Class Notes
| Alumni Name | Class Year | Note | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Mindy McGarrah Sharp | 2001 |
Mindy McGarrah Sharp, PhD, has joined the faculty of Columbia Theological Seminary as Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care. |
February 13, 2018 |
| Hal Doster | 1957 |
I am now located to Blue Ridge, GA following an Interim Ministry at the Cherry Log Christian Church (DOC) at the time Dr. Fred Craddock retired. I did what an Interim is not suppose to do – I... |
February 13, 2018 |
| Cheryl Bundy | 2015 |
Cheryl Bundy is the Chaplain and Spiritual Counselor at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, CT. She teaches Spirituality and Mindfulness classes, runs the Hospital Chapel and provides pastoral... |
February 12, 2018 |
| Samuel Blair | 2001 |
In the summer of 2017 Samuel and his family traveled along with members of his church to the Matagalpa region of Nicaragua. Through a partnership with Agros International, the group provided a... |
February 12, 2018 |
| Lyn Brakeman | 1982 |
Being a student at YDS from 1978-1982 was, according to one member of the diocesan (Connecticut) screening committee for postulancy, "an act of defiance against church authority."... |
February 12, 2018 |