Class Notes
| Alumni Name | Class Year | Note | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Johnson | 1975 |
I've been retired from parish ministry now for five years, but my chief retirement gig has been teaching church history for Fuller Seminary. I've also just published a book: "... |
March 7, 2018 |
| Andrew Smith | 2010 |
Andy Smith ‘10 makes his home with wife, Shannon, and two sons, Nikolas and Kassian, in the Columbia, S.C. area. He serves as Assistant City Administrator/Finance Director for the City of Forest... |
March 5, 2018 |
| Becca Henriksen | 2010 |
Becca Henriksen ’10 is living in Carrboro, North Carolina. Becca is a first year PhD student in the Department of Religious Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, exploring gender, sexuality, race, and class... |
March 3, 2018 |
| Hope Menninger | 2010 |
Hope (Stephenson) Menninger graduated from the Saint Louis University Physician Assistant Program with a Master of Medical Science degree in December 2017 and received the David W. Wagner Award of... |
March 1, 2018 |
| Jean Wood | 1964 |
The photo I uploaded is Barry and me before we moved from Williamsville to live near one of our sons in the Chicago area seven years ago. After having Parkinson's Disease for 20 years, he... |
March 1, 2018 |
| Horace Ballard | 2010 |
Horace Ballard, Ph.D. lives in Pownal, VT and is faculty in the graduate program in the history of art at the Sterling and Fracine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He is also... |
February 27, 2018 |
| Rev. Kristen Provost Switzer | 2015 |
Kristen was proudly called back to her hometown of Newtown, CT to serve as Minister of Youth and Mission at the Newtown Congregational Church, United Church of Christ in August, 2016. Prior to... |
February 26, 2018 |
| Allen Reynolds | 2015 |
I am grateful for YDS and the way it helped open me up to different ways to think about people, problems, and theological possibilities. I became a better pastoral caregiver because of the people... |
February 26, 2018 |
| Clark Downs | 2010 |
Clark Downs ‘10 is a licensed lay preacher and worship leader in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. Clark is looking forward to singing Evensong for ten days this August in the Cathedral in... |
February 26, 2018 |
| Daniel Klimek | 2010 |
Daniel Klimek '10 entered religious life, joining the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order of Penance, and is living in Steubenville, Ohio, teaching at the theology department of the... |
February 26, 2018 |
| Andrew Petiprin | 2010 |
Andrew Petiprin is Canon to the Ordinary in the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee. He and his wife, Amber, and their two children, Alex and Aimee, live in Nashville. Andrew continues to write for... |
February 26, 2018 |
| Sandy Smyth | 2010 |
Living in Naples, Florida with retired husband, Hal. Digital Paintings showing at the East West Fine Art Gallery in the Bigham Galleria, Naples. Sandy's online galleries at SandySmythDesigns2... |
February 26, 2018 |
| Lydia Sohn | 2010 |
Greetings all! James and Lydia and our baby-now-toddler-but-who-will-always-remain-our-baby Hugh continue life in southern California, where Lydia is going onto her third year as the... |
February 26, 2018 |
| Andrew Doss | 2017 |
Hey gang! I'm back in New Orleans. Just got through a splendiferous Mardi Gras, basking in the love of my hometown. I'm working now on the transition team for the first female Mayor-... |
February 22, 2018 |
| Debra McLeod | 2009 |
Since graduating from YDS I have been working with foundations and programs that empower women and girls. Much of that work has been direct funding of schools with some focus on documentary films... |
February 22, 2018 |
| Jack Snyder | 1985 |
After over 28 years together, in late 2016 my partner David Kemp and I were married in a small ceremony in our hometown of Arlington, VA. A second major life change is pending, as I plan to... |
February 22, 2018 |
| Timothy Ng | 2015 |
Shortly after graduating in 2015, my wife and I became parents with our firstborn son's arrival at Yale-New Haven hospital. In the Fall of the same year, I took a position at Google's HQ... |
February 20, 2018 |
| Ed Thwaites | 1957 |
Originally part of the Class of '56, I did a pastoral internship in a larger parish in Texas before returning to become a part of the Class of '57. Since graduating from YDS, I have... |
February 15, 2018 |
| Kelsey Dallas | 2014 |
Kelsey Dallas is a national religion reporter at the Deseret News in Salt Lake City. She covers the intersection of faith and politics, tracking the Trump administration's religious freedom... |
February 14, 2018 |
| Rev. Robert Dell | 1955 |
Joyce and I, together with three sons, have lived in Sandwich since 1962 - she being a now retired classroom teacher. I keep in touch with Jack Kelly and John Moyer; the three of us, along with... |
February 14, 2018 |