ONE WILLARD AVENUE

Are Science and Religion at War? by 5/zirlry A. M11/le11 '76

0 NE OF THE TRAGEDIES OF OUR TIME is the popular perception that science and religion are at war. lt is perhaps a forgivable perception given the standard treat­ ments of the topic in high school history texts and given the media attention to events that keep the perception alive, but it is just that-a perception. Since early in its history, Houghton has been committed to replacing that perception with reality. The sciences, in fact, emerged historically in the context of communities of faith, where people believed in an orderly universe designed by a Creator God. The sciences flourished where they were understood as part of God's mandate to steward the gift of God's creation. We cannot steward what we do not understand. It is certainly true that, in the past 200 years, the sciences have been the means through which human beings have acquired great technical power, and with that power the temptation to forget that we are stewards of the garden and not the Gardener. At Christian liberal arts colleges like Houghton we have the best opportunity to put the sciences in their proper perspective. They are the means by which hu­ man beings acquire the power to do great good-to facilitate healing, to increase food production, to harness new energy sources and more. They are also, increas­ Jngly, the most global and interconnected of the academic disciplines. Science and technology-more than ever-provide opportunities for global engagement. furthermore, one cannot credibly engage most of the world's major moral and social issues without significant scientific understanding. Consider the issues of abortion, euthanasia and genetic engineering to name only the most obvious examples. We know, however, that the sciences cannot answer the most fundamental human questions of meaning and purpose. They cannot make people good. They contribute most to human flourishing when they exist side-by-side with the gifts of art, music and literature and with the insights of moral and theological re0ec­ tion. Even to make these points effectively, however, requires an understanding of sciences. We cannot be offering a larger vision of the sciences-or of life-un­ less we are conversant and competent in the sciences themselves. So on this, our 12S•h anniversary, as we commit ourselves to be true to Wil­ lard J. Hough ton's vision to "fix up the world" for Jesus Christ, we declare boldly our intent to engage the sciences as a crucial part of that vision. The sciences are part of Hough ton's story. We believe it is our calling here at the beginning of the 21" century to bring to light the role of the sciences in the larger story of the Kingdom.

Shirley Mullen '76 is president of Ho11ghto11 College.

2 1 Houghton MIL 1 Eu CONTENTS

. ON THE COVER: � � 1. Associate Professor of Biology Matt Pelletier, Rebecca Dix '09 and Ha1111ah Stoveke11 '09 iujected certain leaves with a gree11 fl1wresce11t protein ge11e from a jellyfishas a test to see �1�'. ';).�t whether their system for tm11sferri11g genes into the pla11t would work. The "glowi11g" areas sl,owed them that ii did. Pelletier's research fowses 011 usiug plan.ls-which ca11 produce a huge amo1111f of biomass a11d �\' . �o/ nre i11expe11sive to grow-f.o produce hwnnn proteins for therapeutic purposes. FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 5 Science, Faith and Music 2 One Willard Avenue A Visit with Wilson and Eleanor 18 At Houghton Greatbatch 24 @ Houghton.edu The author finds "There is still a lot to 26 Milestones discover for the benefit of mankind." by The Last Word Cynthia (Kinard '85) Machamer 35 36 Picture This 10 Houghton and Sierra Leone More than 100 Years of Global Engagement Houghton's heritage for "fixing up the world" helped transform this country-and may well again. by Daniel Minchen Page 6 15 "Grace will Move You" An alumna shares how a "chance" encounter transformed her relationship with Houghton, and the changes the experience brought. by Barb (Baker '86) Scira

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VOLUME 83, NO. 3 I· FALL 2008 I 3 "Houghton today brings a. combination of faith, education and global engagement ...

. . .to the sciences, law, education and " b us,ness . ...

Houghton College continues to focus on a nurturing community and promoted the rur,11 purpose first described by its founder, Willard J. locntion of the school for the opportunity it T Houghton, 125 years ago. Houghton often signed provided for students to learn. Never, though, did • • letters "Yours for fixing up the world," and he he <1dvocatc a w1thdrnwal from themworld; n.1thcr, believed in a combination of faith, education rind he urged students to become globally eng<1gcd � global engagement to do exactly that. He founded so that they could be agents of justice and soci,11 an educational institution to equip young people trnnsformation. Houghton stude�• njoy the for that work-through the church, naturnlly. He opportunity to integrate their faith with their I was known far and wide as "the Sunday school culture even before they gradu<1te,through off­ r man" because he started so many in the churches cnmpus programs, internships,, service learning that he visited. opportunities and more.c.:1,� From its earliest days, however, Houghton In the pages that follow, we invite you to insisted that the educational institution thnt follow this common thread: Houghton today bore his name prepare students for vocations trnnsforms students to be people of;piritu<1l outside the church as well-in medicine, bw, maturity and moral vision, equipH•ed as stcwnrds education and business, to name just a few. He of their time, talents, wealth and tlie earth, nnd would be proud to know that majors in those to be tizens and c;:�istians witip�orld-widc �, areas at Houghton College today account for an perspective. Or, as Willard J. Ho1;1g�ton might overwhelming majority of the student body. have put it: to equip young people so that they .'." Houghton also knew the value of a ca�- "fix up the world." ,

fioughtonM1 u i:: u BY CYNTHIA (KINARD '85) MACHAMER Science, Faith and Music- A Visit with Wilson and Eleanor Greatbatch "There is still a lot to discover for the benefitof mankind."

HEN l WENT TO THE HOME OF my alma mater? I dressed in my cent blindness, we communicated. w AND Wilson Eleanor Greatbatch best suit and headed out. Eleanor sat close by and bestowed H'70 to interview them for this I got lost and arrived 35 min­ her angelic smile on us the whole story, I tried to be calm, cool and utes late. time. Occasionally he would lean chic. Why should I stress over the No matter; they received me to his left and ask her to confirm fact that I would be meeting with with the utmost grace. We sat his recollections. She did so with a a world-famous inventor and his down at their dining room table, flourish of her hands, and in their lifetime mate? Why should I worry which was covered with piles of eyes I could see why their marriage that I might stumble over my importance. Despite Wilson's has lasted 63 years. If I could have words, embarrassing myself and hearing loss and his nearly-90-per- adopted them as honorary grand-

VOLUME 83, NO. 3 I FALL 2008 I 5 Science: At the Forefront of Change the building plans, and another donor has pledged a similar amount. "I felt that my Houghton education was a great con­ Science is at the forefront of sweeping changes in com­ tributor to my success fin medical scnool and as a physician]," munication, medicine, transportation, entertainment, energy Johnson said, "I appreciated the effort put forth by the faculty ... and food production. The major moral and social challenges I recognize that it's difficultfor a small school to maintain the of our time-from robotics and abortion to AIDS and genetic faculty and have the resources to pursue research which is so engineering-require scientific sophisticationto understand important today to get students into medical schools." Johnson and address. Yet these issues also pose significant q_uestions also mentioned that he and his wife, Florence {Nowak '55), had that science cannot answer. They challenge our understanding discussed making a gift to Houghton, and, after she died about of human nature and purpose and the roles of community and three years ago, he felt that this would make a fitting memorial citizenship. Houghton understands the necessity to prepare for her. scientists who can speak to these larger ethical and theological Johnson and his wife weren't just looking back, though, questions, but beforethey can do so they must establish their when considering their gift. They were also looking to the next authority and credibility as excellent scientists. generation of physicians-specifically to their grandsons, Alan Houghton has the tradition of scientific excellence and Johnson '07 and PatrickJohnson '08. "They went through the global engagement and the Christian liberal arts' breadth of same regimen (that I did]. and both are enrolled in med. school understanding to prepare the competent, integrated! persons of now," Johnson says. conviction and compassion needed today. It was the facilities Plans for the addition to the building feature a main en­ and people in the sciences that first attracted Wilson Great­ trance that faces the Quad and landscaping that will reinforce batch to Houghton, of course. He found it an attractiive place to the building's connection to the campus. Inside, there will be an work on research regarding long-life batteries and e]ectrodes LCD display wall, lounges that face the Quad, a Foucault pen­ for the pacemaker that he had invented. dulum display, state-of-the-art research facilities and an area Houghton's reputation for excellence in science: and pre­ to display the research and teaching breakthroughs of alumni medical education dates back to the 1940s; the tradition of and others associated with the college. (No doubt you'll see a commitment to excellence in the sciences continues today. The pacemaker there!) program has been built on high-quality teaching, strong per­ The college is also looking for support of faculty, scholar­ sonal mentoring and advising, commitment to undergraduate ship and research. In addition to updating its current equip­ research-often in cooperation with other academic or research ment and facilities, the college wants to increase faculty institutions such as Cornell University or Los Alamos Labora­ positions by providing endowed chairs in computer science, tory-and investment in teaching facilities and equipment by mathematics, biology, chemistry and physics and to endow donors like Greatbatch. faculty-student research and student scholarships. The Paine Science Center that Greatbatch knew in the early 1970s is not that much different than the one he saw when he visited at Homecoming this year, but that will likely change soon. The college has drawn plans and raised more than $2 mil­ lion for renovations to the laboratory spaces in the building and an additional wing to accommodate more lab and classroom space, along with much more. Alan Johnson '53 has given a lead gift of $1 million towards Arc/iitect's re11deri11g of proposed additio11 to tile Pai11e Scieuce Center.

6 1 HoughtonMcLTEu parents, I would have. alternate source of fuel. He and his He told me that when he was a team of four at Wilson Industries teenager he joined the Boy Scouts in Akron, NY, are testing veg­ and discovered that he could earn etable oils, then algae. Greatbatch 10 points each time he attended works four half-days a week, with church. (Opportunists make great Wednesdays off. inventors.) What he couldn't know Greatbatch is a true Houghto­ at the time was how that initial ex­ nian. His life is an example of what posure to the gospel would change Willard J. Houghton said we should his life and many of those with be about as Christians: fixing up whom he came in contact. In fact, the world. At age 89, he holds more he was transformed by it and by than 200 patents, but this doesn't subsequent experiences. In turn,al­ seem to impress him. "There is most everything he tried succeeded still a lot to discover for the benefit in one way or another. of mankind," he says. He says he Sometimes it seemed like the plans to retire when he is 100 years Some would say success was by accident, but he will old. That gives him another 11 the invention of the tell you that he often sought the years to make his final mark on this Lord in prayer "to ask Him what world that still needs a lot of fixing. imp . ble pacemaker he wants me to do." In fact, some was a cident. would say that the invention of HOUGHTON TIES Greatbatch believe There are three subjects Great­ the implantable cardiac pacemaker, "The Lord was working for which he is well known, was an batch likes to talk about: science, accident. Greatbatch believes "The faith and music. All three have tied through me." Lord was working through me." him to Houghton College. At the time, back in the late 1950s, he was working on an oscil­ Regarding science, he recalled lator to aid in the recording of fast hearing about three faculty from heartbeats. The oscillator required a Houghton's chemistry department, 10,000-ohm resistor at the transis­ all of whom he worked with to tor base. He reached into his bag study electrodes in bioengineer­ and picked up a different resistor by ing: Bernard Piersma and Frederick mistake. When the wrong transis­ Shannon, both now professors tor made the oscillator beat at a far emeriti of chemistry and Stephen faster pace, Greatbatch knew he Calhoon '53. In his book The Mak­ had discovered how to manufacture ing of a Pacemaker: Creating a the beating of a human heart. Until Lifesaving Invention, Greatbatch then, pacemakers were the size of thanks them for "their help and for a TY. In 1960, at the age of 40, he the use of their high-purity facil­ filed his first pacemaker patent. ity." During our interview he said, Later, when he stopped making "The department was outstanding, pacemakers himself, he turned his and I was happy to be a part of it." attention to making, selling and [n the early 1970s, Piersma came licensing iodide batteries to power to Houghton because Greatbatch his invention. supported a half-time research When asked how being the position for him, and the college inventor of a device that has saved supported a half-time teaching load. millions of lives makes him feel, Piersma and Greatbatch researched he downplayed the significance and together for a decade. "Wilson is a said he prefers to talk about what very humble man with an amazing, he's working on now: finding an inquisitive mind," Piersma says.

VOLUME 83, NO. 3 I FALL 2008 I 7 Even before Greatbatch expe­ directed there. When he does talk They met at Buffalo State Teach­ rienced success on the pacemaker about the past, he mentions his ers College (where he attended for and in making batteries to run tour of duty from 1939-40 in the a short time when he thought he his inventions, he lived a simple, Naval Reserves as a 3'd class radio­ wanted to be a teacher), and mar­ faithful life. He asked me, "Do you man. He remembers Gerald Ford, ried on January 1, 1945. She was a know what the best vitamin is for whom he served with on the U.5.5. home economics teacher, later to a Christian?" He paused, then said: Monterey. On board they played become his first-and most popu­ "B-1 ('be one.')." He chuckled and I basketball, he said. "He was a deck lar-laboratory assistant. They had to laugh too, loudly enough so officer and also an athletic officer have five children (four living) and he could hear me and know I appre­ and was always very congenial and six grandchildren. With a self­ ciated his wry sense of humor. easy to get along with." Later Ford deprecating smile, he says, "She After the huge battery-manu­ would need one of Greatbatch's has always been a tremendous help facturing plant in Clarence de­ pacemakers. He talks about being to me." The story goes that he veloped into very comfortable spared attack by the Germans. Re­ quit a good job with only $2,000 in executive offices, Greatbatch still ferring to Pearl Harbor, he says, "A savings to venture out on his own preferred the simple space in his lot of people died but I was spared. and see what he could invent. She garage workshop. He never takes Apparently, God had other plans didn't like it, but she supported her all the credit for what he has ac­ for me." husband. complished and shuns talking too He smiles when asked about In turn, he supported her when long about the past, even when how he met Eleanor, his wife. she wanted to endow a master's

The Greatbatch School of Music

It has been approximately nine years since Wil­ son and Eleanor Greatbatch made a transformative gift of $15 million to endow Hough ton's first graduate degree program which led to a subsequent decision to rename the music department the Greatbatch School of Music. Houghton awarded its first master's degrees in 2005, and the school continues to refineits program and earn rave reviews. This fall, the Houghton College Choir, under the direction of Brandon Johnson, has been invited to perform at the Eastern Regional Con­ vention of Music Educators, and the Houghton Sym­ phonic Winds, Gary Stith conducting, has been invited to perform at the annual meeting and convention of the New York State Band Directors Association. Additionally, seven faculty members from the University of Minnesota. Greatbatch School completed work on advanced degrees be­ • Louima Lilite, instructor of voice, earned a doctorate of tween August 2007 and August 2008: musical arts from the Eastman School of Music. • Brian Casey, assistant professor of orchestral studies and • Donna Lorenzo, assistant professor of violin and viola, conducting, earned his doctorate from the University of North­ earned a doctorate of musical arts from the Eastman School of ernColorado. Music. • Chisato Eda, instructor of saxophone, earned a doctorate • Sun Mi Ro, assistant professor of composition and theory, of musical arts from the Eastman School of Music. earnedher doctorate from the University of Utah. • Mark Hijleh, professor of composition and conducting, • Eric Thomas, assistant professor of voice, earned a doctor­ completed a second master's degree, in world music, from the ate in musical arts from Miami (FL) University. University of Sheffield (UK). "This is a remarkable confluence of academic work," said Ben • Sharon Johnson, assistant professor of piano and faculty King, director of the Greatbatch School of Music and associate accompanist, earned her doctorate of musical arts from the dean for music, ''I've never encountered anything quite like it." s I HoughtonMnrEu program in music at Houghton in receiving the award, Greatbatch 1999. Eleanor had heard a music sat still for a moment, and a slight group from Houghton College smile crept to his lips. He said, perform at her church when she "Well, 1 wish they wouldn't. lt was a young woman. She wanted to distracts me from my current come to Houghton but didn't have work." By now, his awards are the money. She wanted to ensure many-and prestigious-but he that no future students would find wants to be about the future. As themselves in that sad situation. our talk evolved from vegetable oils The Greatbatches endowed the to the economy to the current state program with the biggest gift in of the. nation, Greatbatch made Houghton's history-$15 million. sure I knew how he feels about When President Shirley Mul­ Houghton, in case I doubted. Tire Greatbatchc, received Till, Hough/011 Medal len '76 awarded the Greatbatches ''I would trust anyone from from President Shirley M11/le11 '76 in October the Houghton Medal as part of the Houghton," he said. He has some at tire Fv1111der's Day Co11rnrntio11 celebrating Ho11gill<111's 125th anniversary. 125 th anniversary celebration, she sage advice for today's Houghton said, "Because of her husband's students, too, by the way: "Try groundbreaking work in the sci­ to get a real mix of theology and ...... ,.. ,:; - have carried ences and its application to medical technical training. Minimize your Willar ughton's technology, Mrs. Greatbatch was desire to 1nake money. There's vision forward in eventually able to endow a music more to life than making money." transformative, passionate program so gifted students, such Despite his hearing and vision as she was, would be able to study loss, Greatbatch talks to students and compassionate way, and their first love, regardless of abil­ of all ages. Last summer he visited we at Houghton College ity to pay. She 'fixed up the music Ledgeview Elementary School in humbly recognize this and world' so that in the future, stu­ Clarence, NY, to observe the Camp we are deeply grateful." dents wouldn't suffer the closed Invention summer program and door that she did." speak with young people about the The Greatbatches received tfonking behind inventions. He the Houghton Medal as a way for likes to keep his hands and head in pacemaker with my own hands and Houghton to say thank you for the students' lives, whether they are I used to have to run to the hospital many ways they have transformed young children or college students. to help the doctors save patients. the college through science and He has made frequent appearances 1'd dash in the back door with my music and for serving as role mod­ at Houghton through the years and tools. The guy would be on the els to today's students as examples at the University at Buffalo where operating table, wide open. 'What of people "who have given their he was an adjunct faculty member if I can't fix this one?' I'd think. I'd all to help Houghton in its task of and where he earnedhis master's in hear God say to me, 'Listen, stupid, 'fixing up the world.' Indeed, in electrical engineering in 1953. you fixed all the others; you can fix fixing it up, Houghton people are By now I had been there an this one, too."' helping to transform our world into hour. I had many more questions a better, greener, more just place but could see he was getting tired. Cynthia Machamer '85 is associ­ for all of mankind," Mullen said. Still, I had to ask one more ques­ ate director of development com­ "The Greatbatches are models we tion-I knew it wasn't likely J munications at the University at should look to because they have would ever get the chance again, Buffalo. carried Willard Houghton's vision and being the opportunist I am forward in a transfonnarive, pas­ (what can l invent?), l dived in. sionate and compassionate way, and "Tell me something not too many we at Houghton College humbly people know about you," I said. He recognize this and we are deeply paused and that disarming smile grateful.'' crept to his lips. "I've always run When asked how he felt about scared," he said. "I built the first

VOLUME 83, NO. 3 I FALL 2008 I 9 BY DANIEL MINCHEN Houghton and Sierra Leone­ More than 100 Years of Global Engagement

Houghton's heritage for "fixing up the world" helped transform this country-and may well again

Children from the village of Kunso.

wE WERE PACKED SOLID, Sierra Leone country director, sat in can-style headstones. THREE AND FOUR ACROSS, IN a white the front seat giving Samuel direc­ "What's this?" I asked. Mitsubishi minivan, traveling down a tions. I rode "shotgun," armed with "It is where some of the first punishing dirt road pocked with water­ my Nikon camera and Sony camcorder. Wesleyan missionaries are buried," filled holes resembling bomb craters. "Turn right," Saidu instructed. "Now, someone answered. Fortunately for us, the van-a gift to keep going." Unfolding before our No fence. Overgrown with weeds. the people of Sierra Leone from Col. eyes was a mixture of thatched huts, No recent graves. No little American Moammar Kadafi of Libya, according concrete block buildings, the walls ol: flags next to the markers. Just a quiet, to a sign painted across its doors-was an unfinished church and many people, if unnoticed, place-undisturbed, and, I air conditioned, and Samuel, our hired especially children. "This is the village suspected, seldom visited. driver, made sure the fan was on high. of Kunso," Saidu announced. "Here we I was moved, perhaps because the Under the leadership of JoAnne meet Pastor Eduardo Kombo." visit had surprised me, but also because Lyon-at the time, the chief executive As we shook hands and hugged, of what I read carved on the head­ officerof World Hope International large groups of chattering children stones: (WHI) and a member of Houghton's appeared to watch the spectacle of Willard Boardman. Asleep in board of trustees-President Shir- Americans arriving in their village. Jesus. He died at 37. ley Mullen '76 and a group of eight We had come here for a distinct reason John G. Ovenshire. For me to live Houghton faculty set out to deepen although I didn't know what it was. is Christ. To die is gain. He was 32. their collective understanding of what After visiting Pastor Eduardo's small. Anna Perring Clarke. She hath it means to educate students to be glob­ house and seeing his cot, a threadbare done all she could. Mark 14:8. She was al citizens and world Christians. They blanket, thick mosquito netting and a 29. chose to travel to Sierra Leone because battery-powered FM/short-wave radio, There were others. of Houghton's historical connections to we began to walk down a stony path, In its quietude, tucked away in that country. engaged in conversation. Off to our tropical Africa, this final resting spot Our guide, Saidu Kanu, WHI's right, we saw a graveyard, with Ameri- emanated a faith so strong, so resilient,

10 1 HoughtonM1L1Eu Tl,e ruins of11 011ce-viable schoolroom in Gbe11dembi show evide11ce of lesso11s in English mixed with graffiti scrawled 011 pock-marked walls.

so thorough that it gripped us. We i{1 Sierra Leone. Back in Houghton, wandered from stone to stone, read­ AW. Hall formed the Young People's ing the engraved testimonies of brave Foreign Missionary Society at what souls who had left all to come here, had become Houghton College and where disease and desperation were sent funds to support the missionaries. in large supply. They were soldiers of By 1906, 12 students and alumni had Christ who carried no weapons but the come to Sierra Leone, and the work Gospel. flourished. Since I had not been raised in The By 1949, 88 alumni had been Wesleyan Church, I needed a history called to 16 different countries, but the lesson. I learned of a link between the missionary emphasis began in Sierra forerunner of Houghton College-the Leone, the country that had been a Houghton Wesleyan Methodist departure point for slaves imported Seminary, the original name for what to America and the destination point is now Houghton Academy-and for many former slaves after gain- Sierra Leone. Written records note ing freedom. Since Wesleyans fought The cemetery outside of K1111so where visitors saw the graves of early Wesleya11 missionaries. that Houghton Seminary, from its in the abolition struggle, the church early days, combined academic rigor gained a natural connection with Sierra with a Christian zeal that prompted its Leone, and this led to works of educa­ students and alumni to give their lives tion, evangelization and development. in transforming the world-locally and The work lasted for decades, until the globally. The first full-time missionary onset of a vicious civil war that lasted was Mary lane, a graduate and teacher through the 1990s. at Houghton Seminary, who married Through it all, the little graveyard George Clarke. They served together continued its silent witness for anyone

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Sunday morningworship at the Wesleyan church in Makeni included robust singing of contemporary praise music and a stirring sermon delivered in English and translated into Kriol, a language spoken by most Sierra Leone people.

w.}10 cared to look. edition of The Wesleyan. This campus, · We left Kunso and returned to like others, had sustained damage dur­ our modest hotel (no electricity after 9 ing the uprising. Showing the most de­ p.m., very little running water). Over struction were three nearby elementary dinner of chicken, rice and bread, we school buildings. I found it amazing affirmed our sense that these Wesleyan that they still stood. Virtually every­ saints had given everything to share thing inside was destroyed. School Christ. How could such a sacrifice furniture, windows, doors-it was all be left co the ages? What did this rubble. In one building, a chalkboard and other Wesleyan works mean for with odd markings remained. Instead of Houghton College? It was an opera­ being in school, children played outside tive question throughout our 10-day the wrecked buildings, occasionally journey. going inside to fool around among the Eduardo Kombo (right), Kunso's pastor, with Another day we traversed more debris. his three children. dirt roads past villages with signs "We've got to do something," saying that World Hope International Mullen remarked, moved by the site. had helped them dig a well or install a She walked the perimeter of the dilapi­ concrete rice drying floor, so important dated buildings and entered the one for extracting seeds from the crop to with the marked-up chalkboard. Exiting grow again next season. We headed the building and turning around, she to Gbendembu to visit the Wesleyan saw the Wesleyan Bible College barely Bible School and inspect its library and 400 meters away. "This is something classrooms. we need to work on," she reiterated. Upon arrival, we noticed several "We can't let this be." well-dressed students, each holding his Leaving Gbendembu, our packed

12 1 HoughtonMnnu van was quieter. Perhaps we were tired, will either start a business or invest in but more likely we were sobered. It the business they already have," said seemed that everywhere we turned, S.D. Kano, the WHI's microfinance ... we never help was needed. We drove past the director in Sierra Leone. "We charge encountered anyone Wesleyan church near the edge of interest because we have to pay our town; across the street stood a large, staff and expenses and we don't want asking for a hand-out. freshly painted mosque.Islam is an to take from the money we loan." Instead, we heard ever-present force, especially in the Our group visited a number of plenty of requests for interior of the country. businesses started through these kinds Our travels took an encourag- of loans. Many are packed in narrow partnerships, internships ing turn when we visited Wesleyan alleys in Freetown, some are set up and teaching, a notion churches, schools and services, such as curb-side or in store fronts, and oth­ the Wesleyan hospital at Kamakwie, ers operate in smaller cities such as one group called "a where Dan Woolsey '77 was born, the Makeni. In most cases they sell neces­ hand up." son of missionary parents. It is also the sities such as clothing and shoes or cell birthplace of Earnest Bai Koroma, a for­ phone minute cards. mer Freetown insurance executive who "I feel so good. Hope Micro is now president of the country. We helped me greatly," said one were uplifted to dine with Wesleyan merchant, who sells kitchen missionaries Or. and Mrs. Charles Pier­ apparatus. She added that, son, medical providers at Kamakwie. as a woman, she needed an We visited the hospital's clinic, wards, income because her husband's f nursery, x-ray and surgical rooms and was insuficient. Another emergency-care area. The people here, female merchant said Hope we sensed, were intent on learning and Micro's loans helped her living and improving their post-war expand her business and that lives. she had traveled to a neigh­ This notion of self-improvement boring country to bring back pervaded our trip. As we visited college fine clothing items, which had campuses, government offices, non­ given her a competitive edge. f government ofices and individuals, we "We have an excellent never encountered anyone asking for payback record," said Lyon. a hand-out. Instead, we heard plenty ''.Ninety-eight percent of all of requests for partnerships, intern­ l6ans are paid back 011 time Students nt tile Wesleyan Bible College in Gbendembu. ships and teaching, a notion one group and in full, with interest." called "a hand up." Nowhere did this The efforts of Hope appear more evident than in the offices Micro, WHI, The Wesleyan of Hope Micro, WHI's microfinance Church and Houghton Col­ operation in Sierra Leone. lege have not gone unnoticed Hope Micro's main office is in by government. As part of Freetown, the country's capital. It is our travels, the Houghton where trained business people track College team received a hundreds of short-term loans to indi­ special audience with His viduals who want to start or expand Excellency President Koro­ small businesses. Each loan can be ma, who personally thanked worth about $100 (about 30,000 leones, Mullen and the group for the local currency). Enterprising Sierra "the support you have given Leonians apply for these loans, of­ to this country over the fering friends or family as references years." Koroma, himself a since most do not have bank records. Wesleyan, received his early Credit cards are not used in this cash education in church-affiliated economy. schools. His mother, whom On this day, a half-dozen appli­ we visited in Makeni, wor- When tire group from Hoi1gl·1ton came, teachers moved cants had been approved for loans. Each ships regularly at the church classes outside the one-room schoolltouse to greet tire signed promissory documents contain­ there. During our visit we visitors. ing their picture and their plans and asked how she raised a boy to become then lined up1to receive cash. "They a president. "Through prayer," she

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Richard Kon/eh (center,facing camera, in white), Sierra Leone's deputy minister offi11a11ce and economic develop111e11l, addressed tire Houghton delegatio11 011 governmentdecentralization.

business and chair of the department of • Jeffrey Carter, assistant profes­ Our group went business and economics, enlisted stu­ sor of Christian ministries and director dents to perform a strategic analysis of with a single question of the pastoral and church ministries tbe microfinance operation. ln October, program, is probing links with black and found multiple S:D. Kanu, the microfinance director, churches in Buffalo; answers, centered on a arrived on campus from Freetown and • I continue to develop communi­ spent a month working with faculty cation strategies and programs. coordinated approach ... and students to lay the groundwork for Our group went with a single a long-range partnership. question and found multiple answers. There's more. Discussions are They center on a coordinated college ongoing regarding a variety of ways to approach built on the same divine said, attesting to her-and his-strong work together: instinct that Willard J. Houghton Christian faith. • Ron Oakerson, professor of expressed when he saw the debauchery These connections prompted our political science, is planning a class to on Jockey Street in Houghton Creek group to conceive of ways to revitalize study governmentdecentralization; in the 1880s. He turnedto education, the Houghton College connection and • Kristina LaCelle-Peterson '82, Scripture and societal engagement to solidify the linkage that began with associate professor of religion, is inves­ "fix up the world." the pioneering missionaries. Not long tigating women's issues; In that same spirit, our group is after our return to Houghton, Mullen • Woolsey, professor of education, exploring ways that their disciplines called a series of meetings and-work­ is focusing on combined faculty/stu­ can fulfill Houghton's original vision. ing through college contacts, the dent/alumni teacher workshops; Like him, they seek to apply their spe­ Houghton community and key people • Daryl Stevenson '70, professor cialties to help "fix up the world." And, in the area-oversaw the collection of of psychology, is working with WHI like the missionaries of old, their work $47,000 (within three months) so that leaders on psychological programs to will be centered half a world away. a WHI team could rebuild the Gben­ encourage personal responsibility and dembu schools. bring peaceful change; Dan Minchen is associate professor of When the fall semester began, • Andrew Gallman, professor of communication and business. Ken Bates '71f associate professor of linguistics, is assisting Oakerson;

14 , Houghton MI u Eu BY BARB (BAKER '86) SCIRA

"Grace Will Mc>ve You"

An alu111 na shares ho·w a "chance II encouJZter transfonncd her relationship with Houghton, a11d the cl1a11ges the expcr�e11cc brought.

I WISH I HAD UNDERSTOOD when l was an unusual call from my longtime a place where I had failed myself, a 18 or 19 that life rarely turns out the friend Kathy (Karle '86) Walsh. She place wherel hadn't finished what I way you plan. It would have saved me asked if I had received anything in the had begun. Houghton became a place a lot of heartache. That was not a truth maiJ from Houghton. Odd question, where l felt I didn't belong. I had mastered back then; 1 am only but n.o, I hadn't. She told me that she Despite being of two minds about beginning to understand it now. As the had received a letter from President Houghton, 1 wasn't ambivalent at all Rainer Maria RiJke wrote in Letters Shirlley Mullen '76 inviting all former about the chance to visit with Bruce to a Young Poet, ''Live the questions cast members to a play, Our Town, Brenneman again. Some of my hap- now. Perhaps then, someday far in the and a1 retirement party for Bruce future, you will gradually, without Brenneman. lt was an invitation T even noticing it, live your way into the couldln't resist. Kathy and I headed to When I attended answer." Houghton on Ma1·ch 15. Houghton in the early I didn't much understand Rilke's When I attended Houghton in quotation when I was younger and if the early 1980s, I came from dark and 1980s, I came from dark I had, J wouldn't have liked it. "For­ difficult times at home, and, though l and difficult times at get the journey," I might have said, did not know it, more dark times were home, and, though I did 11 1 want the resLJt." We all do. I had a �head. I saw college as a fresh start, plan of how I wanted things to hap­ the gateway to that life I had planned not know it, more dark pen: J would graduate with my class in for myself. I had attended a Chris- times were ahead. 1986, find a teaching job in Delaware, tian i;chool all my life, sol expected marry someone 1 met in college, pub­ Houghton to be a continuation of that, lish my writing and have three kids. yet on a higher plane. That nirned out piest times at Houghton had been Jr never happened. Oh, parts of it to be true. I had extraordinary pro­ spent acting in plays, especially those happened, but not much of what I'd fessors and classes l loved. While at directed by Bruce. When Kathy and l dreamed came out the way I planned Houghton, though, I was in the midst arrived at Houghton, we drove around it. In those days, [ was frightened of th.at most human of conflicts: the a much-changed, yet strangely famil­ by such unpredictability. I wanted need to blend in coupled with the need iar campus. Everything was where it everything laid out. In the years that to become my own individual. should have been, but many things followed, I have learned that we really As things at home disintegrated, were new or had a new name. see "through a glass darkJy" when it things at college became complicated We made our way to the auditori­ comes to understanding God's work in ways I could never have imagined. tun at Houghton Academy for the play. within us. I've discovered unpredict­ I did111't have much of a defense for all Reunions can be peculiar times. ability is often the wild and woolly I was; going through and certainly no We both wondered if we would rec­ work of grace. In much the way Asian perspective that "this too shall pass." ognize anyone, or if anyone would is not a tame lion, so grace is not some­ Houghton had been a safe zone for me, recognize us. thing predictable. In fact, many times but even there things started to fall We did recognize people and right the work of grace, at its beginning, apart. away. They recognized us as well. The looks to be a complete disaster. When I left Houghton, I left with­ conversation pi.eked up around the My recent and astonishing experi­ out rny degree. Tnstead of being a place room as more friends of years past ence with grace began when I received that was dear in my memory, it became began to identify each other, as well ,

VOLUME 83, NO. 3 I FALL 2008 I 15 Seim accepts co11gratulatio11s from Bob Da1111er, who is showi11g offlier diploma.

as faculty and staff members, who and Avery, the work of grace moved helpful: as quickly as everything was were out in force. I wish I could better sci:swiftly I was amazed. What before moving there was no time to budget describe the joy, the reconnection and would have taken weeks of phone calls for the expense. In addition to the the memories that flooded that foyer. and letters was shared quickly through scholarship, someone anonymously Grace was already at work, had been at e-mail. There were petitions to write, donated a one-meal-a-day plan to work much longer than I even imag­ lifetime experience to gather for evalu­ my cause. I visited the cafeteria every ined. ation and then the strangest question morning for a breakfast I didn't have Later that evening I had the op­ I'd entertained for quite a while: Could to cook-a daily blessing. portunity to speak to President Mullen l come for Mayterm? Danner suggested l bring any and-though it hadn't even been on This was a bit sticky. My 11- writing I had done for evaluation by my mind before that moment-I asked year-old daughter, Avalon, was still in the writing department. I had no idea if she thought there was a way l could school. My husband, Mark '87, is an where I would fi nd the papers from complete my Houghton degree. She art teacher who works some distance my days as a newspaper reporter and was absolutely gracious, asking me to from Avalon's school. How could we editor. Had I even saved them? A send her the details via e-mail. bridge that gap of time before and dusty box unearthed from my closet Bob Danner, former dean of after school? Friends stepped forward revealed that I had saved quite a few students, with whom I had reconnected from every quadrant of my life to lend of them. (Finding that box among the earlier in the evening, asked President their help. Suggestions flew thick and many other boxes is a story of grace all Mullen to allow him to spearhead the fast and quite quickly we developed a its own.) I added it to my poetry and effort. Between Danner and Marge workable schedule. I was completely sermons from my years as an Episco­ (Kaulfuss '72) Avery in Academic astounded. palian lay preacher and was surprised Records, it wasn't long before I knew I As the home situation began to at how much writing I had done in 20 needed 14 cred-its to complete my bach­ take shape, I received word that l had years. elor of arts degree from Houghton. been granted a scholarship that would Every step was like that. Things As l communicated with Danner pay for the class. This was incredibly just fell into place. I remain over-

16 1 HoughtonM rL rEu whelmed by all that was accomplished May term, I visited Dashnau in her of­ my uncommon, crooked journey has in 12 weeks. Every step I took forward fice, where she told me she believed it made somehow all the sweeter. Seeing in faith was rewarded by a deluge of qualified for at least rwo credits. Those God work in such a specific way in my grace. It became almost ridiculous, as if credits were the final two 1 needed to life, through the good labor of so many God were saying, "Look, Barb, it's so finish my coursework and graduate by people, will stay with me all my days. easy, a caveman could ... " the end of Mayterm! Thankfully there The grace that God has poured out So, as implausible as it felt, I ar­ was a well-placed chair in her office on my life, especially in these last few rived May 12 to take World Regional into which I could drop. months, has transformed me, but grace Geography with David Benedict '73, l have never understood Jesus' is not a tame lion. Grace wiU move you 20-some years since my last Mayterm. words "ask and you shall receive" as from your comfortable, safe place; rob I enjoyed the class; it gave me a new completely as l did at Mayterm 2008. you of your certainty and require you insight on the conflicts and accom­ Had [ tried, I could not have planned to act, even when others might ques­ plishments of our world. While it was things this well. God had already gone tion your motives ( or your sanity!), difficult being away from my family, I before me, as he had promised (Isaiah or outright d.ismiss your experiences. found that I relished the familiar frus­ 45:2). from the seeds of my work as an God will expect you to move forward, tration and delight in finishing assign­ editor, reporter and lay preacher grew despite the obstacles. ments well and on time. I found it re­ the credits I needed to complete my "What happens next?" I've been freshing to be a student once again. As degree. asked. I don't know. I do feel certain a parent, I am constantly the teacher, l found a quiet retreat at Yorkwood that whatever happens will be extraor­ as Tam in Sunday school. I was glad to House where I stayed with Bob and dinary and so much greater than l can listen to someone else for a change. Roselyn '84 Danner. Though l was imagine. l can really do nothing but While I took my class, my port­ the only student there for Mayterrn, walk forward in faith, prepared-and folio was making its way through the I enjoyed a lot of time with my house completely unprepared-for the mar­ writing department. My former pro­ parents, who were delightfully helpful velous, unpredictable and astounding fessor Jack Leax '66 examined it first. and hospitable. From Sunday tea time flood of God's grace. With his high standards, I knew that if talks to printing he granted life credits for my writing, our my exams, they I could rest assured it was deserved. I were my dream hoped to be awarded three credit hours, team. Each person I which would leave me with just eight 1;net along the way credits to be completed elsewhere. lent me support and Professor Leax asked me to meet him encouragement, in his office early in my second week. from my friends and I didn't quite know how to interpret family (especially the grin on his face, but he handed me my husband and a folded piece of paper which he urged daughter) to those me to open. I had to read it several I met at Houghton times before it dawned on me that he on this incredible had given me nine credits for my port­ journey. folio. Through numb ears l heard him Bowled over refer to my portfolio as "fine work" by grace on a daily and tell me as well that he would like basis, I never felt Some of those who helped Seim obtai11 /,er degree gatlwred to celebrate wit It to give a portion of the portfolio he able to convey /t('f a,. the cm/ of Mayterm. had not evaluated to another writing completely the professor to have her assess it. miraculous things That portion went to Laurie that were happening. God's blessings Grace will move you from Dashnau, associate professor of were fantastic, constant and immediate; your comfortable, safe English, who teaches a class on writ­ I felt that my reports began to seem ing about spiritual experience. Leax improbable. Above and beyond receiv­ place ... and require you to thought the sermons, poetry and even ing my degree (although I love hav­ act... God will expect you some of the hewspaper pieces in the ing it, at last), l finally feel that 1 am a to move forward, despite portfolio qualified for this category. part of Houghton. During Mayterm, By the end of my second week at l found a sense of homecoming that the obstacles.

VOLUME 83, NO. 3 I FALL 2008 I 17 Houghton College welcomed hundreds of alumni, friends and parents to commemorate its 125th anniversary ...... on Homecoming Weekend, based on the theme "Celebrat­ impact the student body, including the fitness center and Java ing the Journey ... Transforming the World." 101. That evening was the Homecoming banquet and dance Festivities began on Thursday, with the naming of the for students. campus center lounge in honor of Robert Van Dyk '75. Van On Friday, the business department opened its new Dyk has been a supporter of campus projects that directly Business Investment Center. Equipped with a 24-foot stock

1s , Houghton M nr Eu ticker streaming the latest quotes, LCD screens showing media presentation of highlights of Houghton's rich history. market commentators and their predictions and four dual­ During the convocation, President Shirley A. Mul­ screen trader stations presenting market research results, the len '76 presented Wilson and Eleanor Greatbatch H'70 investment center serves as trading room, a classroom and a the Houghton Medal (see article, page 5). Jon Bradley '84, study area for business students. president of the alumni association, presented the Alumnus Also Friday morning, the departments met and wel­ of the Year award to Paul Young '76, professor of psychol­ comed both current students and returning alumni to mix ogy. and mingle with each other, and with faculty. Then, the On Friday afternoon classes were suspended as students Founder's Day Convocation fulfilled the "Celebrating the participated in 11 panel discussions led by 39 alumni and Journey ... " promise of the weekend's theme with a multi- focused on two themes. First, eight panels focused on our

VOLUME 83, NO. 3 I FALL 2008 I 19 Top studmts portray Jockey Street d11ri11g Co1mler-clockwise from ri:<1/1/:Efrai11 Rivera '78, CFO of Bn11sch tire fo1111der's Day Co11uocatio11. Above, & Lomb, speaks d11ri11g /1,e J1a11e/ 011 "P11rsui11g our Calli11g iu left -Alastair H11Ho11 '10 a11d his yo1111:<1er B11si11ess;" Corey Burke '12 (1115i11 wl,ite 1111ifor111) 111ak1-s a nm bmlller A11drt•w hnt>e become ftxt11res at during Ille 111e11's soccer game 011 Saturday. D11ri11g /ht'game, H,1111ecomi11g, Co111111e11ceme11/ a11d o/1,er 11ews arrit,ed that B11rke's father, Steve Burke '80, had ,et the I/011ghlo11 t'l•e11/s. The two are members of career record for coaching wi11s i11 the NA/A (mm, at 443), a11d was /11<• Paris Port Dm>er pipe baud, whicl, 11�111 a1111ou11ced over /lie P.A. system; Shirley M111/e11 '76, prt-se11/s a /1,e \/or/I,A111aica11 Cl1ampio11s/1ips this check to tire student i111•es/111e11t gro11p i11 the 11ew /111si11ess i11vest- s11111111er a11d placed seco11d i11 their wade 111e11t center. The st11de11t gro11p m1wmanages $250,000 of the lt'!•d at the World Pipe Band Chn111pio11- college's e11dowmml fu11d with tJ,e guidance of l111si11es, profes­ ship, i11 Glasgow, Scotln11d. sors; A trumpet sex/el carries out the 'Then a11d Now" tlreme of tl,e weeke11rl,feal11ri11g members of a lmmpel trio from tire J 950s a11rtsubseq11enl gt'llt'm/io11s. From leftto right, tl,e members were: Jo11atl1a11 Voga11 '85, Robert Voga11 '60, Joshua Kerr, Jo11atha11 Vog1111 '10, Jacob Vogan a11d Rolr11 Voga11 '84.

20 HoughtonM, ti Eu Director Gary Stith conducts the Symphonic Winds 011 /he steps of Wesley Chapel during Saturday's festival on the Quad.

professional callings and then specific areas for those calls, of fresh fruits and vegetables and finger food buffet items, including business, communication, education, law, medicine, followed by a "Then and Now" college choir concert. The ministry and research and development. Second, three panels "Then" portion was supplied by guest conductor Donald under the heading of "being globally connected through ... " Bailey leading an alumni reunion choir and the "Now" por­ and then three broad dimensions that reflect ideas that have tion featured Brandon Johnson and the current college choir. for many years been central to Hough ton's purpose-cre­ After the concert, all were invited onto the Quad for a ation care, communication across cultures and service justice. birthday celebration, complete with a 125'h birthday cake. Friday evening the Ortlip Art Gallery celebrated the Then it was back into Wesley Chapel for a "Then and Now" works of alumni and James Barcus '59 presented a lecture. Spot, featuring some favorite acts from decades past and the The volleyball team and both women's and men's soccer best of today. teams were in action, starting at 4 p.m.-the volleyball team Pastor Wes Oden led the students, community ar.d and men's soccer lost (3-0 and 1-0, respectively), while the alumni in a combined Sunday morning worship service in women's soccer team played tO a double-overtime 0-0 tie. Wesley Chapel, continuing a series of sermons based on clas­ The evening concluded with a celebration around the theme sic board games, this time featuring the game Memory (or "Then and Now" on the Quad, capped off by fireworks. Concentration). Using various Old Testament texts (Exodus On Saturday morning the volleyball team held an 3:15, Deuteronomy 5:15, Deuteronomy 8:2), he noted that alumni gathering and the men's soccer reserve squad tied an the people of Israel were instructed to remember God's provi­ alumni team, 2-2. The morningalso included the Homecom­ dence, but not tO live in the past. "You can't win the game ing parade, a ceremony tO mark the beginning of renovations of Memory unless you concentrate on what's revealed as the to Walldorf House (see back cover) and a festival on the Quad tiles are turned over," said Oden, but, he emphasized, "The that included a Ferris wheel, games and rides. point of the game is to remember what happened so On Saturday afternoon the field hockey team shut out that you're ready for what's going to happen." ,.. ,f._y Wells College, 7-0, the women's soccer team blanked Ohio "Our spiritual memories are not just \ :,..,& �';t Dominican University 1-0 and the men battled 0DU to a to remember the past," he concluded, � double-overtime scoreless tie. During the games, tents by "but to remember the past in or- _ ,�'\� �\\\ t :fhJf[ 1r; � ��£ the field were the site for reunions of various affinity groups, der to live more fully in the pres- ··�--.'� I ,;vi/#_/� including student publications, student government, athletics ent(emphasis added). .. Christian : ,.;:-:�.'-�" � �,_,:��;-�-- , and residence halls. memory ts not nosralgia ...Chnst1an · �.....� � �:'.�\.1.: On Saturday evening both college and community were memory is always looking ahead." welcomed to a "Stroll and Dine" meal featuring a variety /.-4�!!'_;.,� ��--�-� ,;,, \.��� VOLUME 83, NO. Ftl'Yl./f4,arO a�l , -�·" I�\ �J: \ AT HOUGHTON

Daniel Noyes '93 Scott Wade Wade, Noyes Return to Houghton to Join President's Staff

President Shirley A. Mullen '76 of student programs, while obtain­ and professional studies and organized has named Scott Wade vice president ing his master's degree in education JBU's annual job fair. for advancement and appointed Daniel from Alfred University. Upon leaving Prior to his time at JBU, from Noyes '93 as the new executive direc­ Houghton in 1999, Wade served for 1995-1997, Noyes worked at Houghton tor of alumni relations. Both are re­ three years at George Fox as associate as a residence hall director, career turning to Houghton after experiences dean of student leadership. development intern and director of at other higher education institutions. "Wade is a proven and effective the Upward Bound Bridge Program, Wade came to the college on June leader whose references were glowing while earning his master's from Alfred 16 after six years as director of student in their enthusiasm for him as a can­ University. activities at Baylor University, where didate for this vice president position," "I am delighted that Dan will be his department grew from five to 20 said Mullen, "He has the right attitude, able to focus on developing a vibrant members. Wade was recognized as one skill set, personality, drive and en­ program of connection with our of Baylor's Administrators of the Year thusiasm to succeed in this important alumni," said Mullen, in announc­ in 2007. advancement work." ing his appointment, "Our alumni are "l am excited to have Wade join Noyes began his new position July such an important part of the college us and believe he will work well with 1, returning to Houghton after serving constituency." our faculty, staff and students as he as the director of career development Noyes said: "I am excited about leads Houghton College's fundraising at John Brown University (JBU). In keeping Houghton's alumni meaning­ efforts," said Mullen. that capacity he counseled students, fully connected with each other and Wade graduated in 1997 from developed campus-wide internship with their alma mater's continued mis­ George Fox University with a bach­ requirements and trained students in sion of equipping scholar-servants to elor's in business and marketing. He effective interviewing, networking and lead and labor in a changing world." worked at Houghton College from resume writing. Noyes was also an 1997-99 as the assistant director instructor of English, core curriculum

22 , HoughtonM I L1 Eu AT HOUGHTON Houghton Students Take Pledges for Public Television Station

Twelve students volunteered their evening and assisted WXXI Public Broadcasting, in Rochester on September 10, as it raised $10,000 during a televised pledge drive. The host of the evening was WXXJ's Brenda (Bolton '90) Tremblay. "This is the first time Houghron students took the pledging reigns for an entire night," said Daniel Minchen, associate professor of business and communication and director of public relations. "The college had plenty of exposure on camera, and Tremblay mentioned our support throughout the night." The pledge evening was a continuation of Hough ton's connections with WXXT. In addition to the volunteer effort, Houghton helps underwrite WXXI's broadcast of "Mornjng Edition" and "All Things Considered," for which it receives 15 second spots during each program. The college also runs display advertisements in the station's viewer magazine, Sta­ tion Signals. "The more people hear about Houghton College, the more people like what they hear," Minchen said. "Our efforts Students mm, the phones during the WXXI tde1Jised pledge dri!Je. to support very high quality broadcasting matches our values of emphasizing learning,promoting spiritual development through service and reaching out to local communities." Student Develops and Builds Garden Trail for Local Nursing Home

Inspired by a project assigned in her trail development she decided to make her plan a reality. class, Angie Smalley '10 planned and built handicap-acces­ With support from the nursing home staff, SmaJley sible paths around raised garden beds at the Absolut Care built three large, raised beds containing flowers, bushes nursing home in Houghton. and various other plants. Gravel paths surround the beds, The assignment was to propose an idea for a walk- providing easy walking access for the residents. Smalley also left a large open space in the center of the garden covered by a tent where residents can sit and talk. "It :is nice to bring some joy into the lives of the residents," said Smalley. "Some of them even joined me in planting and weeding." Smalley received many contributions for her project. The college donated creek stone which Smalley used to build the walls of the garden beds. Wal-Mart, Pleasant Valley Greenhouse and the East Wind Landscape Nursery donated some of the plants and Smalley purchased others with dona­ tions made in memory of a loved one who had lived at the nursing home. Several groups also contributed time and labor, including the college's office of service learning, ing trail that would benefit community members. Smalley the trail development class, Houghton's First Year Initiative developed a plan ro build a set of handicap-accessible paths and Martin Luther King service day groups and a group of around some of the garden beds at the nursing home. Then students and faculty from Houghton Academy.

VOLUME 83, NO. 3 I FALL 2008 I 23 HOUGHTON .EDU @ In these pages, you will find news items from recent events and issues on campus. Because there are so many items to report on and due to space limitations, these items will be brief. Longer stories with further details on each of the items will be available through the Milieu section of the Houghton College Web site, www.houghton.edu/Milieu.

New, $2,500 Scholarship Announced for Alumni Children semester, whether in the traditional program or as part of Executive Director of Alumni Relations Dan Noyes '93 has P.A.C.E., are considered alumni, and their dependent chil­ announced that Houghton College will honor its alumni by of­ dren are eligible for this scholarship. Students who remain fering an annual, renewable scholarship of$2,500 to the depen­ in good standing can renew this award annually, up to a dent children of alumni. To be eligible, students must: maximum of four years. •Be enrolling for the firsttime in September 2009, or after. Recommended by the admission office and endorsed •Be accepted for admission. by the alumni board at its October 2008 meeting, the alumni •Have at least one parent who is an alumnus or alumna of scholarship is an ongoing program that will benefit alumni Houghton College or United Wesleyan College (UWC). and their children for years to come. For more information, All those who attended Houghton or UWC for at least one visit www.houghton.edu/admission, or call the admission office at 800.777.2556.

College Welcomes Nine New Faculty Houghton College welcomed nine new faculty members for the 2008-2009 academic year:

(Left to right:) John Rowley '03, Aaron Routhe '97, Yu Yn11, Max Malikow, Jamie Poller, David Stevick '91, Lisa Arensen '97, David Ki11man and Lois (Strain '73) Ross. Lisa Arensen '97 is interim assistant professor of anthropol­ She most recently served as controller for AccuMED Technolo­ ogy. She holds a master's in social anthropology from the Uni­ gies, Inc. in Buffalo, NY. She holds a master's from California versity of Edinburgh and is currently working on her doctorate. State at L.A. and an MBA from SUNY Buffalo. David Kinman is associate professor of Spanish. Kinman Aaron Routhe '97 is assistant professor of sociology. is certified in three languages, as well as program specialist ESL He returns to Houghton from Tennessee, where he was the and social studies. He holds a bachelor's from Geneva College academic and program director for the Creation Care Study and a master's from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Program-South Pacific, New Zealand. He holds a master's, and Max Malikow joins Houghton as interim associate pro­ is completing his doctorate, from the University of Tennessee. fessor of psychology. Malikow has served as instructor and John Rowley '03 is assistant professor of chemistry. Rowley assistant professor of education, psychology and philosophy recently completed his doctorate in organic chemistry from at LeMoyne College, Cazenovia College, Syracuse University, Cornell, where he worked on the synthesis of biodegradable Crouse Hospital School of Nursing and Wells College. He holds plastics. a bachelor's from the University of Nebraska, a master's from David Stevick '91 is the director of the libraries and infor­ Gordon-Conwell and a doctorate from Boston University. mation resources. Previously, he was the library director of the Jamie Potter is assistant professor of biology. Potter is Shiprock Campus at Dine College. completing her doctorate in microbiology, biochemistry and Yu Yan is assistant professor of math. She recently served molecular biology from Southern Illinois University. She holds a as postdoctoral lecturer in the mathematics department at the bachelor's from Olivet Nazarene University and a master's from University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Yan holds a bache­ the University of Wisconsin. lor's from Fudan University, Shanghai, China and a doctorate Lois (Strain '73) Ross is associate professor of accounting. from Stanford University.

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Shea Exhibit Features Portraits The Ortlip Art Gallery recently presented Faces Are My Joy, an art ex­ hibit honoring the life and works of Ai­ leen Ortlip Shea H'91. Shea studied for seven years at the National Academy of Design in New York City, where she was awarded the 1935-36 Pulitzer Trav­ eling Scholarship in Art. Shea returned to the U.S. in 1936, accepting an invita­ tion to pioneer the art department at Houghton College. Over a span of 60 years Shea painted and sketched hun­ dreds of portraits. A dozen presidential portraits at Alfred and Trinity Interna­ tional Universities and Houghton and Roberts Wesleyan Colleges attest to her artistic productivity.

One of the many portraits doue by the late A i/een Ortlip Shea H'91.

Seen at One Willard: Wayne Schmidt, pastor of the Kent­ Christian singer John Waller, whose debut album, "The wood (MI) Community Church, preaching at the Christian Blessing," earned him recognition as one of the best new Life Emphasis Week services. Christian artists of 2007 from Christianity Today and Bill­ board Magazine, in concert.

Mark Yaconelli, the co-founder and director of the Youth Ministry and Spirituality Project housed at San Francisco Theological Seminary, holding a youth ministry workshop.

William J. (Billy) Abraham, the Albert Cook Outler Profes­ sor of Wesley Studies at Perkins School of Theology and author of (among others) Cannon and Criterion in Christian The­ ology; Waking from Amnesia; The Logic of Evangelism; and The Rationality of Religious Belief (edited with Steven W. Holtzer), giving the annual Woolsey Lectures.

Joseph Szabo, an expert on political cartooning, dis­ cussing attitudes towards the United States as revealed by cartoons around the world in a lecture entitled "Image of America." Wayne Schmidt Teatro Lirico D'Europa, putting on a fully-staged pro­ The Rastrelli Cello Quartet, Kira Kraftzoff, Kirill duction of Mozart's Magic Flute for the second Artist Series Timofeev, Misha Degtjareff and Sergio Drabkine, in the first concert. Artist Series concert of the 2008-2009 season.

VOLUME 83, NO. 3 I FALL 2008 I 25 Let Milieu help you share your importm1t life experiences-employment, MILESTONES honors, graduat·e school, marriage and births. Your news and photos connect you with classmates. Contact: Milieu, Advancement Office, One Willard Ave., Houghton College, Houghton, NY 14744, or e-mail: [email protected]. When sending in photos for publication, please submit the highest resolu­ tion image available (a minimum size of three by four inches at 300 dots per inch-which is equivalent to 900 x 1200 pixels.) Visit the alumni online community at www.houghton.edu.

Bev Barnett and Margie Doris Ulrich Koehler tor, Wright and his wife served in the Miller have published a recently performed on a CD Central New York district of The Wes­ book detailing their joint entitled "His By Grace," a leyan Church for over 40 years before 4. retiring in 2004. A former Houghton ministry in the U.S. Air compilation of 20 hymns. The album Force from 1953-81 as was a fund-raiser for the Agape Family College trustee, Wright is in the third chaplain and school teach­ Shelter, whose director Cynthia Smith of a five-generation Houghton College er, entitled For God and was the album's sole vocalist. Koehler family. The Wrights have three chil­ Country: Memoirs of a recorded the album's nine solo piano dren-Bruce and Denise (Wright '82) Military Chaplain, avail­ tracks on April 7 at Reifsnyder's Pianos Campbell '81, Dale and Meg (Mar­ able at the college store. & Organs in Mechanicsburg, PA, tino '82) Wright '84, and Duane and Barnetthad previously then accompanied Smith on a Stein­ Darci (Wright '90) Dembroski-as published Houghton's way grand piano for the 11 remaining well as nine grandchildren, including Pantry: Its Proprietors, hymns. "We had a really good time" Houghton alumni Rob Campbell '07 Patrons, and Panache. recording the album, said Koehler, who and Alex Wright '08. also performs music at the First Baptist Highland Hospital (Roches­ Church. Friends can get copies of the As of June, Judith Ander­ ter, NY) has had photogra­ CD at the Lebanon Rescue Mission or son has retired after 43 LL< phers take Laura Fancher's from the Joy Book Store in Schaeffer­ years of teaching French and picture for publicity purposes on three st0wn, PA. a variety of other subjects. She spent different occasions this past year. First, the past 21years at Cumberland High Scl1ool in Virginia. She looks forward WHAM-TV (channel 13, Rochester, , Phyllis (Neal) Cooper has NY) filmed her rocking babies for its published a book entitled to traveling, volunteering in her church "Bright Spot" segment. Later, she .J Questions God Asks in the and community, learning to play the posed as a patient sitting on the edge Hebrew Scriptures, available from the harpsichord (a life-long dream) and of a bed with a nurse-a photo that the college store and Rosedog Books. She eventually moving to Madison, WI, hospital has used in its print advertise­ and her husband live in Orchard Park, to be near family. She would like to ments. Finally, she was filmed walking NY. Their two children have three hear from classmates atfrencheyusa@ down a hallway dressed as a patient for children each. yahoo.com. use in hospital video advertisements. (JGerald F. Wright, Jr. and Nick Chamberlain has An Old Testament Theol­ , .I his wife Janice celebrated 6 been in pastoral ministry for ogy, written by Bruce ./ 50 years of marriage on _,,. over 20 years, and continues Waltke, won the 2008 September 6, 2008. As a Wesleyan pas- to write, in several genres. In 2004 he Christian Book Award in the category (Continued 011 page 30) of Bible Reference and Study from the Evangelical Christian Publishers As­ sociation.

Mariel (Stearns) Ward has ---' published a book entitled "'- Penetrating the Stronghold of ls/am. The book "chronicles the 45 years my husband and I lived in the Philippines translating the Bible for a Muslim tribe," she writes. Details at Members of the class posed for this picture at its 50th reunion this www.marielward.com. r- l � , summer at Houghton. Thanks to Ed Stansfield [second row up, second from the right, with hands on the shoulders of his wife Dot (Hoffman)] for providing the picture.

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Tiu! sculr.ture features tf)efaces of the six minors trapped in the Crandall CaHyon mine collapse facing t/1e three men who died in the Jailed rescue effort.

W�an l"-emember On September 14, Jon from the University of Arizona. She spent ice to the world of mining, although her Huntsman, Jr., governor of Utah, un­ 17 years in the health-care profession father had worked in mines in Pennsyl­ veiled Heroes Among Us, the memorial before leaving nursing to pursue her vania. She often asked the families of the for the nine miners who died as a result true passion, sculpture. Her art has won miners forexplanations or descriptions of the August 2007 Crandall Canyon acclaim, including the Kathryn Thayer of mining roles, clothing and equipment. mine collapse. Karen Jobe '79 Templeton Hobson Memorial Award from the "Without fail, everyminer that I ap­ sculpted the monument, which consists American Artists Professionals League, proached went the extra mile," she said, of deep-relief bronze portraits of each the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Club's noting that they would make sure that man-the six miners trapped in the Anna Hyatt Huntington bronze medal she had photos, actual pieces of equip­ mine collapse facing the three miners for sculpture and three separate awards ment of clothing to use. "They would who died during the failed rescue effort. from the Portrait Society of America, come to drop off some mining parapher­ Templeton set the faces in a curved wall including firstplace, portfolio. nalia and then stay for an hour or more that is 16 feet long and six feet high. The As you might expect from one so and talk," Templeton said. monument is in the scenic rest area at accomplished in portraiture, Templeton She recalled that a miner asked the base of Huntington Canyon in Utah. concentrated on the miners' faces when her "How can we ever hope to put this "The deaths of the nine miners con­ crafting the memorial. "Sculpting their behind us? We still haven't gotten over tinue to have a profound impact, even faces affected me in ways I never antici­ the Wilberg [mine] disaster, and that was on those of us who did not know the pated. I feel like I know them," she said. in 1984." men personally," Templeton said. "More than that, l feel like they are some "I doubt you ever get over it," Tem­ After attending Houghton, Temple­ of my closest friends; I mourned their loss pleton said, "but we can remember." ton earned her bachelor's in nursing every time I worked on their portraits." from Columbia University and a master's Templeton said that she was a nov-

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published a play entitled The Savior of a work of historical fiction, and The the Child award by the Mid-York Child the World and he has just published a Worm in the Skull, a book of Christian Care Coordinating Council. She has compilation of children's stories called fantasy-under contract to be pub­ since left the center and teaches piano The Adventures of Papi/Ion. "They lished soon. and does freelance writing. Several are a great read for children 8-12, years ago she was diagnosed with ma­ as well as a wonderful read-to book Kelvin and JoAnne lignant melanoma, but says "through for younger children," Chamberlain (De Serio) Jones live in a lot of prayer and the skill of my sur­ writes. He says that the second story 7 ..- Kirkville, NY, where he is geon, God brought me through." in the book, "A Sad, Happy Pappy," is the pastor of Community Wesleyan set in Houghton, during the year that Church and she was recently honored The Lockport High School he taught at the college. 01amberlain for her work at the Chittenango Child­ Foundation recently has two other books___.:_Gali/ean Nights, care Center with the 2008 Friends of honored 12 graduates at a

T () by Mark Wentling '96 As Houghton Wesleyan Methodist Seminary celebrates its 12srn, one alumnus recalls how a photo from the early days led him to a friendship and a career My family had never image from one of Houghton's ledgers of while we straightened the chairs and heard of Houghton, but I was set on early contributorsto the school, including shelved stray books. In the same calm going there and it was the only school I one donor listed as "Rev. N.E. Jenkins!" tone I remembered fromfour years ago, applied to. I was browsing the campus I ran to the library where Linda she asked if! had ever thought about store my first day on campus when I Doezema, reference librarian and college becoming a librarian. I was set on a job came across Frieda Gillette and Kather­ archivist, listened patiently as I explained in sociology and laughed off her sugges­ ine (Walberger '43) Lindley's book, And what I had found and earnestlyasked for tion-literally. any ideas she might have for investigat­ In the fall I started a master's pro­ ing this newfound tie between my family, gram in sociology but quickly realized who had forgotten Houghton had even it was not what I wanted to do for the e�isted, and its founder. She graciously rest of my life. I was unsure what to do escorted me to the archives to see Wil­ next. I was working as a librarian at the lard Houghton's logbooks and to see if National Geographic Society-a position I we might find mention of Rev. Jenkins. had obtained on the strength of my expe­ She also-to my astonishment-asked rience at Houghton-and after thinking "Would you like a job?" long and hard about what I really loved "Yes, I would!" doing, I realized I was already doing With Doezema's help, I later found it! The library was where I belonged­ that Jenkins was the president of the Doezema had been right. Syracuse Conference of the Methodist I withdrew from my sociology church around the time Houghton was program and, on the strength of a letter founded, and he was in the same circle of of recommendation Doezema wrote, friends as Willard Houghton. Jenkins and I was accepted into the University of Houghton, along with Rev. Nathan Ward­ Maryland's library sciences program. I ner, another president of the regional received my master's degree in August conference, and Rev. A.W. Hall, publish­ 2002 and moved to Boston where I was You Shall Remember: A Pictorial History of ing agent for the denomination, were hired by EBSCO Publishing to design their Houghton College. Thumbing through the pallbearers at Kinney's funeral. Later, online research databases. Today I man­ pages, I recognized a picture of Rev. Den­ Wardner officiatedat my great-great­ age EBSCO's database design team, and nison Smith Kinney, whose conversation grandparents' wedding, and Hall wrote our products are used by libraries around with Willard Houghton had helped ger­ Jenkins' obituary. the world-including Houghton's. I love minate the idea for a seminary. Kinney's I held my job at the Houghton my job. Linda knew I would. photo was identical to one I remembered Library all four years, helping to pay my It makes me wonder: what if great­ from an album that belonged to my way through school. One night, as my se­ great grandpa Jenkins hadn't included a great-great-grandfather, Rev. Noah Elijah nior year drew to a close, Doezema and I picture of his friend Rev. Kinney in his Jenkins. When I turned the page, I saw an were reminiscing about our time together photo album?

2s I HoughtonMn1Eu MILESTONES special ceremony inducting its second Septemb,er. Amos coaches the Roches­ Kristin (Hinde) HoduUck class of distinguished alumni. Among ter Rhinos women's team. Q is one of seven members those honored for "excellence in her of the class of 1997 who chosen field, outstanding contributions Paula Marolewski are training together to run a half or • · to humanity and service to the com­ Q launched the Web site Sink full marathon. "I'm amazed at how, munity" was Sheila DiTullio. DiTul­ • Your in June 2008. 15 years later, my Highlander experi­ lio was named a New York state acting Visit www.SinkYourRoots.com for ence is still with me," she writes. "I Supreme Court justice in January and online Bible studies, free Bible lessons can still hear Drew White '96, one has served as an Erie County judge and a weekly devotional called "Seed­ of my leaders, asking 'Did you give since January 1996. lings." Marolewski plans to add new 100% ?' ... Thank you, Houghton ... ! Bible studies regularly. met my dearest friends and had th.is In June, Katherine Singer experience that will stay with me for f Xn became the new police / Sarah (Strain) Moore my entire life." commander for the Desert Q f._ has married (see Down the Hot Springs (CA) Police Department. - Aisle), and accepted a posi­ Singer is a 19-year law enforcement tion with the YWCA in Batavia, NY, On July 4, several members of the class got together for an impromp- - tu reunion in Pittsburgh, PA. Attendees included Tim and Jenn (Kreidler) Kitchen of Westfield, NY, with four of their five d1ildren; Dave and Tamys Hoffman of Bozeman, MT, and their four children; Jim and Barb (Carini) LaDine of Whitinsville, MA, and their four children; and John and Laurie (Spinelli) Cannon of Rochester, NY, with their four children. (We'll let you try to identify who's who in the picture!) "We had a wonderful time of fun, fellowship and making new memories," writes Tim Kitchen. ,, veteran who, for the past eight years, leading the after-school program Brian Pickard graduated in ( worked as a senior law enforcement at letcbworth Central School. May from Rutgers Law­ consultant with the California Com­ Camden with high honors, mission on Peace Officer Standards and a Karen Behm, chaplain and received the Rutgers law School Training (POST). Prior to her service 1, at The Jewish Hospital in Award for Outstanding Sd1olastic with POST, Singer served 11 years Cincinnati, was one of four Achievement. He is now a member of with the Marin County Sheriff's Office finalists from 75 nominations selected the New Jersey and Pennsylvania bars as both a sergeant and a deputy. Singer by the Ohio Hospital Association for and works for Archer and Greiner, enjoys coaching various sports, hiking the 2008 Albert E. Dyckes Health Care P.C., in Haddonfield, NJ. and volleyball. Worker of the Year Award. The award recognizes outstanding caregivers who I' Sarah Tooley completed Julie (Romann) Meyers are great leaders, reflect the values and her master's degree in social and her husband John re- ideals of Ohio's health care facilities, work at Roberts Wesleyan , ., cently completed a four-year routinely go above and beyond the College in May and is working as an training program with New Tribes Mis­ call of dmy, give back to the com­ adoption social worker at the Catholic sion and are planning to go to Bolivia munity and have overcome odds to family Center in Rochester, NY. She in July 2009. Read more about their succeed. Behm has been a chaplain at also ran the Buffalo half-marathon in journey at www.ntm.o,·gljohn_meyers. Jewish Hospital for two years. Outside May. of work,. she is an active member and f Peter Amos was one of volunteer minister at her church where I' On the morning of the eight coaches selected by she is involved with the Interfaith day that Seth and Lauren Q the United Soccer Leagues Hospitality Network that works with Zysk-Parry welcomed their (USL) to manage the eight participat­ the homeless. first son into the world (see Future ing squads in the inaugural USL W­ Alumni), Seth successfully defended his League combine in Tampa Bay, fl, in doctoral thesis. He received his degree VOLUME 83, NO. 3 I FALL 2008 I 29 Mr. & Mrs. Sumner

MILESTONES Mr. & Mrs. Smith ' . m·•·�- • . ._. ·,.__,, .., ..... � ... , �,�,... ,,- : � • .�r � � ,· P ·za �..... '' .., � - ,t� . t� Down the Aisle Peter and Pamela Montstream '93-Archangeli 12.28.07 Geronimo and Andrea (Pfeiffer '04) Bates 5.3.08 ',' , . _,.,.;��·,··' 41 Barry and Mindela (Sheaffer '03) King '03 7.31.04 . ;:•,-- ' Clark and Sarah (Strain '94) Moore 7.4.07 Kyle and Michelle (Gaffrey '06) Nagy '06 7.14.07 Michael and Sarah (Haugen '05) Powell 7.5.08 Justin and Jaclyn Smith '06 5.31.08 Peter and Carissa (Lee '05) Sumner '04 7.26.08 Jeff and Julie (Claypool '94) Wilson 7.12.08

At the Pfeiffer-Bates wedding, Houghton alumni present included (left to right): Ashley Mattern '04, Carrie Barss '04, Kaitlin (Holmberg '04) Seaman, Andrea (Pfeiffer '04) Bates, Andrea Walton '04, Re11ata (Dykman '05) Austin and Kimberly Goovaerts '04, as well as (not pictured): Chris A11sti11 '04 and Charles Seaman '04. Mr. & Mrs. Powell

Photos: Left to right, top to bottom; Simon King, Gavin McCarty, Kamryn Witmer, Valerie Wakeman, Noah Russell, Aubrey Thurber, Madeline & Nathaniel Murphy, and baby April Davis with her parents.

Future Alumni Derek and Jessica (Fortt '00) Boggs Levi David 3.27.08 Colin and Pennie (Shufelt '98) Burgess Ashleigh Helen 5.26.08 John-Marc and Elizabeth (Clay '02) Murphy Madeline Claire 9.6.04 Nathaniel Luke 8.20.07 Benjie and Trish (Turner '04) Davis '04 April Mae 4.2.08 Barry and Mindel (Seaffer '03) King '03 Simon Gregory 7.31.04 Glenn and Danielle (Bialy '01) McCarty '01 Gavin William 6.22.08 David and Susan (Stuart '89) Peterson Elias Jeremiah 7.8.08 Paul and Heather (Curtis '02) Russell Noah Benjamin 1.22.08 Greg and Lara (Lundgren '98) Schuler Gregory Michael, Jr. 4.12.08 Lee and Elizabeth (Sherwood '99) Thurber '97 Aubrey Lillian 3.5.08 Jeremy and Jule Ann (Davis '01) Wakeman '01 Valerie Jeanne 8.5.08 Jeremy and Kari Wilton '01 ErnalineOlivia 2.11.08 Rodney and Wendy (Hoke '92) Witmer Kamryn Olivia* 8.21.07 *adopted

30 I HoughtonM1t1Eu MILESTONES from the CUNY Graduate Center in September and is teaching at Emmanu­ el College in !=ranklin Springs, GA.

Peter and Carissa (Lee '05) L Sumner married (see Down the Aisle) and are living in Manhattan. He is in his fourth year of medical school and she is teaching fourth grade in the public schools.

[ Micah Niphakis, a doctor­ al student at the University of Kansas (KU), has received a $24,000 fellowship from the Division of Medicinal Chemistry within the American Chemical Society to continue Here's a group of Hough ton alumni that got together for a reunion on researching plant compounds that kill Labor Day. Pictured are (left to right): Glenn and Danielle (Bialy) cancer cells. Niphakis is one of nine McCarty, with future alumnus Gavin McCarty, Akash and Sarah doctoral students in the nation selected (Stalker) Desai, Jeff and Holly (Cruendike) Neill, Jeremiah and Jennifer by division officials for the fellowship. (Curtis) Sheret '99, holding future alumnus Nathaniel Sheret and Kurt and Kimberly (Binkley) Verderber. Daniel Mullens worked at a music camp near New George and Sharon to middle school and high school. She York City before moving Polarek have accepted has completed teacher certification to Craig, CO, to accept a position as a an appointment with from the University of Georgia and is high school/ middle school vocal music The Salvation Army at its national enrolled in their masters program for teacher. He invites friends to write him headquarters in Washington, DC. teaching. at [email protected]. George is the assistant director for the World Service Office and Sharon is Christopher Malayny part of the National Liaison for Disas­ L has accepted a position P.A.C.E. ter S,ervices. as a ticket sales account executive with the New Orleans Sai.nts [ Kelly Morgan is the new I Deborah Watts has been of the NFL. executive director of The an IRR teacher for middle American Red Cross for school for the last two Allegany County. years and is certified to reach business

REMEMBRANCE

Sarabel (Allen) Elliott died Arendt '67, James Elliott '69 and is survived by his wife Harriet; five May 5 in Middletown, RI, at John Elliott '80. Also surviving are children; 10 grandchildren and two 94. Elliott attended normal 13 grandchildren, including Janelle sisters, including Winifred Rupp '41. school, then taught in a one-room Arendt '04 and Stephanie (Arendt schoolhouse for three years before at­ '00) Pease; 12 great-grandchildren and Douglass Shaffner of tending Houghton, wheJ·e she earned several nieces, nephews and cousins. Tempe, AZ, passed away a degree in English. She married Rev. She was predeceased by her husband, July 11 at the age of 89. Everett Elliott in 1939, supporting his two brothers and a son-in-law. A native of Bliss, NY, Shaffner was ministry as he pastored churches in drafted into the U.S. Air Force in 1942 Higgins, Appleton, Fillmore and else­ Ellsworth Rupp of Irving, NY, and served 25 years, primarily as a where. She enjoyed reading, traveling, died June 1, at 90 years of age. Rupp meteorologist. After retiring in 1967, camping and being with her family. was a World War Tl veteran and a Shaffner and his first wife, Lora, moved She is survived by her five children, lifelong member of the First Congrega­ to Phoenix, where he worked in the including Robert Elliott '65, Janet tional Church of North Collins. Rupp computer industry. After Lora's death,

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twice as chairperson of the psychol­ he married Edna (Woodworth '49) ogy department at Hope, and wrote Oark, who survives. Also surviving are Psychology in Business, published by two children, two step-daughters, eight McGraw-Hill. Three times he received grandchildren and five great-grandchil­ external research grants supporting his dren. He was predeceased by a son. nationally recognized research on stu­ dent development duri_ng college and Lloyd Elliott died May 26 on enhancing student learning through at the age of 87 from com­ small-group discussion. Beach was plications of Alzheimer's also an adjunct lecturer in the Grand disease. Borninto a pastor's family in Rapids Extension of the University Plattsburg, NY, Lloyd met his wife, of Michigan from 1969-80. In retire­ Margie (Fox '43) Elliott, at Houghton ment he was active as a volunteer with and they married in 1944. Elliott the American Red Cross in disaster graduated from Eastern Theological mental health. Surviving are his wife

Seminary and pastared churches in Emily (Mai-kham '42)Adelma1111 of 44 years, Carla; three children, six New Jersey, Massachusetts and New grandchildren and two brothers and York. His wife survives, as do their two their spouses, Gerald and Marjorie sons and their wives: Bob and Kathy Evelyn (MacNeill) Mc­ (Updyke '39) Beach '39 and Richard Elliott '70 and Dan and Kerry (Hull Monigle went to be with and Lucille (Barnett '47) Beach '50. '74) Elliott '74. Also surviving are the Lord on May 30, in three grandchildren and their spouses, Owosso, MI, from complications of A ( J. Robert Raub died July Chris Kim '02) includjng and (Elliott Alzheimer's disease. McMonigle served '-1. 14 at the home of his son in Mason and Robyn Elliott '04, and for many years with the Missionary Honeoye Falls, NY, fol­ four great-grandchildren. Workers in Detroit, and taught in the lowing a long illness. After attending public school system there. She was Houghton, Raub earned a master's f Emily (Markham) Adel­ married to Clyde McMonigle, who died degree in elementary education from mann of New Paltz, NY, in 1992. She is survived by a daughter Bt1ffalo University and a doctorate in passed away September and a son; three granddaughters; her educational administration from the 17 after an heroic battle with ovarian sister, Frances MacNeill '50 and her University of Rochester. He married cancer. Adelmann earnedher medical brother, Donald MacNeill '55. Connie (Williams '52) in 1956. He degree at the Women's Medical College was a school district administrator, of Pennsylvania and practiced pediatrics Leslie Beach, age 82, of elementary principal, instructional for 40 years. She was a charter mem­ Holland, MI., died Septem­ administrator and teacher. Raub owned ber of Fellowship Baptist Church in ber 7. Following service as the Buffalo Placement Service and was Highland, NY, and a life member of the a communications intelligence expert an associate professor at Roberts Wes­ Christian Medical Society. An avid sup­ in the US. Navy from 1944-46, Beach leyan. Later he was planning director at porter of the college, Adelmann served graduated from Houghton College the Mohawk Region Planning Center in on the President's Advisory Board and in 1949. From 1949-55, interrupted Rome, NY, then spent 15 years as the loved to return for Homecoming, lend­ by another year of naval intelligence director of education at the Madison­ ing her convertible to drive the presi­ service during the Korean War, he Oneida BOCES in Verona. His wife dent in the parade. The atrium of the served the General Motors Institute as predeceased him in 2003. Surviving are Center for the Arts was named in her an instructor in psychology and human two sons, including James Raub '81, honor. Adelmann was an avid hiker and relations, while simultaneously com­ five grandchildren and a sister. led the Hiker's Holiday at the Mohonk pleting a master's degree in educational Mountain House in New Paltz for 20 psychology at Wayne State University. June (Dukeshire) years. She was predeceased by her After completing his doctorate in psy­ LaCelle died January 16 husband of 24 years John Adelmann chology and educational psychology at in Rochester, NY. Follow- and is survived by her sisters Martha the University of Michigan, he became ing Houghton, she taught school for Markham '41 and Jane (Markham an associate professor at Whitworth a year and then worked in research '45) Tupitza; by two nieces and two College in Spokane, WA, where he at the University of Pennsylvania, at nephews and spouses, including James served from 1957-63. Following a the National Institutes of Health and Tupitza '71 and Wi11am and Barbara one-year appointment as an associate at Kodak before having four cl1ildren. (Tupitza '73) Boyes '70 and by many professor at Bowling Green State Uni­ She sang in the Rochester Oratorio grand-nieces and grand-nephews, in­ versity, he joined the faculty of Hope Society and the Bach Chorale, taught cluding Matthew Tupitza '08. College in Holland, MI. He served after-school religion classes, became a

32 1 HoughtonMru rn REMEMBRANCE leader in the Christian Women's Club doing crossword puzzles and home a sister-in-law. She was preceded in and later in Rochester area Commu­ decorating. In addition to her husband, death by her two brothers. nity Bible Study and served as choir Collins is survived by several cousins director, board member, Sunday school with whom she was close, including - Albert King died June 30 and vacation Bible school teacher, first Frances (Woods '72) Carl and Laura in Wyoming, NY, at age at Gates Wesleyan and then at Penfield Woods '76. ..,. __ 68. A 1957 graduate of Wesleyan Church near Rochester. Letchworth Central School, he was After completing her master's de- Grace (Weaver) Rice died the first recipient of the John Philip gree in counseling at the University July 11. Rice was born in Sousa Award there. After Houghton, of Rochester she headed the Prison Washington Township, he earned his master's in child develop­ Action Group, an organization that PA, and graduated from Elizabethville ment at the University of Illinois. King assisted prisoners as they re-entered High School. She earned a degree from taught for two years at Oregon State, society. She was also a freelance writer Lankenau Hospital School of Nurs- then taught at Iowa State, where he for Christian publications. After hav­ ing in Philadelphia. Her husband John earnedhis doctorate in statistics and re­ ing a stroke in 2002 she became active predeceased her, as did four brothers, search methodology. He retired in 1997 in a stroke support group, volunteering including Roy Weaver '41; rwo sisters after 23 years of teaching at Iowa State. weekly at hospitals to encow·age srroke and a niece. Surviving are a sister, 10 King was an accomplished composer victims and their families. She is sur­ nieces and nephews and several grand­ and vocalist, described as "a fun-loving vived by her husband, Paul LaCelle nieces and grand-nephews. guy and the life of any party." Surviv­ '51, a long-time member of the ing are four sisters, including Juliann college's board. Also surviving are her Patricia (Pogoda) Nyhus King '65; two step-brothers and a step­ sister, Mary (Dukeshire '46) Burke; 1 died April 13 in Graham, sister and several nieces and nephews. '--, her four children, including Andrea WA. Born in Utica, Nyhus (LaCelle '79) Redfern, Peter LaCelle was an elementary and special educa­ ( Brenda (Markley) Picazo, '84 and Kristina LaCelle-Peterson tion teacher in Syracuse, in Tucson, of Springville, NY, died '82 and five grandchildren. AZ, and in the Seattle area. She was ...... _ peacefully in Buffalo predeceased by her husband Don, in General Hospital on August 22, of , Mary (Moreland) Collins 2006. Surviving are two sons; a broth­ pneumoni.a and related complications. died of pancreatic cancer er; three sisters, including Marion (Po­ She was 61 years old. Born in 1946 in , October 3 at the age of 77. goda '55) Harr; an uncle; an aunt and Allentown, PA, Picazo attended Ritter She and her husband Clifford, who several nieces, nephews and cousins. Elementary School, graduated from survives, lived in Ransomville, NY. Dieruff High School with honors in Collins was the only child of George Christine Ferrand, 90, of 1964, and cum laude from Houghton. Moreland, who taught for many Salisbury, MD, passed away She took graduate courses at Lehigh years in the college's science depart­ September 19. Bornin 1918 University and the College of William ment, and Frances (Woods) Moreland. in Gardenville, NY, Ferrand gradu­ and Mary and was a permanently certi­ Collins graduated from Houghton ated from Bryant & Stratton Business fied elementary and Spanish teacher in Wesleyan Methodist Seminary (now Institute in Buffalo with an account­ New York State. Picazo's love of music Houghton Academy) in 1949, then ing-secretarial certi.ficateaJ1d worked defined her professional career as a earnedher bachelor's degree at the in the investment department of the piano instructor, church music director college. She received her master's in Marine Midland Group in Buffalo as a and vocal and keyboard performer. elementary education from SUNY bookkeeper and ass istan t s reno/ secre­ Geneseo in 1956. She taught summer tary for 10 years. In 1957 she gradu­ school for two summers at a Wesleyan ated from Houghton with a degree in missionary school in Puerto Rico. She Christian education and a minor i.n and Clifford were married on July music. From 1958-62 she served as a 3, 1965 in the Houghton Wesleyan director of religious education at Trin­ Church. Collins taught at Brookside ity Methodist Church in Salisbury. Elementary School in Wellsville and After retttrni.ng to New York, she went at Lewiston-Porter Elementary School to graduate school for an intensive for a total of 36 years, retiring in 1988. teacher trai.niJ1gprogram for elemen­ She was a member of the Ransomville tary teaching. She taught elementary Free Methodist Church where she school in Wellsville for 20 years before taught CYC, played the piano for wor­ retiring and moving back to Salis- ship services and led rhe Wednesday bury in 1982. terrand is survived by a morning ladies Bible study. She liked brother, two nephews, three nieces and Brenda (Markley '68) Picazo (left) at this summer's alumni rew1io11. VOLUME 83, NO. 3 I FALL 2008 I 33 REMEMBRANCE

She gave private music instruction the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. universities at his home and serving on for the past 26 years in her studio in Interests included rending, travel, art, boards for the college and The Wesley­

Springville, NY. At the time of her bicycli11g1 hiking and r:.icquetball. Sur­ an Church. Crowder is survived by his death she was st.iff music director for vivors include her parents; her siblings wife of 61 years, Grace; three sons and the Springville First United Method­ and their spouses, including Wil- a daughter; 13 grandchildren, includjng ist Church. She enjoyed reading and liam Bunnell '64, David and Lynne Clinton Crowder '98; and 13 great­ crossword puzzles and took frequent (Barker '66) Bunnell '67 and Marc grnndchi Idren. walks or rides on her tandem bicycle and Marda (Bunnell '69) Bateman; with her husband. She participated in five nieces and nephews. Richard "Dick" Wing, Lt. Col. and led small-group Bible studies, and (ret), professor emeritus of writing was a member of the Auxiliary of the Diane (Risk) Stern, 51, and former administrator, passed away Gideon's lnternation.al. At her request, died September 9 in her June 23 at the age of 73. He was at the during her last hours Brenda's hus­ 7 home, following a 13-year V.A. Medical Center in Batavia at the band read ro her from the Psalms and battle with cancer. Bornin 1956 in time of his denth, where he had been played favorite hymns for her. Picazo Quarryville, PA, Sternwas valedicto­ a resident for two months following is survived by her husband of 35 years, rian at Solanco (PA) lligh School ond a diagnosis of cancer. Wing was born Esteban; their two sons; her mother; on exchange student in Brozil before in 1935 in Buffalo and graduated from a niece; a nephew and a sister-in-law. attending Houghton. She earned her Bliss High School in 1952. I le received She was predeceased by her brother. medical degree at the Milton Hershey a degree in agricultural education Medical School, and Jid work at Penn from Cornell in 1956 and later earned Connie (Seeley) Penne, State University. Sternwas a doctor of his doctorate in education from the 52, of Annapolis, MD, died pathology. She attended First Evan­ University of Buffalo in 1990. While at 7 Aug. 17 in Punxsutawney, gelical Free Church and enjoyed Bible Cornell, Wing enrolled in the Air Force PA. Penne was born in 1956 in Punx­ studies with friends. She also enjoyed ROTC and upon graduation served in sutawney. She was the vice president gardening, scrapbooking and sailing on the Air Force as an officer and pilot, of membership marketing with the rhe Chesapeake Bay. Stern is survived with tours of duty in Georgia, Texas, National Business Aviation Association by her husband, David Stem '81, by Hawaii, Califorrtia, Illinois, England, in Washington, DC. Previously, she their three children, by her parents, Germany and Pennsylvanin. I le served worked in publish­ Paul and Shirley Risk-he served in Viet Nam from 1965-66, earning ing, advertising and on the president's advisory board-a a Silver Star and several other med- marketing. Penne was brother, a niece and nephew. als. Upon retiring from the Air Force devoted to her family in 1977, he moved to Pike, NY, and and supportive of her f"aculty /Staff/ Administration worked at the Wyoming County Fair­ children's nctivi- Jesse Crowder died from osteo­ grounds for one summer as a carpenter. ties. She enjoyed the porosis on October 3 at the age of 84. He was the voice of the Grand Parade beach, reading, writ­ Crowder, a retired accountant for the and Firemen's Parade for almost 30 ing and visiting fami­ company that owned Tire Baltimore years and the emcee of the annual Bar­ ly. She was the pianist 51111, served on the college board of bershoppers Concert. He was a member for church services trustees after his retirement in 1988. and former deacon at the Castile Baptist Co1111ie (Seeley '77) Pe1111c nt the future Ca re Crowder attended a one-room school­ Church. In 1978 Wing srnrtcd work­ Nursing Home. Penne was preceded in house in Artemas, PA, and was the first ing at Houghton in various capacities, death by her infont son, t\¥0 brothers in his family to graduate from high ultimately becoming an instructor for and two sisters. Survivors include her school. During World War ll he served principles of writing and journalism. husband David Penne '77, two sons, a with the Coast Guard on the USS Gor­ He retired from Houghton in 1998 but daughter, a brother and a sister. don, ferrying troops to England before kept close ties to the college until his the Normandy invasion and bringing death. He ghost-wrote many speeches Susan Bunnell passed German prisoners of war to the United made by faculty and administration away March 2 at her home States. Crowder graduated from the and edited other speeches and disser­ 7 in Dallas, TX, after a three­ University of Baltimore and went on to tations. fn 2004 Wing published his year battle with lung cancer. After work for the Haskins & Sells account­ book A Vine Of God's Oum Plnr1ting: Houghton, Bunnell earned a master's ing firm and later the A.S. Abell Co., A History Of Ho11glito11 College From degree in business adminjstrntion from which owns the S1111. When Crowder its Beginnings Through 1972. Wing Southern Methodist University. She retired to Orlando two decades ago, he was predeceased by hjs wife, Lois, and worked as an insurance underwriter declru-ed he would take it easy. That is survived by a daughter; chree sons, for CNA and AJG. She was a member included world travel from Norwny 10 including Alan Wing '84 and Edward of Christ the King Presbyterian church the southernmost tip of South Amer­ Wing '85; a grandson; two brothers in Houston, TX, and was a docent at ica, entertaining presidents of various and two sisters.

34 , Houghton MI u Eu THE LAST WORD '

Appreciation for Houghton following my discharge I complet­ not East Hall. (I had laid stone on both The Houghton Milieu has been a ed my bachelor's degree and earned a buildings.) The picture was of Mae great blessing to me all these years. lt master's at Stanford University, where (Young '33) Smith and her daughter, has been the primary communication I maintained a straight " A" average. I Lois Ann (Smith '60) Thomas, taken connecting me to the college and ro the then served as a teacher and principal in 1941, not 1952. I am disappointed, in the public schools for 30 years. but have to admit to facts. Upon retirement in 1977 I worked I still have the picture and when I with the Environmental Volunteers for look at it my heart is warmed not only another 30 years. They reach children by the memory of my late wife but by about the.environment in which they the warmth of the love shown by the live and take them on field trips. I have Alumni Office receptionist, Michelle spent a good share of the last five years Hillman '08. God bless her. as a volunteer docent at the Palo Alto Olson Clark '46 Baylands Environmental Education Houghton, NY Center. I feel that I can attribute much of my success at Stanford, in the Navy and at the Palo Alto Bay lands to the training I received at Houghton. Thank you. James D. Marsh '43 Mountain View, CA

Thank you for the privilege of being able to express my gratitude for achievements of others. the Houghton years. Many Western I left Houghton with a bachelor's New York classrooms were occupied degree in education and the greatest by the '29 graduates. I enjoyed your summer wilderness experience with article and wish Naomi [Christensen Coach Burke. Dr. Lola Haller influ­ '08)-,well. enced my life with her insight and Edith (Davis '29) Densmore patience. I am indebted to her and the Franklin, IN college. In August 2007 l completed my Recently, I saw the cover of the master's degree in education with summer 2008 Milieu and thought that high honors from LeMoyne College. it included a picture of my late wife I celebrate God's richness and grace Lila and our daughter, Peggy, standing to me in light of all that God has done on what I thought was the center sec­ through the ministry of Houghton's tion of East Hall (now named Gillette education department and the long Hall). The dress looked like Lila's best hours professors gave me. dress and the face of the little girl was Linda A. Palmer '81 Peggy's. I was so sure that I stopped at Cortland, NY the Alumni Office to see if I could get extra copies. The receptionist said she .I left Houghton at Christmas would check the files for the original, 1942, in the middle of my senior year, and soon an e-mail message came re­ and went on active duty with the U.S. questing that J stop by the office. Navy, where I held the rank of lieuten­ When I did, there was a framed ant U.g.). I served in the Pacific and on copy of the picture as a gift. Again, I Mae (Yo1111g '33) Smith a11d lier daughter, Lois the USS Birmingham, a light cruiser. l was sure it was Lila, but, alas, in study­ A1111 (Smith '60) T'1omas observing the co11struc­ went through the invasions at Two Jima ing the picture at home I realized that tio11 of Luckey Memorial. and Okinawa. the building was Luckey Memorial,

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Built in 1890, Willard J. Houghton made reference to the success of the "WalldorfTemperance Hotel" as evidence of a growing commu­ nity surrounding the seminary. In 1921 EleanorWoodhead deeded the building to the college in exchange for an annuity. Female students moved in shortly thereafter. Later in its history,Walldorf housed boys from Houghton Academy, then men from the college. Recently,Wall­ dorf was home to female college students seeking to live in "an in­ tentional community environment." The Alumni Board has proposed that Walldorf become a meeting place for alumni and-bringing its use full circle-a guest house for out-of-town alumni. At Homecom­ ing, the college held a ceremony (pictured above and left) to com­ menceWalldorfs refurbishing. Do you remember more ofWalldorfs history] Did you live there, or know others who did? Drop Milieu a line and share your stories: [email protected] or Milieu, Houghton Col­ lege, One Willard Avenue, Houghton, NY 14744.

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