Class Notes
| Alumni Name | Class Year | Note | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Lamback | 1970 |
After graduating from YDS in 1970, I was ordained in the S GA Conference of the UMC and spent 24 years as an Army chaplain. I retired with 30 total years in the Army in 1994. Gini and I returned... |
March 21, 2019 |
| Will Mebane | 2006 | March 20, 2019 | |
| Sam Gladding | 1970 |
In August 2019, I will begin my 30th year as an administrator and professor at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. I teach counseling courses on the graduate level and courses... |
March 20, 2019 |
| Robert Goldstein | 1970 |
It has been a blessing of a ministry of 37 years and life to become an ordained pastor of the Lutheran Church in America in 1975. After great struggle, I came out as gay in 1987 and as asked to... |
March 20, 2019 |
| Gary and Marilyn (Lynn) Miller | 1970 |
Lynn and I have settled in retirement in Fairfax Co. Virginia. Lynn spent her career in public education ending as Assistant Superintendent of a district in Bucks Co. Pennsylvania. Gary retired... |
March 20, 2019 |
| Sandy Wylie | 1970 |
After I spent 44 years serving in the United Methodist Church, mostly in Oklahoma, my wife Susan and I moved into a house we built on Lake Windsor in Bella Vista, AR, in 2011. Or at least I moved... |
March 20, 2019 |
| Philip Hardt | 1986 |
I having been serving Glendale Maspeth United Methodist Church in Glendale (Queens), NY, since 2006. I have also been researching and writing about the New York Circuit of the New York Conference... |
March 19, 2019 |
| Jamie Holmes | 1986 |
My husband and I live in Chico which is twelve miles from what's left of Paradise, California, my hometown. As you've heard, 95% of Paradise burned down on November 8, 2018 in the Camp... |
March 15, 2019 |
| Do Hoon Kim | 2006 |
After my Ph.D. program at The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, |
March 14, 2019 |
| Peter DeVeau | 1986 |
Due to a stroke in 2016, I retired as Dean of Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City, Missouri in April 2018. Mary continues part-time with the American Stroke Foundation, a connection that... |
March 14, 2019 |
| Peter DeVeau | 1986 |
Due to a stroke in 2016, I retired as Dean of Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City, MO, April 2018. Mary continues part-time at the American Stroke Foundation. This connection provided me... |
March 14, 2019 |
| Janelle Bussert | 1986 |
After working 14 years as a Hospice Music Therapist, Janelle has added part time Music Therapy work with Oncology patients at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. She lives with partner,... |
March 9, 2019 |
| Giles Scofield | 2006 |
I am retired and living in Montreal, where I am enjoying the benefits of living in the most European city in North America, especially its world-class orchestra. In addition to occasional writing... |
March 7, 2019 |
| Henry Brinton | 1986 |
My novel "City of Peace" (Koehler Books, 2019) has just been released, a fast-paced murder mystery designed to engage people politically and spiritually. leaving them with fresh insight... |
March 7, 2019 |
| Mary Commerford | 1986 |
I've been in College Mental Health for over 20 years, and love it! I've been the director of the Counseling Center at Barnard College in NYC for the last 16 years. It's a... |
March 7, 2019 |
| Melanie McRae | 1986 |
Melanie continues to love her work as Bereavement Counselor and chaplain in a hospice in the Twin Cities. She also teaches yoga three times a week and is involved with animal advocacy and... |
March 7, 2019 |
| Christopher Jarvinen | 2002 |
Christopher Andrew Jarvinen (M.A. 2002) has been named a senior Fulbright Specialist by the U.S. Department of State. Christopher has accepted an invitation from the Bankruptcy Law and... |
March 6, 2019 |
| Annemarie (Chapin) Smith | 1986 |
Scott (MAR Class of ‘86) and I met at YDS and were married in 1987. After Scott finished medical school and residency, we settled in Waco, Texas, where he practiced ophthalmology and I... |
March 6, 2019 |
| Lise Hildebrandt | 1986 |
After about 5 years of leaving the Church and wandering in the wilderness, part of which was helping care for my dad at the end of his life, I'm back to Church both in attendance and... |
March 6, 2019 |
| Beau Weston | 1986 |
I am enjoying my 29th year as professor of sociology at Centre College in Danville, KY. My book, Between Bohemia and Suburbia: Boburbia in the USA (Routledge 2019) details the difference in... |
March 6, 2019 |