People Notes - February 2025

The book Francis of Assisi: The Life of a Restless Saint by YDS Professor Volker Leppin has been translated into English. Yale University Press has published an interview with Leppin and the translator.

Read the article.

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Janet Fuller ’82 M.Div. has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Chaplaincy and Spiritual Life in Higher Education.

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Emily Scott ’06 M.Div. has been called to serve as the new Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in New Haven.

Read more at Facebook.

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Johnnie Bird ‘22 M.A.R., Finance & Operations Manager for the Yale Alumni Association, will be featured in a YAA event titled “Careers, Life, and Yale: Introversion (and lots more),” on Thursday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m.

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Hannah Ruth Earl ’12 M.A.R. has been appointed Director of the federal government’s Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

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Clifton Kirkpatrick ’68 B.D. has died at the age of 79.

Visit the YDS alumni In Memoriam page for more about him and other recently departed alums.

February 6, 2025