklyn, N.Y. The President of the Mishkam Israel, Spellacy, PC, Republic of Indonesia, Hamden, CT Hartford, CT Jakarta, Indonesia

Martin L. Budd Yehezkel Landau Salahuddin Muhammad Eliot P. Williams Retired Partner, Day Associate Professor of Muslim Chaplain, New Principal, The New Pitney, Stamford, CT; Interfaith Relations, York State Department England Guild, Temple Emanu-El, New Hartford Seminary of Correctional Services; Hartford, CT York Hartford, CT Imam, Masjid Al Ikhlas, Newburgh, New York

Praxis | December 2014 7 President’s Council

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

Ali A. Antar Walter M. Fiederowicz Marnie W. Mueller Robert N. Schmalz, Esq. Mohammad S. Bajwa, M.D. Heidi Hadsell, Ph.D. Margaret Patricelli Jane I. Smith, Ph.D. Anthony S. Brown Herbert W. Hansen Susan E. Pogue Kenneth W. Taylor Nancy C. Butler Barbara E. Headley Donald P. Richter, Esq. Margaret O. Thomas David E. A. Carson Alvan N. Johnson John H. Riege, Esq. Phillip E. Trowbridge, M.D. Sanford Cloud Stanley C. Kemmerer Michael R. Rion, Ph.D. Joyce H. Yarrow Davida F. Crabtree Worth Loomis Nancy C. Rion Barbara Zikmund William H. Farley J. Alan McLean Amy Robinson William Zito 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 Carole C. Fay Kathleen W. Kellogg Louis W. Romanos Dean C. Ahlberg Lowell H. Fewster Colleen M. Keyes Jonathan Rosenbaum Kamal Ali Bridget Fidler Kimat G. Khatak Donna E. Schaper Saud Anwar Shawn Fisher David S. Knishkowy Pilar Schmidt LeRoy Bailey James T. Fleming Charles M. Kuchenbrod Scott Schooley Grace E. Bergen Jerry Franklin Molly O. Louden Edmund M. See Donna Berman Karl A. Fransson Janice S. Macferran Pedro E. Segarra John A. Berman James P. Friedman B. Patrick Madden John L. Selders Shelley D. Best Harriet H. Gardner Rosalie A. Malone Ali Shakibai James M. Boucher Arnold C. Greenberg E. Merritt McDonough Paul Smith Harold C. Buckingham R. Nelson Griebel William G. Moldwin Marie M. Spivey Scott Cady Jay-Seth Guberman Edna N. Negron Mark S. Steiner Thomas G. Carr Rashid Hamid Nitza M. Nieves Sohaib N. Sultan Edward A. Charlebois Walter L. Harrison Sulayman S. Nyang Joanne F. Susag Sajjad B. Chowdhry Alyce F. Hild Erline M. Patrick M. Philip Susag Joseph Colletti John M. Horak Judith Perkins Joseph M. Tobin Marian B. Cox-Chapman Shareda Hosein Alexis Popik Lincoln S. Young Alice Cruikshank Molly F. James Syed A. Raza Ritu Zazzaro Peter Cruikshank Ronald D. Jarvis Marc A. Reich James E. Curry S. Edward Jeter Ezra H. Ripple

Praxis | December 2014 8 Statement of Activities

Hartford Seminary Statement of Activities for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2013 and 2014

2014 2013 OPERATING REVENUE Programs, scholarships, courses $ 1,417,531 $ 1,305,543 Student housing 111,064 95,960 Less: Student Aid (387,541) (310,905) Student tuition and fees, net 1,141,054 1,090,598 Investment income, net 2,377,588 1,879,000 Private gifts and grants 208,824 234,320 Research and grants 378,277 386,909 Auxiliary activities 127,719 136,088 Other revenue 87,523 93,748 Total operating revenue 4,320,985 3,820,663

OPERATING EXPENSES Instructional support 1,672,995 1,401,447 Institutional support 1,225,269 1,409,482 Academic support 771,419 797,477 Plant expense 658,551 623,255 Student services 167,128 183,714 Total operating expenses 4,495,362 4,415,375 Change in net assets, operations (174,377) (594,712)

OTHER CHANGES Private gifts and pledges 114,474 146,114 Investment return, net of amount utilized 5,097,537 3,038,547 Change in value of beneficial interests 360,142 248,137 Loss on sale or disposal of assets (20,725) Total other changes 5,572,153 3,412,073

Change in net assets 5,397,776 2,817,361

Net assets, beginning of year 44,279,932 41,462,571

Net assets, end of year $ 49,677,708 $ 44,279,932

Praxis | December 2014 9 Honor Roll of Donors

Generous-hearted individuals— appear first. Following that listing organization during that time frame, alumni/ae, friends, communities are organizations and individu- excluding gifts in kind. and organizations—from a broad als who have given to special range of faith traditions help funds, including scholarships, the Please note: we do our best to Hartford Seminary to maintain and endowed funds, capital projects, list donors’ names accurately, but advance its mission of preparing specially designated gifts and the if a correction is needed, please students to be effective leaders in a McKenzie Heritage Society—those call the Institutional Advancement religiously diverse world. who have included the Seminary in Office at (860) 509-9520, or email their estate plans. [email protected]. Also, unless This Honor Roll of Donors recog- otherwise directed, we list the nizes those whose gifts have sup- All the gifts listed in this report names of our donors without titles, ported the Seminary in the past represent donations made between but if it is your preference that a fiscal year. Individual donors to July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014. title be included in future reporting, the Annual Fund, which supports The giving levels listed represent please be in touch. current operations and programs, total giving by the individual or

Annual Fund Contributors Cromey Worth Loomis (PC) and Dr. Louise Earle Jane Ellingwood* Trustees (T) William J. Cronin, Jr. (T) and Ann P. Cronin* Loomis David Gonci and Noreen Cullen Corporators (C) Shawn (C) and Linda Fisher Ann Marino* Ms. Wendy B. Grammas President’s Council (PC) Heidi Hadsell, Ph.D. (T) Umar F. Moghul, Esq. (T) and Saema Ansari, Charles N. Gross* Alumni/ae * Hyun M. Kang Lee* M.D. Allison Chisolm (T) and Peter Hansen Indicates deceased The Rev. Stanley C. Kemmerer* (T) and The Rev. Dr. C. Taylor Morse* The Rev. Ernie Harris* and Millie Harris Nancy Kemmerer The Rev. Canon Richard T. Nolan* and Dr. Donald C. Helm* and Karen R. Helm President’s Circle ($5,000.00 +) Dr. M. Reza Mansoor (T) and Aida Mansoor* Robert C. Pingpank Dr. Uriah Y. Kim and Crystal Kim Martin L. Budd, Esq. (T) and Aviva Budd Sergio* and Lora Mazza Mrs. Caroline W. Palmer* Charles M. Kuchenbrod (C) and Rebecca A. Vanda B. McMurtry (T) and Maria E. William McKinney* and Linda McKinney The Rev. Steven J. Peterson* Sielman McMurtry Nancy P. Roberts (T) and Stephen Roberts Alexis Popik (C) and William Popik The Rev. Selva R. Lehman* James K. Robertson* (T) and JoAnn The Rev. John E. Post* Joyce and John Lemega Leadership Circle ($2,500.00 +) Robertson The Rev. Dr. Evans F. Sealand* and Evelyn John B. Lindner Gertrude J. Prior (T) and Cornelius Prior Scott Schooley (C) and Giuliana Musilli Sealand The Rev. Dr. Molly O’Neill Louden* (C) Gregory B. Butler and the Rev. Nancy Butler M. Philip(C) and Joanne F. Susag (C) Edmund M. See, Esq. (C) and Ellen E. See Betty and William Morcom (PC) The Rev. Margaret O. Thomas (PC) and Dr. Ali Shakibai (C) Dr. Marnie W. (PC) and Dr. Robert E. Mueller the Rev. Kenneth J. Thomas The Rev. Grenville B. Winthrop III* and Evan M. Odden* and Leah Odden Visionary ($1,000.00 +) Eliot P. Williams (T) and Susan Williams Nancy Winthrop Marc A. (C) and Karen Reich The Rev. Dr. Ralph E. Ahlberg * (T) and The Rev. Dr. Barbara B. Zikmund (PC) and Mr. Frank Resnick (T) Beverly C. Ahlberg Dr. Joseph Zikmund II Investor ($250.00 +) Ezra H. Ripple IV (C) and Christina Ripple M. Saleem Bajwa (PC) and Kaneez Bajwa The Rev. Anne S. Alvord Philip R. Roberts Betsy Bergen (C) Pacesetter ($500.00 +) The Rev. Dr. Karen L. Bailey-Francois* (T) and Amy B. Robinson* (T) and Lewis Robinson Courtney Bourns, Esq. (T) and Anne David E. A. Carson (PC) and Sara F. Carson the Rev. Donald Bailey-Francois Susan Schoenberger Lundberg Bourns The Rev. Dr. Edward F. and Lynne S. Duffy John A. Berman, Esq. (C) and Laura Berman Geraldine Messina Smith Harold C. Buckingham, Jr., Esq. (C) and Rashid Hamid (C) and Ester Sanches-Naek Frank A. Brooks* Edward B. Whittemore Joyce C. Buckingham Amy Hines (T) George and Frances B. Caspar The Rev. Donald J. Wilson and Ms. Mary Mrs. Desney P. Cromey * and Dr. Roger S. Robert C. Knox III Alice Cruikshank (C) and Peter Cruikshank (C) Ann Lundy

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The Rev. Dr. William J. Zito* (PC) and Janet James F. English and Isabelle S. C. English Zito Robert Ertl* and Jean Ertl FOUNDATION HIGHLIGHTS H. Korb Eynon Partnerships Making a Difference Partner ($100.00+) The Rev. Dr. Lowell H. (C) and the Rev. Julie Elizabeth Lee Abbott* P. Fewster The Rev. Jonathan P. Albright* and Nancy M. The Rev. Bridget Fidler (C) The El-Hibri Foundation in Washington, DC, was Albright James A. FitzGerald* founded in 2001, when the late Ibrahim El-Hibri Paul M. Aldrich Ellen D. Fox gave a substantial gift to continue his family’s long The Rev. James H. Ameling* and Ann Karl A. Fransson* (C) commitment Ameling* James P. Friedman (C) and Dianne Friedman to helping the Evelyn Andre* Anne Fries* less fortunate Carolyn Arvidson Rabbi Stephen Fuchs and promoting The Rev. Charles D. * and Sandra H. Baboian Sue E. Fuller interfaith Diann H. Bailey* and Todd Bailey Phillip J. and Harriet H. Gardner (C) understanding. Today the Foundation “envisions a Martha M. Baker* Andree M. Grafstein world in which respect for human dignity, equality and Shawnee C. Baldwin* Ms. Delores P. Graham appreciation of diversity are cultural norms, and the Browne Barr Mr. Arnold C. Greenberg (C) non-violent resolution of conflict is widely practiced.” Peter E. and Morven C. Barwick Ruth E. Hadley* and Dr. David M. Hadley Linda K. Beher* The Rev. Ronald Hajarian* Originally from Lebanon, the El-Hibri family continues Judith A. Benton The Rev. David C. Hall* and Georgia Hall to maintain strong programmatic and charitable ties Rev. Dr. Robert Bermudes* and Sally The Rev. Mary N. Hawkes* there, as well as across the Middle East and here in the Bermudes David S. Hill* and Nancy Hill United States. In 2014, Hartford Seminary approached Willem A. and Ineke Bijlefeld Lilyne M. Hollingworth the Foundation to James M. Boucher (C) The Rev. James E. Humphrey* and Faye request support for The Rev. Dr.* and Mrs. Nehemiah Boynton III Humphrey an International Gale Brancato The Rev. Glendon C. Jantzi* Peacemaking The Rev. Dr. Shirlee M. Bromley* The Rev. Dr. Alvan N. (PC) and Mrs. Betty Program student Lois V. Bromson Johnson from Lebanon, Anthony S. Brown (PC) Christine Joyner* and through El- The Rev. Dr. Stuart C. Brush* and Laura M. Ann F. Kenny Hibri’s generosity, Brush Shirley Kiefer Farah Zahra from The Rev. Hazel A. Burnett* Dr. Tukyul A. Kimm* Tripoli, Lebanon, The Rev. Robert H.* and Mrs. Anne S. Calvert* Wilson H. Kimnach arrived on campus in late August to begin her one- Dr. Jackson W. and Anne H. Carroll Gail Kinney* year program here. She reflects, “More than any Carolyn H. Cary David S. Knishkowy (C) time before, the Middle East and Lebanon are in Marvin Chandler Ilona W. Kwiecien* urgent need for extravagant efforts at all levels in Ms. Jane P. Charette* Dr. Yehezkel Landau* (T) order to rebuild what was destructed and heal what Ed Charlebois (C) and Julie Charlebois The Rev. Robert Lane* and the Rev. Fidelia was wounded. Our homeland is in unprecedented Sajjad B. Chowdhry (C) Lane* need for its very committed citizens to be peace Richard C. P. Chun* Dr. Gary F.* and Ms. Elizabeth R. Lewis missionaries working from within and from abroad.” Shannon Clarkson The Rev. Thomas H. Lindeman and Joan The Rev. Ralph C. Colby, Jr.* Lindeman The new partnership between the El-Hibri Foundation Warren E. Covell* The Rev. Dr. Robert Loesch* and Hartford Seminary enables peacemakers

Marian B. Cox-Chapman (C) and Dr. James Sidney Lovett like Farah to advance that essential work. Chapman Janice S. Macferran (C) The Rev. Dr. Davida F. Crabtree* (PC) Donna Manocchio and David Lewis Richard Crocker* and Judy Crocker Ralph E. Marsden, Jr.* Dr. Lucinda A. Mosher* and Mr. Barrie Mosher Deane* and Judy Olson James E. Curry (C) and Kathleen McIntosh Elizabeth D. McArthur* Imam Dr. Salahuddin M. Muhammad*(T) The Rev. John W. Olson* Mary H. Dixon* Dorothy F. McDougald* Ms. Sarah Mullane Joseph L. Pace* Maribel* and Nafi Donat The Rev. J. Alan McLean* (PC) and Joan The Rev. Joyce B. Myers-Brown * Dr. Sydney (T) and Dr. Tony Perry Shirley S. Dudley McLean The Rev. James A.* and Mrs. Sharon Nelson Rachel L. Pollock The Rev. Vernon T. Edward* The Rev. Carolyn Olds Mikels Roger S. Nicholson* Winona Lotz Ramsay* Dr. Donald Emmel* and Mrs. Esther Emmel Howard C. Miner, Jr. and Myra Miner* John M. Oblak Edward J. Requardt*

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Donald P. Richter (PC) and Jane Richter Jean M. Blanning The Rev. Dr. Donald H. Ketcham* and Mrs. Carol Ralph R. and Bernita W. Sundquist Dr. Michael R. (PC) and Mrs. Nancy C. Rion Jo Ann Bourquard* C. Ketcham Frederick Taylor (PC) Dr. George N. Bowers, Jr. and Mrs. The Rev. Dr. Mary D. Klaaren* and Dr. Eugene Herman E. Thomas, Ph.D.* Rev. Robert R. Rock* and Susan Rock Myra H. Bowers Klaaren Humphrey Tonkin and Jane Edwards John G. Rohrbach A. Richard and Faith Brayer The Rev. Dr. Mary Brown Larson* The Rev. Ann Van Cleef* June Roy* Peter R. Brenner* The Rev. Richard W.*and Mrs. Anne Larson Ms. Betsy C.* and Mr. Peter A. Van Loon Dr. Roy M. Rutherford* Lorraine Brown Louis D. Lawson* Frank A.* and Barbara B. Vietze* Jennifer L. Sanborn* Nausherwan and Wendy Burki Cornelia Leavitt Vincent Vu Robert N. Schmalz, Esq.* (PC) and Suzanne K. Carnes* The Rev. Dr. Jonathan B. Lee* The Rev. Joseph E. Vujs, D.Min* Anne P. Schmalz The Rev. Alan D. Carvalho* Elwin Leysath Sharon K. Waber Sami M. Shamma* Richard H. and Roxanne C. Cave Margaret Lezak Richard L. Waddell* Lisa Sheble* Mrs. Polly U. Champ Judith A. Libby Sheryl and Keith Wiggins Margot and Joseph Sheehan Mary C. Clarke* Dr. Adair Lummis David C. Williams* Ms. Dorothy Sterpka Malcolm C.* and Sandy Cochran Rabbi Steven J. Mason* Mary Ann Willis* The Rev. Dr. Robert K.* and Elizabeth Joanne E. Coghill* The Rev. John McKinstry* and Anne McKinstry Mrs. Nancy Wittler* A. Sweet Jeannette Davis* Theodore P.* and Martha K. McKnight Nancy A. Wood The Rev. Andrew D.* and Mrs. Priscilla The Rev. Marjorie H. Davis* Medical Mission Sisters The Rev. Robert W. Wright* C. Terwilleger Stephen A. Davis Dr. Esther Megill* and 5 anonymous donors Dr. Scott L. Thumma (T) Lawrence* and Barbara Day Mahmoud and Catharina Melehy Dr. Phillip E. (PC) and Mrs. Fay Arpad de Kallos* Dr. Yahya Michot (T) ANNUAL GIVING Trowbridge Dorothy Frieda DeVries* Dr. Roland E.* and Mary H. Miller Building Abrahamic Partnerships Paul* and Joanne Uccello Anne M. Eglinton Martha Monroe* American Baptist Churches of Connecticut The Rev. Paul V.* and Joanne Varga* Lisa M. Eleck* Hallie E. Moore, M.D. West Hartford, CT Dr. Ben F.* and Janice M. Wade The Rev. Robert F.* and Mrs.Leona F. Ms. Margaret Moore David I. and Ann Brandwein Jon W. Webber and Marilyn R. Webber Fenby Ms. Mary Lee Morrison and Dr. William Upholt West Hartford, CT Gregory W. Welin* Patricia W. Ferrone* Barbara Morton Janet M. Demo The Rev. Charles E. West* Marion* and David Fields Viola D. Mullin New Hartford, CT Jacqueline L. White, D.Min Sandra L. Fischer* Nicolas Mumejian Tina Demo Joanne T. White* Dr. Thomas E. and Clara Joe Fisher The Rev. Aubrey Murphy* New Hartford, CT The Rev. Harry Widman* Charlotte D. Ford* Mrs. Elizabeth Adams Noyes* Steven C. and Deborah Kleinman Peter G. Wilcox J. Edward Gates* Melissa O’Brien Hartford, CT Joy K. Wilson* The Rev. Bricker* and Carolyn Gibson Nancy J. Parker* Prior Family Foundation Susan. C. Wright Cecile H. Gilson* Marcia Pavao St. Thomas, VI Cynthia D. Yee* Geraldine Gladden* Rose* and Dan Petronella Linda Spiers Jean Young The Rev. Dr. Janice Glenn* Kenneth Poppe Canton, CT The Rev. Dr. Terri L. Young* David H. Graham* David P. Porteous* Gary Tabasinske The Rev. Dr. Andrew H. Zeman* and Jay-Seth Guberman (C) Jacqueline Ramos* Lopez Island, WA Joyce C. Zeman Carmela S. Hansen* Betty Jane Rector* The Rev. Margaret O. Thomas (PC) and the Jervis S. Zimmerman The Rev. James D. Harvey and Gerry The Rev. Mary A. Robbins* Rev. Kenneth J. Thomas and 4 anonymous donors P. Harvey The Rev. Dr. James D.* and Elizabeth F. Roberts New York, NY Frank and Angela Hauzeur Pilar R. Schmidt (C) Trinity Episcopal Church Donor ($1.00+) The Rev. Dr. Ivan O. Hawk, III * and Mrs. Dorothy E. Schonefeld* Hartford, CT The Rev. Phillip R. Agee* Peggy A. Hawk Frances W. Sellers* George Weiss Kathleen and Sherwood Anderson Alden* and Betty* Hebard The Rev. J. B. Shepherd* Hartford, CT Lynn and Shirley Anderson Daniel and Meredith Heuer Esther W. Shoup The Rev. Dr. David E. Avery* and Mrs. Patricia Hickey George H. Sinclair* Women’s Leadership Institute Kathleen S. Avery Ms. Katharine Houk* Barbara P. Sloan Gifts Najib Awad Katharine Johnson Howells The Rev. Dwight D. Snesrud, D.Min.* Marilyn Beckford* Mr. Ivan Backer The Rev. Dr. Jeffrey A. Ingraham* Richard Spalding* West Hartford, CT Tom and Melanie Barnes The Rev. Albert F.* and Mrs. Jean Isteero Fred A. Sprenger* Call to Action Rachel Bashevkin The Rev. Dr. Ardyth*and Mr. Dale The Rev. Nona H. Stewart* Chicago, IL Gordon S. Bates* and Wanda Bates Johnson Pablo Stone* James Fitzgerald* The Rev. Paul Beech Ethel R. Johnson* Winthrop E. Stone* West Roxbury, MA Eleanor Blake Dr. Robert M.* and Madeline S. Johnston Nan Streeter Joy M. Floyd*

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Bloomfield, CT Iman Ali Chair for Shi’i Studies Call To Action Shinnyo-en Foundation Cornelia P. Ford* Mr. Ali A. and Mrs. Mariam Agah Chicago, IL San Francisco, CA Wilton, CT Manassas, VA Central Baptist Church The Ruth Sanger Conant Trust Fund Patricia Gibson* Mr. Parvez Bukhari Westfield, MA Hartford, CT Chicopee, MA South Glastonbury, CT Central Baptist Church Julie Grace* Dr. Abbas Mirakhor Hartford, CT In Kind Gifts and Services Hartford, CT La Junta, CO Congregation Mishkan Israel Richard C. Allen Mary J. Jones Hamden, CT South Glastonbury, CT Wapakoneta, OH Black Ministries Program Ellington Congregational Church Kemal E. Argon* Masonicare The Ruth Sanger Conant Trust Fund Ellington, CT Bedford, MA Wallingford, CT Hartford, CT First Church in Windsor Thomas Beveridge Ann G. Nichols* Leroy Davidson* Windsor, CT Bloomfield, CT Bloomfield, CT Springfield, MA The First church of Christ, Congregational Robert J. Brooks Sherie S. Roberts* The Congregational Church of South Suffield, CT Storrs, CT Southbury CT Glastonbury First Congregational Church of Bloomfield Heidi Chamberland South Glastonbury, CT Bloomfield, CT Stafford Springs, CT Special Designated Gifts Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts Joseph Colletti Religious Diversity Leadership Workshop Gifts to the Mackenzie Heritage Society West Springfield, MA East Granby, CT Shinnyo-en Foundation The Estate of Dr. Martha B. Thornton* Ladies Home Missionary Society Marjorie H. Davis* San Francisco, CA New Oxford, PA New Haven, CT Granby, CT Black Ministries Alumni/ae Association The Estate of Miss Helen L. Kilquist* Missionary Society of Connecticut Elizabeth Dreyer Leon Bailey Hartford, CT Hartford, CT Hamden, CT Shelton, CT Mount Aery Baptist Church George W. Easton* Mrs. Patricia Edwards* Scholarship Gifts Bridgeport, CT Essex, CT Waterford, CT Endowed Scholarships National Association of Congregational Christine M. Farley Carlton L. Highsmith The Rev. Thomas R.* and the Rev. Marilyn S. Christian Churches West Hartford, CT Middlebury, CT Breckenridge* Scholarship Fund Oak Creek, WI Lowell H. Fewster (C) Nancy Kingwood Edina, MN Noank Baptist Church Windsor, CT Bridgeport, CT Groton, CT Amy Hines Andrea Lobo Islamic Chaplaincy Program Shiloh Baptist Church Livingston Manor, NY Hamden, CT Sajjad B. Chowdhry (C) New London, CT Frank G. Kirkpatrick Mount Aery Baptist Church Valley Stream, NY Somers Congregational Church Wethersfield, CT Bridgeport, CT Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts Somers, CT Maurice Newberg Priscilla Santiago West Springfield, MA St. John Episcopal Church Middletown, CT Bridgeport, CT West Hartford, CT Michael Penn-Strah Shiloh Baptist Church International Peacemaking Program St. Mark Episcopal Church Woodbridge, CT New London, CT El-Hibri Foundation Bridgeport, CT Tricia Pethic Deborah K. Sullivan Washington, DC The Congregational Church of South Hartford, CT Newington, CT Glastonbury Martin Proulx Donna Thompson-Bennett Jewish Theological Seminary Programs South Glastonbury, CT West Hartford, CT Bridgeport, CT Prior Family Foundation Tolland Association of the United Church of Amy Robinson* (T) St. Thomas, VI Christ Hartford, CT

Celie J. Terry Memorial Fund Bolton, CT Wayne Rollins Sanford Cloud, Jr. (PC)* and Diane B. Cloud Matching Gifts Trinity Episcopal Church West Hartford, CT Farmington, CT Aetna Foundation, Inc. Hartford, CT Joseph Sheehan Aetna Foundation, Inc. (Matching Gift) Princeton, NJ United Church of Christ Local Ministries Marlborough, CT Andover, MA Babson Capital Management LLC Cleveland, OH Sally Swanson Boston, MA Avon, CT Dr. Tony Perry Lectureship Foundation Giving Trinity College Congregation Mishkan Israel Religious Organizations Francis Asbury Palmer Fund Hartford, CT Hamden, CT American Baptist Churches of CT Pittsburgh, PA Martha Wade-Graham* West Hartford, CT El-Hibri Foundation Southington, CT Washington, DC

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Memorial and Honor Gifts MEMORIAL AND HONOR GIFTS In memory of The Rev. Dr. James N. Gettemy Expressing Thanks Makes a Difference James and Christine Adelman Robert and Dorothy Fournier Edith E. Gerber Dr. Willem A. Bijlefeld retired from Hartford Ann K. Gunsalis Seminary in 1990 after 25 years as a Professor Mary W. Hornberger of Islamic Studies, Academic Dean, Editor of Mary L. Ireland The Muslim World, and founder and director Ray and Mary Kiely of the Macdonald Center. When Dr. Bijlefeld Patricia S. Lang died in December of 2013 (see obituary on Worth (PC) and Louise Loomis Page16), the Seminary community as a whole Ann M. Mallouk mourned the loss of this scholar, innovator and J. Ward and Carol Mathis long-standing friend. His death had particu- Jane A. Nelson lar impact on the Rev. Canon Richard Thomas Barbara A. Nothel Nolan, who received his Master of Divinity from John E. Post* the Seminary in 1963. Dr. Nolan, who went on Emily W. Rankin to a career in teaching and parish ministry, was, Evelyn Lenox Renda while a student here, an assistant to Dr. Bijlefeld. Robert and Gertrude Rosensweig “During the transformative and sometimes Frank Sargent tumultuous Seminary years of the 1960s and 70s, Gwendolyn W. Spencer Wim (pronounced Vim) provided wise academic leadership—indeed, pastoring—to faculty Mary E. Stoughton members and students.” In addition to his own scholarship, and his diligence poring over JoAnne Y. Taylor* many doctoral dissertations, Dr. Nolan recalls Wim laboring on academic policies and their Charles and Audrey Vasoll implementation, wanting to serve both institutional and individual needs patiently and Norma N. Washburn fairly. David C. Williams* In memory of Sister Mary Elizabeth Johnson Dr. Bijlefeld’s care and concern extended beyond campus. “One Sunday I was startled to Joy M. Floyd see him in the congregation of a small, rural Episcopal church I was serving part-time an Julie Grace* hour’s drive from Hartford. He knew that I was struggling to shepherd this small, faithful Mary Jane Jones* group, and Wim-like, he was on hand to be supportive. His presence was a cherished gift.” In memory of Dr. Thomas Hoyt Jackson and Ann Carroll Dr. Nolan and his partner, Robert Pingpank, have generously supported the Annual Fund Shannon Clarkson each year for more than a quarter of a century. This year, his Annual Fund gift was given Gwendolyn H. Lewis* specifically in memory of Dr. Bijlefeld, ensuring not only that the Seminary would benefit In memory of Dr. Carl S. Dudley as it does from every contribution, but that the published notation associated with their Marvin and Portia Chandler gift would be one more celebration of Dr. Bijlefeld’s life. “Whenever I would err in my Shirley S. Dudley work,” wrote Dr. Nolan, “Wim, mentor-like, counseled me firmly but gently with options In memory of Jane and Bill Inderstrodt to remedy the problem. He was one of those rare persons that touched both one’s heart Evelyn Andre* and one’s mind.” In memory of Willem A. Bijlefeld The Rev. Canon Richard T. Nolan* All contributions to Hartford Seminary may be given in memory or honor of family, In memory of Bruce M. Williams friends, and colleagues, and are specially noted in all public giving reports. Is there Joanne* and John Coghill someone you might recognize or celebrate with a gift to Hartford Seminary? In memory of James and Ethel Kempston Desney* and Roger Cromey In memory of William Chernoff In memory of the Rev. Sumner W. Johnson Sidney Lovett In honor of Miriam Therese Winter Janet and Tina Demo and Mrs. Winifred K. Johnson In memory of the Rev. John B. and Patricia Ferrone In memory of Glenn Bode Katharine J. Howells Gwendolyn A. Olds The Rev. Patricia M. Gibson* The Rev. Edward F. and Mrs. Lynne Duffy In memory of Harvey K. McArthur The Rev. Carolyn Olds Mikels In honor of Scott Thumma, Benjamin Watts, In memory of Doris McBride Edward Robert* and Madeline Johnston In honor of The Spiritual Life Center’s award and Miriam Therese Winter Vernon T. Edward In memory of the Rev. Dr. Murdale C. Leysath to Hartford Seminary Gail Kinney* In memory of Rosalind M. Beckham Elwin Leysath Shawnee C. Baldwin* In honor of the Rev. Dr. Andrew J. Young* Delores P. Graham In memory of Sally Emmel The Rev. Pablo Stone*

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Ways To Support WHY I GIVE By Jay Ebersole, ’53 Hartford Seminary Our gratitude, loyalty and commitment to Hartford Seminary ANNUAL FUND has spanned 65 years, since I was admitted as a theological Gifts to the Annual Fund provide for student until now, as an 86-year-old alum. I arrived at the ongoing work of the Seminary, its Hartford’s campus and community with my parochial faculty, students and staff. Contributions Lancaster County Pennsylvania Dutch culture and education to the Annual Fund can be made anytime as a grandson of Mennonites, the child of Evangelical and by cash, check or credit card through the Reformed Church Sunday School, and as a student in the mail, online at www.hartsem.edu, or by public schools there. I was destined to attend Lancaster’s calling the Institutional Advancement Of- Evangelical and Reformed Seminary, but I needed to explore fice at 860.509.9520. the world beyond. Aware of a possible merger into the United Church of Christ, I came to Hartford to learn about the Congregational churches and New England culture. MATCHING GIFTS Many companies will match their I quickly found a welcoming and inclusive ecumenical family of seminary classmates from employees’ contributions to Hartford across the country, religious education students, Kennedy School of Missions families Seminary. Do you work for one of them? from around the world, an expanding Muslim studies program with Dr. Kenneth Cragg Or are you retired from one of them? To arriving at the same time, and the beginning of an Institute of Church Social Work. In find out, please check with your Human the hospitality of Hosmer Hall’s Dining Room, I first met Eleanor Seaton, a Religious Resources office. It sometimes takes just Education student in her second year and soon to become a seminarian, too. We were a quick phone call or the completion of engaged, were married, and graduated together in 1953. We were ordained together a short form and your gift to Hartford Seminary could be doubled, or even and with Hartford’s motivation we set out together to explore our ministries with calls tripled. to the staff of the American Church in Paris, pastorates in a town and county charge in rural western New York, and an inner city parish in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. We eventually moved on to pastoral care-related careers in higher education. GIFTS OF A LIFETIME The Mackenzie Heritage Society recog- Our stewardship support of Hartford’s contemporary community and campus, nizes current and past individuals who ecumenical leadership in world-wide ministries and service, and its imprint upon each have made a bequest pledge to Hartford student’s life and career has been a joyful investment from our family in return for Seminary. To become a member, you have the investment Hartford has made in the development and maturity of our ministries, only to include Hartford Seminary in service and lifestyle long-term over these 65 years. “Thanks be to God! Alleluia!” your estate plans. You could: • Establish an estate plan, and include Hartford Seminary among the beneficia- ries • Update your existing estate plan to include Hartford Seminary or Hartford Seminary welcomes your inqui- GIFTS IN KIND • Let us know if you have already in- ries about all forms of Gifts of a Lifetime, The Seminary welcomes contributions cluded Hartford Seminary in your estate which are all held in strict confidence, and of goods and services that benefit the stu- plan, or even if you intend to do so. stands ready to assist you. We also strongly dents, faculty and program of the school. advise and encourage donors to always PLANNED GIFTS consult with their own attorney or trusted SPECIAL AND RESTRICTED OR advisor as well. For more information, There are a variety of giving options to DESIGNATED GIFTS consider which can benefit you during please feel free to contact the Director of Hartford Seminary has a number of your lifetime, or benefit both Hartford Institutional Advancement at (860) 509- funds that have been established for Seminary and your loved ones. These 9556 or send an email to special purposes and programs to serve the include Charitable Gift Annuities, Chari- [email protected] current and future needs of the institu- table Remainder Trusts, Pooled Income tion, for example: scholarships, special Funds, Life Insurance, and Charitable capital projects and endowed chairs. Lead Trusts. Basic information on these options is in the “Giving” section of ONLINE GIVING www.hartsem.edu Available at www.hartsem.edu

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THE LABYRINTH AT HARTFORD SEMINARY

The new labyrinth behind 76 Sherman Street was the brainchild of Prof. Miriam Therese Winter, who thought it would be well-used by classes and the public and would make a fitting tribute to her Medical Mission Sister companion of 47 years, Sister Mary Elizabeth Johnson. ME, as she was known, died in May at the age of 90 in the house that overlooks the labyrinth grove. Graduate student Jeanne Pedane (above, right, with Prof. Winter) designed and built most of the labyrinth.

1,000 CRANES FOR WORLD PEACE DAY

At Convocation in September, President Heidi Hadsell declared 2014-15 a year of peace at Hartford Seminary. In keeping with that theme, the Seminary launched an effort to make 1,000 origami cranes in the Japanese tradition by Nov. 17, World Peace Day. When the cranes started taking over desks and windowsills, the Seminary called upon Hartford artist Anne Cubberly (above) to help them with a design to display the cranes in the three-story lobby. The result has brought in visitors from around the region.

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In Memoriam

Willem A. Bijlefeld, 88, who retired from Hartford the world which he visited, Prof. Bijlefeld not only Seminary in 1990 after 25 years as a Professor inspired students, but assisted churches to adopt of Islamic Studies, Academic Dean, Editor of The many of his interfaith insights into their own minis- Muslim World, tries,” according to a tribute to him in The Muslim and founder World on the occasion of his retirement. and director of the Macdonald As Academic Dean, Prof. Bijlefeld oversaw signifi- Center, cant changes at Hartford Seminary as the academic passed away study of Islam became an emphasis. In 1974, Prof. on Sunday, Bijlefeld founded the Macdonald Center for the December 15, Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations. In 2013 after a 1977, the Macdonald Center formed a partnership long illness. with the Task Force on Christian-Muslim Relations “Wim loved with the National Council of the Churches of Christ Hartford in the United States. Seminary, and “Much of Prof. Bijlefeld’s energy in these years was he was a highly valued and much appreciated pres- given to travel as he extended the resources of the ence at the Seminary for the decades he taught Macdonald Center to meet the growing interest of here,” President Heidi Hadsell said. “He spent Christians and Muslims in dialogue. As a lecturer most of his working life here at HartSem, provid- or consultant, he was in touch with 30 institutions ing leadership in the study of Islam and Christian- in 14 countries, several of them on a regular basis,” Muslim relations, and he kept up with the comings according to the Muslim World. Prof. Bijlefeld was and goings and work of the Macdonald Center the editor of The Muslim World for 24 years. He since he retired 20 years ago. I continue to meet nurtured it into a leading scholarly publication for many people here and around the world who Islamic studies and the study of Christian-Muslim remember Wim and ask about him, always remark- relationships, past and present. ing on his scholarship and on his capacity for human compassion and warmth. Getting to know Wim In 1990, Prof. Bijlefeld was honored at an inter- and [his wife] Ineke has been a constant source of national conference held at Hartford Seminary on joy for me ever since I came to Hartford.” the theme of “Christian-Muslim Encounter.” At that time, the Prof. Bijlefeld International Visiting Born in Indonesia, Prof. Bijlefeld made important Fellowship was established to invite, biennially, a contributions to the field of Christian-Muslim rela- Muslim or Christian scholar from Africa or Asia to tions, starting in 1959 with the publication of his address the seminary community on intellectual doctoral dissertation, “Islam as a Post-Christian concerns identified by Prof. Bijlefeld. Religion: An Inquiry into the Theological Evaluation of Islam, Mainly in the 20th Century.” In retirement, Prof. Bijlefeld moved to Vermont with his wife, Ineke, and lived in a house redesigned by He taught all over the world, including at the his architect brother, Jan, hosting hundreds of visi- University of Leiden, Netherlands; at the University tors – friends, family and former students and col- of Idaban, Nigeria; and at Hartford Seminary, start- leagues – from around the world. His interest in ing in 1966. He also established the Islamic Studies Christian-Muslim relations grew from his early child- program at McGill University in Montreal in 1975. hood in Indonesia where his parents were mission “In each of these places, as in many other parts of workers.

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Leona (Lee Parker) Hay, Pennsylvania, and was an active Churches, New England Synod, M.A.’55, died on August 21, member of Old First Reformed Lutheran Church of America. 2013 in Steilacoom, Washington, Church there. She returned to survived by her husband, Ray. Grand Rapids, the city of her The Rev. Dr. Frank Andrews Leona attended the School of birth, in 2000. The Alumni/ae Stone, Professor of Educational Religious Education. Office gratefully acknowledges Studies at Neag the Rev. Robert H. Calvert, B.D. School of Education Mary C. Mauzey, M.A. ’50, ’55, who notified the Seminary of at the University died on May 18, 2013 in Ms. Pettit’s death. of Connecticut for Seattle Washington. Born in more than 25 years, Kansas, her family relocated to The daughter of a physician and a died on March 6, Washington state, where Mary nurse, Valerie Imbleau, WLI, ’04, 2014 in Deland, Florida. Dr. attended public schools and was was inspired to enter the medical Stone also served as a teacher graduated from the University of profession. She and administrator at the Tarsus Washington. After her studies received her nursing American College and visiting in Hartford at the School of degree from Fordham professor at Hacettepe University Religious Education, Mary served University and did her in Ankara, Turkey as part of the for many years at the Universalist training at St. Vincent’s United Church Board for World Church in Hartford, and then Hospital in New York Ministries. After his retirement for the Unitarian Universalist City. Eager to see the world, Val from UConn, he taught for 5 Association. Mary took the became an airline stewardess for years at Trinity College in Hartford Teacher Corps Training in Seattle Pan Am, when a nursing degree before relocating to Florida. The in the late 1960s and moved to was required. She returned author of ten books and more Bernardston, Massachusetts to St. Vincent’s and became a than seventy journal articles, Dr. to teach at the Putney Central supervisor in the Emergency Stone was the founding editor of School in Vermont until 1990, Room. She later worked at Current Turkish Thought, which when she returned to the Pacific Kildonan Health Center, which continued in publication for 25 northwest to be nearer to family. specializes in educating dyslexics. years. He is survived by four In retirement she was active in children, his sister, and three Mary Lou Pettit, M.A. ’53, died St. Mary’s Catholic Church in grandchildren. on August 22, 2014 in Grand Lakeville, Connecticut. She died Rapids, Michigan. Mary Lou on July 23, 2014 at St. Francis The Rev. George M. Chasney, graduated from Morningside Hospital in Hartford. ’60, died on April 10, 2014 in College in Sioux City, Iowa, Trinity, Florida. Born in New and then earned two Masters The Rev. Dr. Paul D. Hrdlicka, Haven, George attended Drury degrees, the first in Christian D.Min. ’83, died on College in Springfield, Missouri, Education from the School of February 18, 2014. and studied at Hartford Seminary Religious Education here in Born and educated with the Class of 1960. Ordained Hartford, and then a second in in Bridgeport, by the United Church of Christ English from the University of Connecticut, Paul in 1962, he served churches Michigan in 1962. In 1964, she received the Master of in South Dakota, Minnesota participated in the Mississippi Divinity degree from Philadelphia and New York. He was also Summer Project in which she Lutheran Seminary, and served a licensed drug and alcohol helped African Americans Lutheran congregations in rehabilitation counselor, working register to vote. For more than Pennsylvania, Connecticut on the Fond Du Lac Indian 40 years she was a guidance and Massachusetts. He also reservation outside Duluth, and counselor at William Penn served as the Dean of Western at Moose Lake State Hospital in High School in Philadelphia, Massachusetts Lutheran Minnesota.

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The Rev. Dr. Kenneth E. Knox, June 5, 2014, was received from The Rev. Father James Diavatis, D.Min. ’84, died on her daughter, Mary Ann Tasker- M.A. ’74 died in Yorba July 31, 2014, at the Thompson. She wrote that Linda, California age of 74. Born in her mother attended Highclerc on December 23, Chester, Vermont, Scholl (Kodai) in India “until 1929, 2012. Father James he graduated from when she was sent to America served the parish Boston University, to finish as in those days, of Saint John the Andover Newton Theological Highclerc only went through the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church School, and Hartford Seminary. 9th grade. She returned to India in Anaheim, California, from Dr. Knox was a minister in in 1944 as an RN, was married 1979 until his retirement in the United Church of Christ at Wai to a British soldier she 2010. He also served the parish for 44 years, serving the East had met aboard ship. World War of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Woodstock Congregational II had ended but my parents Church in Waterbury from the Church, the Talcottville had to wait until their daughter time of his ordination in 1961 Congregational Church of Vernon, was 6 months old before the until he relocated to California and, for 24 years, the First British Army would send them in 1979. Father James was a Congregational Church of Auburn, back to England, so my father 1961 graduate of Holy Cross Massachusetts, from which he was transferred to the Madra Greek Orthodox School of retired and remained Minister Guards until they could return. Theology, and earned two post- Emeritus. He is survived by his After two years in London they graduate degrees: a Masters wife, Jackie, a sister, four children decided to emigrate to Canada of Sacred Theology from Yale and six grandchildren. and ended up in Vancouver, Divinity School, and a Masters British Columbia before moving of Religious Studies from The Rev. Donald J. Bosworth, over to Youbou, a small lumber Hartford Seminary. He was also M.A. ’53 died on February 3, 2014 town, where I was born. Five known for his love of gardening, in Fremont, Nebraska years later they made one more photography and fishing. Father at the age of 89. move, to Tahsis, another small James took great care in Raised in Greenfield, lumber town on the northwest cultivating beautiful flowers for the enjoyment and appreciation Massachusetts, coast of Vancouver Island, where of others. he served in the they lived for 37 years until my U.S. Navy during father passed away in 1992 and Faye Hackney-Lance, KSM World War II before we moved her to live with me ’59 died on March 22, 2013 attending and graduating from and my husband in Washington in Asheville, North Carolina at Springfield College and Hartford State. She had returned to Kodai the age of 86. After Seminary. His ministry began with my older sister and several completing her studies as a youth pastor in New York, relatives in 2001 to attend the at the Kennedy School and then as pastor in Buffalo, schools’ centennial. I believe of Missions, she and South Dakota; Estelline, South her grandfather, the Rev. Samuel her first husband Dakota; Massena, New York; Bacon Fairbank, was in some Edwin A. Hackney served in Winthrop, New York; Scribner, way associated with the school India as missionaries for 22 years Nebraska, Minier, Illinois; and at its inception. Her father, Dr. until 1981. “She leaves behind a Inman, Kansas, from which he Lester Beals and mother, Dr. legacy of vital ministry in witness retired in 1990. He is survived by Rose Fairbank Beals, founded in to Christ, serving the needs of his wife, Virginia, two sons, two 1913 and ran the Willis F. Pierce others in the caring community daughters, and grandchildren and Hospital in Wai, Maharashtra of Brooks-Howell and across the great-grandchildren. until they retired in 1942. The world.” She is survived by four memories of her days at the sons, eight grandchildren, her News of the death of Charlotte school remained with her all her brother and two sisters. Woods Beals Tasker, M.A. ’39 on life and she spoke of them often.”

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January Intersession & Spring Semester 2015

January Intersession Spring Semester 2015

PRACTICAL MINISTRY ETHICS • Chaplaincy Models and Methods (AM-602) • Global Ethics (ET-630) INTERFAITH DIALOGUE HISTORY • Conflict Transformation and Peace Building (DI-580) • History of Christian Spirituality (HI-585)

INTERFAITH DIALOGUE Hartford Seminary’s January Intersession will run • Suffering, Theodicy, and Repentance: Interreligious from Monday, Jan. 12, through Friday, Jan. 16. The Readings of Job and Jonah (DI-665) Spring 2015 semester will run from Tuesday, Jan. 20, through Monday, May 11. The Seminary’s courses carry LANGUAGE three graduate credits and are open to the public. • Introduction to Arabic Morphology and Syntax Individuals who do not wish to take courses for credit (LG-581) may register to audit. Participants are urged to register • Introduction to New Testament Greek II (LG-562) early to ensure a place in the courses of their choice. • Readings in New Testament Greek II (LG-662)

For those enrolled in a three-credit course, the cost PRACTICAL MINISTRY is $1,989. The non-credit audit fee is $575. A special • Essential Skills in Pastoral Counseling & Ministry audit fee of $385 is available for: persons age 60 and (AM-638) older; persons 55 and older receiving disability income; graduates of Hartford Seminary degree programs or RELIGION AND SOCIETY the Certificate of Professional Ministry (Cooperative • Tackling the Issue: Retaining Young People in M. Div.); donors of $250 a year or more; and Hartford Congregations (RS-672) Online Seminary Adjunct Faculty. There is a limit of one course per academic year to receive the special rate except SCRIPTURE persons age 60 and older, for whom there is no limit. • Hadith Methodology: History and Transmission of the To register, please contact the Registrar’s Office at Prophetic Sunna (SC-539) Online • Hebrew Bible II (SC-520) 860-509-9511, or via email: [email protected]. To • Major Themes of the Bible and Qur’an (SC-634) see specific course syllabi prior to the semester or to • The Synoptic Gospels (SC-540) learn more about Hartford Seminary and its faculty, visit our website: www.hartsem.edu THEOLOGY • Theology and Contextuality: A Systematic Survey of the Theology-Context Relationship in Western and Non-Western Contexts (TH-605) • Muslim Political Theology in the 20th and 21st Centuries (TH-692) Online

WORSHIP AND SPIRITUALITY • Islamic Spirituality (WS-639) • Leading with Spirit: Transforming Leadership for Social Change (WS-619)

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FAITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT Lasting Relationships of Mutual Aid

For more than 20 years, the First Church in Windsor (United Church of Christ) has contributed to the Seminary’s Annual Fund, which underwrites crucial operating expenses each year. The Rev. Char Corbett describes how the congregation “has historically chosen to support Hartford Seminary because of its commitment to the Greater Hartford community, its interfaith emphasis on issues of peace, justice, education and dialogue, and its dedication to growing community leaders with a deepened sense of faith and interdependence. We have supported and participated in many of Hartford Seminary’s programs, which include tapping into the Professional Speaker’s Bureau for church programs and the Seminary’s Confirmation Workshop. We hope to continue to be an active community and faith partner long into the future.”