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AMERICAN-SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATION - CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC & CHRISTIAN-AFFILIATION

VOLUME 19, NUMBER 6 DECEMBER 1977/JANUARY 1978

LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE... ....So begins the list of fruits of the Spirit (Gal 5:22). As we end our eighth year of editing the Newsletter we wish you the Lord's love, His joy, and peace at Christuas time--and thank you for showing the Lord's patience toward us in 1977. It was a ?Weary year for us, a year in which we hungered for the whole fruit-basket: kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. (Our latest medical bulletin--and final one, we hope: -On November 30 Ginny was at last operated on and a fibroid "the size of a volleyball" was removed from her uterus; it had been "the size of a tennis ball" when diagnosed. Although the tumor was growing rapidly, it was not malignant and Ginny is recovering well. Thank you for your prayers and concern.) So it's possible we'll live through another year, but it's also possible that our Lord may return to "take care of business." Either way, what counts is that we be found faithful to Jesus Christ and the work he has for us to do. What a pleasure to work together with you at the interface of science and faith.

-Walt & Ginny Hearn

AAAS MEETING: WASHINGTON DC, FEBRUARY 12-17 The 144th national meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science will be held at the Sheraton-Park and Shoreham Americana hotels in Washington, D.C 12-17 February 1978. If you plan to attend, check with the Washington-Baltimore section of ASA for a planned get-together and look on the information board for announcements of ASA meetings. Contact president H. David KaV (9809 Montauk Ave., Bethesda, MD 20034; tel. 530-0619) or Paul Arveson (9278 Adelphi Road, Adelphi, MD 20783; tel. 431-2671). PIONEER AWARD TO PAGE Robert M. Page, retired director of research for the Naval Research Laboratory In Washington, D.C., received the Aerospace and Electronics System Society Pioneer Award for 1977. Robert Page, long active in ASA, began his career at NRL irk 1927 and remained there until his retirement in 1966. He received his B.S. from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, and M.S. from George Washington U. in Washington, D.C. In 1943 Hanline bestowed an honorary doctorate on his and in 1952 named its electronics laboratory in his honor.
Old-timers still remember the outstanding address Bob gave at the 1958 ASA Annual Meeting at Iowas State University and many others have read his paperback book, Origin of Radar. He was instrumental in the development of radar in World War II. He has received many other awards, including the.Presidential Certificate of Merit and Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. He holds more than 65 patents on radar and other electronic inventions. (Our thanks to old-timer F. Alton Everest of Whittier, California, for the clipping from the IEEE Spectrum.)

LEVI HONORED FOR WOOD PRESERVATION STUDIES

One of three faculty members of North Carolina State University receiving the NCSU Sigma Xi Outstanding Young Scientist Award in 1977 was Michael P. Levi. Michael was born in Leeds, England, received a B.S. in chemistry and a Ph.D. in biophysics from Leeds University, and did postdoctoral studies in the U.S. before returning to England to a research position at Hickson Timber Research and Development Laboratories. In 1971 he became associate professor of wood and paper science and plant pathology at North Carolina State. He became a full professor in 1976 and leader of wood products extension.

Michael's graduate studies on the molecular architecture of the plant cell wall led him into studies of the decay of wood by the unique soft rot fungi. His work on the biophysics and biochemistry of the decay process has provided a basis for understanding the mode of action of wood preservatives. That understanding has already resulted in improved procedures for protecting wood against deterioration, especially in the area of clean, paintable treatments. One current research project will enable increased utilization of previously discarded wood from trees killed by pine beetles.

His Sigma Xi award citation also called attention to Michael's concern to disseminate his research results to a wide audience, in the land-grant university tradition. (Our thanks to Gerald Van Dyke of the NCSU Botany Department for the clipping.)

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

In the course of exhorting each other to be diligent in our God-given task as scientists, ASA and CSCA members often ask, "How come nobody in our Affiliations has ever won a Nobel Prize?" Some of us have worked with Nobel laureates; Duane Gish, for example, published with both Vincent duVigneaud and Wendell Stanley. But that's about as close as we've come.

When the 1977 Nobel awards in physiology or medicine were announced a few months ago, we came pretty close once again. The prize went to three investigators in the field of endocrinology: to Rosalyn Yalow of Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York for the development of radioimmunoassays for insulin and other hormones, and to two investigators of the hypothalamic hormones controlling secretion by the anterior pituitary gland. Those two are Roger Guillemin of the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, and Andrew Schally of the Veterans Administration Hospital in New Orleans and Tulane University School of Medicine.

So what? Well, when Roger Guillemin was at Baylor Medical School beginning the work that eventually led to his Nobel Prize, the young biochemist who did the first isolation work for him was none other than our Newsletter editor, Walter R. Hearn. The first hypothalamic "releasing factor" investigated was the corticotropin (ACTH) releasing factor, known as CRF. A 1955 Federation Proceedings abstract by Guillemin,
Hearn, and two associates reported "Isolation from the Hypothalamus of a Substance Which Stimulates Release of ACTH in Vitro," which smoked out work by A. V. Schally at McGill, then a graduate student under Murray Saffran. After Walt Hearn left Baylor, Schally replaced Walt an Guillemin's collaborator. Eventually they went separate ways and even became cut-throat competitors. (According to Schally's article on "Hypothalamic Hormones" in the Nov/Dec 1977 American Scientist, Saffra. and Schally did the original CRF work and "subsequently, Guillemin and collaborators reached essentially the same conclusions." So it goes among competitors. It probably galls each,of then that he had to share the Prize with the other.) Difficulties of bioassay and chemical instability of CRF have kept it from being satisfactorily characterized even today, but both competing groups managed to isolate the thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH), a smaller peptide (Pyroglutanylhistidyl-prolinamide). The biochemist in Guillemin's group at the Salk Institute who did the structure work on TRH is Roger Burgus, who took his Ph.D. under Walt Hearn after Walt had moved to Iowa State. That sort of keeps it in the family, especially since Roger Burgus is a Christian whose life was renovated by the Holy Spirit a few years ago. (Burgus ought to be an ASA member, but he's probably been too busy in the last few years to got his application mailed in.) Roger Guillestin was nominally a Roman Catholic when Walt knew him 20 years ago, but somewhat wistful for a genuine faith. Walt always expected Guillemin to win the Nobel Prize (or "dio trying") because of both his ability and drive. He never wasted a minute in the lab, or an experiment. Walt is glad to have been that close to a great scientist--before the pressure got so intense. For an up-to-date review of the hypothalamic hormone work, see the article by Schally et al. in American Scientist 65 (No. 6), 712-719 (1977) or the shorter account by Toseph Meites in Science 198 (No. 4317), 594-596 (11 Nov. 1977). THE CHRISTIAN AND THE LAB BENCH Here's a brief report from the special interest group at the 1977 Annual Meeting representing those whose primary responsibilities are in research and development rather than teaching (submitted by Dave Saunders and Tom Opie): "Three broad areas were considered: (1) Our ministry to our colleagues; (2) Personal spiritual needs related to our work; (3) Moral and ethical responsibilitee related to our work. "Under (1) we discussed witnessing to our non-Christian colleagues both on the intellectual front and through the quality and character of our lives. We also discussed means of maintaining technical communication among members of a research group and of sustaining the professional development of those people for whom we are responsible. "Under (2) we asked the following questions: How do we see the calling of God in our daily technical work? How do we deal with the drudgery and uncertainty of a floundering research project? How do we relate to the uncert~in economic environment in which our research is conducted? How do we maintain personal honesty under pressure to get results? "Under (3) we expressed concern about: (a) possible good or bad applications of one's discoveries; (b) moral responsibility to the Lord versus one's employer; W individual versus employer rights to patents one develops outside of work. "Although some of these issues have been discussed previously in the ASA, it is desirable to continue their development. As they are often of a personal nature, members should be given frequent opportunities to share individual concerns and experiences. It was suggested that ASA members attending annual meetings of the American Chemical Society or other scientific or engineering societies ought to initiate fellowship gatherings such as those conducted at AAAS and FASEB meetings. It was agreed that another special interest session on the topic be held at the 1978 ASA Annual Meeting." "Non academic scientists and engineers could make contributions from a somewhat different perspective to discussion of 'Christian Stewardship of Natural Resources,' the theme of the 1978 ASA Annual Meeting." DEAR TOM & DAVE: How's this for an idea? Suppose the Newsletter began a series on personal, moral, or ethical dilemmas actually faced by our members. These could be in the form of anonymous vignettes told in the 3rd person. ("A chemist employed by a pharmaceutical house was assigned to..."). Enough details would be given to expose the full dimensions of the dilemma without identifying persons or organizations. If the situation is still unresolved, alternatives could be outlined and the vignette would end with a question like "What should the chemist do?" If a course of action has already been taken, the action and its results could be described and the vignette would end with a question like "What should the chemist have done?" Other readers could contribute their solutions, comments or acknowledgments of similar problems, for subsequent publication. We might help each other work out fireal-life" solutions, but at the least we'd learn to pray for each other more intelligently. And we'd get some things off our chests and out in the open. Do you like the idea? People should send their stories to the editor anonymously; or, if they trust me to keep the details confidential, it might be easier to write out a story just as it happened and I'll convert it into an impersonal 3rd-person vignette. We could call the series LIFE IN THE REAL WORLD or something like that. We'll start it next issue if anybody out there responds to this.

--Sincerely, the Newsletter editor

HATCHING A NEW COLLEGE IN BERKELEY New College For Advanced Christian Studies in Berkeley is the name of a fledgling academic institution that intends to try its wings for the first time in the summer of 1978. Patterned somewhat after the model of Regent College in Vancouver, B.C., New College, Berkeley, is intended to help Christians in business, law, science, medicine, education, journalism, engineering, and other professions hammer out biblical guidance for service in those professions. It plans to begin instruction with visiting faculty for summer sessions in 1978 and 1979 and then if all systems are "go." to assemble a full-tine faculty for the academic year 1979-80. In the Berkeley '"alternative" tradition, rented and borrowed classroom facilities will be used, with student housing rented from U.C. Berkeley or arranged in private homes.

The first three-week summer session, July 3-21, will feature Bruce M. Metzger of Princeton Seminary teaching an exposit6ry course on several New Testament epistles; John Howard Yoder (The Politics of Jesus) on New Testament social ethics; and Donald and Lucille Sider Dayton (Discovering an Evangelical Heritage on currents in contemporary evangelicalism.

Faculty for the second three-week session, July 24-August 11, will be Carl E. Armerding of Regent College doing exposition from the book of Exodus; William E. Pannell, professor of evangelism at Fuller Seminary, on urban witness; and Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen of York University, Toronto, on certain issues in psychology and ethics..

A special six-week evening course on "Society and Ethics According to Jacques Ellul" will be given July 3-August 11 by David W. Gill, now completing his Ph.D. thesis in ethics at the U, of Southern Cal on the work of Jacques Ellul. Gill is also the project director of New College, Berkeley, employed by its board of directors to organize academic sessions until a permanent faculty is on hand.

Currently serving on the dozen-member New College board are Walter Hearn and Calvin Farnham, a systems engineer and theological student. (David Gill is a former ASA member. The board has received much encouragement from Regent College, which would rather see its concept replicated in a strategic university center than try to grow larger itself. Like Regent, New College, Berkeley, hopes to maintain a graduate level of study in the context of a warm evangelical community, eventually attracting many Christian scholars who want to combine a year of professional work at Cal with some teaching or studying at New College.

So far New College has been assisted by several Bay area churches but beyond that only by small contributions from individuals. Efforts to publicize New College outside the Bay area have just begun. The board needs to raise a substantial amount of money for 1978 and small or large contributions (income tax-deductible) would be welcome. To get on the mailing list, inquire about details of the 1978 summer sessions, or invest in this new venture in Christian scholarship, write to: New College, 2407 Dana Street, Berkeley, CA 94704.

NETWORK OR NUTWORK?

Remember the journal Penste devoted to examination of Immanuel Velikovsky's catastrophist theories? It now has a successor called the Research Communications Network which will "attempt to keep its members informed of other work bearing on EarthTs past-and especially the role of catastrophes in Earth's past." The Network says of ?ensWs effort that while it "reached no encompassing conclusions, it did serve to move the discussion of Velikovsky*s work from an emotional to a scientific basis.0'

The Network takes itself seriously, intends to pare down its 15,000-name mailing list to no more than 10,000 actively interested members who will contribute $10, buy books from it (such as Velikovsky's, Macbeth's Darwin Retried, etc.), help to publicize it, or support its annual "Research Competition on the R le of Catastrophes in Earth History" ($1,000 award).
Network coordinator Stephen J. Talbott acknowledges that skepticism toward radically new ideas in science "prevents anarchic descent into theoretical chaos" but thinks that scientific orthodoxy (read, "uniformitarianism") needs to be attacked by creative heresy ("catastrophism"). Well, in the 20th century (and in Berkeley) one learns to take revolutionaries seriously. Network seems to be at the "fun" stage of revolution, getting everybody with a grudge against "the system" to forget their differences and work together to pull down existing structures. But having observed the pseudoscientific maelstrom swirling around Berkeley in recent years, we doubt that reconstruction will be as easy or as automatic as Talbott pictures (if his revolution succeeds): "Once the basic premise of catastrophism is accepted (or at least becomes more acceptable), we can expect the main outlines of the historical truth to unfold rather quickly. 'The truth will out' as between one school and another." We've got some psycho-spiritual "scientific heretics" (read, "nuts") for whom the truth is already "far out." If we give up our orthodox "rule," will we still be able to draw the line"? Well, if you want to tune in on the scientific revolution, or even help promote it, write to: Research Communications Network, P. 0. Box 414, Portland, OR 97207. (See following story.) WHAT HATH GENTRY WROUGHT? A "Breakthrough Report" in the sample copy of the Research Communications Network Newsletter #2 we received (see above) is entitled "Mystery of the Radiohalos." It features the continuing work of longtime ASA-member Robert V. Gentry, physicist in the Chemistry Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on the tiny aurioles of discoloration in certain minerals, called radioactive halos or radiohalos. Under the microscope they consist of concentric light and dark circles, traced to the discoloring effect of alpha-emissions from radioactive inclusions at the time the rock crystallized. Bob Gentry has published a stream of observations on these halos in reputable journals over the last ten years. His precise measurements of the dimensions of the concentric rings (and hence of the energies of the alpha-particles) have been accepted even though some of them represent anomalies unexplainable by present theories of radioactive decay and/or the age of the earth. The Network report is eager to draw the following conclusions: "Current physical laws may not have governed the past." "Earth's primordial crustal rocks, rather than cooling and solidifying over millions or billions of years, crystallized almost instantaneously." "Some geological formations thought to be one hundred million years old are in reality only several thousand years old."

Not unexpectedly, the Institute for Creation Research's Acts & Facts picked up Network's report under the title "Radiohalos Indicate d Creation." Bob Gentry's own published comments on the implications of his data are much more conservative. However, Bob sent us some of his reprints asking for feedback from other ASA members, acknowledging that "the evidence seems to contradict certain facets of currently held cosmological and geological models of earth history." Here's a bibliography of the significant papers, including two critical comments and Bob's responses to them:

1. R.V. Gentry, Science 160, 1228-30 (14 June 1968).

2. R. V. Gentry, Science 173, 727-31 (20 August 1971).

3. R. V. Gentry, et al., Nature 244, 282 (1973)

4. C. Moazad, R. M. Spector, and R. F. Ward, Science 180, 1272-74 (22 June 1973). (Critical comment.)

5. R. V. Gentry, Annual Review of Nuclear Science 23, 347 (1973).

6. R. V. Gentry, Science 184, 62-66 (5 April 1974).

7. R. V. Gentry, et al., Ni-tu're 252, 564-66 (13 December 1974).

8. R. V. Gentry, et Al., Eos 56, 473A (1975).

9. J. H. Fremlin (letter); R. V. Gentry (reply), Nature 258, 269-70 (20 November 1975).

10. R. V. Gentry, et al., Science 194, 315-18 (15 October 1976).

The 1976 Science article ("Radiohalos in Coalified Wood: New Evidence Relating to the Time of Uranium Introduction and Coalification") says concerning uraniumrich Colorado Plateau and Chattanooga shale coalified wood that uranium-remobilization does not seem to be a valid explanation of the unusual U/Pb isotope ratios actually found: "If remobilization is not the explanation, then these ratios raise some crucial questions about the validity of present concepts regarding the antiqquity of these geological formations and about the time required for coalification." Can anybody in the ASA or CSCA propose an alternative explanation? NOW TO SERVE GOD OVERSEAS No. 4 Way back in May 1977 we received a thoughtful letter from Stanley E. Anderson, now in the Department of Chemistry of the U. of California, Riverside, coordinating general chemistry and getting back into research on the kinetics and reactions of iron-porphyrin complexes. Ever since then we've been hoping to publish his good letter in its entirety. Rather than wait any longer for an issue with that much space, however, we're printing it in two installments. Here's the first half: "Your HOW TO SERVE GOD OVERSEAS series has been a catalyst to bring together a number of thoughts which arose out of my own experiences in Iran and out of discussion with a variety of people at the IVCF Urbana Convention in December 1976. "I spent four years teaching chemistry at Pahlavi University in Shiraz, Iran, and assisting in the development of their graduate program in chemistry. That meant setting up a multi-nuclear FT-NMR laboratory from scratch. After teaching in a four-year liberal arts college in Ohio for three years, the Lord led us to Iran through friendships with missionaries and teachers in Iran who knew about the opening at Pahlavi. In confirmation of our decision to take that step, a number of other Christians from various countries joined the faculty about the same time--in departments of math, physics, English, and engineering. "We teamed together for the purpose of sharing the gospel within the university context as we were able. As things turned out, that meant mostly an outreach to faculty colleagues rather than to students because of social barriers between students and faculty. We were able to have a series of socials/seminars with groups of interested Iranian colleagues, whom we knew in our departments, and who generally operated from humanistic rather than Islamic presuppositions. One of us would examine an issue or topic from a Christian perspective, the topic being carefully announced in advance so everyone participating would know exactly what to expect. "For example, I gave a book review of Denis Alexander's Beyond Science which led to an excellent discussion of the nature of science and technology, the current crisis in values, and to some realization of how the Christian gospel could apply to the universal problems of societies. Specific holidays like Christmas and Easter also provided a natural context for some of these discussions (c.f,., 'The Meaning of Easter,' which a panel approached from both historical and theological perspectives). Although not particularly "successful" with regard to conversions, the seminar discussions were used by the Lord for the sowing of the seed of the gospel without detriment to the friendships he provided. "After four years it became evident that we weren't going to be able to stay in Iran indefinitely because of the nature of our short-term contracts, problems of keeping up professionally, schooling for our children, growing cost of living, and the conviction that God hadn't called us to Iran indefinitely. In spite of a contract renewal at Pahlavi, the Lord also graciously provided a lectureship at U.C. Riverside. Since we've been back we've had time to think over our commitment to overseas 'nonprofessional' missions and get a better perspective on our own involvement and how we might encourage and help other people serve the Lord in that way. "The Lord has not opened up a multiplicity of jobs for technically trained people for nothing--particularly in Middle Eastern countries which deliberately keep out traditional missionaries. I've given a lot of thought to possible mechanisms for solving some of the problems which nonprofessional missionaries face, particularly those related to 'exit-re-entry.' Such problems probably keep many Christians from considering the option. Let me bounce some ideas off the Affiliation membership:"(1) Could arrangements be made for airmailing the ASA Newsletter to members who are abroad and who would be willing to pay for such service? News is useful only if it is current. We had to wait eight months to a year for surface mail to arrive! "(2) Although many ASA/CSCA members do advertise job openings in their organizations in the Newsletter, most of them tend to be faculty positions at Christian colleges. What about the majority of members who work in secular organizations announcing openings for postdocs, sabbatical leave replacements, and regular job openings? It is very hard to learn of positions quickly when one is abroad, so this could be a big help in finding a temporary or permanent job to come home to. It would be especially helpful to people who have been abroad for several years and have lost many of their connections at home which short-termers can more easily maintain." --To be continued. Editorial comments: (1) When we fell behind in our publication schedule this year, people even on this side of the ocean had a right to complain. Stan, we're flattered to think of our far-flung fans eagerly scanning the horizon for the next camel train, but we're pretty sure the Elgin office would airmail the Newsletter right now to anyone who will pay the extra postage. (Bill Sisterson can add a comment about how to make such an arrangement--or veto the idea if it's impractical.) Yes, it is possible, but each country's air mail AO rates are different. For, example, it would be $.86 per issue to Iran or total yearly cost of $5.16. Please notify the Elgin office if you want this service and we will notify you of the cost. (3) I'm not sure we could ever cover the secular job market well enough to compete with the ads in scientific and technical publications (such as Chemical & Engineer ing News). Probably the best way to serve our members overseas is for them to insert a notice in PEOPLE LOOKING FOR POSITIONS far in advance of re-entry, and for the Newsletter to remind members to contact such persons directly about openings they come across. Perhaps it would be wise for anyone going overseas in a technical capacity for a year or more to enlist several "correspondents" from ASA/CSCA members in their field before leaving North America. Writing back and forth would benefit both parties spiritually, open the home partner's eyes to the missionary vision, and greatly assist the overseas partner in re-entry. The Newsletter will gladly catalyze such arrangements before or after any member takes on a foreign assignment, through HOW TO SERVE GOD OVERSEAS. THE ARAB CONNECTION The November visit to Israel by Egyptian president Anwar Sadat reminded us of several Christian Arabs who have come to our attention recently. One of them is Egyptian-born mathematician Nabih N. Mikhail, now a Canadian citizen, a CSCA member, and a visiting professor at the U. of Western Ontario, London, Ont. Another is Samuel M. Abdul Shahid, former chairman of the Arabic Studies Department of Haigazian College in Beirut, Lebanon. Shahid, who has written several books and novels in Arabic and translated books by Billy Graham and others into Arabic, was the first Arab staff worker for the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. Ed Yamauchi of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, met him in Lebanon and traveled with him in Egypt in 1974. Shahid now lives with his wife and three children in Chicago. Last spring he spoke at the Oxford Bible Fellowship as Ed's guest. Finally, we came across a book by writer James Hefley and his wife Marti entitled The Liberated Palestinian: The Anis Shorrosh Story (Wheaton: Victor Books, Scripture Press, 1975, paper, $2.95). Anis Shorrosh was born in Nazareth. His father and a cousin were killed in the 1948 Israeli capture of Nazareth and the family fled to Jordan, The hatred in the young boy's heart was overcome by the gospel of Jesus Christ, which he encountered in a Baptist mission school. Shorrosh came to the U.S., graduated from New Orleans Baptist Seminary and married an American girl before returning to Palestine as a pastor. Eventually he became an American citizen and a world-traveling evangelist with an effective ministry in Third World countries such as India. He has returned to the Middle East many times. If Anwar Sadat's willingness merely to visit Israel seems significant to so many people, what may yet be accomplished through Arabs whose love for Jesus Christ enables them actually to love the Jews? THE JEWISH CONNECTION Why not give a Jewish colleague a gift for Chanukah (Festival of Lights), which comes about the same time as Christmas? We've mentioned before the availability of The Messianic Hope, a book written by Arthur W. Kac, a Messianic Jewish physician concerned for winning Jewish professional people to Christ. The sensitively-written book unfolds God's redemptive purpose from the pages of the Old and New Testaments and from Rabbinic writings. The book is available at less than cost, $3.00 per copy, from Dr. Arthur W. Kac, 2419 Eastridge Road, Timonium, MD 21093 --at any time, not just Chanukah. AFTERMATH 1977; PAPERS AND TAPES AVAILABLE Proceedings of the 28-30 April 1977 conference at Wheaton College on "A Christian Perspective on the Foundations of Hathematicsit are now available in printed form at $8.00 each. The proceedings document containing the 16 papers given at the conference is 179 pages long, bound in a spiral cover. Cassette tapes of all of the talks are also available. Order from Dr. Robert Brabenec, Chairman, Dept. of Mathematics, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 60187. The 1977 conference drew 140 mathematicians who are remaining in contact with each other and planning a second conference for May 1979. Anyone who would like to be on the mathematicians' mailing list should contact Bob Brabenec at Wheaton College. SHRINK TANK The Western Association of Christians for Psychological Studies has published a 1977 directory of over 330 of its members offering clinical or counseling services. The directory should be useful to pastors and counselors for referrals. It is available at $5.00 per copy from Dr. Craig W. Ellison, WACPS, 955 La Paz Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. U.S. CENTER FOR WORLD MISSION --- SCORE: CHRISTIANS 1, LIONS 0 From Wycliffe Bible Translators' magazine In Other Words we learn that a miracle happened on October 7, with payment of $850,000 fulfilling the option agreement to purchase the campus of Pasadena College for the U.S. Center for World Mission. Director Ralph Winter says that with the campus in escrow and 84 off-campus houses under option, the Center has become a reality. The first round in the battle to rescue the property from the "Summit International" religious cult has been won-and by the Christians for a change. (See story in Oct/Nov Newsletter.) Research centers for the evangelism of Muslims,, the Chinese, the Tribal Peoples are already being established, and Ralph is at work getting mission boards to collaborate with these research centers in planning new strategies to make an impact on the 84 percent of the world's non-Christian population now beyond their reach. Write to Dr. Ralph D. Winter, U.S. Center for World Mission, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, for more information (or to make a contribution toward staving off the lions). DOOYEWEERD LIBRARY TO ICS Herman Dooyeweerd died in his 83rd year on February 5, 1977, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Dooyeweerd was known throughout the world as the outstanding contemporary Christian philosopher In the Reformed tradition, although he never taught philosophy. His university position was in the field of law but he made important contributions to philosophical thought. Among them were his stress on the religious unity of philosophical thought, on the need for reformation of the entire body of scholarship, and on the religious non-neutrality of scientific work. Dooyeweerd was encouraged by the work of the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and stipulated in his will that the Institute should receive the bulk of his personal library. Bernard Zylstra, a senior member of the Institute who had received his doctorate under Professor Dooyeweerd at the Free University of Amsterdam, went to Amsterdam in May to examine the library. The books were then packed in about 100 wooden egg crates and shipped to Toronto, where they will be kept in a separate collection in a Dooyeweerd Research Room at the Institute. Funds for setting up the special collection were raised by the Women's action group of the Association for the Advancement of Christian scholarship, the parent organization sponsoring the Institute for Christian Studies. CHRISTIAN SOCIAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE This summer, 3-11 August 1978, the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto will hold a conference on the relevance of Christian studies in economics, sociology, and political science. Scholars in these areas are invited to participate. Codirectors of the conference are M. Elaine Botha from the Christian U.of Potclefstroom, South Africa, and Bernard Zylstra of ICS. Invited papers will be presented by outstanding Reformed scholars from Canada, the U.S., England, South Africa, The Netherlands, and Argentina. Fee for the conference is $100 ($50 for graduate students), not including accommodations. For information, contact the secretary, Dr. Sander Griffioen, Institute for Christian Studies, 229 College, Toronto, Canada M5T lR4. PROBE CURRICULUM MATERIALS AVAILABLE From time to time we've mentioned Probe Ministries International of Dallas, Texas. One of their recent efforts to penetrate the secular classroom was a "Christian Update Forum" held at the University of Texas, at which Charles Thaxton was one of the lecturers. We've also mentioned the first book to appear in Probe's Christian Free University Curriculum, The Essence of Human Nature by Mark P. Cosgrove, now at Taylor University in Indiana. Three more paperback volumes in that series have now been published by Zondervan. One, co-authored by Mark Cosgrove and James D. Mallory, Jr., is titled Mental Health: A Christian Approach. Fossils in Focus is by J. Kerby Anderson, research associate with Probe Ministries, and Harold G. Coffin, professor of paleontology at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. The fourth volume in the series, on archaeology, is titled Rocks, Relics and Biblical Reliability, by Clifford A. Wilson of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. The first three mentioned are just under a hundred pages and list for $2.95 each. Rocks, Relics and Biblical Reliability is 144 pages and lists for $3.95. As the volumes in the series appear, they are available from Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan. They are also available at a discount (at $2.45 and $3.15) from Probe Ministries International, 12011 Coit Road, Suite 107, Dallas, TX 75251. Probe offers the set of four volumes published so far for $10.00 (check must be sent with order because Probe cannot invoice unpaid orders). NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN SOCIAL WORKERS NACSW is holding their 28th annual convention on March 30 through April 2 in Phoenix, Arizona according to Gordon Bear, a national board member of NACS14. There will be numerous seminars and workshops as well as featured speakers including Rev. John Perkins of Voice of Calvary in Mississippi. For information write to: NASCW Convention, % Mrs. Eleanor Whipple, Hollygrove, 815 N. El Centro Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038.

OTHERS AT THE SCIENCE/FAITH INTERFACE The Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists (116 E. 27th St., New York, NY 10016), composed of scientists committed to the absolute authority of the Torah, has chapters located throughout the U.S. and Canada. Its aims include: education and guidance of individuals and institutions in the solution of practical problems encountered by Orthodox Jews and their children in the study or practice of scientific pursuits; study of the applicability of scientific method and knowledge to the strengthening of Torah ideology, and contribution toward the resolution of apparent conflicts between scientific theory and Orthodox Judaism; and provision of consulting services to Rabbinical authorities concerned with the implications of technological developments for Jewish law. (Thanks to David 0. Moberg of Marquette U. for the clipping.) The Catholic Center for Creation Research (1122 Garvin Place #113, Louisville, KY 40203) publishes a monthly newsletter ($5 per year) and has published several booklets, according to the newsletter of the Creation Society of Santa Barbara, for which David Johannsen is director of activities, (P.O. Box 203, Goleta, CA 93107). CANADIAN TAPE MINISTRY Vic Cowie, founder of "Master Word" tape ministry, attended the 1977 ASA Annual Meeting at Nyack College with a CSCA friend. Vic has prepared a 64-page catalog listing over 1400 cassette tapes by evangelical speakers such as James I. Packer of England and the late H. R. Rookmaaker of Hollan~, Bill Bright of Campus Crusade, and scholars and teachers from Dallas and Westminster seminaries. For a free copy of the tape catalog, write to Master Word, Box 189, Wellesley, Ontario, Canada NOB 2TO. PEOPLE LOOKING FOR POSITIONS Ward Wilson (Dept. of Psychology, Viterbo College, La Crosse, WI 54601) will be available for a faculty position in the fall of 1978 or 1979. He has served as chairman of the Psychology Department at Viterbo, a Roman Catholic college, for four years and was recommended for tenure by the faculty but turned down by the president. His field ts experimental/social psychology and he has also taught courses in the psychology of religion and Protestant theology. Ward has Master's degrees from both Eastern Michigan gnd Wheaton, and a Ph.D. from the U. of Florida. His doctoral research was a longitudinal study of Christian conversion. He has a number of research interests he would like time to pursue along with his teaching. His youngest child will finish high school in the spring of 1979. Ward spent five years on IVCF staff before getting his Ph.D. POSITIONS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE John Brown University in Arkansas has two faculty positions open next year. The opening for a Ph.D. in mathematics is a permanent one. Another operring, in biology, is for one year only. Contact: Dr. Richard Ruble, Academic Dean, John Brown University, Siloam Springs, AR 72761. (Received 14 November 1977, from James Holliday, chairman of the Division of Science.)

LOCAL SECTION ACTIVITIES

GUELPH Little known facts: A "Guelph" was a member of "a political party in medieval Italy that supported the authority of the pope in opposition to the aristocratic party of the Ghibellines." The word Guelph, from the Old High Gemlazword welf, for whelp, was it the war cry of the anti-imperialists at the battle of Weinsberg in 1140 A.D." Better know facts (at least in Guelph, Ontario): The university in Guelph is called the University of Guelph, not the University of Western Ontario (as stated in the Aug/Sept Newsletter). Our thanks to Merville 0. Vincent, executive director of The Homewood Sanitarium in Guelph, for pointing out that all the members of the CSCA local section executive committee are on the faculty of the U. of Guelph. (There is a U. of Western Ontario, but it's in London, right?) WESTERN NEW YORK "Life, Death, and Modification in the New Technological Age" was the subject addressed at the annual fall meeting held at Houghton College, October 28-29. Papers were presented by three Houghton faculty members, Don Munro (biology), Brian Sayers (philosophy), and Warren Woolsey (theology), followed by stimulating discussion of three case studies. Bill Sisterson was on hand to give a brief report of what's happening in the Affiliation and to put in a plug for the 1978 ASA Annual Meeting at Hope College. David Barnes (biology, Roberts Wesleyan) was elected president-elect and Phyllis Chamberlain (chemistry, Ro ' berts Wesleyan) was elected secretary=treasurer-elect. Kenneth Lindley (math & physics, Houghton) now replaces Philip-Og!jen (physics, Roberts Wesleyan) as president and Bernard Piersma (chemistry, Houghton) replaces John Setchell (physics, Eastman Kodak Co.) as secretary=treasurer. The executive committee decided to cut back from two meetings per year to one. The next meeting will be on the Roberts Wesleyan campus in North Chili in the fall of 1978. (Our thanks to Phil Ogden for the scoop.) HERE AND THERE We haven't had word from any of them yet, but Harold Hartzler seems to have touched base in at least three local sections on his lecture tour across the northeastern U.S.A. According to his October 31 postcard, Harold had spoken to the DELAWARE VALLEY and WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE sections, and was headed for the WESTERN MICHIGAN section in Grand Rapids. SAN FRANCISCO BAY The Newsletter editor was able to attend the October 29 meeting on the Stanford Campus, where Gareth Jones from the U. of Western Australia gave a very thought provoking lecture on "Our Fragile Brains." Gareth was just leaving North America after spending part of his sabbatical year here, and I'm glad many ASA and CSCA members had a chance to hear him. His lecture, blending scientific competence and theological insights, seemed to be just what our Affiliations strive to do. Gareth talked about "mind-assaulting" techniques ranging from group pressure to brainwashing to psychoactive drugs to psychosurgery, with emphasis on psychosurgery and "ESB" (electrical stimulation of the brain), where technocracy clashes head-on with traditional religious values. After a discussion of the techniques of ESB, its (page missing) Kurt Weiss. Before his move to Oklahoma City this Fall, Ken and wife Karen attended the International Congress of Physiology in Paris, bicycled from France to Germany, and visited John Warwick Montgomery in Strasbourg. Ken is currently reading John's Christianity for the Tough-Minded (Bethany) and says "It's a great book." Bruce Hedman is now in the M.Div. program at Princeton Theological Seminary, hoping to enter the parish ministry three years from now. When we heard from Bruce he had completed his Ph.D. dissertation in mathematics at Princeton University and was waiting for one final reader to accept it so his degree could be granted. Fred W. Lott III is another scholar with only paperwork hurdles yet to clear, having completed all requirements for his Ph.D. in physics at U.C. Berkeley. Fred has spent years vanquishing recalcitrant cyclotrons like Don Quixote's windmills, while the Berkeley riots came and went. (Several theories have been proposed to account for Fred's longevity as a graduate student: 1. a malevolent computer once ate his IBM card; 2. because he'd been around longer than many of them, the physics faculty assumed he already had academic tenure; 3. he dawdled so as not to give up the student discount rate when paying his ASA dues.) Chester J. Minarcik, Jr., is currently a Fellow in pediatric neurology at the U. of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Chester, an ordained minister as well as an M.D., says that when his training is completed in 1979 he hopes to find an academic position combining his theological and medical training. His current research interests include fetal and neonatal EEG, chemical epileptogenesis, and sleep development and disorders. He would also like to get together with other ASAers in Minnesota for local section activity (address: 13004 Grand Ave., S., Burnsville, MN 55337). Donald W. Munro, Jr., will be on sabbatical leave from Houghton College in New York for six months beginning January 1978. In fact, he and his family have already left for Nairobi, Kenya, to serve as short-term missionaries under the Africa Inland Mission at Kijabe, near Nairobi. Don will help update the science curriculum at the Rift Valley Academy, a school for missionary children there. He will also do some teaching at the Academy and at Moffat Bible College; Joyce will teach at the nursing school in Kijabe and do some nursing at the Rift Valley Missionary Hospital. Fourthgrader Debbie and kindergartner Mark accompany Don and Joyce. Don, a biologist, hopes to photograph fauna and flora in the Kenyan game preserves and study anthropological finds in the Nairobi museum and hopefully at the Leakey camp on Lake Rudolph as well. The Munros ask for prayers for their family in this challenging sabbatical opportunity. Daniel B. Palmiter has completed his studies for the M.S. in geology at the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, and has been employed by the Honolulu office of Dames & Moore, engineering consultants. Dan would like to correspond with other Christian geologists, especially about the area of Christian witness in business and industry (address: 1914 University Ave., #205-B, Honolulu, HI 96822). Glen W. Richardson is pastor of Parkland Baptist Church of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Glen says he experiences the normal ups and downs of the pastorate--but more ups than downs. Meanwhile he manages to tackle one university course a yeer, most recently in philosophy, and psychology. Dennis R. Ridley of the state University of New York, Geneseo, writes that his paper, F'Is Creativity Compatible with Orthodoxy?" which he was unable to present in person at the 1977 ASA Annual Meeting, will soon be published in slightly revised form in Journal of Psychology and Theology, with co-author Nathan Schroer. Stephen J. Ritzman is currently doing graduate work in computer science at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California. Steve says he's looking for a Master's thesis topic that would interrelate Christianity and the computer. Any ideas? (address: Muir 111, Cal. Poly. State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407.) Bruce M. T. Rowat of the U. of Toronto Medical Faculty urges Affiliation members to be sure our biblical approach to the issues we deal with keeps pace with our scientific approach. Bruce encourages us to study and understand Scripture more thoroughly because if we don't "(a) no one else will; (b) we are missing out on what God's word has to say." Bruce says he thinks biblical illiteracy "is as widespread among 'scientific' evangelicals as among the church as a whole." Robert J. Schmitz had settled into graduate studies in anatomy at the U. of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago when we heard from him but was still looking for a church to be a part of--and for the Chicago local section of ASA. Well, maybe the section should find Bob (at 906 S. Humphrey, #1, Oak Park, IL 60304; tel. 312-383-1528). Over Christmas he was planning to attend the Am. Soc. Zool. and Soc. Systematic Zool. annual meetings in Toronto. Corwin E. Smidt has accepted a position in political science at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. He formerly taught at Quincy College, Quincy, Illinois. Corwin's main areas of interest are political parties, voting behavior, political socialization, and biopolitics. (Is "biopolitics" what goes on in a medical school? In an ant colony? Or between the Sierra Club and the Congress?--Ed.) Jack N. Sparks is now on the faculty of the Academy of Orthodox Theology in Goleta, California (near Santa Barbara). This fall he has been lecturing on the writings of the apostolic fathers, the history of Christian worship, and the refutation of heresies. Jack's popular-level book, The Mindbenders: A Look at Current Cults, was published by Thomas Nelson Inc., earlier this year. Under "Eastern" or Hindu cults, The Mindbenders deals with TM, Divine Light Mission, and Hare Krishna; under "Western" or Christian cults, with Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, the Children of God, The Way, International, and The Local Church of Witness Lee. Albert C. Strong accepted the pastorate of the First United Presbyterian Church of Dallas, Oregon, in July 1977 after serving over four years as pastor in Sanger, California. Dallas (named for George, v.p. under president Polk, 1845-49) is the county seat of Polk County, which has one of the lowest rates of church attendance (20%) in the U.S. Al considers that a challenge. The Strongs, who spent many years in Ethiopia, have been saddened by the news of sudden arrests, executions, imprisonment of Christians, and harrassment of missionaries in that troubled country. By the way, wife Julie is a sister of Dixy Lee Ray, governor of the state of Washington and a Ph.D. in biology from Stanford (see Time cover story for 12 December 1977). Richard C. Taylor began teaching mathematics at Phil-Mont Christian Academy about 7 miles (11 km) north of Philadelphia this fall. In November Richard attended the Middle Atlantic Christian School Association conference in Lancaster, where 1,600 Christian school teachers and administrators met for professional enrichment. He has also enjoyed renewed fellowship with ASAers in the local section. Keith B. Vennum, after three years with the Army Medical Corps in Warzburg, Germany, is giving another year of service before going into private practice in anesthesiology-but his current "hitch" is somewhat different. Keith is at the Nazarene Raighly-Fitkin Memorial Hospital in Manzini, Swaziland, Africa, teaching a class of nurse anesthetists. Roger J. Voskuyl has returned to the world of activity as special assistant to the president of Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California, after an unplanned "sabbatical." Roger suffered a heart attack and had to have double bypass surgery. Roger, once president of Westmont himself, says he learned many spiritual lessons from the experience. C. Bruce Wenger is in his second year as assistant professor at Yale Medical School in New Haven, Connecticut. With a colleague, he teaches public health students a one-semester course combining (and compressing) physiology, pathology, biochemistry, and medicine. His research is concerned with the peripheral circulation in thermal and exercise stress, with special attention to the thermoregulatory control of the skin veins. Last summer Bruce attended the International Union of Physiological Sciences congress in Paris and a satellite symposium on thermoregulation in Lille. Robert W. West, Jr., is an associate in genetics at the U. of California, Davis, currently doing research in recombinant DNA. He is also investigating the nature of antibiotic resistance in E. coli R-plasmids. Robert is a graduate of Houghton College (B.A., 1973) and Edinboro State, PA (M.S., 1975). He was an adjunct instructor of biology at Florida Institute of Technology before moving to California. Bernard Zylstra, political scientist at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto, has returned from his sabbatical and is publishing the results of his studies in a number of articles; an essay on Daniel Bell's neoconservative value-system will appear in a forthcoming issue of Christian Scholar's Review. During a visit to South Africa, Bernie was able to interview Steve Biko, the articulate spokesman of the black consciousness movement who died on September 12 while detained by South African security police; that interview can safely be published now that Biko is dead. NEW MEMBERS CALAFORNIA Clinton W. Mcit-more, 1581 E. Mendocino, Altadena, CA 91001 PhD - Clinical Psych. N. Eddie Bosnovan. 311 E. Clifton Ave. #14, Anaheim, CA 92805 PIS - Biology Cal Beisner, 20412 Venus Circle, Huntington Beach, CA 92646 BA - Phil/Relig. Roger C. Burgus, 371 Hillcrest Dr., Leucadia, CA 92024 PhD -- Biochem. Don C. Barry, 2515 Colt Rd., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90274 PhD -- Astronomy Gerald L. 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Zorn, 1308 McLaughlin Res. 4700 Keele St., Downsville, Ont.M3J 1P3 MA - Psych. Gary Partlow, 20 Bennett Ave., Guelph, Ont. PhD - Neurology Graham N. Russell, RR#2, Seaforth, Ont. NOK 1WO BSc - Math Judith D. Davey, R.R.1, Stouffville, Ont. BSc - Chemistry Kenneth J. Kosow, 22 Coe Hill Dr., Toronto, Ont. BSc - Chemistry Ronald R. Phillips, 300 Regina St. N., Richmond Tower I, Suite 1409, Waterloo, Ont. FOREIGN N2J 3B8 OD - Optom. Charlotte M. Bobrecker, Chez Georges Briquet, 290 Rue de Vaugirard, Paris 75015, France Theodore Kay, Dept. of Community Medicine, Univ. of Jos, Jos, Nigeria V. Arnold Dyck, % IRRI, P.O. Box 933, Manila, Philippines PhD - Entomology CURRENT PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE THROUGH ASA OFFICE 1) BEYOND SCIENCE, by Denis Alexander. Holman Co., 1972. 222 pp., paperback. List Price - $3.95; Member Price - $3.55. 2) ISSUES OF LIFE & DEATH, by Norman Anderson. Inter-Varsity Press, 1977. 130 pp.,' paperback. List Price - $2.95; Member Price - $2.65. 3) ADAM AND THE APE, by R. 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List Price - $3.95; Member Price - $3.55. 18) CREATION AND THE FLOOD, by Davis A. Young. Baker, 1977. List Price - $6.95; Member Price - $6.25. 217 pp., hardcover. To order books, send your check made out to the "ASA" to our Elgin office (5 Douglas Avenue, Elgin, IL 60120). Ask for book(s) by title. Book(s) will be sent postage paid for the price indicated (no handling or postal charges) by return mail. 1978 ANNUAL MEETING - PLAN NOW Your input is wanted. This meeting will return to a primary theme, "A Christian Stewardship of Natural Resources," which will lend itself to presentations and participation by every member. There is no field of study or level of participation that cannot contribute to this theme. We want you to come - to give a paper if you can - but at least to participate as an active delegate. The program will be academic but practical as well. There will be field trips to places practicing natural resources stewardship to see it in action. Some papers and symposia will direct us to personal response in areas of research and life style change. We will seek to found our thoughts and actions on a sound Biblical foundation with the leadership of Clark Pinnock. Mark the dates - AUGUST 11-14, 1978 - in your calendar. The location at Hope College in Holland, Michigan is centrally located for easy access by most members and in a nice vacation area to encourage family members to come. Soon you will receive an initial letter giving some more details and calling for papers to be given. Plan your paper now and let us know right away, after the letter goes out, of your topic so we can firm up our program early. Let us make the 1978 Annual Meeting of the ASA a landmark one in-quality of papers, level of participation, and contribution to the ministry of the gospel.