NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 3 JUNE 1976
WE LOVE OUR READERS, AND WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME
We know you're out there. And we know you care about the
Newsletter because you keep
the news items flowing in. Sometimes you're equally fluent with suggestions.
For example, Doug Morrison of the University of Guelph, Ontario, recently reminded us
that the ' Newsletter "is technically a joint ASA/CSCA publication and it would be appreciated if the Canadian Affiliation could receive some mention on the masthead."
Mais, comment done! (Check, Quebec?) Easier done than said (at least in French).
Voila, the
masthead is changed, but our old habit of referring to ASA News and to ASA alone may be
harder to break.
Many of you tell us you read the News all the way through, no doubt hoping something
worthwhile or amusing will be tucked in there somewhere. But Ronald K. Blatchley,
a
consulting engineer in Denver, Colorado, says he'd like the News organized in some way
so he wouldn't have to read it all to find the important stuff when his time is limited.
Well, Ron, we do have some regular departments like NOTES FROM THE ELGIN OFFICE, and we
try to put stories about official Affiliation business and announcements of upcoming
events on the first couple of pages. Almost everything else is about what individual
members are doing, and since we consider all members equally valuable, there's no particular order. Anybody want to second Ron's comment, or suggest a better way to organize the News? Ron not only gave us something to think about, he enclosed a $10 gift
to help ASA through the summer budget crunch. Now that's what we call constructive
criticism!
Our thanks also to ' Roger W. Haines of Sacramento, California, who responded to "Did
Darwin Goof?" in the April issue with a fine 29-page critique of macro-evolutionary
theory. We agree, Roger, that no theory, and certainly no editor, is goof-proof!
LOOK OUT, ASA! HERE COME THE CANADIANS
A letter to all members of the Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation has gone
out from Doug Morrison, chairman of the national Executive, Ian Taylor, chairman of
the Ontario section, and a joint committee composed of Harry Leith, Dan Osmond.,
John Stewart, Bob Vandervennen, and Hugh White. The letter:
1) Reports amazing reception of the tape-slide presentation on Creation/Evolution
prepared last year by the Toronto group. Many young people, especially, have indicated
how much they have been helped by CSCA's treatment of the issues, and of course, have
learned about CSCA in the process. The presentation is now being invited to such unexpected places as high school special activities programs.
2) Urges others to help produce and show new tape-slide presentations for general
audiences. The group that produced the first one is now devoting itself to another on
the question of human evolution, with the help of experts in that field. A specific
need at present is extra funds (about $750) to purchase a Wollensak audio-visual unit
similar to the one presently borrowed from Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship.
3) Gives strong encouragement and specific instructions for recruitment of new
members and formation of new local sections throughout Canada. "Prayerfully consider
your personal role. Don't wait for something magical to happen from your Executive,
which, in itself, is scattered from Perth to Guelph, and without full-time help."
4) Announces the October 8-10 conference at Deep River, Ontario, on "Shaping the
Future" (See April News, p. 2).
5) Reminds Canadians that the ASA/CSCA ANNUAL MEETING at WHEATON COLLEGE (near
Chicago), AUGUST 20-23, with Dr. Donald MacKay as featured speaker, will be a good
one for them to attend, because of both location and program.
PSYCHOLOGISTS, SOCIOLOGISTS MEET IN JUNE
The June 25-29 meeting of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies and the
Western Association of Christians for Psychological Studies, in Santa Barbara, California, was announced in our April issue (pp.1-2). Besides WACPS executive director
Craig Ellison, one of the convention managers, many other ASA members will be presenting
papers or participating in other ways.
A group of Christian sociologist's meeting June 10-12 at Geneva College in Pennsylvania. This meeting was called by
Russell Heddendorf of Geneva College to share problems of teaching sociology in the Christian college and to begin developing specific
Christian perspectives in the field. The format of the meeting will be informal, with
room for discussion of presuppositions in sociological theory, methods of research, needs
of students, and specific substantive areas such as family, community, etc. Russ sent
invitations to sociologists at 25 Christian colleges, and would welcome inquiry about
results from the meeting (address: Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA 15010).
ANTHROPOLOGISTS TO MEET IN AUGUST
James 0. Buswell III of Wheaton College has called a meeting of Christian anthropologists
for a Monday afternoon and evening (August 23) following the ASA/CSCA ANNUAL MEETING
at Wheaton College. The meeting was stimulated by the fact that two anthropologists
are now on the ASA Executive Council (Jim and Claude Stipe, currently president of ASA),
and by the appearance of four anthropologists on last year's ASA program in San Diego.
Then Bill Merrifield, anthropology co-ordnator for the Summer Institute of Linguistics,
suggested a focus for the meeting. He called attention to increasingly serious attacks
being made on SIL programs and personnel in many countries today (cf.
Christianity Today, Aug. 29, 1975, p. 45) by those infected by radical politics and professional jealousy.
In a May 28 letter sent to more than 50 Christian anthropologists, Jim described Bill
Merrifield's concerns and included other comments by Alan Tippett of Fuller Seminary's
School of World Mission, Charles Taber of Milligan College's Institute of World Studies,
and Claude Stipe of Marquette University. Claude has offered to review a symposium he
is preparing for the next meeting of the American Anthropological Association on "the
antireligious presuppositions that support popular stereotypes held by anthropologists
regarding Christianity and religious people in general, and missionaries in particular."
Jim Buswell is wondering if other scientific specialties or interest groups might want
to follow their lead and schedule either section meetings or plenary sessions at future
ASA/CSCA Annual Meetings. (For information on the anthropologists' meeting, address
Jim at: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 60187.
THE ASA WHOLE AND SOME OF OUR PARTS
The two stories above remind us that the American Scientific Affiliation was once organized into five general divisions: physical sciences, social sciences, philosophy of
science, etc. Divisions were given responsibility to organize sessions or entire meetings. Maybe we're coming back to that, although we'll probably always be trying to
balance interdisciplinary interests against interdisciplinary concerns. As in biological taxonomy, both the
"lumpers" and the "splitters" have a legitimate case to make.
Christian psychologists now have not just one but several societies, each with special
interest subsections and each overlapping with related disciplines like psychiatry or
psychiatric social work. Some ASA or CSCA psychiatrists probably hold membership
in
CAPS or WACPS plus the Christian Medical Society (CMS) as well. Perhaps ASA should
always maintain its interdisciplinary or integrative function for those whose separate
societies cannot provide that emphasis, and at the same time serve as an umbrella for
disciplinary groups not yet ready or not interested in forming their own society.
Someday the ASA might even become an affiliation of Christian scientific societies
rather than of individual scientists. Meanwhile the idea of holding special interest
sessions in conjunction with the ASA Annual Meeting or immediately following it is a
good one. The Executive Council would like to hear from you on these and other matters.
One of the best chances to discuss your views with Council members is at an ASA ANNUAL
MEETING. So don't miss the one at WHEATON COLLEGE, WHEATON, ILLINOIS, AUGUST 20-23, 1976!
SCIENCE AND CHRISTIAN SCHOLAR'S REVIEW
In four years on the editorial board of Christian Scholar's Review, Walt Hearn has been
pleased to see more and more scientists communicate their insights to scholars in other
fields. Scientific representation on the editorial board has also increased. ASA members who preceded Walt on the board are Charles Miller (history) of Calvin College and
David Lindberg (history of science) of the U. of Wisconsin. ' Ed Olson (earth sciences)
of Whitworth College and Ron Enroth (sociology) of Westmont College are both new members
of the board. The board meets annually in May to discuss business matters and editorial
policies and livens up the meeting with a scholarly paper and discussion. This year's
invited paper was given by Russ Heddendorf (sociology) of Geneva College. Russ's paper,
"Studying Social Reality: the Case of the Calling," has been submitted for publication
in the Review.
The current issue of CSR (Vol. V, No.4) features a fine discussion by Mary Stewart Van
Leeuwen on "The View from the Lion's Den: Integrating Psychology and Christianity in
the Secular University Classroom,11 and a major paper on "A Christian Ecology of Death:
Biblical Imagery and 'The Ecologic Crisis"' by Loren E. Wilkinson, an English professor
at Seattle Pacific College with an informed interest in both ecology and theology. Many
of the books reviewed deal directly or indirectly with ASA/CSCA concerns. For instance,
Ken Tuinstra (biology, Central College, Iowa) reviews David L. Hull's ' Philosphy of Biological Science,
and Jerry Albert (biochemistry, Mercy Hospital Research Lab, San Diego)
reviews Bernard HHring's Medical Ethics.
Christian Scholar's Review is by no means overbalanced toward the sciences, however,
and ASA or CSCA members with scholarly work that will "contribute toward a broader and
CREATING A COUNTER-CURRICULUM
The May 7 issue of Christianity Today (pp. 42-44) informed readers about Probe Ministries
International, a Dallas-based ministry to college campuses. Probe was founded in 1973
by two former Campus Crusade for Christ staff members, Jim Williams and John Buell. The
organization has several dozen team members who have been invited by campus groups to
present "Christian Update Forums" relating biblical faith to academic disciplines. From
CT's description, these forums, with classroom lectures, evangelic lectures for the
whole campus, presentations to clubs, faculty members, etc., sound much like the
college sponsored "Religion-in-Life" weeks or IVCF-sponsored "campus missions" of earlier years.
Probe's "Spartan Summer" camps, two-to eight-week conferences to prepare high school
graduates for the secular biases they will encounter in college, also resemble camps
conducted in Great Britain by the Research Scientists Christian Fellowship. But Probe
seems to be going beyond all these earlier efforts, especially in producing a "Christian
Free University Curriculum" to use at its summer conferences and on campuses. The curriculum will consist of -a series of scholarly monographs that analyze biblical and secular positions on topics within each of the academic disciplines, discuss the weaknesses
of the secular philosophy, and present a scriptural and academic basis for the Christian
view.
Fifteen scholars are at work on the first series of monographs, to be followed by a
second series of 40 in 1977, the Lord willing. The first monograph of the Christian
Free University Curriculum has been produced by Mark P. Cosgrove on The Essence of
Human Nature. Mark received his B.A. at Creighton University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in
experimental psychology at Purdue, and is now a research associate with Probe Ministries.
Mark's 21-page illustrated monograph tackles the presuppositions and methods of psychology, and asks "Is man just material? Is man's behavior determined? Is man an animal?"
Forty references to the psychological literature are cited in the text, and four or
five suggestions for further reading are provided. They include MacKay's The Clockwork
Image, Meehl's What, Then, Is Man?, and Schaeffer's Back to Freedom and Dignity.
What
else? Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation, of course! And Wilder Smith's
Man's Origin, Man's Destiny.
Mark's presentation in The Essence of Human Nature and the statement of "The Curriculum
Worldview" printed on its inside back cover both seem well designed to "speak the truth
in love" on secular campuses. Probe needs about $20,000 to finish publishing the next
14 monographs in the curriculum. Financial contributions and requests for more information should be addressed to Probe Ministries International, 12011 Coit Road, Suite 107,
Dallas, TX 75251.
A RESPONSIBLE USE OF TEN DOLLARS?
The first ASA Journal supplement, People, Power, and Protein: Moral Challenges to
Christians in an Age of Scarcity, is great for "consciousness raising" about moral dimensions of science and technology. Only criticism we've heard is that it should have been
a regular issue of the Journal so members and subscribers would receive it automatically.
Sorry, it has to be ordered by sending $3 (payable to ASA) to Editor, JASA, 753 Mayfield
Ave., Stanford, CA 94305.
A better deal, though is to order at least five copies to get the reduced rate of $2
per copy. The $10 will help the Affiliation and the four extra copies can be placed
in church libraries or kept circulating among pastors, students, and other concerned
Christians.
I find all five of the papers stimulating. John Scanzoni's on population control and
Dick Bube's on energy stewardship are models of clarity in spite of the complexities
of the issues. Their discussions and that of Karen de Vos on world food supply deal
not only with theoretical and practical aspects, but also with personal applications.
I also like Howard Rienstra's idea of the Christian "academy" as all Christians who
are intellectually inclined or gifted, not merely those in educational institutions.
He says we must go beyond individual scholarship to articulation and application in the
whole Christian community. Lewis Smedes analyzes the categories of justice, responsibility, and stewardship as moral directives.
(I have one quibble with Smedes, who warns that reducing U.S. consumption will first
hurt the poor in our own country and then, "if we become poorer, we will be the less
likely to share with the poor of other countries." That's certainly one possibility.
Industrialists often insist that expansion is necessary to produce jobs, even as they
lust after the fully automated plant. But it also seems possible that we might become
more generous as we become poorer. On the personal level, evidence from my own experience seems to point in that direction. And consider the statistics on national assistance for development in poor countries. According to Arthur Simon
(Bread for the World, 1975, p. 115), the United States in 1974 ranked 14th among 17 nations that make
up the Development Assistance Committee, with only 0.21 percent of our GNP going to
development assistance. Canada gave 0.51%; Portugal, 0.47%; Netherlands, 0.61%.
Cf. U.S. assistance to Europe in 1949: 3% of GNP. Maybe as we become poorer we will
actually become more in touch with the rest of humanity, more "humane."--Ed.)
GOD'S WORD IN COMPUTER LANGUAGE
John Setchell of Rochester, New York, sent us an article in response to "How Many
Angels on One Semiconductor?" (Feb. ASA News, p. 7). The article, evidently from an
advertising piece or house organ of Scientific Time Sharing Corporation (STSC) of
Bethesda, Maryland, describes the use of STSC's FULLTEXT software package by the
quasi-Christian organization called The Way International, headquartered in New Knoxville, Ohio.
The article says that The Way organization is putting the entire Bible on a computer
with Fulltext, which facilitates searching for phrases and combinations of words as
well as for single words. "Moreover, the Bible will be put on the system in three
languages: English, Greek, and Aramaic (one of the early languages
of
the Bible). It
is expected that this task will be accomplished over a two-year period. This contrasts
with over 80 years consumed so far in ayet incomplete job by other theologians in
creating a Latin concordance."
According to the article, within the Full text system, a user can search the Bible text
in one language and retrieve in another language. And, in addition to other features
of this applicaton, "it is interesting to note that it will be first concordance of
the entire Bible in Aramaic."
Whatever happened to Hebrew? We had heard that Victor Paul Wierwille, founder of
The
Way, makes scant use of Hebrew in deriving some of his dubious doctrines. Maybe what
are going into the computer are the post-exilic translations of the Old Testament into
Aramaic, once added as oral explanations in the synagogues after the reading of the
Torah in Hebrew, but eventually written down as "targums." Targum is Aramaic for
11translation." Targums exist for all O.T. books except Ezra-Nehemiah and Daniel, although Ezra 4:8--6:18; 7:12-26; and Daniel 2:4b--7:28 are already in Aramaic in the
original. Well, it's nice to have a computer that can speak Aramaic, but because of
the late date of most targumim, we doubt if they'll be as useful as earlier Hebrew
texts for "rightly dividing the word of truth."
PEOPLE LOOKING FOR POSITIONS
John Enns (1575 So. Badour Rd., Midland, MI 48640) seeks a position in industry in the
area of polymer physical chemistry. John received his M.S. in polymer science from
Case Western Reserve University in 1975. He is interested in thermal and mechanical
properties of polymers and has written three publications currently in press. John is
now a research assistant at Midland Macromolecular Institute.
William D. Lausen (547 Crothers Memorial Hall, Stanford, CA 94305) is a new member of
ASA, seeking employment as a management engineer or economic systems analyst and planner,
preferably with a consulting firm. By June, Bill will have received three degrees from
Stanford: B.S. in industrial engineering, A.B. in economics, and M.S. in industrial
engineering. He gained practical experience this past year as a junior management engineer at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View. Bill also participated in the development
of a comprehensive "garbage to energy" resource recovery plan for Santa Clara County
soon to be published, analyses of San Francisco County Sheriff's Office inmate record
system, and other student projects. Bill is 24, single, and available immediately.
Paul R. Leiffer (17-E Millside Manor, Delran, NJ 08075) is completing a PhD in biomedical engineering and seeking a teaching and research position in that field or in
electrical engineering. His background includes work in clinical laboratory science,
audiology, and signal processing. Paul is married and has been active in IVCF at
Drexel University.
POSITIONS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE
Miami University in Ohio has three positions open in mathematics and statistics: a
1- or 2-yr appointment for a visiting assistant professor with recent PhD in either
field to teach 9 credit hrs per quarter and participate in an inter-disciplinary seminar ($12,000 for 9 months); two regular assistant professorships, one requiring
PhD in statistics, the other (for the Middletown campus) a PhD in either field. Send
description of education, qualifications, and interests; one transcript of graduate
credits; and three letters of recommendation to: Dr. S. E. Bolri, Miami University,
Oxford, OH 45056. (Received 12 April 1976, from Ed Yamauchi of Miami U. History Dept.)
E. K. Balian in Maine seeks psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, psychologists, and
social workers for developing private psychiatric facility. "Comprehensive program
to be developed, with a 40-bed inpatient unit." Contact: E. K. Balian, M.D., 45
Hogan Road, Bangor, ME 04401. Tel. (207) 947-7186. (Received 13 April 1976)
Indiana Vocational Technical College has an opening in general science and economics
beginning September 7, 1976. M.S. preferred, salary range $7,500-10,000. "IVTC-SB
is a state-supported 2-yr nonresidential college, one of 13 regional campuses throughout the state, founded in 1963." Contact
Ray
1j.
Collings, Indiana Vocational Technical
College, 1534 West Sample St., South Bend, IN 46619.(Received 24 April 1976)
Thank you,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
Another meeting of the local section jointly sponsored by Stanford Christian Fellowship
was held on Saturday, May 8. Paul Larsen, pastor of Peninsula Covenant Church in Redwood
City, was scheduled to moderate a panel discussion on "The Christian and Psychotherapy."
Panelists were John Wakefield of Discovery Counseling, Palo Alto; Richard Poe of San
Mateo ' County Mental Health Servies; J. Wayne Murray of Guidance Associates, San Jose;
and Russ Llewellyn, psychotherapist in private practice in Belmont.
The meeting announcement raised some specific questions to be discussed by the panel:
"Are psycbD therapists secular priests whose values are in fundamental opposition to
Christian values? Is religion an escape from the harsh realities of life? Is it possible to harmonize psychological theories with Christian teaching concerning morality
and responsibility?"
The meeting was held in the Psychology Building on the Stanford University Campus from
10 a.m. to 12:30, with the option of eating lunch together afterward to continue the
discussion.
OREGON
Hendrik Oorthuys reported on the May 23 meeting at Oregon State University. Arnold
Flath of OSU is president of the section and Dale Burger of Portland is
secretary-treasurer. Unavoidable scheduling conflicts cut attendance down to 30-35, with five
coming from Portland, where there is growing interest in section activities. Carl
Townsend of Portland did an outstanding job of soliciting papers, according to Hendrik,
and served as moderator for the sessions.
The Saturday morning program began with a paper by Gary Ferngren, assistant professor
of history at OSU and winner of the 1974 award to the best teacher at the university.
His scholarly approach to "The Question of Authorship in the New Testament" led several
in the audience to request that he submit his paper to JASA.
The other paper in the morning session was given by David Cherney, associate professor
of bioscience at Warner Pacific University in Portland. In "The Uniqueness of Christianity as it Relates to Health," he reviewed Old Testament laws and New Testament
attitudes affecting human health.
At the luncheon, David Willis presented a brief history of the American Scientific
Affiliation, a d initive discussion of ASA's "position on taking positions," and some
problems arising from particular issues. Dave, who is a recent past president of ASA,
also spoke of the review and publishing policies of the Journal that have brought it
to such
high
standards.
In the afternoon, Robert MacVicar, president of Oregon State University, and a Christian
scholar in the field of nutrition, spoke on "Malthus/Ehrlich--A Christian Dilemma."
His paper challenging thought on world hunger and Christian responsibility, like each
of the other papers, elicited extensive discussion.
Incidentally, the section had ordered 20 copies of the Journal supplement (People,
Power, Protein) and sold 12 of them at the meeting.
PERSONALS
Bruce L. Baillie became pastor of the Steamboat Rock Presbyterian Church in Steamboat
Rock, Iowa, in November 1975. Bruce and his family appreciate "rural America" after
many years in Los Angeles.
Edward R. Dayton, director of The Missions Advanced Research and Communication Center
of World Vision International, Monrovia, California, is teaching this spring at Fuller
Theological Seminary in Pasadena. In the School of Theology he teaches a class in
Goals, Priorities, and Planning, and in the School of World Mission he co-teaches with
C. Peter Wagner a course on Mission Strategy. All this entitles Ed to the impressive
title of "adjunct professor macro-missiography."
Richard A. Dirks is spending a year at the National Science Foundation in-Washington,
D.C., where is a program manager in the Division of Advanced Environmental Research &
Technology. Richard is on leave from the Department of Atmospheric Science at the
University of Wyoming.
James C. Ellis of Mission City, British Columbia, has a publication on "Migration,
Development, and Condition of Trichobilharzia ocellata (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae)
in Homologous Challenge Infections" in Canadian J. Zool. 53 (12), 1803, (1975). The
research was part of Jim's PhD thesis at Guelph completed in 1974.
W. Mack Goldsmith is professor of psychology at California State College, Stanislaus.
Mack is giving a paper on "Basic Youth Conflicts and the Wisdom Tradition" at the
Santa Barbara meeting of the Western Association of Christians for Psychological Studies, June 25-29, and will represent his school at a Danforth-sponsored workshop in
Religious Studies at Stanford U., July 12-23.
E. Lea Hadden has been teaching biology at Wingate College in Wingate, North Carolina,
since June 1975, after receiving his PhD from Wake Forest University in December 1974.
Lea has been appointed chairman of Wingate's Division of Science & Mathematics, effective August 1976.
Fred H. Hafner of Minneapolis, Minnesota, will retire from General Mills at the end of
November 1976. As manager of Special Dietary Activity, Fred developed a line of products containing no protein, gluten, or amino acids for persons with chronic kidney
disease, gluten intolerances such as celiac-sprue, and amino acid intolerances such as
PKU (phenylalanine) and MSUD (valine, leucine, isoleucine). Fred thinks that General
"Mills is the only food company to develop a business of "Foods for the Few." After
retirement, Fred hopes to continue as a consultant in nutrition and food technology.
John E. Halver is also a nutrition specialist (like Fred Hafner above), but John seems
to specialize in "Foods for the Fish," (or is it "Fish for the Food"?). John has been
director of the Western Fish Nutrition Lab, is now senior scientist in nutrition for
the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, with new offices in the College of Fisheries at the
U. of Washington in Seattle.
Douglas Hamill of Bellingham, Washington, expects to graduate in June from the U. of
Washington in Seattle with B.S. honors in chemistry and biology, and to enroll in the
U.W. School of Medicine. Doug says a recent vote by 4,000 dormitory residents at U.W.
to continue boycotting California iceberg head lettuce in support of the United Farm
Workers gave the Campus Christian Ministry "an excellent opportunity to reach students
about sharing Christ's love in a real and joyful fashion."
Philip Harden's idea of retirement seems even more strenuous than Harold Hartzler's
(April ASA News, p. 4). After retiring from Roberts Wesleyan Col a little over a
year ago, Phil accepted a position under his mission board at Lundi Secondary School
in Fort Victoria, Rhodesia. The school enrolls 210 black students who follow the
Cambridge course of study. Phil teaches biology to all forms (grades) and his wife
has charge of the library. They do a lot of bird watching, with binoculars and Roberts'
Birds of South Africa, but they have to be careful out in the bush. They're in the
Valert" zone of terrorist activity, with a squad of security men stationed nearby.
Only 20 miles from their school, three South Africans were killed in April. The Hardens
would appreciate our prayers for their safety and their ministry to blacks and whites
alike in that touchypart of the world.
David Hardy is now a quality control microbiologist with Pfizer Corporation Ltd. in
Arnprior, Ontario. David was a student at Western Ontario in Guelph when he joined
CSCA in 1974, and is praising God for employment that provides for his needs in abundance. He recommends a book by an anonymous author,
The Kneeling Christian, to every
CSCA/ASA
member.
Willard F. Harley, Sr., is in private practice in Santa Barbara, California, specializing in psychotherapy and hypnosis, and organizing with Dr. Bruce Stockin a Christian
Personal & Family Service. Willard retired in June 1975 from the Psychology Department
of Westmont College after 30 years there. He's another extremely active
ASA
retiree,
presently: 1) serving as president of the local chapter of the Cal. State Psych.
Assoc.;
2) teaching a "reverse study" Bible class for single adults (in which the study begins
from submitted questions); 3) continuing research into the integration of psychology
and Christian faith; and 4) writing a book on approaches to successful Christian living,
accepted for publication by Moody Press.
Rudolph H. Harm teaches at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis,, Missouri. Rudy says he is
plugging away at preparation for several new courses at the seminary.
Wayne
A.
Hartman has accepted a position as process chemist in the Bridgeville plant of
Koppers Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Willard L. Henning is retiring after 20 years as head of the Biology Department of Bryan
College in Dayton, Tennessee. Willard was also chairman of the Division of Natural
Science in the later years. The Henning Museum at the college contains material he
collected over the entire period. He has published papers on the Bible and science in
the Creation Research Society Journal and Christian Victory magazine, and has been particularly interested in the history of the Scopes trial (which tool~ place right there
in Dayton) and in the life of William Jennings Bryan (for whom the college was named).
The Hennings were recently honored for their 20 years of service to the college with
cash and other awards, including a Citation of Merit for Outstanding Contribution to
Bryan College. In what seems to be a pattern for
ASA
retirees, Willard expects to
keep very busy with museum work, part-time teaching, and many unfinished projects.
David Hensleigh is a doctoral student in biological statistics at Texas Tech University
in Lubbock. His research interests center on mathematical applications in biology and
medicine, and on genetics. David is presently working on adaptive strategies of a common
desert weed.
A
council room in the new library at Wheaton College was recently dedicated in honor of
the late ' Raymond E. Hoisington, who died in 1972 of cancer. Ray had received his B.A.
in chemistry at Wheaton in 1913. He was a faithful member of
ASA
during many years of
teaching high school chemistry in Rockford, Illinois. His widow, Faye Hoisington, now
lives in Fairhaven Christian Home in Rockford.
Jeff Hollis expects to graduate this spring from Doane College in Crete, Nebraska, and
marry Ellen Bredemeier, a German major also graduating then. Ellen has been awarded a
Fulbright Scholarship for study in Germany, so Jeff and Ellen hope to spend the next
year studying in a German university, she in literature, he in biology, biochemistry,
or perhaps medicine. Jeff would welcome suggestions for valuable use of their time in
Germany (address: Box 16, Steinauer, NE 68441).
William C. Honaker is a senior at San Diego State majoring in classics (Greek and Latin).
He becmae an associate member of ASA at our annual meeting at U.C. San Diego last August.
Next year Bill will be president of Aztec Christian Fellowship, the IVCF chapter on his
campus. He envisions a year of growth, outreach, and ministry, and would welcome ideas,
encouragement, or other correspondence from anyone interested in campus witness (address:
6360 Severin, La Mesa, CA 92041). Last mon ' th the Aztec Christian Fellowship and the
Zoology Club sponsored an evolutionist/creationist debate on campus with over 1,000
in
attendance.
Robert C. Houston of Fort Worth, Texas, teaches at the American Airlines Flight Academy.
When Dallas Seminary students make their regular tour of the Academy, Bob talks about
techniques to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of Christian education.. In
April Bob spoke on "Psychological Factors in Flight Simulation" at the Air Force Academy
in Colorado Springs. In May, he and Emily and two of their daughters were touring the
Holy Land on a tour sponsored by the Fellowship of Christian Airlines Personnel.
Don Howard, Jr., has just completed his first year of seminary training at Princeton
Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. Don had formerly been teaching ornamental horticulture in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
John W. Howitt of Toronto, Ontario, is one of our patriarchs who still seems to set the
pace of other retirees. No longer in psychiatric practice, John keeps revising his
anti-evolution tracts available through International Christian Crusade (205 Yonge St.,
Room 31, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B lN2). We just received a copy of "Is Evolution
a Fact?" --now in its fifth edition.
Ann Hunt is about to graduate from Gordon-Conwell Seminary with a Master of Theological
Studies degree. She lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, and is a research fellow in
biological chemistry at Harvard Medical School, studying ion-binding and ion-transport
properties of several synthetic cyclic peptides. Ann says she was stimulated last
month by England's John Stott, who gave a series of lectures in the Boston area. She
also enjoyed the New England ASA local section meeting on Skinnerian psychology, during
the AAAS meeting.
H. David Kay is a research immunologist in oncology in the Laboratory of Immuno-diagnosis at the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland. Dave is excited about his
work on the nature of "receptor" molecules on the surface of blood lymphocytes from
healthy people, which enable those cells to "recognize" and kill tumor cells. He hopes
someday to be able to monitor lymphocytes of cancer patients much more efficiently in
order to predict the course of their disease, perhaps even to use their own immune
system to help localize and destroy the cancer. Dave and Judy both sing in the choir
at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. Dave is also active in reconstituting
the Washington-Baltimore ASA local section, along with Glenn Kirkland and others. Bill
Sisterson was there to help them "get organized" several months ago.
Russell Maatman, professor of chemistry at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, was the
first Charles Hatfield Memorial Lecturer at Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky,
on May 11. His lecture was entitled,"Is Science Religiously Neutral?" Charles Hatfield
was a professor of mathematics at Georgetown, and (Russ thinks) the father of mathematician and former ASA president Charles
Hatfield of the U. of Missouri, Rolla. Russ
continues his research in heterogeneous catalysis, speaking last year at the U. of
South Dakota on ways of determining the number of active sites on catalysts.
Henry M. Morris, director of the Institute for Creation Research in San Diego, California, is author of The Genesi$ Record, being published both by Baker Book House of Grand Rapids aud by Creation-Life Publishers of San Diego. According to an announcement from ICR, the 716-page commentary on the whole book of Genesis is Henry's 20th major book and the largest written by him since his first book, That You Might Believe, was published in 1946.
W. Stanford Reid, professor of history at the University of Guelph, Ontario, gave a lecture in January at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto. His lecture on "Calvin and the Genevan School of Historiography" argued that the Genevan historiographers surpassed the insights of Renaissance humanists, in spite of recent criticisms of the Reformation as a regressive movement because of its introduction of "supernatural" ideas into historical writing.
Frank W. Slingerland was recently elected chairman of the Protestant Committee of the Superior Council of Education, an advisory body to the Minister of Education in Quebec province. Frank explains that Quebec has a unique biconfessional-yet-public education system. Schools are either Catholic or "Protestant" (i.e., non-R.C.). The Protestant Committee is legally responsible for recognizing schools as Protestant, approving all teaching instruments used in them, and--most important--promoting objective courses on moral and religious values in Protestant schools. Parental demand for such courses has risen sharply in recent years as people grope for values in the age of future shock. The courses complement commitment-oriented training of home and church. Frank would like to correspond with others working in values education (address: 2957 Ave. Boulogne, Ste..Foy, Quebec, Canada GlW 2C2).Daniel 0. Smith is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Education at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Dan was formerly on the faculties of California State University, Chico, and The State University of New York College at Brockport.
Gerald K. Van Kooten has been employed by the U.S. Geological Survey since receiving his M.S. in geology in May 1975 from Arizona State University. His first USGS project was an evaluation of the proposed Mt. Shasta wilderness area in northern California. Now he is studying granites from Yosemite National Park, also in California. This fall he expects to begin work at U.C. Santa Barbara toward a PhD in geology. Gerald was married in December 1975 to Jan Dockter, who has a master's degree in instrumental music from Arizona State.
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