Class Notes
Alumni Name | Class Year | Note | Posted |
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Giles Scofield | 2006 |
Giles Scofield has been appointed adjunct professor in the Faculty of Theology, St. Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario. |
February 1, 2021 |
Victoria Strang | 2017 |
Victoria has recently been hired as the Policy Advocate with Faith Communities at Human Rights Watch. This is a new position at the organization funded by a desire to work more cohesively with... |
January 15, 2021 |
James Meredith Day | 1980 |
James Meredith Day has recently been unanimously elected Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of Louvain www.uclouvain.be, appointed Senior Alumni... |
January 15, 2021 |
Dianne Bilyak | 2006 |
Dianne Bilyak, M.A.R. 2006 has a memoir, Nothing Special: The Mostly True, Sometimes Funny Tales of Two Sisters, being published by Wesleyan University Press. The book is the winner of the... |
December 21, 2020 |
Ivan Burnett | 1965 |
The last four years I have written and self-published three volumes of hymns, hymn tunes, preludes and anthems. They have been used by churches in various denominations in more than ten states,... |
September 22, 2020 |
Aaron Rathbun | 2013 |
I’m just writing to share the exciting news that I was just appointed the Director of Spiritual Life at Choate Rosemary Hall here in Connecticut. |
September 17, 2020 |
Lawrence (Larry) Buxton | 1978 |
Now at approximately mid-year 2020, I am re-retired and pursuing life as a new author, seasoned clergy coach and part-time prof at Wesley Theological Seminary in DC. In Sept., Front Edge... |
July 22, 2020 |
John Kelley | 1962 |
With our town finding itself with a new library and a resulting influx of new volunteers, I’ve taken on a new volunteer challenge: taking the library on the road, bringing it on a weekly basis to... |
March 6, 2020 |
Campbell Harmon | 2004 |
I am now in my 11th year performing as Edgar Allan Poe for libraries, schools, museums, and some stage venues in and around the New England Area. Check my website for my upcoming shows at ... |
February 17, 2020 |
Antipas Harris | 2002 |
After graduating from Yale Divinity School, Antipas L. Harris earned a D.Min. and a Ph.D. He now holds a dual appointment as the founding president-dean of Jakes Divinity School and one of the... |
January 20, 2020 |
Jim Bortell | 1965 |
I retired as a United Methodist minister in Central Il. and then served part time a Mennonite USA church for ten years. I conceive my last ministry is environmentally centered. I am a certified... |
January 14, 2020 |
Ann Bonner-Stewart | 2006 |
After more than ten years as a school chaplain, the Rev. Ann Bonner-Stewart accepted a call as rector at Saint Mary's Episcopal Church, Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts. |
December 30, 2019 |
Mary (Becky) Rebecca Garrison | 1992 |
Becky Garrison’s next book Roger Williams’s Little Book of Virtues will be published by Wipf & Stock on March 2020. |
November 30, 2019 |
Holly Wilson Whitcomb | 1978 |
Rev. Holly Wilson Whitcomb has just come out with her fifth book, “The Practice of Finding: How... |
September 16, 2019 |
Carol Adams | 1976 |
Carol Adams reported that her book Burger appeared in Bloomsbury’s “Object Lessons” Series last year and received a number of glowing reviews! She has also had several essays in the ... |
September 16, 2019 |
Scott Fruchter | 1976 |
Since YDS days, Scott earned an MBA from the University of Michigan and a law degree from Louisiana State University. He has worked for the Lutheran Church, the Circuit Courts as a Sentencing... |
September 16, 2019 |
Peter Shidemantle | 1976 |
Peter has retired after 26 years at Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church in Syracuse! |
September 16, 2019 |
Chuck Wildman | 1970 |
Anne and I are celebrating one year in residence at Linden Ponds, South Shore, Boston. The move from Cape Cod was challenging but worth the effort. We downsized the stuff but upsized the... |
September 11, 2019 |
Jeff Matsler | 2015 |
Chaplain (MAJOR) Jeff Matsler recently retired from the US Army. His final position was as the US Army Medical Command Bioethicist, the only uniformed bioethicist in the Department of Defense,... |
August 13, 2019 |
Vanessa Falgoust | 1980 |
I am honored to serve as Chaplain for the Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties in New York State just north of New York City. I am ever grateful to my YDS teachers David Duncombe and Henri... |
July 21, 2019 |