An ASA fellow, Paul was involved in the work of the ASA at several levels including Annual Meeting Chair in 1967 at Stanford. Newsletter*

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Marion Barnes (1946)

Marion Barnes (1913-2004)   went to be with the Lord on Dec. 22, 2004, at age 91. He attended ASA's first Annual Meeting at Wheaton C. Born in 1913 in Junction City, AK, to John and Catherine Barnes, Dr. Barnes earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Arkansas, and a master’s degree and doctoral degree in physical chemistry from Columbia University in New York. Married in 1942 to Vera Oltz of Ithaca, NY, he taught briefly at Wheaton College, from which he was later awarded an honorary doctoral degree.

He worked as a research chemist in El Dorado, AK, and as a research administrator for Monsanto in St. Louis, MO, where his inventions resulted in 14 patents. While in St. Louis, he chaired the board of trustees at Covenant College and Seminary. Under his leadership, the college relocated from St. Louis to Lookout Mountain.  After holding positions teaching and researching chemistry, in 1965 he became the second president (1965-1978) of Covenant C., Lookout Mountain, GA. He also helped Daystar U. in Kenya to grow from a small institute training Christian workers to a university with thousands of students. Russell Heddendorf reports: "He was especially pleased about his work on the Chattanooga Air Pollution Control Board which greatly contributed to the fact that Chattanooga was changed from a city with one of the dirtiest environments 30 years ago to one which is now a leader in environmental concerns." When accepting the Covenant presidency, Barnes told his sons: This means, among other things, that my income will be extremely limited and that I'm not going to leave either of you anything but an example when I expire." When he retired, Marion quoted Episcopal prelate Rev. Bernard Iddings Bell's statement, "To walk the streets of earth with Christ is to tread the courts of heaven." Barnes commented, "Change that "streets of earth" to "halls of academia" and you have my sentiments precisely. Russell Heddendorf, Newsletter, The Chattanoogan*

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Richard B. Barrueto  (1928-2010) Biochemist was born February 16, 1928 and died March 10, 2010, at age 82 in Seattle.
He was born in Guatemala City and became a biochemist. He co-authored a number of research papers whil at the Natick MA Army research center in the late 50s and early 60s.     His many charitable and philanthropic activities included Latin America Mission, Rotary International, and the Fellowship Foundation. He was chairman of the board of Agros International, committed to breaking the cycle of poverty for rural families in Central America and Mexico by enabling landless communities to achieve land ownership and economic stabi

He was the husband of Meredith P Barrueto for 55 years. Seattle Times, ASA Newsletter*

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Henry R. Beilstein, (1923-2004) Bacteriology 83, died of prostate cancer July 10. He joined the Philadelphia Public Health Department in 1945 and remained there 33 years, becoming head bacteriologist in clinical microbiology during the mid-1950 's and finally director of public health laboratories, overseeing evaluations for the water department. After retiring from that post in 1979, he taught and conducted research for eight years at Manor College in Jenkintown, PA.  He took a degree program from Philadelphia School of the Bible graduating in 1949 and taught SS classes at Berachah Church in Cheltenham PA for most of his life. Philadelphia Inquirer Obit, Newsletter*

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Chris Beling (1956-2010) Physicist Died in accident (June 18, 2010)

Son's tribute to professor who died saving brother- Devon County News (UK)

"The son of the man who died trying to save his brother in difficulties off Preston Beach last week has paid a fond tribute to his father. Chris Beling, a professor of physics at the University of Hong Kong, suffered heart failure as he swam out to rescue his younger brother Jeremy from the sea on June 18. His brother survived but Chris, 54, was pronounced dead at the scene, despite efforts to revive him by his teenage daughter Cathy and paramedics. An inquest will not be held as the death was by natural causes, according to the coroner's office. Professor Beling leaves a widow Evelyn, daughter Cathy and son John. He was the son of retired Paignton vicar David Beling and his wife Anne. The funeral service will be at St Paul's Church in Preston today at 2pm. Friends and family from across the world are expected to attend the service of thanksgiving followed by interment at Torquay Cemetery._

Professor Beling was educated at Torquay Grammar School and won a scholarship to study physics at Keble College, Oxford, from where he graduated with a first-class honours degree. He later moved to Hong Kong and took a post as assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong where he spent 23 years.

Son John, a second year physics student at Liverpool University, said, "My dad not only taught his students with passion, but also wanted them to think critically and challenge their beliefs concerning matters of science and faith and their relationship with Christianity." "My dad became very interested in the theory of intelligent design, which is the assertion or belief that physical and biological systems observed in the universe result from purposeful design by an intelligent being rather than from chance or undirected natural processes. He always tried to voice his opinion on the subject and try to bridge the gap between Christianity and science, believing that science and Christianity were not in conflict with one another". He added: "We have received many messages and phone calls after the news of dad's death reached his students. They all said what a passionate professor and lecturer he was, and how much they appreciated his openness for discussion inside and outside lectures." "My dad always made time for his students and sometimes there would be very little family time together. But when we did have it, we appreciated the time we had with him. "He loved us so much because he really always had our best interests in mind, and always told me the importance of making time for others. He told me to continue to fight for freedom of thought in the scientific community." "My dad saw no conflict between science and Christianity. He loved Jesus with all his life, and even risked his life to save his agnostic brother."  Chris joined the ASA in 2003. Newsletter*

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Paul Bender (1899-1990) Physics of Goshen, Indiana, born on Jun 26 1899, died on September 13 at age 91. Paul graduated from Hesston College, earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the State U. of Iowa, taught physics at Hesston and then at Goshen College, where he also served as registrar. He was at Goshen when Harold Hartzler joined him there in the Physics Dept in 1937.  Paul's paper, "A Physicist's Glimpse of God," appeared in Vol. 1, No. 2, of JASA (May 1949) and for many years he attended every ASA Annual Meeting. He was a member of the College Mennonite Church of Goshen.  On Dec. 25, 1929, he was married to Bertha Burkholder, who died July 1, 1978. Surviving are one grandson and one sister (Ruth Bender). One daughter (Alice) preceded him in death.  Since 1987 he had lived at Greencroft Nursing Center, where Harold was able to visit him and read articles to him from Perspectives. Newsletter, Find a Grave Memorial, Archives of the Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana*

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Russell Verner Benson 3-19-1928 to 2-22-2009 Mathematics Carlsberg CA. B.E.E., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California in Math. Joined the ASA in 1971 emeritus professor of mathematics, Cal. State, Fullerton, died Feb. 22 of a rare form of leukemia. He was 80. Benson joined the campus in 1965 as an associate professor and served for 18 years. A specialist in geometry, he authored “Euclidean Geometry and Convexity,” published in 1966 by McGraw Hill Book Co., and was a member of the Mathematics Association of America, American Mathematical Society and Orange County Math Association. In 1970, Benson served as a visiting lecturer to Orange County high schools under the sponsorship of the MAA-Southern California Section, and instituted a National Science Foundation-sponsored, 12-week summer institute in mathematics for educators from Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Kern and Butte counties, as well as Oregon and New Mexico. Benson earned his doctorate at USC and had taught at Long Beach State, as well as Long Beach and Los Angeles City colleges. Benson also earned a master of divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary and became an ordained Presbyterian minister. He is survived by Betty, his wife of 54 years. Cal. State Bio.*

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Dr. Peter G. Berkhout, (  - 1966)     71, was killed instantly on 19 July 1966 in the Colorado Rockies when his car plunged off the road and was dashed against a boulder 30 feet below. Mrs. Berkhout, who was driving, was unhurt, their 16-year old daughter was treated for shock. Dr. Berkhout, the only occupant of the car not wearing seatbelts was thrown out and crushed between the car and boulder. Dr. Berkhout had practiced medicine in Paterson, New Jersey, for 33 years and was an outstanding leader in community affairs and in the Christian Reformed church. He was a trustee of Calvin College and active in the affairs of the New York section of the ASA. Howard Mattson puts it this way:

"We will miss him here. He had been active in ASA affairs since the local chapter was formed, and he was elected to our executive committee this year. He had also been active in the Christian Reformed churches in the area with discussions on 'The Bible of Nature'. He used the term to include "all that God has revealed to us outside the Scriptures." He further maintained that we are wrong in our tendency to throw out anything which science discovers that appears to be out of harmony with what we find in Scripture; that we should no more be dogmatic here than with the "apparent contradictions" we find in Scripture itself. In sum, he said: "Let us not be satisfied until we have put all (the truths and facts the Bible of Nature offers us) into the framework of the Holy Bible. "

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 George J. Bertsche of Woodburn, IN died on June 18, 1997. He was an electronics design engineer at ITT in Ft. Wayne, IN. George got his BSEE from Purdue U. in 1951 and a Th.M. from Dallas Seminary in 1957. George was first introduced to ASA by Hendrick Oorthuys at Purdue. George considered that ASA's main effort should be to deal with issues and work with students. E Paul Arveson
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Twenty-five-year ASA veteran Allen Bilderback died of pneumonia at age 87. He was a Free Methodist missionary to Burundi, then pastor and finally social worker. His favorite article in JASA (predecessor of Perspectives) was Edward Kessel's "A Proposed Biological Interpretation of the Virgin Birth" (Sept. 1983). He found the possible explanation of parthenogenesis liberating and handed out many copies of this article in his Sunday school class. His son Don Bilderback comments: As an amateur scientist and a student of the Scriptures, dad found many connections between science and faith issues that I've never heard others talk about. His astronomical dating of the book of Revelation from the vision of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Rev. 6:1-8 is unique. He interpreted the vision in terms of planets and constellations, making the ordinary assumptions for the story of the stars known for thousands of years. He concluded that the vision was seen around Nov. 4, 96 AD plus or minus 10 days (Allen Bilderback, Revelation and Apocalyptic Symbols [Puyallup, WA: Valley Press, 1991], partially online at www.lightlink.com/donald). He interpreted Ezekiel's vision of wheels as halos around the Sun due to refraction of light from ice crystals... Dad gave a paper on these findings at one of the ASA annual meetings (Eastern U. in PA, I believe) and the material was received as being on the cutting edge.

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John C. W. Bliese (1913-2000) of Kearney, NE, Born March 10, 1913, passed away Nov. 27, 2000 at 87. He served the Univ. of Nebraska, Kearney  1953-1978. He was a retired biologist interested in science education. Awarded a life membership by the Assoc. of Midwestern Biology Teachers in 1978. Served as President Nebraska Academy of Science 1965-66. The John C. W. Bliese Biology Laboratory at UNK was dedicated on May 13, 1987. Both Wife Margaret  (1913-1995) and one Son, John Ross Edward Bliese (1943-2009) preceded him in death. Buried  in Kearney Cemetery, Buffalo Co., NE

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Rex  Vernon Blumhagen  (1920-2012) MD of West Chicago IL            

Dr. Rex Vernon Blumhagen, who later in life helped start the emergency room at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, brought health care to rural areas of Afghanistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. With a fearless sense of adventure and an approachable personality, Dr. Blumhagen made inroads in remote regions where people rarely had access to health care.

"My father was unbelievably friendly with people," said his daughter Susan Fullerton. "He could never speak the language in Afghanistan, but he could always communicate by his manner and his friendliness and his sheer ability to connect with people."

Dr. Blumhagen, 92, died of malignant melanoma on Friday, Feb. 24, at his home in West Chicago, his daughter said.

He was born in Montana and grew up in Washington state, receiving a bachelor's degree from Whitworth College in Spokane, Wash. There he met his wife, Jeanne, to whom he was married in 1943.  Dr. Blumhagen was in the Army during World War II and received his medical degree from Northwestern University in 1946.

He was enamored with Afghanistan from a young age. After medical school, he worked with the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky, caring for the poor in rural Appalachia. "He felt that Kentucky would be good training for the rural medical world," his daughter said. After working first at a county hospital in California and then in private practice in Madera, Calif., Dr. Blumhagen went to Afghanistan in 1960. He worked as a doctor in the U.S. Embassy, treating the American community in Kabul. He remained in Kabul for four years, returning to California briefly before signing up to work with a nongovernmental organization in Afghanistan that providing medical care in rural areas. He worked to establish clinics and a hospital in the countryside. "He was just so adventurous," his daughter said. "When they first went there, they bought an old school bus and they would drive all over the country on these tiny little roads and would set up a clinic in a town. The people there had absolutely no medical care, so when he would come they would just flock to him."

What Dr. Blumhagen lacked in language skills — he could not speak Persian or Pashto — he made up for with a winsome personality. As a term of respect and endearment, Afghans would call the bearded Dr. Blumhagen "Whitebeard," his daughter said. In 1973, with the overthrow of Afghanistan's monarch and growing Islamic power, Dr. Blumhagen and his wife were ejected from the country. They returned to the U.S. and settled near their children in Wheaton, and he became one of Central DuPage Hospital's founding emergency room doctors.

"Emergency was the best place for him, since he had been away and in a place like Afghanistan where he had exposure to doing all different kinds of medicine that people in the States hadn't been doing," his daughter said. Wheaton real estate agent Mary Kane, who was the office manager for the hospital's emergency room in the 1970s, recalled Dr. Blumhagen's caring manner with patients and his enthusiastic interest in others. "The thing that always bothered him the most was if a parent wasn't taking care of their children," Kane said. "He was emphatic about that." Dr. Blumhagen retired from Central DuPage Hospital in 1986. He and his wife subsequently started an emergency care clinic, Stratford Urgent Care, in Bloomingdale, IL

He had been an ASA member for the past 15 years.

Dr. Blumhagen is also survived by his wife; two other daughters, Wendy Tyler and Karyn Blumhagen; a son, Dan; a sister, Ruth Blumhagen Rush; a brother, Arnold; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Chicago Tribune,

 

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John L. (Jack) Blizzard died on Nov. 5, 1994 after having been diagnosed a year earlier as having ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). He continued his college teaching until May. His last days were spent writing on the topic of science and the Bible. Jack's wife, Ruth, mentioned that he had great respect for many ASA members and their work.

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Stanley M. Block, (1923-2005) 82, died Oct 22, 2005 in Carol Stream, IL. After obtaining his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from U. of Minnesota, he was prof. of industrial engineering at U. of Minnesota, then at U. of Chicago, then chairman of the Dept. of Industrial Engineering at IL Inst. of Tech. Later he was professional lecturer and consultant to several companies, and labor arbitrator. He was heavily involved in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in various parts of the world. He also sang in the church choir. Ray Brand

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Robert L. Bohon, 78, of White Bear Twp., MN died unexpectedly on Nov. 21 while on vacation in Jackson, MS, due to a massive viral infection. Bob graduated from the U. of Illinois in 1946 majoring in chemical engineering and earned his PhD in physical chemistry in 1950. He was employed for ten years at the Anderson Physical Laboratory. In 1956 he joined 3M. For 33 years, he worked in central research and environmental labs. Bob retired as the director of analytical & properties research. He worked on developing solid rocket propellants and researched ways to reduce pollution. Bob's life was defined by more than his work. His zest for life and unrelenting desire to learn and challenge himself was demonstrated through his mentoring and volunteer work with S.C.O.R.E. & East Metro Women's Council; SMM, world travels, church choir director, and devotion to youth. He loved his violin and his fellow musicians with the 3M Club Symphony, the Lakewood Community Orchestra and his string quartet "Con Brio". He loved genealogy, writing, tennis, skiing, sailing, dancing, a good laugh, and most importantly, his God, family and the church. V. Elving Anderson called him "a wonderful scientist, believer and friend." Walt Hearn published a tribute in 1988 now at: www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1988/PSCF1288Hearn.html

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Donald C. Boardman died at home in San Diego, California, on 7 December 1988, a few weeks past his 75th birthday. He had served on the ASA Executive Council from 1968-72, was a consulting editor for the ASA's Journal for many years, and was president when ASA employed its first full-time executive secretary. At the 1987 Colorado Springs Meeting, he gave a paper and first felt a symptom of the cancer that took his life a year and a half later.

Excavation site of the Wheaton Mastodon reconstructed by Don and students over an 11 year period

Born in Adria, Washington, Don grew up in Fillmore, California. When he was fifteen, his mother and a sister were among the 600 flood victims when the St. Francis dam burst. Perhaps that influenced him to study geology. After a year at Biola, he transferred to Wheaton College. In 1938, he graduated and married Betty Baillie, went on for an M.S. at the U. of Iowa and a Ph.D. at Wisconsin. Don was a member of many professional societies and a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Don Boardman was a born teacher. He taught geology at Wheaton College from 1940 to 1979, with 1942-46 out for service in the Pacific in WWII. On Saipan he was " president" of "Saipan U.," teaching illiterate enlisted personnel to read and write despite opposition from bigoted Navy brass. Back at Wheaton, he chaired the Geology Dept. for many years and directed the Wheaton Science Station in South Dakota's Black Hills (where ASA held its Annual Meeting in 1952). On leave from Wheaton in 1959-60, he went to Peshawar, Pakistan, as a SEATO Professor to establish a department of geology. In 1974-75 he went back to the same department as a Fulbright Professor, driving from Germany to Pakistan and back, 6,800 miles each way, camping more than half the nights. (Betty: "An interesting and entertaining man to be married to.") Don was active in the College Church and at times in Wheaton politics. In the late '60s and throughout the '70s the Boardmans threw their support behind inner-city LaSalle Community Church in Chicago. When Don retired in 1979, they moved to San Diego and became active in Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church. They celebrated their 47th wedding anniversary in England at the ASA Oxford Meeting, with the whole family on hand. The family was together again at Lake Tahoe in August 1988 to celebrate their Golden Anniversary. Don leaves three children: science teacher Ann Hein (Mrs. Robert H.), a second-generation ASA member; Barbara, married to Richard Herd, geologist and CSCA member, Donald, Jr.; and six grandchildren. The family asked that memorial gifts be sent to the LaSalle Community Church (office, 300 W. Hill St., Chicago, IL 60610). See http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1981/JASA3-81Boardman.html

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Joseph H. Boutwell Jr. of Atlanta, GA, died September 14, 2000. He was a medical doctor interested in the history and philosophy of science.

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John W. Brabner-Smith of Vero Beach, FL died Feb. 22, 2000 at age 99. Born to Methodist missionary parents in 1900 in Little Falls, MN, he graduated from Yale U. (1925), Yale Law School (JD, 1927), and Northwestern Law school (JSD, 1931), practiced corporate law, then taught at Northwestern. He then moved to Washington, DC to become special assistant to the Attorney General of the US. He worked on the historic Lindberg kidnapping case and the prosecution of Al Capone. He was also elder and trustee of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington. While in the US Army, he was promoted to colonel. He practiced international law during WW II as chief of the Provost Marshal General's legal office. He was involved in the Allied Control Council in Germany and the War Crimes Trials in Japan. In 1972, he became founding dean of what later became the George Mason U. law school. He also authored many articles on constitutional law.

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Leprosy Pioneer Paul Brand dies at 89. When Dr. Paul Brand met his first leprosy patients, he was told, "Nothing can be done with hands - or feet - or faces like this. It's just leprosy." Translation: You can't fight the inevitable. But "just leprosy" was not in Brand's vocabulary. He found leprosy deformities were correctable; he performed surgeries on thousands, and taught his skills to others who outlive him. He died July 8. Brand saw the body as God's ally in healing. He declared: I have come to realize that every patient ..., every newborn baby, in every cell of its body, has a basic knowledge of how to survive and how to heal, that exceeds anything that I shall ever know ... God ... has made our bodies more than we could ever have devised. His med. school professors called the thymus a "vestigial organ" whose usefulness humans had outgrown. Brand commented: Today we can see from the victims of AIDS, that people cannot survive without those immune cells from the thymus and bone marrow. A lot of biologists still cling to the idea of evolution by chance, and now it is scientists from mathematics, information theory and computers that are forcing us to recognize that chance alone cannot possibly account for the code of DNA and the wonders of life. All of science points toward a creator. Brand spoke at ASA's 1993 Annual Meeting at Seattle Pacific U., presenting Sunday morning worship and Monday devotions. Carol Aiken recalls, "He so impressed me that I went to the book-store and bought his book for my daughter who was in Gordon C. at that time." Brand was knighted Commander of the Order of the British Empire. But CRISTA president Jim Gwinn pays an even higher tribute: "To know Paul Brand is to know Christ better. He evidenced his compassion, grace and mercy to all." In a final expression of frugality and modesty, he chose to be buried in a plain plywood box with the lid nailed shut. His last message was, "Only one life, 'twill soon be past. Only what's done for Christ will last." For further reading: "Noted Surgeon and Author Paul Brand Dies at Age 89", Christianity Today, posted 07/10/03, www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/127/41.0.html www.breakpoint.org/Breakpoint/ChannelRoot/FeaturesGroup/BreakPointCommentaries/In+Gods+Wonderful+Image.htm

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Alan R. Baldwin, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, has also died.  Newsletter SEP1968

David S. Bruce, Professor of Biology at Wheaton C. at 61 years of age, went to be with the Lord in October, after suffering from an Epstein Barr viral infection introduced by a successful kidney implant in July. David attended Taylor U. and completed the M.S. and Ph.D. in Biology/Physiology at Purdue U. He taught at Seattle Pacific U. immediately after completing the Ph.D. and began work at Wheaton C. in 1974. David's research interests focused on physiological adaptations of animals to the environment and the improvement of teaching in physiology through the appropriate use of computers. He maintained an active agenda of research and publications, with students and other collaborators, on hibernation of ground squirrels, bats, and bears, and the search for a "hibernation trigger molecule" that induces hibernation. Special interests in health professions made David an enthusiastic mentor and advisor to students pursuing careers in medicine or physiology. David also taught regularly at the Wheaton C. Science Station in South Dakota and led students in the study of the creation and Creator he so dearly loved. David is survived by his wife, Janet, and two adult sons, Rob and Scot. Memorial gifts are being accepted by the Cardinal Bernadin Cancer Center of Loyola Research Fund, 2160 S. First Ave., Maywood, IL 60153

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Swiss physicist Hans Rudolf Brugger, a long-time ASA member, went home to be with his Lord on August 4, 2001. He died at the age of 73 after a long illness of the blood platelets, which he bore in much weakness, but patiently and in peace. After earning a Ph.D. in physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, he did research in elementary particle physics at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. An excellent teacher, he taught physics and mathematics at the Evangelical College of Schiers, Switzerland for 25 years. Twice during this time, he spent some months doing astronomical research at the European Southern Observatory in Chile. He was fascinated by astrophysics and cosmology, which displayed to him the glory of God. He lovingly but resolutely opposed young-earth creationism, having thoroughly studied relevant dating methods. Last year, he translated ASA's Teaching Science in a Climate of Controversy into German. Hans Ruedi, as his Swiss friends called him, is survived by his wife Barbara, two daughters and three sons. * Peter Rust

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Wilbur Lewis Bullock (picture 1950) age 85, of Dover, NH, went to be with the Lord on April 22. He taught zoology at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) for 39 years, retiring in 1987. He was born in New York City and was the husband of Cecilia Broenewold Bullock for 63 years. He is survived by his wife, four children, eight grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. He graduated from Queens College and attended New York University before entering the Army where he served in Europe during WW II with the U.S. Army Medical Detachment of the Combat Engineers. When the war in Europe ended, he taught at the U.S. Army University in France. Upon returning home, he earned his MS and PhD at the University of Illinois. He then joined the faculty at the UNH, where he remained his entire career. He was an internationally respected fish parasitologist and published one book, People, Parasites, and Pestilence: An Introduction to the Natural History of Infectious Disease. While at UNH he was a faculty advisor to Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. Throughout his career he maintained an avid interest in the relationship between science and Christian faith and Christian attitudes toward stewardship of the environment.

Wilbur was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and ASA. He served as Vice President of ASA and Editor of Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith. He was active in the Dover Baptist Church and was a major contributor to the establishment of the Durham Evangelical Church, serving both churches in various capacities. He was an ASA member for 57 years.

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Gary L. Burkholder, prof. of biology at Mount Vernon Nazarene C. (MVNC), died of a heart attack Friday, Jan. 7, 2000. He was 56 years old. He was assisting with a travel course, "Group Processes and Behavior," led by Randy Cronk of MVNC. The group, which included nineteen students, had left San Francisco on December 30 and was traveling along the California coast by bicycle. Burkholder suffered a heart attack on the afternoon of January 7, while the group stopped for lunch in Los Padres National Forest on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Burkholder was born July 21, 1943 in Tacoma, WA. He earned an A.B. degree in biology from Northwest Nazarene C. (1966), an M.S. from the U. of Arkansas (1969), and a Ph.D. from Brigham Young U. (1973). He was a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in Mount Vernon. He served as elder, board member, head trustee, board secretary, and Sunday school teacher. In Dec. 1998, he helped to plant a new CMA congregation in Fredericktown. Gary attended the 1993 annual meeting in Seattle. Joe Lechner

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Involved with the Pittsburgh local section was Sam Brunsvold, an IVCF worker at the U. of Pitts. and Carnegie-Mellon U., who at age 36, was tragically killed (1996) by an unknown assailant as he was returning home about midnight following a meeting. Police reported that he died of a gunshot wound to the head. His wallet, watch and car were not taken. Robert Voss, Pittsburgh ASA local-section initiator, notes that Sam helped organize an ASA meeting at the New Hope Christian Community Church near the two campuses, in April of 1995, to promote interest in local section development.

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Roger C. Burgus of Tulsa, Oklahoma passed away June 3, 1995. He was a biochemist.

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Maurice Burns was a teacher and administrator at Indiana Wesleyan U. for 32 years. He suffered a heart attack at home and died in early Oct 1994, at age 70, six days before the university science hall was dedicated in his honor. IWU president James Barnes, once a student of Burns recounted the huge, fatherly impact Burns had made on him. Burns earned his Ph.D. in microbiology from Kansas State U. and was instrumental in establishing a campus television station, WIWU. He had retired in August 1994. Before IWU, he was academic dean at Central Wesleyan U. in South Carolina and then also at IWU from 1962 to 1982.

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L. Russ Bush NC After a two-year battle with cancer, L. Russ Bush III, noted philosopher, apologist, author, professor, pastor and friend of Southern Baptists, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday evening January 22. Bush, who was born in 1944, spent his life serving the church, the Southern Baptist Convention and the greater evangelical community in a number of capacities. He served most recently at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., as the Director of the L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture and as Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Religion. His time at Southeastern marked a turning point in the leadership of the institution, and his contributions to the academic environment of Southeastern will continue on. When he first began at Southeastern, during the presidency of Lewis A. Drummond, Bush was one of the few conservative voices at the institution. Due in large part to his direction of the faculty, Southeastern was able to band together for the cause of reclaiming a sound theological heritage.

Bush wrote The Advancement: Keeping the Faith in an Evolutionary Age (Broadman & Holman, 2003) .

In 1980, at the beginning of the "conservative resurgence" in the Southern Baptist Convention, Bush and (fellow professor at the time) Tom Nettles wrote Baptists and the Bible, a book which called for the return to Biblical inerrancy as a core belief of the denomination. "Russ Bush was a champion and faithful warrior for the cause of Christ and the Gospel," said Daniel Akin, president of Southeastern. "His work Baptists and the Bible was a landmark in the battle for the Bible that engulfed our denomination. Its impact is still being felt today." "Their book was timely, urgent, controversial and filled with ample documentation," said Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. "It changed history - quite literally".

At the time of Bush's appointment as academic vice president and Dean of the Faculty at Southeastern, Paige Patterson, current president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, said Southeastern "was undergoing a metamorphosis as it returned to the faith of its fathers." "Bush accepted the responsibility ...even though the entire faculty voted against the appointment," Patterson said. "It was one of the most incredibly difficult times anyone could have ever gone through. He was cursed ... and accosted ... By the time I arrived at Southeastern some years later, I discovered that he had won over the hearts even of those who were his bitterest enemies." David Dockery, president of Union University in Jackson, Tenn., said, "No one will ever fully know all that Russ Bush did to keep the doors of Southeastern Seminary open during the turbulent years of transition in the late 1980s and the early 1990s."

In more recent times, Bush's guidance was instrumental in developing the Center for Faith and Culture, an initiative to connect culture and the church by being an example of a redeemed community. The Center was named for Bush during its creation in 2006, because he "embodies the vision of, and models the ministry of, this Center." In October of 2007, Bush and the Center brought together the culture and the church as Southeastern hosted a conference on "C.S. Lewis: The Man and His Works." This spring, the Center will be hosting the Carver-Barnes lectures featuring John Lennox, a world-renowned mathematician and philosopher, chaplain at Green College Oxford, member of the Trinity Forum and Senior Fellow of the Whitefield Institute in Oxford.

"Russ Bush was my teacher, colleague and friend. He was a man of absolute integrity and a consistent witness to the Christ he loved so dearly" Akin said. "My love and respect for him goes beyond words. I will miss him, but I rejoice knowing I will see him again in glory." Bush is survived by his wife of 39 years, Cynthia Ellen McGraw Bush, and two children, Joshua Russell and Bethany Charis.

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Fred Busker of Lansing, Illinois, died on 9 Jan 1992. The ASA office was notified by his widow, Mrs. Dena Busker, but has no other information about Fred, other than that he was an emeritus member of ASA for years.

James Oliver Buswell, Jr., died February 3, 1977, in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, at the age of 82. He had served as the third president of Wheaton College from 1926 to 1940, then taught at Faith Theological Seminary and served as president of Shelton College for 16 years and as dean of Covenant Theological Seminary for 14 years. In addition to an A.B. from Minnesota, B.D. from McCormick, M.A. from the U. of Chicago, and Ph.D. from NYU, he held three honorary doctorates. His best known book, Systematic Theology of the Christian Religion (Zondervan,..1964), is something of a monument to his personal integration of scholarship and devotion to Jesus Christ. He was a Fellow of the ASA, having become a member early in our Affiliation's history. He was a staunch defender of the faith but also a warm and delightful person. (I probably recall every exchange of views I ever had with Dr. Buswell, because in both intellect and spirit he was such a powerffil person. After one public exchange he asked me to meet him for breakfast, no doubt to straighten me out on some doctrinal points. 'When I arrived I found him reading--in Greek--one of the classical philosophers, so our conversation began with the most animated critique of that author's ideas. My arguments then received the same intense scrutiny. Later, his son Jame 0. Buswell III quoted his father's reaction to our breakfast conversation:
"He's wrong, of course, but that young fellow really loves the Lord." (Somehow, I felt I had come off better than at least one ancient Greek philosopher--Ed.) Besides son Jim, now on the ASA Executive Council, Dr. Buswell is survived by his wife Helen, two daughters, and another son.

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Stephen W. Calhoon, was executive director of the Institute for Chronology, Inc., of Columbus, Ohio, established in 1970. The senior Calhoon  worked on revision of radiocarbon dating in connection with correlations of Old Testament chronology. Martin and Faye Labar

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Stephen W. Calhoon Jr.  B.S., Houghton College; M.S., The Ohio State University; Ph.D., The Ohio State University; Sc.D. (honorary), Houghton College.  (He was a chemistry professor at Houghton College, and while there, he served as Book Review Editor for the previous incarnation of the PSCF. He left Houghton to take up the position of Academic Dean at Southern Wesleyan University, Central, SC serving from 1978-1993. He had taught there for a year while on sabbatical from Houghton. He was active in the Western New York section of the ASA.  Calhoon died some time in 2009, in Tennessee, where he was living near his son, Kevin, and, his wife, Lou Ann. Martin and Faye Labar

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O. Norman Carlson, professor of metallurgy at Iowa State University, Ames, died at 72 years on Friday 10 Sep 1993. Former Newsletter editor Walter Hearn, who was also a professor at ISU, thinks he might have recruited Norm into the ASA. Carlson was internationally known for his work on high-purity metals (especially vanadium), phase equilibria and mass transport in solids, having published more than 120 papers, two books and chapters of others - another full and productive scientific career. A native of rural Mitchell, South Dakota (home of the Corn Palace), he got his bachelor's degree at nearby Yankton College in 1943 and his doctorate in chemistry at ISU in 1950. What brought Norm to ISU was the Manhattan Project (1943-1945), which Norm reflected on in an Ames Laboratory newsletter interview in 1984: "The lab was an exciting place to be in the early years, particularly for a young scientist. The morale was high; it was an important and exciting mission. We were on the forefront of a new and rapidly developing field. Nuclear engineering was a `fair-haired boy' and it was prestigious to work in the field." During a forum on Hiroshima a year later, Norm said he "believed the time will come when we will see that nuclear energy can be a blessing to mankind." No sooner had he graduated at ISU than Norm joined the chemistry faculty, only to be appointed chairman of the newly formed Department of Metallurgy. Later in 1961, he was made chief of the metallurgy division of Ames Laboratory, where he continued his work after retirement in 1987. A colleague, Jack Smith, said some kind words about Norm: "He was just a very fine individual, very conscientious about his work. He stayed at it. ... He was the kind of guy that was easy to get along with. He was well-liked." Besides membership in societies in his field, Norm was yet another Sigma Xi member and was involved in community service. A long-time member of the Bethesda Lutheran Church, he served on the Foundation Board of University Lutheran and was also on the Board of Regents of Waldorf College. Virginia Carlson, Walt Hearn

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Ben Michael Carter (1949-2005) of Irving, TX, died June 5, 2005 at age 55 of a heart attack. He was born December 31, 1949 in Dallas, TX and was baptized in the Christian faith March 13, 1960. He was the beloved husband of Salma Carunia Carter of lrving. He was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and received masters degrees in theology from Wheaton University and the University of Aberdeen. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh. He was widely traveled and spent two one year tours as a missionary in China. He has written five books as well as numerous articles, poem reviews and newspaper columns. He was employed through the Dallas/Ft. Worth Hospital Council. He was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Irving, TX. He served in the US Army in Korea and Panama. He was a member of The American Scientific Affiliation, the Evangelical Theological Society and the Irving Chapter of the Texas Poetry Society. He is survived by his loving wife of 25 years; brother James Patrick Carter and wife Terry Ann Carter, Cuyahoga Falls, OH and parents Hilda and Ben Carter, Irving, TX.

His doctorate from the U. of Edinburgh was in Christianity in the non-Western World, and he served in short-term missions in Puerto Rico and China. He wrote four theology books, a novel and numerous magazine, journal and newspaper articles. In addition to ASA, he was a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Texas Poetry Society. Shortly before his death, he wrote to his wife: Vows may bend and hearts may break And dreams may fade away, Tears may drop like autumn leaves, But GOD will always stay.

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J. Frank Cassel (1916 - 2004)  Frank was born on July 9, 1916 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He received his BA in 1938 from Wheaton 
College (Wheaton, IL), his Master’s in 1941 from Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), and his PhD in 1952 from the University of Colorado 
(Boulder). He spent 4 years in the U.S. Army during the Second World War, including 2 years in the Southwest Pacific. Prior to joining 
North Dakota Agricultural College in 1950 as an Assistant Professor of Zoology, he was an Instructor and Assistant Professor of Zoology 
at Colorado State University from 1946-1950. 

In 1953 he was promoted to Associate Professor and became the Chairman of the Zoology Department. In 1961 he was promoted to 
Professor and remained as Chair, but took an one year leave in 1963-1964 to become a National Science Foundation senior faculty fellow 
at Harvard University. He continued as Chair of the Department from 1968-1977, when he stepped down. Shortly after his retirement in 
1982, he was named Professor Emeritus after 32 year tenure at NDSU.

His research interests were varied, but focused birds and mammals. He studies waterfowl nesting along North Dakota highways and 
railroads, duck production in the Turtle Mountains, and feeding habits of blackbirds. He also led students on many an early morning 
expedition in search of feathered fowl. He had numerous professional memberships, including the Society for the Study of Evolution, 
American Scientific Affiliation, American Institute of Biological Sciences, American Ornithologists Union, North Dakota Academy of 
Science, Sigma Xi, and the Wildlife Society. After retirement he moved back to Colorado and was a visiting professor of biology at the 
U.S. Air Force Academy. He died on July 4, 2004 at the age of 87 in Colorado Springs, CO. He was married to Elizabeth and they had 
four children. (NDSU archives)

Frank joined the ASA about 1949 and became a guiding force in the development of the organization joining in the planning of numerous 
Annual Meetings. He was elected to the ASA Council in  1960 and served as President in 1963. He participated in a conference 
with our British counterpart at Oxford in 1965, providing a report on the status of Evolution in the UK for JASA. He had joined Larry Culp, 
Russ Mixter, Walt Hearn and other PhDs of the Early 50s to openly discuss evolution which led to the publication Darwin Centennial 
volume, Evolution and Christian Thought Today (1959). Ahead of his times, he became increasingly frustrated with the willingness of  his 
ASA colleagues to come to grips with evolution.

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Less than two months short of his 92nd birthday, John T. Chappell died on 26 October 1982 in a hospital in Taiwan. He had been ill for some months with what was eventually diagnosed as stomach cancer. During the two weeks he spent in the hospital, students, staff, and faculty of Sheng-te Christian College in Chungli were at his side constantly. John was the founder and president of Sheng-te College and a very beloved professor there. He had received a B.S. from Guilford College in 1913 and an M.A. and Ph.D. in chemistry from Johns Hopkins in 1923 and 1927, and was a long-time member of ASA. On 18 October John went into a coma after talking of heaven and of being reunited with his wife, who had preceded him in death. He never came out of the coma. The funeral service was held on 7 November in the college auditorium. John was buried next to his wife's grave on the school campus. Professors Lee Hur and Grace Lee are trying to carry on the work of the college. Lee spent every night in the hospital outside John's room in the Intensive Care Unit, after attending him in his room several nights before he went into the coma. "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints" (Psalm 116:15).

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Howard H. Claassen died Dec. 27, 2010, at age 92. He grew up in Hillsboro, KS, and earned his BA at Bethel College in Newton, KS. He earned a PhD in physics at the U. of Oklahoma and had a post-doctoral appointment at Ohio State U. In 1952 he and his family moved to Wheaton, IL, where he was a professor at Wheaton College until retiring in 1980. He also worked at the Argonne National Laboratory and Hebrew U. in Jerusalem as a Guggenheim Fellow, specializing in Raman spectroscopy. In 1964 he and two Argonne colleagues were awarded the Rosenberger Medal for work leading to the preparation of the first stable compound of xenon, which had previously been considered inert. 

While at Wheaton he established the Human Needs and Global Resources (HNGR) program, which sends students for six-month internships to developing countries. He introduced a number of students to ASA and nominated ASA Executive Director Randy Isaac for Fellow. 

In 1989 he and his wife moved to Tacoma, WA, and he helped Habitat for Humanity for ten years with his carpentry and plumbing skills. He single-handedly built a solar home in the mountains near Ashland, OR. He was very active in church choirs, contributing his rich baritone voice, often as a soloist. He is survived by his wife, Esther, 3 children, 5 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren. 

Jerry G. Coble of Tullahoma, Tennessee, died suddenly on November 26, 1972. lie had been a member of ASA only since February 1972. He received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the U. of Missouri, Rolla, in 1966, and an M.S. in aeronautical engineering from the U. of Tennessee Space Institute in 1971. At the time of his death he was employed as a research assistant at the Space Institute. He had several publications on the aerodynamics of glide vehicles and was a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics as well as the AAAS and ASA. He was a member of the Bel Aire Church of Christ of Tullahoma, where he was active in teaching and personal work.

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Irving A. Cowperthwaite 1904-1999 (picture 1947) by F. Alton Everest, one of of the five founders

One of the original five ASAers has passed on to his reward. Irving Cowperthwaite died of cancer on May 27, 1999 at age 94. Irving was formerly the chief engineer at Thompson Steel Co. in Mattapan, MA. Born in Worcester, Irving earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry at MIT and doctorate ant Columbia U. He taught chemistry at Columbia from 1930-37, then joined Thompson Steel. He retired in 1969. It is with sorrow and with great respect that we note that Irving Cowperthwaite is dead but it is with joy that he is now with the Lord he loved and served. Irving was one of the five who met in 1941 and organized the American Scientific Affiliation. While the attention of the nation was on war and preparation for war, this tiny band, each in some branch of science, had aspirations of helping the local church to understand the new language of science and especially to help young people meet the spiritual challenges to their faith that science seemed to be making. Some of the first five fell by the wayside very soon. Irving was one who faithfully took up his responsibility and became an important early member of the ASA. He served as Secretary/Treasurer for the years 1942 and 1943, and was on the Executive Council, which directed all ASA affairs for those very formative years. He was faithful in contributing to and attending all the early conventions. Irving received the BS degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in chemistry in 1926. About that time Prof. D.A. MacInnes left MIT for Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research and he took Cowperthwaite with him. For the next four years Irving was a research chemist at Rockefeller Institute in New York City while pursuing a full graduate Ph.D. program at Columbia University. In 1937 Irving left Columbia University to become Chief Engineer and Metallurgist at Thompson Wire Company in Boston. He retired from Thompson in 1969 with an impressive list of scientific papers to his credit. Irving married Fae Irene Poore, a graduate student at Teachers College, in 1931 whom he had met at Calvary Baptist Church of New York City. An interesting twist: Will H. Houghton was pastor of Calvary at that time. It was in Dr. Houghton's Board Room at Moody Bible Institute that ASA "first saw the light of day."

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James H. Crawford of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, died suddenly of a heart attack in October 1984. We're sorry that the Newsletter has little information about him, except that he was trained in chemistry. (We learned of Jim's death from Larry Martin of Carrboro, North Carolina, who had been in a Bible study with him just a week before.)

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Physics and engineering professor at Seattle Pacific U., James H. Crichton discovered a mass in his abdomen while at ASA99 last year, diagnosed as a metastatic melanoma. He died on Dec. 18, 1999 at age 62. He grew up in Seattle, where SPU physics prof. Roger Anderson was his childhood friend. He earned is physics doctorate at U.C. Berkeley. Known from childhood as unusually bright, Crichton disproved a long- held opinion regarding quantum physics and "phase shifts"- a view known as Crichton ambiguity. Jim was also into classical music, baseball, and mountain climbing, having climbed 180 of them. And he did not shy away from sci/Xny issues. "He was truly a spiritual inspiration to me," said Anderson. "He faced hard questions continuously."; * Jay Hollman

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John Cruzan joined ASA in 1965, the year he graduated from King's C., Briarcliff Manor, NY. After earning his Ph.D. in zoology, he joined the faculty at Geneva C., where he taught biology, ecology and environmental science. His most recent research involved developing techniques for surveying nocturnal mammalian predator/scavengers in the Mojave Desert. He was exploring a procedure to collect hairs from nocturnal animals, extract DNA from hair follicle cells and identify individual animals by DNA fingerprinting. He died of cancer July 28. His memorial service was July 31 at Chippewa Evangelical Free Church.

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Robert W. Cunningham of Bolivar, OH died June 15, 1996. Robert was a full member and had a Ph.D. in physics.

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Arthur C. Custance of Brockville, Ontario, died on 22 October 1985. Arthur had not been a member for many years, but he attended Annual Meetings when he was just beginning to self-publish his long series of Doorway Papers. (Yes, our old copy of his Paper No. 3 dated "Ottawa, 1957" lists him as an ASA member on the title page.-Ed.) Those papers were eventually collected in a massive multivolume hardcover series by Zondervan, still in print. His last four books were Sovereignty of Grace, Seed of the Woman, Journey Out of Time, and Two Men Called Adam. Although his writings demonstrated great breadth of scholarship, he regarded himself primarily as an orientalist and anthropologist. Some years ago he visited the Kirklands in Bethesda; his secretary, Evelyn White, sent Glenn a copy of the program from the October 27 memorial service. It included a passage from Journey Out of Time in which Arthur anticipated his meeting with the Lord as "a day of rejoicing." (Thanks to Glenn Kirkland for passing the word on to us.-Ed.)

ASA Fellow Paul C. Davis of Stanwood, Washington, died 1990.

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John I Deckard, Grand Rapids MI

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Robert Frank DeHaan entered the Lord's presence Jan. 29, 2005 at age 79 in Grand Rapids, MI. After graduating from Calvin C. and earning a Ph.D. from the Committee on Human Development of the U. of Chicago, he pursued a lifelong career in education. He directed the Gifted Child Project in Quincy, IL, for several years. In 1955, he organized the Psychology Department at Hope C., Holland, MI. While there, he initiated an Urban Semester Program for students from the Great Lakes Consortium to study in Philadelphia, PA. In 1968 he moved to Philadelphia to direct that program. He later set up a Masters in Social Work program at Lincoln U., directing it until his retirement. DeHaan authored several books and wrote a column for The Banner for many years. He gave several papers on the subject at the ASA. Most recently he wrote Into the Shadows: a Journey of Faith and Love into Alzheimer's, an intimate account of his experience with his wife Roberta's struggle with that disease. His obituary in the Grand Rapids Press says: He was a man of surpassing kindness, compassion and courage. He was unfailing in his love and solicitude for Roberta, and as the darkness of Alzheimer's disease overtook her, he loved and cared for her even more. Steadfast, he bore without complaint a life of increasing difficulty. A talented artist and woodworker, he carved busts of his children and other family members and made furniture and other items. He was known as a man of surpassing kindness, compassion and courage. Anne Deckard and Jim Ruark

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Timothy A. Deibler  of Cypress, TX, died Feb. 24, 2011, at age 59. He wasborn June 28, 1951, in Philadelphia,PA. He received his ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary and his PhDfrom Rice University. After serving inthe pastorate, Tim focused his teachingskills on the academic community as a university instructor and a teacher and administrator in classical and Christian schools. Deibler’s professional life, his participation in the local church, and his commitment to his wife and family all reflected his devotion to his Lord. Deibler’s wife Carolyn recalls, “Sadly in January 2011 my husband had to go to the emergency room. He was admitted, had three surgeries, and after 6 weeks in ICU, he died.” He was buried on the couple’s 34th wedding anniversary.

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Dr. Paul DeKoning. 1949.

Biologist Tom Dent of Brunswick, OH died of cancer July 12 1994. He will be missed, not only by his wife, Beverly, but by the Pittsburgh ASA local section. He was professor of biology at Gordon College MA for many years, specializing in botany. Tom was known for nurturing students and his exhaustive knowledge of Maple leaves.  He is remembered by the ASA staff for helping to move the office equipment from then Exective Director Bob Herrmann's home up a very long flight od stairs to the new ASA office on Market St., Ipswich.

 

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Charles Dinwiddle Stores of Cocoa Beach, Florida, died of cancer on 4 July 1985 at the age of 79. "Din" was a chemical patent attorney who retired from Exxon Corporation after writing some 300 patents issued to Exxon inventors. He had a B.S. from Roanoke College and L.L.B. from LaSalle Extension University, was a member of the bar of Virginia and the District of Columbia, of the U.S. Patent Office, and of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church of Cocoa Beach, where he also taught a men's Sunday school class. He was an avid reader of JASA. (Our thanks to retired chemistry teacher Edgar Bloom of Cocoa Beach, who notified the Ipswich office. Edgar added that it was Stores who first told him about ASA.-Ed.)

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Howard John Doane J. Lee Hoffer of Chapel Hill checked with a records office at North Carolina State University and was told that Mr. Doane had been shot to death on June 18, 1969. C. T. Youngberg, visiting professor of Forest Soils at N. C. S. U., learned from the Department of Plant Pathology that Mr. Doane had committed suicide in his laboratory. The most complete report came from Don W. De Jong, research chemist at the Oxford, N. C., Research Station of the Agricultural Research Service of U. S. D. A. According to Don, Mr. Doane shot himself to death, along with a technician who worked in the same department. The double tragedy occurred less than a month before Mr. Doane was to have taken his final examination for the Ph.D. The police investigated thoroughly but no motive was uncovered for either the suicide or the murder, and all circumstances surrounding the entire case remain shrouded in mystery. Mr. Doane had been active in the Raleigh Youth For Christ at one time.

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Paul D. Drechsel passed away December 8, 2009, in Gainesville, GA, at age 84. He earned a BS in chemistry from Rutgers and a PhD in physical chemistry from Cornell. He was a research chemist for Hercules, Inc., for 35 years, researching physical properties of polymers as related to molecular structure and morphology. He held membership in Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, the American Chemical Society, and the ASA. In addition to responsibilities as deacon and elder, he was involved with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Rockdale (GA) County Historical Society, Asheville-Buncombe County Christian Ministries, and the Elachee Science Center. He sang tenor in the Raleigh Oratorio Society, numerous church choirs, and the Barbershoppers, as well as playing violin and viola in string quartets.

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David Dye of Mercer Island, WA, went to be with the Lord on Feb. 1, 2006, at age 80. He earned his undergraduate degree as well as his Ph.D. from the University of Washington. He was a Boeing scientist all his life as Chief of the Radiation Effects Dept. He spent three years (1955�1958) in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, as head of the physics dept. at a Presbyterian school called Gordon College, and two years at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque (1967�1970)  as a radiation physicist. David wrote one of the first books on science and faith titled Faith and the Physical World: A Comprehensive View (Eerdmans, 1966). He was very active with International Students and InterVarsity and was a member of ASA for over fifty years. David introduced Kenell Touryan to ASA and Ken says he �helped me sharpen my budding ideas on issues of science and faith.� Ken also says that Dave had �a sharp and searching mind which made conversations with him both a pleasure and a real learning experience.� David is survived by his wife Bernice.

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Donald H. Ebeling, Newton NC. d.2001

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Delbert N. Eggenberger of Downers Grove, Illinois, died on January 29, 1982. A note from his wife Hazel says that Del "suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage on Sunday morning, January 24, had surgery, and went into a deep coma until the Lord took him home."

Del had worked as a physicist at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois, for the past twenty years, working right up to January 22. He graduated from Illinois State Normal U. in 1935 and obtained his M.S. in physics at Illinois Institute of Technology in 1947. At the time he joined ASA he was employed as a research chemist at Armour and Company in Chicago. His first scientific publications were a series of papers in J. Am. Chem. Soc. on electrical conductivities and other properties of aqueous solutions of quaternary ammonium salts of fatty acids-hot new detergents in those days. Del also began publishing reviews of significant developments in physics in JASA. "Garnow's Theory of Element Building" appeared in the sixth issue of JASA (Vol. 2, No. 3, Sept 1950) and "Methods of Dating the Earth and the Universe" in the eighth issue (Vol. 3, No. 1, Mar 1951). With the tenth issue (Vol. 3, No. 3, Sept 1951), he became editor of JASA, replacing the first editor, Marion D. Barnes. Eggenberger continued in that post through Vol. 13 (1961), then served as associate editor under David 0. Moberg and then under Russell L. Mixter (through 1968) until Richard H. Bube became editor. During Delbert Eggenberger's ten-year tenure as editor, our Journal grew from a rather primitively-stapled mimeographed format into a distinguished printed publication. Del also served on the ASA Executive Council in the years 1952-56. Many of us old-timers knew Del Eggenberger as a sof tspoken but effective servant of Jesus Christ and of our Affiliation. We will miss him. We pray that Hazel will have God's peace as she adjusts to life without Del, until she and we are reunited with him in the Lord's presence.-Ed.

Willaim C. Eichelberger. Honey Brook PA passed away July 16, 2001, at age 94. He was a National Research Fellow in chemistry at Columbia U. in the 1930s and research assistant for the late Nobel laureate Harold Urey. He retired in 1967 after 32 years with Allied Chemical Co. Eichelberger was an ordained Presbyterian elder and helped found Faith Heritage Christian School in Syracuse. We think he joined ASA in 1950 or earlier (materials were lost in a 1979 fire at the Elgin office). His other memberships included Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, ACS, AAAS and Christian Business Men 's Committee. He and Esther Dorr Eichelberger were married 66 years. Margaret E. Burns, his sister

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The ASA office received notice on June 6, 2000 that H. Neil Elsheimer died. Neil was a chemist from Bend, Oregon.

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We were notified in October by Mrs. Margaret B. Ernst that her husband, Runyon G. Ernst, had passed away. Runyon, who lived in Woodbridge, New Jersey, had a C.U. degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.S. in chemistry from Rutgers.

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George W. Evans of Monona, Wisconsin, adjacent to Madison, died on 18 Nov 1992 at the age of 66. Born in Chicago, he grew up in Madison, and during WWII served as a radar man on a Navy mine sweeper in the Pacific. After the war he earned a B.A. in philosophy at the U. of Wisconsin and started working for the Oscar Mayer meat-packing company, where he was a research technician until 1973. For the next seven years he worked on the Biotrin Project and for the Dept of Agricultural Engineering and Bacteriology at U.W. From 1980 to his retirement, George worked for the Internal Revenue Service. He was a long-time member of ASA and active in the Bethany Evangelical Free Church of Madison. He is survived by his wife, Virginia, three sons, two daughters, a number of grandchildren, and a brother. (Along with our prayers for "Jinny" Evans go our thanks for sending an obituary notice from the Madison newspaper. -Ed.)

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"We Looked Up to Alton Everest" Alton Everest Dies at Age 95

Everest was an appropriate name. For F. Alton Everest (1909-2005) was as towering and rock solid as the mount that shares his surname. The 6'2" Everest spent 95 very productive years on earth before passing away on September 3. He was the last survivor of the five founders of ASA.

Glimpses of a Full Life

In what his son Dan calls "part of his own systematic, thorough preparation of his affairs," Alton summarized highlights of his professional life (slightly edited): He taught Electrical Engineering at Oregon State U. 1936 - 1945. He was Senior Lecturer in Communications at Hong Kong Baptist College 1970 - 1973. Still teaching, but in less formal situations, he helped produce documentary science films at Moody Institute of Science (MIS) from 1945 - 1970. He authored seven books on acoustics written for the nonspecialist and published by Tab-McGraw Hill. He also wrote and privately produced the audio-visual training courses, Critical Listening and Auditory Perception.

During World War II, he served at the U. of California Division of War Research in San Diego. As Chief of the Listening Section, he studied transmissions of sound in the sea, ambient noises in the sea, making sonar much more useful. (Ed. Note: He and colleagues traced a mysterious background noise to the activity of millions of "snapping shrimp".)

As an acoustical consultant (1973 - 1988), he designed radio and recording studios in the U.S. and 16 foreign countries; provided acoustical correction of churches, auditoriums, and civic spaces; and worked with architects on new construction. He was an Emeritus Member of the Acoustical Society, a Life Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a Life Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, a member of the Audio Engineering Society, and cofounder and past president of ASA. See also: http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/2005/PSCF12-05Hearn.pdf and The American Scientific Affiliation: Its Growth and Early Development, F. Alton Everest , 1986, 2010 ASA Press (available from the ASA office)

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Edwin Fast, Idaho Falls, ID. 7-2-1914 to 10-7-2004 He was a nuclear physicist at Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory until his 1993 retirement, taking time out to teach at Missouri Baptist C. during the 1973-74 school year. He was a charter member of the Idaho Academy of Science and joined ASA in 1954. Idaho Academy of Science executive director Philip A. Anderson recalls that when the academy first established a website, in 1994 or 1995, Ed told me his name was missing from the list of charter members. I told him that we would correct that omission ... But just to make sure, the following day Ed showed me the check with which he paid his IAS dues as a charter member - not just a copy of the check, but the original processed check that he still had in his possession from 1958. That speaks volumes about what an "organized" person he was. Fast often led Bible studies at the lab during his lunch hour. He was a member and deacon of Calvary Baptist Church in Idaho Falls, where he led music, taught Sunday school, and held various leadership roles. Philip A. Anderson, Executive Director, Idaho Academy of Science; Kirk Casey of Calvary Baptist Church and Margaret Shinnyhorn, Fast's daughter.

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George H. Fielding, chemist, Fort Belvoir, VA. George retired from the U.S. Naval Research Lab in the early 1980s. He received his BA (1931) and MA (1936) in chemistry from UCLA and was honored as a 50-year member of the American Chemical Society. George was voted a Fellow of ASA in 1959. He was active in arranging local ASA section meetings in the Washington, DC/Baltimore area.

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Chuck Flynn died quietly in his condo on Oct. 28, 1994, while resting after dinner. Chuck published his annual Flynn Frizzer at Christmas time, and word of his death came in the final issue (vol. 8), written by brother Geoff, whose cover letter offers some insight into Chuck's personality: "While the loss of Chuck is difficult to accept it is comforting to know that he is now with our Lord, dancing and running and I'm sure also exchanging puns." Chuck worked as a chemist at the U.S. Bureau of Mines' Research Center in Reno, Nevada, and his fellow employees put together a retirement party for him, including a ballad that two coworkers wrote. The reader might be indulged for a verse or two that provides some insight into Chuck's delightful character (sung to the tune of the Beverly Hillbillies' song):

Come and listen to a story `bout a man named Flynn

top-notched chemist, and awarm-hearted friend

He's a scholar and a Christian

And he's always got a pun

Well, here's to you Chuck, it's beengreat fun!

Rahr, that is...fight the fat...entropy

If you ask about his hobbies, we'd say he's had a few

When it comes to classic music, composer birthdays what he knew

His computer's been abuzzin'

Cause Chuck's on his way to be a Mathcad hero!

Chuck, that is...Dr. Flynn...we'll miss him.

(from The Ballad of Chuck Flynn, written by Debbie Bluemer and Sandy McGill, USBM)

Geoff recounts one of his favorite stories about Chuck in the final Frizzer. In high school, Chuck entered and won first prize in a science contest, which was a four-year scholarship to Caltech. The awards ceremony was held in the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, where Chuck was awarded the prize by Werner Von Braun. As part of the offering, he was allowed to ask Von Braun a question. Geoff recounts: "Our parents were quietly praying in the audience that Chuck would keep quiet. But you know Chuck. He did in fact ask a question which resulted in a period of silence from Dr. Von Braun. Our parents thought Chuck's question must have been extremely basic and Dr. Von Braun was trying to think of a nice way to respond without embarrassing Chuck. Dr. Von Braun's response indicated that the auditorium was filled with many noted scientists and that only a handful probably even understood the question and maybe only three knew the answer! He then proceeded to answer Chuck's question. Needless to say we never doubted Chuck's brilliance after that." During the funeral service, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was played, and afterwards "we gathered to share stories and of course pizza and soda. What else would you expect to be served at a party to honor Chuck?"

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Long-time ASA member Gerard Fridsma, a mechanical engineer from Grand Rapids, Michigan, ended a nine-month battle with cancer Friday, March 31, 1995, at age 58 years. Jerry was born and educated in New Jersey and employed as a research engineer in experimental hydrodynamics for 38 years, working on designs of landing craft, submarines and sailboats. Joan Fridsma

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Robert C. Frost of Escondido, California, an internationally known lay minister and teacher, died on 15 Sept 1992 at age 66. While speaking at a charismatic conference in Brighton, England, last December, he developed a hoarseness which was soon traced to a thyroid malignancy. After chemotherapy the cancer subsided, then came back beyond medical control. Many around the world who loved Bob prayed for the Frosts through it all. Brom in Vancouver, Washington, Bob graduated from Reed College in Oregon, earned an M.A. and Ph.D. (1952) in biology at Rice, stayed on in Houston to teach anatomy at Baylor College of Medicine. He later taught biology at Evangel College in Missouri, Westmont and Southern California colleges in California, and Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma, where he chaired ORU's Dept of Natural Sciences. In 1970 he resigned to take up full-time writing and speaking. For several years he also taught at Melodyland School of Theology in Anaheim, California. Bob contributed articles to a number of periodicals and was a contributing editor to New Covenant, a Catholic charismatic magazine. He wrote about the "Spirit-filled life" in a series of books from Bridge Publishing, Inc. (formerly Logos), Plainfield, New Jersey. Aglow with the Spirit (1971) was followed by Overflowing Life and Set My Spirit Free (1973), The Mystery of Life (1975), and Our Heavenly Father (1978). Inspired by Jesus' words in John 4:34, Bob finished revising Our Heavenly Father the week before his death. As his breathing became more difficult, he and his wife Ruth, a nurse, were sustained by Psalm 116. Besides Ruth, Bob is survived by four grown children and six grandchildren. He was a Fellow of ASA and active in Cathedral of the Valley Church, where gifts may be sent to the Robert C. Frost Memorial Fund, 927 Idaho Ave., Escondido, CA 92025. (As young profs at Baylor Med in the '50s, the two of us spent many lunch hours in his lab or in mine praying or studying the Bible together, sometimes with students. I've never had a more "whole-hearted" Christian colleague. -Ed.)

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James E. Gaughan of Escondido, CA died recently at age 72. He was a physics graduate of U, of MI and USC, and got an M.Div. from Westminster Theological Seminary in CA. James specialized in materials and worked as an aerospace non-metallic materials and processing engineer, with expertise in elastomers (synthetic rubber). He did some research into the history of "Creation Research" James joined ASA in 1990.

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One of the most distinguished members of the ASA, Dr. Robert P. Glover, died at his home in Cynwyd, Pa, after an illness of six months. Dr. Glover was one of a three-man team of surgeons who in 1947 and 1948 pioneered in mitral valve heart operations. Later he found a way to slice into the heart near a diseased valve thickened by scar tissue and inserting a tiny rod-like instrument which opened like an umbrella to stretch the valve back to normal. In 1952 they developed the famous "drawstring" techniqu6 to reseal leaking heart valves. Dr. Glover was Assistant clinical professor of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and chief of the department of thoracin and cardiovascular surgery at Presbyterian, St. Christopher's and Fitzgerald-Mercy Hospitals. He was the author of sections on cardiovascular surgery in a number of textbooks and was editor of the book, "Practical Diagnosis of Surgical Heart Disease". His last book will be published posthumously. His parents were medical missionaries in China. Dr. Glover is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son to whom our deepest Christian sympathy is extended.

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Gilbert E. Goheen of Kiln, Mississippi, died in the fall of 1985; on October 21 the ASA office was notified of his death. He had been a member only since February, perhaps after seeing the write-up of the 1984 Annual Meeting in Chem. & Engineering News. Born in 1912, he received a B.S. from Illinois in 1934, and an M.S. (1935) and Ph.D. (1938) from the U. of Iowa, all in chemistry. His specialties were organic and agricultural chemistry, and he eventually retired as assistant director of the Southern Regional Research Center of USDA's Agricultural Research Service in New Orleans. He was the author of 23 publications and patents.

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G. Michael Gonda, a graduate student in philosophy of science at Tufts University passed away a few months ago. Michael's undergraduate degree in biology was obtained from Kenyon College in 1979. He is survived by his wife, Sally, and children, Lucy and Sarah.

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The Mankato office has received word of the death of John Gray (1971), a physician in private practice in Hong Kong. An Englishman, Gray received his M.D. degree from Cambridge University in 1936 and had published several papers on urology. He was a member of the Royal Society of Medicine, International Society of Urology, and International College of Surgeons. He was an Anglican but had served in the Gospel Clinic of Lutheran World Service in Hong Kong and was a consultant surgeon at the Fanlong, Hospital of LWS. On his 1963 application for membership in ASA, John Gray described himself as "a firm believer in the inspiration of the scriptures as the chief guide to a Christian life, and a firm believer also in the necessity for an honest dedication to the scientific approach to medicine."

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William Eugene Hamilton, Jr., Ph.D. (1942- 2012) was born September 14, 1942 and entered into heaven on January 16, 2012, Austin, Texas.

Bill was born in Washington, D. C. to the late W. Eugene Hamilton and E. Arlene Hamilton. He grew up in Wheaton, Illinois and graduated from Wheaton High School. Upon graduation, Bill attended Iowa State University where he received a bachelor's degree. He continued his education at Purdue University where he received a master's and doctorate degree in electrical engineering. Upon graduation, he was commissioned into the U. S. Army Signal Corps and served one tour in the Vietnam War. He achieved the rank of Captain and was honorably discharged.

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Upon leaving the army, Bill accepted an engineering position in Buffalo, New York. During this time he was named to Who's Who in the East. He met his loving wife Linda and they were married on April 28, 1973. Together they raised two sons Brett William and Derek Evan Hamilton. After ten years of marriage, Bill accepted a position with General Motors Research Laboratories in Detroit, Michigan. He and his family relocated to Rochester Hills, Michigan.

Bill retired from General Motors after 25 years of service. During this career he received many distinctions including the McCune Award.

Bill and his wife helped to start Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Rochester, Michigan. This new church met in rented facilities. Bill faithfully arrived early every other Sunday to set up the church for ten years. He served also as an elder.

In 2008, Bill and Linda relocated to Austin, Tex. to live near their adult children and grand-children. They immediately began attending Grace Covenant Church and became members of The Word and the Way Adult Community Class. 

Bill was an avid reader and his interests included politics, computers, travel and history. He was a member of the American Scientific Affiliation and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (I.E.E.E). He was an early member of the talk.origins discussion  group contributing in a civil manner  to a long running debate over science and the validity of  Christian faith. His last entry in ASA Voices on Jan 22, 2011 reported a new round of chemo to be followed by a stem cell treatment. Bill wrote numerous book reviews for PSCF.

Surviving him are his wife Linda (Schoch), sons Dr. Brett W. Hamilton (Kristin), Dr. Derek E. Hamilton, his mother Arlene R. Hamilton and grandchildren Luke and Lily Hamilton. He is preceded in death by his father and his sister Dr. Sharon Hamilton Nolte.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 9 PM Friday, January 20, 2012 at Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, 3125 N. Lamar, Austin, Texas. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at the funeral home chapel at 10:00 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Grace Covenant Church, Austin, Texas or to the Hospice Austin's Christopher House. (Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Rochester, Michigan)

He was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma cancer and bore the illness with dignity and no complaining. Our sincere gratitude to Dr. Debra Dollar, Austin Regional Clinic, Dr. Michael Kasper, Texas Oncology Austin, Dr. Robert Orlowski, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and the staff of Christopher House/ Hospice Austin.

For me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Phil. 1:21

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Allen J. Harder died February 28, 1977, at home in Kansas City, Missouri, at the age of 34. According to his widow, Julia L. Harder, Allen died at the end of a "long but patient struggle to live abundantly in a body increasingly limited by the growth of a brainstem tumor. We praise God for His mercy in allowing Allen to remain at home, relatively free from physical pain, and that Allen is at last with our Lord and Savior." Allen received a B.S. in physics from Wheaton and a Ph.D. in the history and philosophy of science from Indiana University. He had taught at Lycoming College in Pennsylvania before becoming an assistant professor at Iowa State University in Ames. (Our paths crossed briefly before I left ISU in 1972, rejoicing that God had sent Allen as a witness in the philosophy department there. He was an articulate spokesman for Jesus Christ as well as for his own philosophical ideas--Ed.) He had been a member of ASA for about ten years and had contributed reviews and at least one article to the Journal. He was born in Peoria, IL. Besides his wife Julia, he is survived by his parents in Kansas City and a sister in Colorado.

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A. Dorothy Harris of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was a missionary member of ASA since 1954 and a missionary to China since 1939. She received a B.A. in biology from Wheaton College in 1925 and an M.D. from Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1933. When she joined ASA, she was employed by Overseas Missionary Fellowship of the China Inland Mission at the Happy Mount Leprosy Colony, Tanshui, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan. She had been a member of Aldan Union Church, Aldan. Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

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Elmer Hartgerink Born in Michigan 7-29-1917 in Ottawa MI. Chemist. First employed by Miles Laboratories. He has been plant manager of the corn wet milling plant at Granite City, Illinois. In 1991 he was director of Wyckoff Chemical Co. manufacture of important bulk pharmaceuticals in South Haven MI. Died 2-21-2000. at 82.

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R. Laird Harris. (picture 1947, ASA Annual Meeting, Taylor U) Dr. R. Laird Harris passed away Friday, April 25, 2008, in Quarryville, Pa. Harris was a former moderator of the PCA and the Bible Presbyterian Synod. He was also a founding faculty member of Covenant Theological Seminary, where he was a professor and chairman of the Old Testament Department from 1956 until he retired in 1981. Harris was one of the biblical scholars who had strong interests in science-faith question in the early period of the ASA founding. He served on the Convention Committees.

Dr. R. Laird Harris, professor emeritus of Covenant Theological Seminary, put forth the classic long age view. Scripture is "a plain book," he declared. "But, there are places where good men can differ." Dr. Harris rhetorically asked, "Do we take the Bible literally?" He answered his own question by saying, "Yes and No." The Bible is inspired, "but the words are inspired in a context." He continued: "The phrase, 'This is my body', is taken literally by all Roman Catholics. It is not taken literally by Protestants." For theological reasons, he would be opposed to creation in 144 hours if it involves apparent discrepancies with natural revelation. Dr. Laird does not believe that it is theologically consistent with God's nature for Him to have created apparent age in the earth, if the earth is not that old.

He also served as editor of The Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament and a was contributing editor to the Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible. He was contributed articles to the Wycliffe Bible Commentary and the Expositor's Bible, and he served as chairman of the Committee on Bible Translation for the New International Version.

Throughout his life Laird was active in church leadership, serving as chairman of the Fraternal Relations Committee of the Bible Presbyterian Church (BPC) during the late 1950s when discussions began concerning union between the BPC and the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America, General Synod. He remained on the committee through 1965 when that union took place, forming the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod (RPCES). In 1982, the RPCES joined the Presbyterian Church in America. Harris was elected moderator that year for the 10th General Assembly of the PCA.

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H. Harold Hartzler, for many years an active ASA member and professor of physics and astronomy at Mankato State University, Mankato, MN since 1958, died Thursday, 9 Dec 1993, at age 85. "H³," as he was sometimes known in ASA circles, graduated from Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA in 1930, and from Rutgers U., Newark, NJ, in 1934, where he received a doctorate in physics. With post-graduate work at Pennsylvania State U., U. of Michigan, and U. of Arizona, Harold was well-prepared in his long and full career in teaching - first as a professor of mathematics and astronomy and dean of men at Elizabethtown (PA) College from 1935-1937. Then, it was off to Goshen College, where Harold settled in from 1937 to 1958. Besides the ASA, Harold belonged to numerous learned societies involved in mathematics, astronomy, physics, and education, and to various honorary societies, including Sigma Xi. He was the first Executive Secretary of the ASA. His funeral announcement in the Goshen News noted his membership in the ASA and that "He was the only person who attended every one of the 31 national meetings of the American Scientific Affiliation." While unable to attend one of his later meetings in person, Harold "showed up" via the medium of videotape. Harold was the "heart of the ASA  form many years, heading up the ASA office and acting as as peace-maker in contentious times. The Editor, while in Oregon in the early '70s, remembers an OR Local Section Annual Meeting at which Harold, then traveling about the country, gave a lively luncheon talk about relations between the ASA and ICR. Harold was also a member of the Creation Research Society. One of Harold's long-term projects was a study of Amish and Mennonite genealogy and history. Duane Kauffmann 1950 Photo

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After a long period of failing health, Charles Hatfield died at age 73 on Wednesday, 17 Nov 1993. Shortly after being able to come home from the hospital on 22 Jun for two days to celebrate his 50th wedding anniversary with Muriel and family, his health rapidly declined. Chuck received his A.B. in math in 1940 from Georgetown College and Ph.D., also in math, from Cornell U. in 1944. His long teaching career included graduate teaching assistant at U. of Kentucky and Cornell, assistant professor at the U. of Minnesota from 1946-1960; professor and math dept. chairman at the U. of North Dakota, 1960-1964; and chairman and senior professor of mathematics at the U. of Missouri-Rolla until his retirement. Besides developing new courses at the U. of MO in abstract algebra and number theory, he was a most valued advisor and group lecturer. In addition to serving on the board of governors of the Mathematical Association of America (1975-1977), he was a member of the American Mathematical Society and Sigma Xi. He taught Morning Bible Class at First Presbyterian Church and Rolla Bible Church. Chuck was also a member of the board of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and the Institute for Advancement of Christian Studies. Muriel Hatfield, Elving Anderson

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John D. Haynes, American Cyanamid Company Pearl River, New York. This industrial biometrician, a servant of science. Died 2-21-2000 in Nanuet NY. Born 4-11-1919 in PA. US Army 1942-45 enlisting in Buffalo, NY Long term ASA member and leader in the NY Section (1965-2000)

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Russell Heddendorf, professor of sociology at Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA from 1982-2000, died of heart failure on Dec. 24, 2008, at age 78. He taught at Dickinson and Geneva Colleges prior to going to Covenant. His main concentrations in the field were social theory and sociology of religion and he founded the Association of Christians Teaching Sociology (ACTS) in 1976. Russell was particularly concerned with the idea of Christian calling as opposed to career and the conflicts of living in and not of the world. Not long ago he published From Faith to Fun, which deals with the sociological aspects of humor contrasted with the Christian idea of joy. He also wrote Hidden Threads (1994).  Russell was an adjunct professor after he retired and kept very busy in the department up until the end. He loved to travel and visited his daughter who was a missionary in France. He leaves his wife, Harriet, son David, and daughter Ruth Ann.

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Milford F. Henkel of Pierson, Michigan, died on July 12, 1969, in an automobile accident, of which his wife, Julie, was the only survivor. She and their sons Milford, Jr., and Jerry testified in a courageous Christmas letter that God has given them grace, strength, and help in time of need.

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John Hiben of Parsons, Kansas, died in July 1984 at age 59, according to a note from his wife, Marian. Born in Minneapolis, John graduated from Bethel College and did graduate work in psychology at Minnesota and Kansas, earning an M.A. in 1961. At the time of his death he was a clinical psychologist at the Parsons State Hospital and Training Center, and an active participant in the First Baptist Church of Parsons.

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Amyotropic lateral sclerosis ("Lou Gehrig's disease") claimed the life of William H. Hildemann on 8 Sept. 1983 after two years of severe illness. An internationally known authority on the comparative genetics of the immune system, he was a professor of microbiology and immunology at UCLA Medical School in Los Angeles. His immunological work helped lead the way to heart and kidney transplants. Bill Hildemann was born in Los Angeles in 1927. After obtaining his bachelor's degree and an M.S. at USC he served as a First Lieutenant in the First Marine Division during the Korean War. He returned to earn a Ph.D in immunogenetics at Cal Tech, then spent a postdoctoral year in London before joining the UCLA faculty in 1957. He eventually served as chair of the Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology and as director of the UCLA Dental Research Institute. Bill helped to found two international journals and published almost 200 papers in his 26 years at UCLA. An interest in aquatic life began with his Ph.D. work on immune responses in fish. Bill continued to study the phylogeny of the immune response in such organisms as corals and sponges. He had a great love for the South Pacific and at one time served as dean of Hilo College at the U. of Hawaii. Bill's widow, Mrs. Dorothy Hildemann, wrote to us about her husband's lifelong participation in the Lutheran church. A Sunday school teacher for many years, he was also active in the Lutheran Campus Council at UCLA. He and Dorothy met in church and were attending Village Lutheran Church in Westwood. Because Bill had been a jogger, swimmer, and scuba diver, his debilitating disease was a heavy burden to him, she said, "but his faith in God never wavered." Bill Hildemann joined ASA in Aug. 1982, perhaps after one of our readers called his attention to mention of his name in the Jun/Jul issue of the Newsletter. We had quoted a letter he wrote in Science (5 Mar. 1982) on the creation/evolution controversy, and a later letter responding to his. We thought Bill's final rejoinder was superb. In fact we planned to quote it in a story we still haven't found room for, on articulating Christian faith in secular journals. Bill said he did not advocate "mixing religion with science instruction," as charged by his critic. Instead he advocated "teaching concepts of evolution in a manner that avoids unnecessary strife" - in a country where perhaps 40 million people perceive evolution as "antiGod." After quoting Judge Overton's decision in the Arkansas Balanced Treatment case, to the effect that such a perception is mistaken, Bill concluded: "I would add that concepts of creation and evolution are quite compatible if evolution is viewed as a creative process continuing over many millions of years. Individual writers or lecturers could, of course, say much more about divergent beliefs or theories concerning origins, depending on the audience. The integrity of science is not compromised by stating that 'ultimate origins of life and matter are unknown and open to conjecture.' Indeed, evolutionary scientists, among whom I count myself, could well take greater care in separating facts from conjecture."Dorothy Hildemann said that response to Bill's letters in Science was very large, running about 9 to 1 in favor of his stand. She also said that coming issues of Immunology Today, Transplantation; and Developmental & Comparative Immunology would all contain special memorial tributes to her husband.

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Lerner B. Hinshaw of Roseville, CA died Feb. 14, 1999. Lerner was a biologist.

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Charles Hoyle passed away September 7, 2009, in Hattiesburg, MS, at age 60. He earned his BS from Baylor and his MS and PhD from Northwestern University. After employment as a researcher at Armstrong World Industries in Lancaster, PA, he joined the faculty of the University of Southern Mississippi as professor of polymer science and chemistry. He was internationally recognized as a pioneer in the fields of the photochemistry and photophysics of polymers. He published more than 160 refereed papers, cited nearly 2,500 times. In addition to his research skills, he also excelled as a mentor and encourager of his students.

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Medical doctor Peter Hofstra of La Jolla, CA died 7 Mar. 1994. He graduated in pre-med from Calvin C. in 1939 and did his surgical residency in hospitals in New York city. He was also interested in biblical archaeology and creation/evolution.

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Joseph R. Hoover, M.D.,of Fort Wayne, IN, passed away June 2, at age 70. His wife Elizabeth reports, "While he persevered almost 22 years with Parkinson's Disease, the cause of death was related to his heart."

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ASA Honorary member R. Hooykaas, a Dutch historian of science and author of Religion and the Rise of Modern Science, died on Jan. 4, 1994, as reported by Christians in Science in Britain. They say: He was at his best when surrounded by a group of research students in animated discussion. He constantly stressed the need for intellectual humility before the data of both Scripture and the natural world that God has given us, urging us to `sit down before the facts like a little child.' He warned us of the danger of `a fresh idolatry of our minds. This,' he said, `is really the liberal disease, whether it takes the form of orthodoxy or not.' Hooykaas co-taught the Regent C. summer course (Vancouver, BC) on "Christian Faith and Natural Science" with his good friend from across the Channel, the late Donald M. MacKay. --Jack Haas

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Cleveland Hopkins entered the Lord's presence Sept. 7, 2003 at age 93 in Prescott, AZ. After obtaining a B.S. in Engineering, he was recruited for a classified project at MIT, where his team developed the pulse radar technology now used to guide planes into airports worldwide. At the Pentagon, he headed planning for the airborne early warning system, later becoming Head of Operations Analysis Office of the Alaska Air Command, in charge of the Arctic Distant Early Warning radar lines. He served Park Street Church and Derwood (MD) Alliance Church as trustee, and First Baptist Church in Prescott as deacon. His favorite hobby was astronomy, building his own 14" telescope and small observatory. Other hobbies included computers, woodworking, hiking, ham radio and geology. As author, editor, co-author and co-editor, he had a hand in 57 professional publications.

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Henry H. Howell, professor of biology at Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, died on January 4, 1980, at age 66, evidently of a heart attack. He had served as professor of biology at Asbury for 22 years, and although retired in 1979 he was still teaching classes at the time of his death. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, he had received an A.B. at Birmingham-Southern College, an M.S. in biology from Auburn, a B.D. from Asbury Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. from the U. of Alabama. He was a member of a number of scientific societies, especially the American Fisheries and Wildlife Society. He had been president of the Midwest Benthological Society and general secretary of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences. In a memorial service at the Wilmore United Methodist Church, of which he was a member, it was said of Henry Howell that "he was no isolated or insulated or alienated scientist. His love for God's world and nature was always combined with a love for people. He used his love of nature and the creation to get into the hearts of young people." He helped organize the Jessamine County-Wilmore Planning and Zoning Commission, which he chaired for 9 years. Tributes came from county residents who appreciated his efforts to stop pollution of local streams. He was the first Asbury faculty member to receive as a sabbatical grant to study the Jessamine Creek Gorge for recreational and environmental benefits. Henry Howell is survived by his wife Irene, two daughters, two sons, a sister, brother, and one granddaughter. Irene Howell wrote to us, saying that Henry had wanted to attend the 1979 ASA Annual Meeting at Stanford, but had not yet adjusted to the pacemaker he had worn since May 1979. He taught fall quarter and the first four days of winter quarter this year. On January 4, Henry "came home for lunch and was sitting at the table with our son who had just returned from Minneapolis and our missionary daughter who had come home from Liberia for a surprise Christmas visit. I heard our son exclaim 'No! Daddy! "When I got there he was gone." Our sympathy goes to the Howell family, along with appreciation for the account Mrs. Howell sent ASA News. She said "We are so grateful to the Lord that there was no suffering and that he had lived abundantly until his last breath. Now God's grace is proving beautifully sufficient for us."

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John R. Howitt of Toronto died on 31 August 1985, halfway through his 94th year. He was buried on September 4 in Guelph, Ontario, where his parents and siblings were already buried. John received his M.B. in 1915 and his M.D. in 1928, both at the U. of Toronto. He specialized in psychiatry and eventually retired as superintendent of Ontario Hospital in Port Arthur. In addition to membership in various medical societies he was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and of the American Psychiatric Association. A very-long-time member of ASA (later CSCA), he attended almost every Annual Meeting, generally assisted by his nephew, surgeon John Stewart. According to John Howitt's niece Barbara Stewart Ferguson, the few times when "Unc" was physically unable to attend, he listened avidly to her brother's reports of the meetings. John Howitt was a model Christian gentleman of "the old school" but he had a twinkle in his eye and a sparkle in his speech. Born on February 29 in a leap year (1892), John often joked about his missing birthdays, including the one he felt cheated of in 1900. Maybe that's what kept him so young. He was remarkably tolerant of young squirts (like me, for instance-Ed.) who held views sometimes radically different from his own. John was the author (anonymously, because of his government employment) of a pocket-sized 96-page booklet entitled Evolution: "Science Falsely So-called," a compact summary of anti-evolutionary arguments published by the International Christian Crusade (205 Yonge St., Room 31, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M513 11\12; 50 cents per copy, plus postage). Including all editions, over 200,000 copies have been distributed. The 20th edition appeared in 1981. Over the years, as each new editon appeared, John would send the Newsletter editor a copy. I don't know that we ever convinced each other of anything, but I know that I will miss John Howitt.-Wa/t Hearn.

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Charles Hoyle passed away September 7, 2009, in Hattiesburg, MS, at age 60. He earned his BS from Baylor and his MS and PhD from Northwestern University. After employment as a researcher at Armstrong World Industries in Lancaster, PA, he joined the faculty of the University of Southern Mississippi as professor of polymer science and chemistry. He was internationally recognized as a pioneer in the fields of the photochemistry and photophysics of polymers. He published more than 160 refereed papers, cited nearly 2,500 times. In addition to his research skills, he also excelled as a mentor and encourager of his students.

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Charles Hummel, 81, died Aug. 16, 2004 after a long battle with vascular dementia. He had an MIT master's in chemical engineering, a Wheaton master's in theology and an honorary doctorate from Geneva C. After a year at Exxon, he joined InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in 1951, became IVCF's interim director, became president of Barrington C. 1965-1974, and returned to IVCF in 1975 as Director of Faculty Ministries and remained there until his retirement in 1991. He was an avid sailor and belonged to the Barrington Yacht Club for 30 years. His 15 books included The Galileo Connection: Resolving Conflicts between Science and the Bible; The Tyranny of the Urgent and Fire in the Fireplace: Contemporary Charismatic Renewal.

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K. Wiley Jarrell of Bel Air, Maryland. The notice came from daughter-in-law Lorene Jarrell of Taylorsville, North Carolina, with whom Wiley's widow stayed briefly after his death. The Newsletter has little information other than that he had been in ASA for at least 25 years. He had an A.B. in history with work in political science and chemistry, and a B.S. in theology with work in psychology. He was listed in the ASA Directory as a Missionary Member.

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Deryl F. Johnson of Knoxville, TN is no longer with us. Some of us will remember Deryl from his frequent attendance at ASA Annual Meetings. Deryl was a physicist with an interest in the history of science.

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We have been notified by Mrs. Shirley Johnson of Los Gatos, California, that her husband, Duane E. Johnson, died of leukemia on November 29, 1976. Duane, 47, was a research chemist for IBM Corporation. Shortly before his death, company officials came to his room at Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto to present him with a substantial bonus in recognition of his discoveries in electron-beam litography, which make possible the production of finer lines in printed circuits. He had been hospitalized for nearly two months. Duane, a native Iowan and graduate of Iowa State, received his Ph.D. from UCLA. He was active in Calvary Baptist Church of Los Gatos, where his funeral service was held. Besides his widow, he is survived by two sons and a daughter in Los Gatos, a brother in Iowa, and a sister in Nebraska.

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Walter Colin Johnson went to be with the Lord on Feb. 19, 2005 at age 83. Born in England, he graduated from Malvern C. and U. of London Guys Hospital. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and practiced medicine in England for several years. He moved to the U.S. in the 1950s and served on the staffs of several New England hospitals. He was a pioneer in treating depression and was a member of the American Psychiatric Association, the Massachusetts Medical and Dental Society and the Christian Medical and Dental Society. He attended Park Street Church in Boston and later First Congregational Church in Boxford, MA. On a 1982 ASA questionnaire he wrote: We should stress inerrancy not only in matters of faith and practice, but also in science, history, and geography. At the same time, we should not bend science to fit into rigid or preconceived notions of biblical interpretation ... His papers in the Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation included "Only a Machine, or Also a Living Soul?", "Depression: Biological Abnormality or Spiritual Backsliding?", "A Neglected Modality in Psychiatric Treatment: the Mono-amine Oxidase Inhibitor", and "Demon Possession and Mental Illness". Johnson made several missionary trips to South America.

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C. Weldon Jones, biology prof. at Bethel C., passed away Sept. 21, 2003 at age 50 after a brief illness. After obtaining A.B., A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard, he was a teaching fellow at Harvard before joining the Bethel faculty in 1982. He was also a visiting scientist at Mayo Clinic, enabling Bethel students to participate in research projects there. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education named him Minnesota Professor of the Year in 1995. He was listed three times in Who's Who Among America's Teachers. Weldon kept a small poster in his office that read: "Make Them Think." He remarked: "That statement, more than any other, articulates my philosophy as a teacher. I cannot be satisfied with simply providing students with 'the facts' My hope is that I have helped to produce sensitive students who are able to leave college as working biologists with creative and critical minds and who take with them a bit of my love for the field." Weldon experienced seizures several years ago and this summer had brain lesions and partial paralysis. While undergoing treatment, he experienced complications that ultimately led to respiratory failure. Detailed tribute at www.bethel.edu/Special_Events/newsrel/2003articles/09-22-03jones.html.

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We learned some months ago that Charlotte L. Jones of the University of Arizona, Tucson, had terminal cancer. She died on August 29 at the age of 33. Charlotte was born in Lafayette, Indiana, and received her bachelor's degree in biology in 1972 from Purdue, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi. She received her Ph.D. in 1979 from U.S. San Diego, then did postdoctoral work in the Dept. of Cellular, Viral, and Molecular Biology at the U. of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City before moving to Arizona. While at Utah Charlotte contributed her comments, "No Line Between Safe and Dangerous Knowledge," to a symposium on recombinant DNA in the June 1978 JASA (included in the ASA reprint collection, Making Whole Persons: Ethical Issues in Biology & Medicine, edited by Robert L. Herrmann). Charlotte Jones was buried in Peel, Arkansas, where her parents now live. She is survived also by two brothers who live in Portland, Oregon.

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Martin Karsten, a biology professor retired from Calvin College in 1975, died on 19 March 1987 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after years of failing health. He was active in the work of the ASA, attended Annual meetings in 1948, and 1961. The Aug/Sep 1978 Newsletter noted: "I finally hung up my teaching duds last December." Those were well-worn duds! Martin has taught biology for a total of 44 years, over 30 of them at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He "retired" from Calvin in 1975 but stayed on to teach one course per semester for the next two and a half years. The Karstens bought a condominium in nearby Kentwood, which Martin redecorated himself before moving in on April 1. They've also been helping a Vietnamese family sponsored by their church until the father, an M.D., could find employment.

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John E. Katon was chemistry prof. at Miami U., Ohio, where he directed the molecular spectroscopy lab. He died last October 13, 1996 at age 67. John was a former scoutmaster and received its Distinguished Service Award in 1995-and the Outstanding Chemist award in 1979 from the Cincinnati chapter of the American Chemical Society. Ed Yamauchi

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Harold H. Key of Signal Hill, California. No details of his death. Born. in 1914 in Jacksboro, Texas, Harold earned a Ph.D. in andiropology at the U. of Texas. According to ASA records, he spent 20 years with Wycliffe Bible Translators and at last report was a consultant for Evangel Bible Translators. He wrote Bolivian Indian tribes, 2 editions, the first in 1967. He was professor emeritus of anthropology and linguistics at Cal. State University at Long Beach, and a Fellow of ASA.

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Donald E. King passed away unexpectedly on October 14, 1976, from a coronary. Donald was chaplain at Lebanon Community Hospital, Lebanon, Oregon. We learned of his death from La Vernae J. Dick, now the interim chaplain.

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Glenn Kirkland died on Aug. 11 at age 89. Paul Arveson remembers: "Glenn was a long-time leader in ASA in the Washington-Baltimore Section ... I attended Fourth Presbyterian Church with Glenn, and got to know him better when we worked together copying tapes for the C. S. Lewis Institute in the 1980s. What impressed me about Glenn was his cheerfulness ... He had an optimistic outlook on the world, and he demonstrated that most clearly when his wife, Grace, became a victim of Alzheimer's ... [Glenn] founded the Alzheimer's Disease Association of Maryland, one of the first such organizations in the country, to provide support and raise awareness of this disease ... He went on to become one of the country's leaders in this area ... He was one of the finest men I have ever met."

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Dr. John A. Knapp, a physician, died Jan. 12, 1997. John interned at Cook County Hospital in Chicago (dietetics) and taught student nurses as a missionary in Jordan in 1952-54.

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J. Raymond Knighton, Jr., 81, died Aug. 30 of congestive heart failure. Knighton was the first executive director of the Christian Medical Society. In 1954, when an acquaintance at a pharmaceutical company offered him a batch of extra medicine, he gave the supplies to medical missionaries and launched a branch of the society called Medical Assistance Programs (MAP). Nine years later, MAP became an independent agency and Knighton became its president. In addition to providing medicine and supplies to the poor worldwide, MAP International provides health education and training in Africa and Latin America. Knighton's honors have included knighthood in the Order of Christopher Columbus from the Dominican Republic and a Layman's Citation for Distinguished Service from the American Medical Association.

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Maurice F. Knott died on June 3 at age 94. He was a military chaplain during World War II. After discharge, he became active in real estate in the Irvine, CA, area. He joined ASA in 1997. One of his favorite hobbies was sailing, and he was out on the ocean just two months before his death.

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Robert D. Knudsen "enjoyed his association with the ASA very much," writes his wife, Ali. Bob died Feb. 21, 2000 of a stroke. Born in Oakland, CA, he studied philosophy at U.C. Berkeley, apologetics under Cornelius Van Til at Westminster Theol. Sem., and spent two years at Union Theol. Sem., where he studied under Paul Tillich and Reinhold Niebuhr. Then in the Netherlands, he met his wife and did doctoral work under Prof. S. U. Zuidema at the Free U. In 1958, he returned to teach apologetics at Westminster. Bob retired in 1995, and has been active in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church for most of his life. In January 1999, fluent in Dutch, he taught "A Christian Worldview" in Suriname under an OPC mission there. Bob was a current member of the editorial board of Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith.

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Dennis L. Krueger, psychology, died on 30 June 1967; word being received but recently He was a clinical psychology trainee at the Veterans Hospital, Los Angeles.

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Richard W. Kruse (1970) was employed both as a science instructor in the Syracuse public school system and as a research associate in pharmacology at the S.U.N.Y. Upstate Medical Center. With A. Farah he had recently published "The Relation of Cellular Sulfhydryl Changes to the Renal Action of the Antidiuretic Hormone", J. Pharm. & Exptl. Therapeutics 161, 169-182 (1968). Richard held a B. S. (1951) from Hartwick College and an M. S. (1955) from Albany State College for Teachers. He was a member of Sigma Xi, National Science Teachers Association, A-I.B.S., International Oceanographic Foundation, and National wildlife Federation in addition to ASA, of which he had been a member since 1966. He had worked with the Christian Service Brigade of the North Syracuse Baptist Church.

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Boris Kuharetz, a native Yugoslavian, died in late Sept. at age 73. He was an astrophysicist, with training at Columbia U. and Stevens Inst. of Technology, where he received his Ph.D. in physics. He was last at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, and heard of the ASA through the late Jim Neidhardt.

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Robert D. Knudsen "enjoyed his association with the ASA very much," writes his wife, Ali. Bob died Feb. 21, 2000 of a stroke. Born in Oakland, CA, he studied philosophy at U.C. Berkeley, apologetics under Cornelius Van Til at Westminster Theol. Sem., and spent two years at Union Theol. Sem., where he studied under Paul Tillich and Reinhold Niebuhr. Then in the Netherlands, he met his wife and did doctoral work under Prof. S. U. Zuidema at the Free U. In 1958, he returned to teach apologetics at Westminster. Bob retired in 1995, and has been active in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church for most of his life. In January 1999, fluent in Dutch, he taught "A Christian Worldview" in Suriname under an OPC mission there. Bob was a current member of the editorial board of Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith.

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J. Laurence Kulp (picture 1950) passed away on Sept. 25, 2006 at age 85, as the result of a logging accident. At various times, Larry had been professor of geochemistry at Columbia University, vice president for research and development at Weyerhaeuser Company, director of research of the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program, affiliate professor at the University of Washington, a consultant in environmental and energy affairs, and owner of Teledyne Isotopes. Kulp had a strong influence during the formative years of the ASA. Tim Deibler says, "My understanding is he was a giant in his influence, highly respected by both Christian and non-Christian scientists, irenic, and at least as influential as Bernard Ramm, since Kulp was a trained and working scientist, and highly respected at that." Walt Hearn recalls Kulp's reaction when someone presented a paper on a position with which he disagreed: "Instead of shredding him, Larry took him aside and gently tried to change his views." Tim Deibler and Walt Hearn

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Holfger Christian Landmack (1962), 77, prominent physical fitness export and author, died in Plainfield, N.J. of an apparent heart attack. A native of Denmark who came to the U.S. in 1912,Langmack taught physical education., physics., mathematics and character building in such institutions as Minnesota State Teachers, College, University of Minnesota, Now Jersey State Teachers College, Battle Creek and the Naval Academy at Annapolis. After his retirement, Dr. Langmack devoted his time to philosophical research, particularly the unification of science and religion through a concept of mathematical relativity. His publications include: "God and the Universe", "Let There Be Light", "God's World and Science", and "Scientific Faith and Logical Science", and to be published "Science By The Way of The Cross".

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T. H. Leith of York University in Ontario, whose illness from incurable cancer was recently reported. Harry Leith held joint doctorates in science and philosophy from M.I.T. and Boston University and taught courses on the environment and natural science at York's Atkinson College. He was one of only eight faculty members at York ever designated a University Professor. He was an advisor to Ontario's famous Science Centre and a long-time Fellow of ASA. He is survived by his wife Janet, three children, and a brother. Harry died on July 13, 1986 at age 62. Tribute at his memorial service in Toronto was paid by CSCA member Bob Jervis.

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L. Gaunce Lewis, Jr. (1950-2006) died suddenly of a brain tumor, May 17, 2006, at age 56 in Oswego, NY. On the mathematics Faculty of Syracuse University, he published numerous articles in his field of topology. SM'76, PhD'78, a mathematician. After Navy service, Lewis taught for three years at the University of Michigan. In 1981 he joined Syracuse University, becoming a full professor in 1993. An expert on algebraic topology, Lewis spent a year as a fellow at Germany's University of Göttingen and two sabbatical years at MIT. He was active with the First United Methodist Church of Oswego. Survivors include his wife, Kathleen Edwards Lewis, SM'75, PhD'80; his mother; and two sisters.

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Herbert T. Liefeld "passed into the Lord's presence on February 8, 1970", according to his son, Walter L. Liefeld, Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. Walt writes: "My dad was a 'beloved physician', a general practitioner who still made house calls and who helped many to find the Lord and grow in Him. He was a deep student of the Word whose theological library far surpassed my own. His membership in the ASA expressed his conviction that God's truth in nature and revelation forms a unity, and his life reflected that unity in its integrity-intellectually, personally, and spiritually."

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Albin H Litty (1923-2006) Morristown NJ. ChE 83, in 2006 50 year member of the ACS

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Norman Lofgren, (1921-20110 Professor Emeritus, Chemistry, Chicko State University, Chico CA
Norman Lowell Lofgren, 89, died on December 10, 2011, in his home in Chico. He was a professor in the Department of Chemistry from 1949 until 1982. He received honors for his teaching and made many contributions to campus life.

Lofgren was born to Hattie and Paul Lofgren on Dec. 26, 1921 in Oroville. He attended school in Richvale and in Biggs. He graduated as co-valedictorian at Biggs High School. He entered Chico State College in pre-engineering and later transferred to the University of California, Berkeley to study chemistry.

After graduating with a B.S. in Chemistry, he was invited by Professor Wendell Latimer to work on the Manhattan Project. While in Berkeley doing research, he met his future wife, Rose Bergman. They married on March 21, 1947 and recently celebrated their 64^th anniversary.

Lofgren took graduate classes in chemistry and physics and was granted a PhD in physical chemistry in 1948. In 1949, he accepted a position at Chico State College and began teaching in what was to be a two-person Chemistry Department until 1956. His daughters, Donna Marie and Beverly Lynn were born in Chico.

During the summers, Lofgren did research at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C., Stanford Research Institute in Palo Alto, General Atomics Laboratories in La Jolla, and Lawrence Radiation Laboratories in Livermore. In 1964, he spent a year researching at Harwell Atomic Energy Establishment in England, taking his family for adventures in Europe and visiting relatives in Sweden.

“What I remember most about Norm is his extraordinary patience with students as they endeavored to meet his relative high standards,” said Don Alger, professor emeritus, Chemistry. “He would patiently wait for students to think and ponder about the questions he would ask and rarely succumb to the temptation to just provide the answer until after several helpful hints and encouragement. Norm had high standards not only in his teaching, but also with respect to curriculum issues and professional activities. He remained interested and involved in some departmental activities into his late eighties.”

In 1966, Lofgren became advisor to the Asian Student Association. In 1969, Norman and Rose helped bring the first Young Life to Chico and held the first club meetings in their home. In 1969, Lofgren became faculty advisor to Asian Christian Fellowship and hosted the fellowship in his home every Friday night for the next 40 years.

Norman was nominated for the University’s Distinguished Teacher Award. He was an active researcher with nearly 20 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Lofgren’s wife, Rose, survives him, as do daughters Beverly Postma (Jim) of Chico and Donna Lofgren (Ted Bernard) of Guysville, Ohio; grandaughters Sarah Postma (Aaron Ruff) of Oakland and Annalisa Hansen (Kevin Hansen) of Chico; and great-granddaughter, Pollyanna Hansen.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 11 a.m. at the Evangelical Free Church, 1193 Filbert Avenue, Chico. A graveside burial will occur on Sunday, Dec. 18, at 2 p.m. at Glen Oaks Memorial Park. A viewing will be held on Friday, Dec 16, 7-9 p.m. at Newton- Brace well Funeral Home.  Memorial contributions can be made to the Evangelical Free Church of Chico, c/o Newton-Bracewell Chico Funeral Home.

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Rudolph C. Logefeil, M. D., Medical Director of the Evangelical Alliance Mission, died 16 October 1966 in Minneapolis. Dr. Logefeil was formerly chief of staff at Fairview Hospital, Minneapolis, and was one of the original members of Fuller Theological Seminary's Board of Trustees, serving throughout its history to the time of his death. He was an elder of Olive Presbyterian Church and a former board member of Northwestern Schools, the Lutheran Bible Institute and Youth For Christ.

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American University Hospital: it has been learned that Melvin E. Loptson of Beirut, Lebanon, was killed (1959) in an air crash outside of Amman, Jordan.

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Howard William Lyon, 81, went to be with the Lord, Dec. 7, 2004, at his home in Cedar Falls, IA. He was born in 1923 and served in the US Navy during World War II. He received his B.S. (1947) and M.S. (1949) degrees as well as further graduate work from the U. of Iowa. He was a prof. of chemistry at the U. of Northern Iowa from 1956-1992. He was a 50-year member of the American Chemical Society, volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, and was an elder and deacon at the First Presbyterian Church where he taught Sunday school and was a member of the choir. He joined ASA in 1953. He is survived by his wife, Marcia.

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Lawrence Ernest Lyons, (1922 - 2010)FAA, University of Queensland. Died October 14, 2010. 

WHEN most people think of semiconductors, the devices which ushered in the computer age, they think of somewhere like Silicon Valley in California. But home-grown scientist Lawrence Lyons was considered one of the very greatest minds in what is hoped to be the next generation of the devices, organic semiconductors. His seminal work, Organic Semiconductors, co-authored with Felix Gutmann and published in 1966, was so influential that a pirated edition was even published in the USSR in 1970. A supplementary volume Professor Lyons co-authored, which came out in 1983, underpinned the emerging field of molecular electronics - the science of manipulating polymers, or plastics, so they act as transistors and sources of light.

These days it is an important field which holds out hope of helping solve the global warming challenge, among other things.
Cheap organic materials might one day form the heart of low-cost solar panels, to name just one use.
Professor Lyons' pioneering work into making very thin, pure organic films which could capture the energy of the sun set benchmarks for the research taking place around the world today.
Born in Sydney in 1922, he developed an interest in academia from his paternal grandfather, who was a school teacher. His younger brother, Lloyd, was also academically minded and later read medicine at Sydney University.
Professor Lyons was a bright student from his earliest days at Sydney Boys High School.
After matriculation, he studied science at Sydney University, winning the Liversidge Scholarship in 1939 and then the Caird Scholarship.
His scientific efforts were to be put to practical use from the outset because of the outbreak of war.
At the time, Australia had embarked on a project to build the nation's first military aircraft, the Wirraway.
This required lightweight alloys, so Professor Lyons was tasked with leading a team focused on developing aluminium alloys.
He served with the RAAF, then won the British Ramsay Fellowship for chemistry before deciding to pursue a doctorate at University College, London, one of the world's most prestigious tertiary institutions (at that time it boasted two Nobel Prize winners in chemistry).
He duly returned from Britain with the title Dr Lyons and was appointed lecturer at Sydney University, rising to senior lecturer and then reader in chemistry.
While working there he met his wife-to-be, Alison, an arts graduate at the university.
In 1963 he moved north of the Tweed after being appointed to the chair of physical chemistry at the University of Queensland, a position he held until his retirement in 1987.
His research over the years garnered him two Fulbright scholarships, in 1957 and 1979, the HG Smith Medal for Chemistry (1968) and the Burfitt Prize for Chemistry (1968). He was also made a Leverhulme senior fellow at the University of Tokyo and Debye lecturer at Cornell University in the United States, as well as working at Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard and Princeton, among many other institutions.
Capping a lifetime of achievement, in 1971 he was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the highest scientific honour Australia offers its scientists, while in 1987 the University of Queensland appointed him an emeritus professor. Apart from his science, a driving force in his life was his Christian faith.
With his wife and other evangelical academics, he founded three Anglican residential halls at Sydney University and New College at the University of NSW. He was also instrumental in the construction of the building used by the then Kenmore Presbyterian Church, and now by Kenmore Uniting Church. In retirement, he founded the Institute for the Study of Christianity in an Age of Science and Technology, for which he was awarded a Centennial Medal.
He was also a key figure in the establishment of Kenmore State High School and the first president of its P&C committee.
Professor Lyons is survived by his wife of 54 years, Alison, and son, Andrew. His younger son, Hugh, died in 1984.
Published in Courier Mail on November 10, 2010

 

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Sidney S. Macaulay of Decatur, Georgia, died 12 Nov 1991 of a heart attack at age 54. He was a graduate of Erskine College, with an M.Div. from Erskine Theological Seminary and a Th.M. from Columbia Theological Seminary. After serving several Presbyterian pastorates, in 1968 Sid began working for the Christian Medical & Dental Society as south eastern regional director. In 1981 he became editor of the CMDS Journal. He is survived by his wife Ann and a grown son and daughter. In memory of hi contribution to joint ASA-CMDS projects, ASA sent a donation to the James S. Westra Memorial Endowment Fund, which grants scholarships to CMDS students so they can gain overseas experience as they prepare to serve Christ as Christian physicians. He was honored with a memorial issue of the CMDS Journal (Spring 1992). Sid had edited the Journal for the Christian Medical & Dental Society for a decade before his death in November 1991.

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Alan MacRae passed away in his sleep at the age of 95 on Sep. 27, 1997. His son, John, said that "he was always thankful to be a part of the ASA and to contribute to it." Allan was a prof. of systematic theology and apologetics at Biblical Theological Seminary. He studied under R. A. Torrey, who advised him to go to Princeton Theological Seminary. There, he studied under Robert Dick Wilson and J. Gresham Machen, and became convinced of the necessity of a scholarly defense of the inspiration of the Scriptures. Later, during his time at the U. of Berlin, he made a trip to Palestine, where he met archaeologist Sir Flinders Petrie and studied under William F. Albright. With Albright, he participated in the exciting discovery of the biblical city of Ham (Gen. 14). After returning from Europe, he assumed a professorship of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary for eight years, then completed his Ph.D. at the U. of Pennsylvania under Ephraim A. Speiser. In 1937, he joined with Carl McIntire and others, with no resources but faith, to form Faith Theological Seminary, and served as its first president. Among the members of the entering class were Vernon Grounds, John W. Sanderson Jr., Norman Jerome and Jack W. Murray. During the 1943-44 school year, a student, Grace E. Sanderson, became his wife. During their honeymoon in the Grand Canyon, three army fliers parachuted out of a failing bomber, floated into the canyon and spent the next ten days on an isolated plateau. The search for these airmen drew nationwide attention. A veteran park ranger, aware that MacRae, a veteran of many long Canyon trips, was there at the time, sent word to join him in the rescue attempt. They went down from the north rim, located a narrow deer trail down the precipitous cliffs and brought the three fliers out in good health. The story made Time and other magazines, and all the newspapers. MacRae used the many invitations to speak of the adventure to drive home a gospel application to thousands in many different kinds of organizations and settings. In 1971, he joined Jack W. Murray in establishing the Biblical School of Theology, and retired as its president in 1983. Some of his former students include: Francis A. Schaeffer, Joseph T. Bayley, Vernon Grounds, Kenneth S. Kantzer, Arthur F. Glasser, G. Douglas Young, Samuel J. Shultz, Jack W. Murray, R. Laird Harris, and Paul Gilchrist. Allan's boyhood friend, John's Uncle Phil, told him that one of the things he appreciated about his father was that he had never heard him demeaning other people or groups. John said: "My father was involved in several church conflicts, but I never heard him denouncing other believers. In the midst of differences, he tried to stay focused on the principles rather than the personalities. The cause of Christ was what mattered to him." MacRae had also done work for the NIV Bible translation, was president of Evangelical Theological Seminary, and was an honorary fellow of the ASA. He participated in the early conventions of the ASA and encouraged other conservative theologians and biblical scholars to join the organization.

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Howard V. Malmstadt, prof. emeritus at the U. of Illinois, went to be with the Lord on July 7 at age 81. He earned two degrees in chemistry from the U. of Wisconsin and then served as a Navy lieutenant during WWII. Upon his return, he earned a PhD in chemistry from the U. of Wisconsin and joined the faculty at U. of Illinois in 1951. Howard was a co-developer of the first course in electronics for scientists and published the first book about the topic in 1963. He was the recipient of the 1976 American Chemical Society's Award in Analytical Chemistry, as well as the Division of Analytical Chemistry's 1963 Award in Chemical Instrumentation and its 1984 J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education. In addition, he was a cofounder of the U. of the Nations in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. He was provost and dean of the C. of Science and Technology and its International Chancellor, a position he held until his death.

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Thomas Jerome Manetsch died on January 1, 2011 at age 78. He served as an officer in the US Navy during the Korean conflict. Following that, he pursued graduate studies leading to an academic career. He was Asst. Prof. of Engineering at UCLA and then moved to Michigan State University where he served 28 years in the Department of Systems Science and Electrical Engineering. He was a leader in the application of modeling optimization and simulation techniques to problems of food shortages, wood production, and agricultural development, making contributions to research studies in Korea, Brazil and Nigeria. In 2001, Tom moved to Wisconsin to be nearer to family. He served as an elder in Reformed Church congregations in Michigan and Wisconsin and was involved in Foreign Student ministry and served on the board and in renewal capacities with Presbyterian Reformed Ministries International and with various prayer ministries. He had a passion for revival and congregational renewal. While Tom lived in Wisconsin, he was able to attend ASA chapter meetings in the Chicago area, and he really appreciated those opportunities. 

George D. Maniaci of Gladstone, Michigan, was killed in a motorcycle accident. He was active in mental retardation work and served on the research committee of the National Association for Retarded Citizens. George had been introduced to ASA at Goshen College, where he took courses under H. Harold Hartzler, or "Cubey" (for HHH or H-cubed), as he was affectionately called by his students. Mrs. Maniaci wrote to ASA News that she has kept up with the ASA because George brought the Journal home from his office, knowing of her interest in archaeology and related articles.

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Joseph Marconi of Vestal, NY passed away in January 1997. He was president and gen. mgr. of Endicott Machine & Tool Co. and a Presbyterian elder attending the Boulevard Methodist Church. Joseph was largely self-educated, but published several articles, including "Coincidence or God" in 1985. He was with ASA since 1949, and thought ASA could do more advertising to increase our membership.

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ASA Fellow Larry Martin died Oct. 25 of a brain tumor. Annual meeting attendees remember Larry and his wife Susan as what Ken Touryan calls "the coveted team leaders for worship at our ASA meetings." Larry had a diverse educational background. He earned BAs in Music and Math. Ed. from Virginia Tech., an MA from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Physics from UNC, here his dissertation was "Self-trapping of Electrons in Fluid Neon." Martin became professor of physics at North Park U., Chicago, in 1991. In addition to physics courses, he coordinated "Science through the eyes of Faith." Last summer he moved to Durham, NC, to be near lifelong friends during his final months. "My faith has not changed through this occurrence," Larry wrote on 3/12/02. "I've always known I was mortal, like 100% of every preceding generation. ... But I'm also immortal and wish to live out my life in light of that fact as well." Subsequent journal entries included, "The prognosis is not very good," "Praise God from whom all medicines come", and "I can no longer list all the meds I'm on." Yet he resolved, "In any case, I'm still inclined to go out with faith in God through Christ." He died peacefully at 5:30 a.m. on Oct. 25, 2002. A memorial service was held Nov. 2 at Chapel Hill Bible Church. A memorial fund has been established at North Park U.

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Enoch E. Mattson of Surrey, BC died in 1996. He was one of the (if not the) founding members of the Canadian ASA in British Columbia. Carolyn Yu

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John M. McCleery of Cleveland, Ohio, after a long illness died on October 26, 1967. He was an M. D. with such widely varied interests and such a large correspondence that it has taken his daughter, Eileen McCleery Johnson, several years to notify everyone of his death.

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Roger W. Miller of Peoria, IL passed away around the beginning of 1996. His field was chemistry. He worked at the Dept. of Agriculture Station at Peoria and wrote many papers in association with his colleagues.

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Mary Jane Medlin Mills went to be with the Lord on January 21, 2004, in Atlantic Beach, FL. Born in 1925 in Muskegon, MI, she met her husband, Gordon Mills, through InterVarsity at the U. of Michigan in 1946. Mary Jane attended the U. of Michigan and completed BA and MA degrees in history from the U. of Houston, with special interests in Greek and Roman history as well as the ancient histories of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the biblical world. On five occasions she presented talks on ancient archeology and history at ASA annual meetings. These included "Population Control in the Classical Age," "A Brief Survey of Religious Thought During the Three Centuries Prior to the Advent of Christianity" and "Medicine in the Ancient World." In 1980 and 1990 she traveled to Israel, Egypt, and Jordan. She attended the 1985 ASA meeting in England and was part of the European tour which followed. Mary Jane was much involved with the cultural life of Galveston, TX, where she lived from 1955-1998. She was a volunteer in the Galveston Old Homes Tours and an active supporter of the Galveston Symphony Orchestra. She taught Bible classes at the First Presbyterian Church of Galveston for 30 years. She was active in the Daughters of the Confederacy and in the Daughters of the American Revolution. She and Gordon have two sons, David and John, and a daughter, Melinda and four grandchildren.

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Gordon C. Mills (3-22-1920 to 1-6-2003) Ph.D., biochemistry, University of Michigan A long time member and faithful supporter of the ASA. After receiving his Ph.D., biochemistry, from the University of Michigan) he spent thirty-five years on the medical school teaching and research faculty at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, retiring in 1889. At a departmental mini-symposium in his honor on February 22, Gordon gave the Mary Huling Edens Lecture in Medical Genetics. In his long research career Gordon discovered glutathione peroxidase and its role in hemoglobin breakdown in human erythrocytes, studied the enzymes of purine metabolism in children with immunodeficiency disorders, and explored novel techniques for separating nucleotides.

He published extensively in the ASA Journal in the process of developing a finely tuned version of theistic evolution. He was critical of those who used science loosely in promoting evolution. With his wife he represented the best in Christians seeking to understand what a Christian world view should mean in their lives. Late in life he applied his research training and experience to developing a theistic view of evolution and the origin of life that he refers to as a "Design Theory of Progressive Creation."

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We have learned from his widow, Mrs. Melva Mills, that Francis J. Mills, Jr., of Bellaire, Michigan, died on August 18, 1977, from carcinoma of the stomach after a long illness. He was 61. Dr. Mills was born at Douglas, North Dakota, and graduated from Penn State College of Optometry. He practiced as a Doctor of Optometry in Lansing, Michigan, for 33 years, and had attended Michigan State University in East Lansing. He retired in 1976. He was a member of the Christ United Methodist Church of Lansing. Funeral services and burial were in Bellaire. Besides his wife, he in survived by two sons and a daughter, his mother, four brothers and a sister. (Details from a Lansing newspaper clipping sent by Irving Knobloch of MSU)

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Russell L. Mixter (August 7, 1906 - January 16, 2007) was an American scientist, noted for leading the ASA away from anti-evolutionism, and for his advocacy of progressive creationism. Mixter graduated from Wheaton College, Illinois in 1928 with a major in literature and a minor in biology. He thereafter gained an M.S. in zoology from Michigan State College, and a Ph.D. in anatomy from the University of Illinois School of Medicine in Chicago, shortly after returning to Wheaton to teach. Hewas professor of zoology there from 1945, and was chairman of the Science Division from 1950 to 1961.

Mixter joined the ASA in 1943, served as its president from 1951-54, and the editor of its journal from 1965-1968. After a brief flirtation with flood geology, Mixter advocated the viewpoint that he called progressive creationism for the rest of his life. Along with Wheaton compatriot J. Frank Cassel, he led the ASA away from antievolutionism, bringing evangelicals into harmony with modern biology, whilst stopping short of an outright endorsement of theistic evolution.

His parents were Floyd B. Mixter, a salesman, and Florence (Barlow) Mixter. He married Emilie Claus (died August 2, 1998) on June 27, 1931, and they had four children: Wilbur, Joan (Mrs. Jerry Sweers), Ruth, Priscilla (Mrs. Gordon Gault).

Wheaton College awards the Mixter Award for junior or senior Biology majors in his honor, in recognition of his "significant role in the development of biology at Wheaton College". --Wikipedia Also article by D. Chappell http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1992/PSCF3-92Chappell.html

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Edwin Monsma, 77, (picture 1950) biology professor emeritus of Calvin College, died in his Grand Rapids, Michigan, home on January 17, 1972. Born in the Netherlands, Monsma received his B.A. from Calvin College, M.S. from the U. of Illinois, and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He joined the Calvin College faculty permanently in 1932, was chairman of the Biology Department 1954-1961, and retired in 1965. He was a member of the Michigan Academy of Science and president of its botanical section, and also held membership in Sigma Xi and Phi Sigma, honorary scientific societies. He had served as president of the Christian Reformed Board of Missions in 1952 and was an elder in the Calvin Christian Reformed church. ASA members of long standing will remember that Edwin Monsma once served on the Executive Council of the American Scientific Affiliation, including a term of office as vice-president.

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Irwin A. Moon died on 7 May 1986 at age 78 and was buried in Placenia, California. He is survived by his wife Margaret and four children. Irwin was known throughout the world as producer and host of the famous Moody science films. He founded the Moody Institute of Science, a branch of Moody Bible Institute, Dr. Irwin A. Moon presented his famous million-volt demonstration before hundreds of thousands in his unique Sermons from Science lectures and directed it until his retirement in 1972. Under his direction MIS produced 39 educational films, which won 27 national and international awards. After retirement he remained active in its work as an advisor and friend of the staff.

Working with youth as a young pastor in Los Angeles, Moon found the visual approach especially effective in reaching young people with the gospel. He devised a set of the old 31/4 by 41/4 inch glass slides entitled, "The Microscope, the Telescope, and the Bible." That presentation eventually formed the basis of the first Moody science film, "The God of Creation."

In the 1930's according to Alton Everest, "The American Scientific Affiliation owes its existence directly to Irwin Moon. He saw that many of the students he counseled had questions about the relationship of science to Christian faith. He convinced Will H. Houghton, president of Moody Bible Institute, of the need to do something. Houghton then arranged that first meeting in 1941 from which sprang the ASA." Out of a flood of memories, Alton was surprised to find one in particular that kept coming back, from a time when they were working together 40 years ago on the film, "Voice of the Deep." Alton wrote, "We were both in Navy deep-sea diving outfits on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean at Emerald Cove, Santa Catalina Island. Suddenly the reassuring throb of the engine driving the air compressor stopped, leaving only a couple of minutes of air in our suits. Also eliminated was the usual method of ascent by blowing up the suit and shooting up like a balloon. Now it was grunt work, hand over hand up a line. When we finally reached the line, I motioned for Irwin to climb up first. He motioned for me to do the same. That Alfonso-Gaston procedure went ' on for some time, wasting precious seconds, until I realized anew that Irwin would rather suffocate than give in. Not being endowed with such competitive drive and rather yearning for a breath of air, I gave in. "That was the Irwin we knew and loved, and whose talents and ability we respected. He is gone now, but the institutions he established continue to do the Lord's work."

Henry M. Morris (Oct 6, 1918 - Feb 25,  2006) Civil Engineer, creationist leader, dies at Age 87. Henry M. Morris died February 25 after a series of strokes. Eugenie C. Scott told the New York Times that Morris was “the most important creationist of the 20th century, much more so than William Jennings Bryan.” As director of the National Center for Science Education, Scott dismissed Morris’ books as having “no scientific merit,” but she recalled his “cordial, gentlemanly” manner and said: I feel he was absolutely sincere about his convictions that the Bible was literally true and that science would support it and creation science was good science.

"Morris grew up in Texas in the 1920s and 1930s. He graduated from Rice University with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1939. He married Mary Louise on January 24, 1940, and they later had six children. After his graduation in 1939, and through 1942, he was a hydraulic engineer working with the International Boundary and Water Commission. He returned to Rice, teaching civil engineering from 1942 until 1946. In 1946 he wrote a short book entitled That You Might Believe (1946). From 1946 through 1951, he studied at the University of Minnesota, where he was awarded a master's degree in hydraulics (1948) and a Ph.D. in hydraulic engineering (1950). In 1951 he became a professor and chair of civil engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette." Wikipedia


After fifteen years in faculty positions at Rice U., U. of Minnesota, U. of Southern Louisiana, and Southern Illinois U., Morris became head of the civil engineering department at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. During his thirteen years there, the school’s program grew to become one of the nation’s largest. His 1963 textbook on applied hydraulics is still in use. When his book The Genesis Flood (co-authored with theologian John Whitcomb) became popular, a new administrator decided Morris was too controversial. In the words of the Los Angeles Times, “When he was asked to drop his creationist writings from his resume, Morris knew it was time to move on.” He founded the Institute for Creation Research and co-founded what is now San Diego Christian C. His biographical listings appear in Who’s Who in Science, Antiquity to Present; Who’s Who in America; American Men of Science; Who’s Who in Engineering; Who’s Who in Science and Engineering; Who’s Who in the World and Contemporary Authors. Morris was an ASA member and Fellow during its early years. His passing is an opportunity for those of us in ASA to demonstrate our appreciation for differing perspectives and interpretations.

In the spirit of Robert Fischer’s book, God Did It, But How, we may differ in the methods and the timeframe in which the Creator did it,
but we show solidarity with anyone who acknowledges, “It is he  who has made us, and not we ourselves.” ASA Newsletter MayJun06

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William Douglas Morrison was born to homesteading parents in Provost, Alberta, Canada, on October 16, 1927, and died of cancer on April 6, 2000. He graduated from the U. of Toronto in 1949, and got his PhD from the U. of IL in 1955. He then directed research for Maple Leaf Mills, Ltd. until 1971, when he became professor and chairman of the dept. of animal and poultry science at the U. of Guelph. His research area was the nutrition of animals. Doug had a foundational role in the CSCA and was also recent (1999) CSCA Executive Director. Doug's obituary noted that "His faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour was the central theme and primary philosophy of his life and determined his decisions and actions." Doug addressed the Guelph graduating class two months before he died, wishing them success as he defined it: "Over 2,000 years ago, a Hebrew writer penned what I believe to be a true description of success. He wrote: 'And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.' This definition acknowledges God and presupposes absolutes." He then explained these three character qualities. Gary Partlow noted in passing the word of his death to ASA that Doug "epitomized Micah 6:8", the verse of his commencement address.

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George F. Myers of University Park, Maryland, died on 5 March 1986. He was buried on March 8 at Adelphi, Md., after funeral services at Riverdale Presbyterian Church in Riverdale, Md. Our records of George's career are incomplete, but we know he was a long-time member of ASA. He was trained as an electrical engineer. He is survived by his wife Elma, two children.

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George Neal (1922-2002) survived Pearl Harbor and walked away from a B-24 shot down over Australia during World War II. He graduated from the U. of Denver and became a mechanical engineer working on jet propulsion. He worked on the Apollo manned space flight program with NASA and was personally acquainted with several of the early astronauts. George was very involved in recent years with the science and faith dialogue. He organized a "Science and Theology" mission unit at the First Presbyterian Church of Golden, CO, and was the prime mover behind the formation of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Presbyterian Association for Science, Technology and the Christian Faith, on whose board he served. He was concerned for young people and began an educational program on science and the Christian faith for high school age youth.

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W. Jim Neidhardt, an active ASA member, died unexpectedly at age 59 of a sudden heart attack on July 15 1993, in bed.
Jim's recently published book, coauthored by James E. Loder, is The Knight's Move: The Relational Logic of the Spirit in Theology and Science, Helmers & Howard, 1992. He was an influential physics professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ for 31 years and an active member in the local NY ASA section. Jim befriended numerous scientists and theologians from various countries at the Center for Theological Inquiry in Princeton and helped many seminarians and graduate students at several universities. Jim was author of numerous JASA papers and a promoter of Michael Polanyi's ideas. Many of us will remember his frequent use of graphic illustrations to explain various relationships.Tribute was paid Jim by his co-author of The Knight's Move, Dr. James Loder, in a memorial service on 20 Jul 93. Loder emphasized in his eulogy that, as a whole person, Jim did not detach his intellect from his heart" and loved to place himself in the biblical tradition "so the labor of his mind was generated in and from his heart." His remarkable energy "was matched by genuine humility and a delightful sense of humor. His humor seemed usually to embody the comment from Niels Bohr that he loved to repeat Bohr's comment to a young physicist who complained that there was too much humor at the Bohr Institute. "People should be more serious," the young physicist exclaimed. To which Bohr replied, "Some things are so serious that they must be taken with a sense of humor." I think this was the source of Jim's humor. He took serious things seriously and that was the source of much of his humor about lesser things. Jim also "seemed to have more sorrow or compassion rather than anger at those physicists, theologians, scientists who apparently could not see or comprehend the grace of God" but also, "nothing gave him more joy than the triumph of a sound Biblically-based theological argument in the face of a reductionistic and secularized concept of humanity, nature, cosmology." Believing, as his mentors Tom Torrance and Harold Nebelsick, in the contingency in all things upon the grace of God, his "service was rendered most of the time in an atmosphere of scientific hostility, to the deepest conviction of his- heart, that science and theology belonged together." In closing, Loder alluded to the good that could continue from Jim's effort, though he is no longer among us. And indeed, even now in the ASA, such fruit is being manifested. Robert T. Voss was introduced to the ASA by Jim and has recently relocated from the New York-New Jersey ASA local section (of which Jim Neidhardt was a member) to Pittsburgh, where a new local section is in formation. (See "Pittsburgh Local Section Forming.") .

Jim Neidhardt's estate has donated a 7,000 volume collection "of unusual quality" to Messiah College's Murray Learning Resources Center in Grantham, PA. Jim chose Messiah C. "because his interest in relating his Christian faith to modern science led him to consider only Christian colleges" and his longtime friends there, including Ted Davis, associate professor of science and history, Messiah's alumni magazine reported (Feb. 94). Ted Davis

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Eugene Nida (from Morgan Feddes CT 8/26/2011 )

Revolutionized Bible Translations, Dead at 96

His name might not be prominent, but Eugene A. Nida's influence can be found in most Christian homes-more specifically, in their Bibles. Nida, one of the leading advocates for dynamic equivalence translation, died August 25, 2011 at a hospital in Brussels, Belgium. He was 96. Dynamic equivalence translation (a phrase which Nida coined) is a "meaning-based" approach to biblical translation; it focuses on translating "thought-for-thought" rather than "word-for-word." In a 2002 interview with Christianity Today, Nida said that this shift in translation was his most important contribution: "To help people be willing to say what the text means, not what the words are, but what the text means." Nida's career in translation began in 1936, when he graduated summa cum laudefrom the University of California, Los Angeles with a B.A. in Greek and a minor in Latin. The summer after he graduated, Nida attended the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), a faith-based nonprofit that serves language communities by using research, training, and development to "build capacity for sustainable language development." After his introduction to SIL, Nida returned every summer from 1937 to 1953 to teach there.

Nida continued his studies at the University of Southern California, where he earned a master's degree in New Testament Greek. He completed a doctorate in linguistics at the University of Michigan in 1943. That same year, he was hired by the American Bible Society as associate secretary of versions. He became the executive secretary for translations in 1946, a position that he held until his retirement in 1980. He was present at the founding conference of the United Bible Societies in 1946, and in 1949 he founded The Bible Translator, a journal featuring articles about the theory and practice of Bible translation. By the late 1960s, Nida had published two books, Toward a Science of Translating(Brill, 1964), and The Theory and Practice of Translation (Brill, 1969, with C.R. Taber), advancing his new dynamic equivalence theory. He had also published a first edition of the Greek New Testament, which became a basis for other translators in their work. Nida spent much of his career traveling around the globe. By 1952, he had traveled to more than 30 countries and encountered more than 80 languages. In his travels, he met and trained teams to help them in their translation work. In 1978, he was praised by the Christian Herald as a man who "has done more than any one person to provide people with Scripture they can read in their own language."  The popularity and positive reception of The Good News Bible (also called the Today's English Version) lent credence to Nida's work, as it was translated using dynamic equivalence theory. Other versions, such as the New Living Translation and Contemporary English Version, are also heavily influenced by Nida's approach.

In his work, Nida emphasized the importance of cultural context - both the cultural context of Bible and the cultural context of the language into which the Bible is being translated. One example he liked to use was the parable of the sheep and the goats in Matthew 25, where the sheep represent those who have done the Lord's will, and the goats are those who haven't. "Look out, because in most of Africa, sheep are regarded as very bad animals!" he said in his 2002 interview. "The translator, of course, cannot change all the sheep into goats and the goats into sheep. But you've got to have footnotes to explain the cultural difference. Otherwise, you're going to give an entirely wrong impression." However, Nida also emphasized something over the need for multiple, relatable translations: a desire to understand and spread the meaning of the Bible. "What is really needed is for people to take the message seriously and share it with other people, focused primarily on what this message has meant to me," he said. "So many Christians love to argue about the Bible rather than take it seriously as a message that is important for their own lives."

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Donald Noren of Santa Barbara CA; died January 6, 2010; he was 85

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ASA has been notified of the August 24 death of Harold J. Northrup of Pawcatuck, Rhode Island, at age 82. Harold graduated in chemistry from what is now the U. of Rhode Island and was employed in the dyeing and electrical industries before his retirement. He was active in "people-to-people" peace efforts between the U.S. and U.S.S.R., which he described in papers at our 1987 and 1988 Annual Meetings. A vigorous octogenarian, he went on the ASA tour to China in 1987. Harold was active in the Central Baptist Church of Pawcatuck.

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Donald W. Olson, associate member of ASA since 1964, died on February 17, 1970. No details of his death or of his family are known to ASA News at this time. he had become a Christian in 1946, after receiving his B.A. from Jamestown College, Jamestown, North Dakota, in 1938. He went on to obtain an M.Ed. from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1954, and at the time of his death was living in Olympia, Washington, and serving as consultant in administration and finance for the Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. He had been superintendent of schools in Morton, Washington, and served as lay leader and Sunday school teaching in the Morton Methodist Church. He was a member of the American Association of School Administrators and the Nat. Educ. Assoc.

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Kenneth Victor Olson, 85, of Greeley, CO, died March 26. 2005. He received his bachelor 's degree from Augsberg C. in Minneapolis and his master 's and Ph.D. degrees from the U. of Minnesota. He taught high school in Monte Video, MN, and at the State Teachers C. in Aberdeen, SD. He taught at the U. of Northern CO for many years, retiring in the late 1980s. Kenneth served as a lieutenant in the Navy during WW II. He also sang in the choir of his church, the First United Presbyterian Church of Greeley, and loved to fish and play the piano and organ.

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As told by his wife, Marlene, Edwin Andrew Olson "peacefully left us and went Home on October 18 [1999]." Ed was diagnosed with a tumor the third week of September, which an open biopsy revealed to be cancer of the liver and lungs. "Ed was too stoic," Marlene wrote, "and the pain didn't drive him to seek hospitalization until the final days of September. When all the tests were in, the doctor characterized the cancer as 'angry'." Too far gone for hospital care, Ed's last four days were spent in a hospital bed in the living room of the Olson home in Spokane, WA.

Ed was born 74 years ago in Gary, Indiana, grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, majored in chemical engineering at the U. of Pitt., and then worked for DuPont. In 1950, through the influence of two DuPont colleagues, he became a Christian. He left engineering in 1953 to attend seminary and teach chemistry and physics at Northwestern C. in Minneapolis, MN. He married Marlene, a student there, in 1954. They moved to New York in 1954, where Ed entered the doctoral program at Columbia U., in geochemistry, with a specialization in radiocarbon dating. He received his doctorate in 1963. Ed joined the Whitworth C. faculty in 1960, and established the Dept. of Geology. Ed was a member of Trinity Baptist Church for nearly forty years.

Stephen C. Meyer of Whitworth C. included in his tribute to Ed:

"Somehow he saw potential in me that others didn't and that interest transformed me. He told me he liked reading my tests because my essays were clearly written. Now I write about science as a central part of my profession. During a term that Ed was faculty president, he asked me to teach his structural geology lab. Now I teach as a professor at Whitworth C. The summer after my sophomore year, Ed wrote me a letter encouraging me as a Christian and as a budding scientist. I remember reading the letter sitting on a tractor in the middle of a Montana alfalfa field, stunned that a professor would take the time in the middle of his summer to write me. Ed was never too full of himself to see potential in others. That's why I say he was humble. He was other directed. And his interest in others inspired them. And it changed lives."

Ed was a ASA Council member (1984- 1988) and was interested in the science and politics of the environment. His recent 99-page work on the subject has yet to be published.

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Hendrik J. Oorthuys died on July 22, 1996 at age 86 of an acute heart attack. He had been a member of the ASA since the mid-1940s and served as Secretary for four years. He was also active in the Oregon Local Section. Hendrik received his degrees in electrical engineering at Oregon State U. where he and F. Alton Everest were fellow students. Alton taught at OSU but when he was called to work in the Navy Electronics Laboratory in San Diego at the outset of WWII, Hendrik took over his teaching. Alton subsequently recruited Hendrik to work with him at the Lab from 1944-46. Hendrik was an EE prof. at Purdue U. from 1946-57, then returned to OSU until his retirement in 1975. He married Ruth Denney in 1950 and had three sons and a daughter. Hendrik and Ruth were involved in a ministry to inmates at the Oregon State Prison. Hendrik attended First Baptist Church of Corvallis, where former ASA president and biologist David L. Willis taught Bible class. One of David's students at First Baptist was also an EE student at OSU, the Editor, who would record his articulate and inspiring lectures. I took no courses from Hendrik, however, but recall him to often be in the motor lab, the EE dept's "fishbowl." I readily concur with Dave when he wrote: "Hendrik was a most enthusiastic person. ... He was always cheerful and hopeful. He is remembered locally as "the Flying Dutchman," because to the end of his life he could be seen daily on the city streets furiously pedaling his bicycle here and there." David also added, "He was a dear Christian friend and a strong supporter of ASA. He will be missed by many." E. Dave Willis

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Robert M. Page of Minneapolis died of heart failure on 15 May 1992 at the age of 88. A physicist and former research director of the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), he had been decorated by four U.S. presidents. In 1946 President Harry Truman awarded him the Certificate of Merit and in 1960 President Dwight Eisenhower presented him with the Presidential Award for Distinguished Civilian Service. Born in St. Paul, the son of a Methodist minister, Bob Page entered Hamline University to study religion but in his senior year switched to physics. After graduating in 1927 he joined the staff of NRL, which had been established only four years earlier. With colleagues there he invented the technology to make pulsed radar effective; also the planned position indicator (die now common PPI scope, with radial beam sweeping the circular face of a cathode ray tube to locate radar echoes from planes, ships, or hurricanes) and Project Madre, the first radar capable of "seeing" over a horizon. His contributions, pooled with those of British scientists in 1940, were crucial to winning WWII. Later, Project Madre improved surveillance of long-range missile launches during the cold war with the Soviet Union. Bob Page earned an M.S. degree from George Washington U. while working at NRL, where he was research director from 1957 to his retirement in 1966. He also received an honorary doctorate from Hamline. He was a long-time member and Fellow of ASA. During his tenure at NRL he was active in ASA's Washington-Baltimore local section, and in the sixties participated in a number of ASA Annual Meetings. He taught Bible classes and frequently lectured on the relationship of science and Scripture. According to his son, Rev. John Robert Page of Medford, Oregon, he had recently been working on a full-length study on that subject. ASA old-timers will remember Bob's striking appearance: a tall, thin, white-haired man with a distinctive goatee. Others (especially anyone who worked on early radar gear) might know his 1962 Doubleday Anchor paperback, The Origin of Radar. In addition to his son, Bob is survived by a niece in Minnesota, a brother in Texas, and one grandson.

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Richard B. Parker of Portland, OR recently died of cancer (1999). Rick was an active ASAer and Director of the Institute of Science and Christian Faith, located at Western Evangelical Seminary in Portland. Rick received Ph.D.s from Oregon State U. in 1954 and U. of WI-Madison in 1954-55. As a microbiologist, Rick was associated with the U. of Oregon dental school, and was founder of a Portland biotech firm that was later acquired by Pioneer (the Iowa seed company) as its microbial products division. The Editor's brother, Lewis Feucht, and Nate Olsonon worked closely with Rick during the earlier days of the company. Rick later started a yogurt company, again using his superb skills in microbiology.

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Mark S. Petersonon of Elgin, Illinois passed away Aug. 24, 1995, after a long illness.

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Timothy R. Phillips, Associate Professor of Theology at Wheaton C. at 50 years of age, went to be with the Lord on Sept. 27, 2000 after suffering a long bout with cancer. Timothy graduated from Wheaton C., completed the M.T.S. from Gordon Conwell Seminary, and the Ph.D. in Theology from Vanderbilt U. In 1986, he returned to Wheaton C. to teach classes in historical and systematic theology where he wrestled with questions about life and death with students. The struggle was always centered in God's self-disclosure in Jesus Christ and Scripture and Tim never let anyone get away with glib answers. One of Tim's legacies to his students is his insistence that they understand and respond to how others outside the evangelical community deal with theological issues. He was a valuable participant in the "Evangelical and Catholics Together" meetings and mentored his love for Christ's people to the larger Church. A co-author/editor of four books with friend, Dennis Okholm, Tim pressed on to engage thinking about theology and culture. In this endeavor and passion, he helped initiate the annual Theology Conference at Wheaton. He entitled the most recent and very successful conference, "The Relationship of Theology and Science." Tim valued teaching, scholarship, and service to others in Christ's name. His influence is felt in churches and educational institutions around the world. His international grad. students in Wheaton and his trips to Nigeria and Kenya brought many closer to their Lord. According to Dennis Okholm, one of Tim's best friends, Tim considered himself as a modest scholar with a lifelong agenda, who was in love with the God he studied. Timothy is survived by his wife, Sandy, and two sons, Aaron and Caleb.

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Donald H. Porter of Marion, Indiana, died of a massive heart attack on 7 February 1985. Donald was 78, a mathematics professor retired from Marion College, a member of ASA for over 35 years and Fellow for perhaps the last fifteen. He took an active role in the Indiana ASA local section and was a member of a Wesleyan church in Marion. After graduating from Marion College in 1929, Donald earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Indiana University. He taught math and physics at Taylor as well as at Marion.

Mrs. Olive Porter wrote ASA that the suddenness of her husband's death was responsible for the long delay in notifying us of his passing. She added that "the American Scientific Affiliation was very dear to Donald's heart." He was professor emeritus at Marion College, which had named Porter Auditorium in its science building for him. Don was an active member of the Eighth Street Wesleyan Church in Marion, and for many years was an officer in the Indiana ASA local section.  (Our thanks to Wally Roth of Taylor for sending a clipping from the local newspaper.)

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Howad W. Post of Getzville, New York, died on 19 Feb 1992 at the age of 95. He was an emeritus professor of organic chemistry from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He received his B.S. and M.S. from Syracuse and his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins (1927). His research on organometallics and especially on organosilicons was published in some 85 technical papers and two books. For years Howard was active in the Williamsville United Methodist Church, where he taught Sunday school to high schoolers. At his university he served as faculty advisor for the IVCF chapter for 20 years.

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J. David Price, Springville CA. Chaired ASA's Committee on Integrity in Science in the 80s and 90s. PhD in Philosophy of Science, Claremont Graduate School. Taught in High School.

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Orville Edward Pyle of DuQuoin, IL died in Carbondale, IL on Jan. 2, 1994 at 80 years of age. Orville's area of expertise was in physics.

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Bernard Ramm of Irvine, CA (1 August 1916, Butte, Montana - 11 August 1992, Irvine, California) died in his sleep on 11 Aug 1992, after a lifetime of theological scholarship. Although he wrote many books on many subjects, it was The Christian View of Science and Scripture (Eerdmans, 1954) for which he was best known within ASA, and which led to his election as an Honorary Fellow of ASA in 1963. "Bernie" Ramm grew up in the northwest, thought about majoring in chemistry but switched to speech at the U. of Washington. To his A.B. from Washington he added a B.D. at Eastern Baptist Seminary, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy at the U. of Southern California. While studying at USC he taught a course in science and religion at Biola College. He later served on the faculties of Bethel College and Seminary, Baylor University, American Baptist Seminary of the West (Covina), Eastern Baptist Seminary, and American Baptist Seminary of the West (Berkeley), and taught at a number of other schools, including Haigazian College in Beirut, Lebanon. For other details of Bernie's life, and the impact of his writing on others, see the Dec 1979 issue of Journal of ASA, a Festschrift marking the 25th anniversary of publication of The Christian View of Science and Scripture. (For that issue, I had the privilege of interviewing Bernie and his wife Alta, who survives him. I knew I was in the presence of a true scholar and a dear brother and sister. After Parkinson's disease forced his retirement and move to southern California, he complained that nobody else in the retirement home where they lived ever read a book. "They just want to play bridge or golf," he said.--Ed.)

Bernard Ramm was a Baptist theologian and apologist within the broad Evangelical tradition. He wrote prolifically on topics concerned with biblical hermeneutics, religion and science, Christology, and apologetics. The hermeneutical principles presented in his 1956 book Protestant Biblical Interpretation influenced a wide spectrum of Baptist theologians. During the 1970s he was widely regarded as a leading evangelical theologian as well known as Carl F.H. Henry. His equally celebrated and criticized 1954 book The Christian View of Science and Scripture was the theme of a 1979 issue of the Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation, while a 1990 issue of Baylor University's Perspectives in Religious Studies was devoted to Ramm's views on theology.

Ramm's tertiary education included a B.A. (University of Washington)—initially studying chemistry then switching to philosophy of science in preparation of ministry, B.D. (Eastern Baptist Seminary), M.A. in 1947 & Ph.D in 1950 (University of Southern California). He also undertook additional studies at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Basel, Switzerland (1957-1958 academic year with Karl Barth), and the Near Eastern School of Theology, Beirut, Lebanon.

His academic teaching career began in 1943 when he joined the faculty at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (now Biola University, La Mirada, California). He became Professor of Philosophy at Bethel College and Seminary, and then Professor of Religion at Baylor University, Texas. Most of his academic teaching was conducted at the American Baptist Seminary of the Wet at Covina, California, where he taught between 1958-74 and again from 1978-86. At that seminary he held the post of Professor of Systematic Theology. Ramm wrote eighteen books, contributed to chapters to other books, and composed over one hundred articles and book reviews in various theological periodicals.

In his contributions to Christian apologetics, Ramm began his career in the evidentialist camp. However his later work reflected a shift in viewpoint over to a modified form of presuppositional apologetics that had some affinity with the work of Edward John Carnell. In spite of harsh criticisms of Karl Barth from other theologians such as Cornelius Van Til, Gordon Clark, and Carl F. H. Henry, Ramm would explore much of Barth's theological viewpoint, eventually embracing Barth's theology almost wholeheartedly as outlined in Ramm's own book After Fundamentalism (Harper & Row, 1983)

Ramm did not utilize the classical or Thomist approach in arguments for God's existence. He maintained that apart from faith God was unknowable. He likewise emphasized that the noetic effects of sin rendered the theistic proofs useless. For Ramm the proof of God's existence is in Holy Scripture.

In some respects Ramm's emphasis on the inner witness of the Spirit reflected the view of John Calvin, but it also reflected the influence of Karl Barth under whom he studied in Switzerland. Near the end of his life Ramm was honored with a book of essays by his colleagues and younger contemporaries.---Wikipedia

^{[Five]Personal Reminiscences [on the influence of The Christian View of Science and Scripture] Everest, Carpenter, Willis, Haynes, Yamauchi From: JASA 31 (September 1979)}

Walter C. Randall of the Taylor U. science department passed away 29 Aug. 1993. Walter had previously taught and done research in cardiovascular physiology at Loyola U. in Chicago, and also at Western Reserve U. in 1942-43. He got his Ph.D. in physiology at Purdue U. in 1942 and started where he finished — at Taylor U., where in 1938 he received his A.B. degree in biology. Walter wrote Nervous Control of Cardiovascular Function, Oxford U. Press, 1984, and was president of the American Physiological Society (1982-83) and chair of its Long-Range Planning Committee. He was also a member of the American Heart Association, the AAAS and Sigma Xi. Walter recommended that the ASA develop a "reader's corner" where "individual members may share their science/daily-living testimonials."

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James W. Reid of Norristown, Pennsylvania, died on September 18, 1974. Jim directed Associates for Biblical Research and had written God. the Atom. and the Universe (Zondervan 1968). He had recently sent ASA News the story behind his newspaper column, "Today's Science and the Bible," which we will publish in our HOW TO START SOMETHING series.

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Donald L. Riggin, 83, a teacher and a preacher, died Saturday (Feb. 2, 2008). He was born Oct. 8, 1924, in Uniontown, Pa., and graduated from Uniontown High School in 1942. He attended Bethany (W.Va.) College and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1945 as a commissioned officer in the Navy. He served 30 months as navigator aboard the destroyer, USS Glennon. He did graduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh, Ohio State University, Minnesota Bible College, the University of Minnesota, the University of Iowa, the University of Wisconsin, and Mankato State University, from which he received a master's degree in 1974. On June 16, 1957, he married Gwendolyn Ganz in Marion; she survives. Mr. Riggin taught high school mathematics in Johnstown, Pa., for one year before entering graduate school at Ohio State University. In 1950 he moved to Minneapolis and enrolled at Minnesota Bible College, where he prepared for a 29-year career as a professor of Greek and philosophy at Minnesota Bible College, now Crossroads College. He retired in 1980 and began a career in accounting and computer programming at the Grant County auditor's office in Milbank, S.D. In 1953 Mr. Riggin was ordained at Central Christian Church, Disciples of Christ in Uniontown. He served many interim ministries throughout his career, both as a professor and in South Dakota, including 18 years with the Strandburg (S.D) Baptist Church. He was always active in his church as an elder, Sunday school teacher, choir member and fill-in preacher. Mr. Riggin also loved to read and work crossword puzzles. He was a member of the Rochester Masonic Lodge, Community Presbyterian Church in Rochester and MENSA Rochester Chapter. In South Dakota, he was a past member of the Milbank Masonic Lodge, Milbank Barbershop Chorus, and the Yelduz Shrine in Aberdeen, where he sang with the Shrine's Chanters. He was also a lifetime member of American Legion Post 9 in Milbank. He is survived by his wife; a son, Ethan Allen (Erika Ann) of Rochester; and a sister, Rena Dressler of Pittsburgh. Other survivors include two grandsons, Evan Allen Riggin and Elijah Allen Riggin; three sisters-in-law, Harriet Riggin of Wexford, Pa., Kathleen (Hank) Termeer of Powell, Ohio, and Joyce (Joseph) Krzystofiak of Eagan, Minn.; two brothers-in-law, Dennis (Sharon) Ganz of Fertile, Iowa, and Robert (Diane) Ganz of Rochester; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, George David Riggin and Arrena Johnston Riggin; his father-in-law and mother-in-law; two brothers and two brothers-in-law. His body will be cremated. Arrangements for a memorial service are pending. Memorials are preferred to the scholarship fund at Crossroads College in Rochester. Macken Funeral Home of Rochester is assisting the family.

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Frank Roberts was a budding scientist and once emptied the house during a dinner party when a chemistry experiment he was conducting caused a sulfurous odor that sent guests running out onto the lawn. Frank Roberts attended Haverford School and then Haverford College, where he majored in physics. At a Christian Endeavor meeting he met Shirley Pyle, a young woman from Devon. They were married in 1951. Shirley Roberts died in 2006.

The young couple moved to Dallas in the early 1950s while Frank Roberts was attending Dallas Theological Seminary. He earned a master's in theology at Dallas and was ordained in the Presbyterian church.

Frank and Shirley Roberts moved to Newtown Square in 1955, where Frank Roberts joined the faculty of Delaware County Christian School. The Christian school movement was young then, and Frank Roberts helped to create a place for rigorous science. He believed and taught that science and faith were not mutually exclusive. He served as chairman of the science department for 36 years, while teaching geology, physics and math. He was known for his field trips across eastern Pennsylvania that took students to some of the outcrops he discovered doing his field work for his studies at Bryn Mawr. He also taught an elective class in Greek and a senior seminar on the history of science. In 1971 was honored by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers as teacher of the year for the mid-Atlantic states.

He continued his education, earning a Masters in Education from Temple University, and an MA and, in 1969, a Ph.D. in geology at Bryn Mawr College. His students began calling him Doc Rock. With his graduate studies completed, he, Shirley and son Timothy began a series of summer trips to sites of geologic importance that included a visit to Iceland to see glaciers and a still-smoking volcano. After finding that there were volcanoes in Hawaii, Shirley insisted on a geological field trip there too. Frank Roberts also was involved in the conferences and publications of the American Scientific Affiliation, an organization of Christians in science. He also was a life member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. At the time of his death he had just completed work on a manuscript for a book about science and the miracles of the Bible. After leaving Delaware County Christian School in 1991, Frank became an adjunct professor of earth and space science at Montgomery County Community College, where in 1997 he was awarded the adjunct faculty award for teaching excellence. His health declined in his late 70s as his kidneys began to fail. He was hospitalized frequently in the last weeks of his life. His visitors included many former students. He is survived by his son, Timothy Roberts, of El Paso, Texas.

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Richard J. Rommer of Pearl River, NY, passed away April 7, 2004, at age 84. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during WWII and attained the rank of Lt. Col. Ret. Air Force Reserve after 36 years. He taught geology and meteorology at City C. of NY, Columbia U., Long Island U., Marshall Law C., Nyack C. and Kings C. He participated in many research studies through the years in these subjects.

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Ed Rozar of Morgantown, WV was with the WVU School of Medicine, Dept. of Surgery. A native of Athens, GA, he received a chemistry degree from U. of GA and MD from the Medical C. of GA in 1973. His specialties were thoracic and cardiac surgery.

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Lewis S. Salter of Crawfordsville, Indiana, died 19 Nov 1989. Lewis was president emeritus of Wabash College. The 1989 Annual Meeting at Indiana Wesleyan was the first national ASA meeting he had been able to attend.

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Raymond J. Seeger of Bethesda, Maryland, died of a heart ailment on 14 Feb 1992 at the age of 85. Bom in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Ray graduated from Rutgers and received a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Yale in 1929. He taught physics at George Washington University until 1942, then went to work for the Navy during WWII. lie worked on high explosives at the Naval Ordnance Lab at White Oak, becoming chief of the aeroballistic research department. From 1952 until his retirement in 1970 he was on the staff of the National Science Foundation. He served as assistant to the NSF director and retired as a senior staff research associate. He was an adjunct professor at American University (1954-72) and at various times also taught at Johns Hopkins, Catholic, and George Washington universities in the area. He published more than 200 technical papers, on quantum mechanics, fluid dynamics, solid state, and applied mathematics. Ray Seeger had received the U.S. Navy Distinguished Service Award, had chaired the fluid dynamics division of the American Physical Society, and had been vice president of the history & philosophy of science division of AAAS. He was best known to ASA members for his writings about noted scientists, including 25 articles in our own journal. The last of that series, on "F. Bacon, Iconoclastic Herald," appeared in n Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith in June 1989. As in his other biographical articles, Ray described Francis Bacon's interest in religious matters as well as his scientific work. Ray was a member of Bethesda's Pilgrim Lutheran Church. He is survived by his wife Vivian, to whom he was married for 62 years, and by a son, daughter, and four grandchildren. See: http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1986/JASA6-86Seeger.html

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Paul G. Simpson of Pensacola, Florida, died suddenly of a heart attack on November 2, 1978, at the age of 39. After receiving his Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard, Paul joined the chemistry faculty of Stanford University, then moved to Oregon State University. He left academic life for employment with Monsanto chemical company in Pensacola where he was employed at the time of his death. Paul is survived by his wife Sonja, three daughters, and one son. The family requested that memorial gifts be given to Fairfield Presbyterian Church of Pensacola, or to the work of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. Paul had served as faculty advisor for the Stanford IVCF chapter, and more recently for the Pensacola group.

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John L. Smith, associate professor Lectures on "The Earth, Humanity and of physics at Mt. Vernon Nazarene College, died of kidney cancer on Dec. 28, 1994, at an age of 48 years. John was born in Blackwell, OK in 1946 and earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from Emporia (Kansas) State College, and an Ed.D. degree in science education from Oklahoma State U. in 1978. John was chairman of the Natural Sciences Division of MVNC from 1986 to 1989. Besides the ASA, he was a member of the National Science Teachers Assoc., American Assoc. of Physics Teachers and the Ohio Academy of Science. John was a good example of a Christian propagating the gospel. Besides his activity with the Gideons, he was appointed Chaplain of the Knox Co. Jail. In Nov 1992, John earned a M.A. in Biblical Studies from Ashland Theological Seminary and was appointed a pastor of the Sparta (Ohio) Advent Christian Church in Aug. 1993. He served there until failing health in May 1994 forced him to take a leave of absence. M Joseph H. Lechner

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Jack Sparks d. ca. 2010

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Paul B. Stam of Durham, North Carolina, collapsed and died suddenly at age 66 on April 11. At the time of his death he was federal program coordinator for the State Dept of Environment, Health, & Natural Resources. A Wheaton graduate, Paul had a Ph.D. in chemistry from Princeton and held high positions in such textile companies as J. P. Stevens and Burlington before studying law at U.N.C. He received a law degree along with his son, Paul, Jr., now a state representative. Paul's wife Jane said he had been planning to atend the 1990 ASA Annual Meeting and was in the process of reviewing a book on environmental ethics for Perspectives when he died.

James W. Stark  of Lansing, MI, died Feb. 4, 2006, at age 79 in Lubbock, TX. His professional life included chemical engineering for Union Carbide and its Eveready division, followed by becoming math prof at Lansing Community C. He was an active volunteer for Central United Methodist Church and Impression V Science Museum and gave generously of his time to teach people to use computers. In the ultimate display of generosity, Jim donated his body to help cancer and burn victims.

John F. H. Stewart died March 27, 2005 at age 87. From childhood he sensed a call to be an Anglican priest, and by age 8 he was performing the rituals of baptism, marriage and funerals, using dolls for practice. After service as a Chaplain in the Canadian Army, he studied medicine at U. of Toronto and became a medical missionary to Liberia for ten years before accepting a position as surgeon in Ontario. One of the founding fathers of the CSCF.

Anthropologist and 1976 ASA President Claude E. Stipe died April 13, 1996. Claude was an active ASA member since 1956. The Editor remembers one unusually insightful talk on culture that Claude gave at an ASA Annual Meeting in the 1970s. A graduate of Wheaton C., UCLA and the U. of Minnesota (Ph.D.), Claude lived in Escondido, CA.

Peter W. Stoner, one of the 5 founding members of the ASA, died March 21, 1980, in Long Beach, California. Born in 1888, he would have been 92 in June. He was an emeritus professor of science retired from Westmont College in Santa Barbara. He had an M.S. from the U. of California (1910). Alton Everest, first ASA president, and wife Elva attended Peter's funeral at Leisure World Community Church, preceding burial in the Santa Barbara Cemetery. Here is Alton's tribute: ;Peter Stoner was the Complete Teacher, a man of quiet dignity and deep Christian faith. During the halcyon days of the Los Angeles ASA section in the 1960s a planning meeting was held in Peter's home in Altadena. The meeting dragged on and at 10 p.m. sharp Peter rose, told us we could stay as long as we wished but that he was going to bed. Something of a night-owl in those days, I was shocked that anyone would go to bed at 10 p.m. At long last I understand. I'm now the age Peter was at that time and by 10:15 1 droop like last week's crocus. "Peter was high on principle but low on prestige, form, and ritual. Knowing the teaching positions he held, people are surprised to learn that he didn't have a Ph.D. Here's the story on that. At a world-renowned California university he had finished all requirements for his doctorate in mathematics when his committee discovered that his completed and approved dissertation on a subject from his minor field of astronomy should have been in his major. Realizing their oversight, they apologetically agreed that all he would have to do to get his degree Was to construct some geometrical models for instructional use. That sop to university regulations was a bit too much for Peter-so, no degree, but lots of peace of mind. "While Peter was in graduate school the pastor of the Presbyterian church he was attending came to him asking if he would take a class of 12 science students from China. Realizing America's strength had something to do with her spiritual underpinnings, the students had told the pastor they wanted to learn about Christianity, although they had no interest in becoming Christians. Peter accepted the challenge, and all 12 accepted Christ before returning to China. "Many years ago Peter was invited to teach a Science and Scripture course at the Moody Bible Institute summer school. He informed the class that his door was continually open for personal conferences. Day and night for the rest of his stay he was deluged by a steady stream of students with questions. That was surely one of the highlights of his life, remembered with grateful satisfaction in his later years as a solid contribution to the spiritual strength of young people. "At Pasadena City College Peter was Chairman of the Department of Mathematics, Astronomy, and Architecture. He taught there for 41 years. Roger Voskuyl, then president of Westmont College, pulled Peter back from the brink of a well-earned retirement to teach at Westmont. Teaching mathematics led to astronomy and then to head of the Science Department and building an observatory for Westmont's 16-inch reflecting telescope. In 1963 he left the haunting smell of chalk dust, having completed 50 years of teaching. "Peter Stoner's lifelong views on the relationship of science and the Bible are set forth in his chapter, "Astronomy and the First Chapter of Genesis," in the ASA's first book, Modern Science and Christian Faith. The same general thrust is in his book originally titled From Science To Souls and soon changed to Science Speaks published first by Moody Press and later by Van Kampen Press. Robert C. Newman, Ph.D. in astrophysics, is listed as co-author in recent editions. That book has sold over 350,000 copies in English and has been published in six languages. "I have before me a copy of Peter's unpublished manuscript, God's Dealing With One Man, for which I wrote, in the preface, I have known and loved Peter Stoner for almost four decades. In observing him through the years one principle of God's leading is illustrated over and over ... that God guides by deflecting the course of His children who are already under way rather than boosting the indolent into the orbit of His choosing."

Charles Dinwiddle Stores of Cocoa Beach, Florida, died of cancer on 4 July 1985 at the age of 79. "Din" was a chemical patent attorney who retired from Exxon Corporation after writing some 300 patents issued to Exxon inventors. He had a B.S. from Roanoke College and L.L.B. from LaSalle Extension University, was a member of the bar of Virginia and the District of Columbia, of the U.S. Patent Office, and of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church of Cocoa Beach, where he also taught a men's Sunday school class. He was an avid reader of JASA. (Our thanks to retired chemistry teacher Edgar Bloom of Cocoa Beach, who notified the Ipswich office. Edgar added that it was Stores who first told him about ASA.-Ed.)

Albert Charles Strong of Salem, Oregon, died Sept. 4, 2001 at age 76 of cancer. After graduating from U.C. Berkeley in mechanical engineering in 1947 and from Fuller Theological Seminary in 1950 with an M.Div, for twenty-one years he served as a missionary in Ethiopia, pastoring and translating Amharic literature. He was prepared for this work by further training in linguistics at the U. of OK and Haile Selassie I U. in Addis Ababa, and in theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and San Francisco Theological Seminary. He returned to the US in 1972 as pastor of two west coast Presbyterian churches. He retired in 1988 and moved to Silverton, OR. Albert participated in ASA Oregon Local Section meetings and his obituary in the Statesman Journal of Salem reports him as a member of the ASA.

Carl Stuebe of Cleveland, OH passed away Mar. 4 1970 He was a research chemist (organic) doing thermal analysis. He had several papers, patents and Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve U. (1954). Carl taught adult Sunday school at his church, Shore Haven Lutheran, and thought that ASA's top priorities should be dealing with issues (such as creation/evolution), Christian teaching, and explaining science to the church.

Russell D. Sturgis, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, one of the five charter members of ASA, died of a heart attack in November, 1969. We hope that a full account of his life can be published in either ASA News or the Journal of the ASA in the near future.

Herbert W. Sutherland of Toronto, Ontario died Sept. 13, 1997.

Allan E. Swartz of Muskegon, Michigan, died of a pulmonary embolism at age 71 on March 29, 1996. Allan was an engineering consultant interested in gasoline and Diesel engines. Don DeGraaf knew Allan well and noted that he was president of the Christian Businessmen's Committee, religious social service organizations and held offices in Forest Park Covenant Church, where he was a lifelong member. Don remarked that "Al devoted his life to serving God and others on a daily basis." Allan was a regular attender of our annual meetings. Last year he gave a paper on his work as a volunteer engineering consultant overseas. Don DeGraaf

David L. Swift has died [on July 3, 1997], apparently from complications from an old infection of hepatitis C. Dave had been active in local ASA section and annual meetings, to which he was usually accompanied by his wife, Suzanne. David was an ASA Fellow and prof. of environmental health sciences at Johns Hopkins U. in Baltimore, MD. David's research was in environmental health engineering, air pollution, and aerosol science. He graduated from Purdue U. in 1957, from MIT in 1959, and got his doctorate at Johns Hopkins in 1963, all in chemical engineering. He did post-doc work at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine until 1966. He was also a past elder at Central Presbyterian Church in Towson, MD. David expected ASA to primarily deal with issues, explain science to the church, and provide fellowship. He was also a good counselor of younger ASAers, and would stay up late at ASA Meetings discussing personal decisions faced by them.

William F. Tanner of Tallahassee, Florida died on April 9, 2000. Tanner was an ASA fellow and also a member of ASA's Affil. of Christian Geologists. A prof. of geology at Florida State U. with emphasis on sedimentology, he was a prolific writer and speaker on geology and sci/Xny. He consulted for several large oil companies and various power companies, extensively traveled the Western Hemisphere, the British Isles, and Germany. His most recent missionary activity was to Barranquilla, Colombia in 1982. He looked to the ASA to explain science to the Church, be involved in Christian teaching, and pursue creation-evolution issues.

Also gone (1996) is Douglas Taylor of Tahlequah, OK. He was a Wheaton C. grad and a surgeon who attended the U. of Oregon Medical School in Portland. Doug made many trips for TEAMission to Zululand, S. Africa, to work with a mission hospital there. He enjoyed ASA's journal "very much all those years."

John Marks Templeton died July 8 in Nassau, Bahamas, at age 95. He received a degree in economics from Yale University in 1934 and was a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, graduating with a MA in law. Sir John pioneered the use of globally diversified mutual funds. He was deeply involved in a multitude of philanthropic missions. He established the John Templeton Foundation to encourage the use of scientific methods to discover more about the spiritual realm. In 1972, he created the Templeton Prize for Progress toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities. Sir John was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church and served as a trustee on the board of Princeton Theological Seminary for 42 years. He also served on the American Bible Society board.

William J. Tinkle an early participant in the ASA and the CRS. MS, PhD in zoology at Ohio State University. (See Numbers, The Creationists

Thomas F. Torrance 30 August 1913 - 2 December 2007. He was a leading Protestant theologian who served for 27 years as professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh in the University of Edinburgh. He wrote many books and articles and translated several hundred theological writings into English from other languages. He edited the English translation of the 13-volume, six-million-word Church Dogmatics of Swiss theologian Karl Barth. He is considered to be one of the most important Reformed theologians of his era. He was the son of missionaries in China and served two parishes in the Church of Scotland. He was influential in work on theological method and the relationship between theology and science. Opposed to dualistic thought, he argued that modern science is similar to theology in that it is developed in terms of relation and integration: each has its distinctive method, and each is fully rational. See: JASA 31 (June 1979): 102-105.

Henry Triezenberg died Jan. 6, 2003, at age 72. He taught at Timothy Christian Schools in Elmhurst, IL, 1955-64 and 1984-95. Between times, he earned his Ph.D. in Science Education from U. of Wisconsin and worked at Christian Schools International in Grand Rapids, MI, as curriculum consultant and editor-in-chief of numerous textbooks. One of his projects was the "Reading God 's World" series of 18 paperback modules. He also edited Individualized Science, like it is (National Science Teachers Association, 1972). He became an ASA Fellow in 1981. Of the couple 's five children, one son is a physician, a daughter is a nurse, and a son teaches molecular genetics at Michigan State. At the time of his death, Triezenberg was a trustee at Trinity Christian C., Palos Heights, IL. His two oldest sons spoke at his funeral, his older son noting that he had died at Epiphany, when the wise men went to see Jesus, and that this year another wise man went to be with Jesus. Mrs. Triezenberg describes her husband's memorial service as "a celebration of his life, rather than a mourning of his death."

Charles H. Troutman, Jr., died on 18 Nov 1990 in Tucson, Arizona, at age 76. Born in Butler, Pennsylvania, he received a B.S. from Wheaton College in 1936, intending to go into medicine. Instead he accepted a one-year appointment with the fledgling Canadian InterVarsity. His visits to student groups in Michigan led to many years of service with IVCF-USA, culminating in his years as general director (1961-64). After serving with the Army Corps of Engineers in Australia in WWII, he spent eight years (1953-61) as general secretary of IVF-Australia. From 1966 to 1980, he and wife Lois served with Latin America Mission, working with students in Costa Rica. Lois died on 8 Dec 1990.

Dutch geologist J. R. van de Fliert died in February 2001. Some of us remember him for his classic ASA article on catastrophism versus uniformitarianism in geology as related to the Noahic flood. See: http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1969/JASA9-69vandeFliert.html

Aldert van der Ziel, emeritus professor of electrical engineering at the U. of Minnesota, died in Minneapolis on 20 Jan 1991 at age 80 after a long, progressive illness. Born in Zandeweer in The Netherlands, he completed a thesis on spectroscopy at the U. of Gronigen at age 24, then joined the Natuurkundig laboratorium of N.V. Philips, where he developed a lifelong interest in electronics and "noise." Aldert and his family endured the Nazi occupation of Holland, emigrated to the U. of British Columbia, Canada, in 1947, then to Minnesota in 1950. He advised over 80 doctoral students and published hundreds of research papers, continuing his research activity after becoming Emeritus in 1980. Since 1968 he had also taught part-time at the U. of Florida in Gainesville. Aldert wrote some 15 textbooks and two books on science and religion: The Natural Sciences and the Christian Message (1960) and Genesis and Scientific Inquiry (1965). He received many honors, including two honorary doctorates and membership in the National Academy of Engineering. He had once participated actively in the North Central section of ASA and contributed to ASA's Journal. Aldert.Van der Ziel is the 1975 recipient of the American Society for Engineering Educationts Vincent Bendix Award, its preeminent award for distinction in engineering research.

Born and raised in the Netherlands, Aldert received his Ph.D. in physics at the University of Groningen in 1934. After a stint as electronics physicist at the Philips Research Laboratory in Eindhoven, Holland, he joined the faculty of the University of British Columbia in 1947. In 1950 he moved to the U. of Minnesota, where he is professor of electrical engineering. He also serves as a graduate research professor at the U. of Florida. Through his research, consulting, and teaching, Aldert has become one of the world's authorities on noise in a wide variety of solid state devices. His classic text on noise first published in 1959 quickly established his preeminence in the subject. He has published six other books and well over 200 technical papers, while seeing more than 50 students through their Ph.D degrees. One nominator for the Bendix Award pointed out that Aldert's scholarly production has continued to increase. Averaged over 42 years, he has published about five or six papers a year, but in recent years he has produced over ten per year--a sizeable number of them as sole author. The nominator added: "There is no argument that Professor van der Ziel is the world's outstanding authority on noise in electron devices. Whether he has contributed more of lasting value to this subject than all other scientists and engineers taken together could be argued, but perhaps it is not a far exaggeration. In 1955, he gave the first rigorous treatment of shot noise in junction diodes and transistors. In 1962, he provided the first rigorous discussion of noise in junction field-effect transistors; and, in 1963, he identified the mechanism contributing gate noise in this device. In 1964, he pointed out a source of noise in gas lasers that has proved to be of great practical significance. "From my association with Professor van der Ziel during the past five years, I have found that he combines brilliance and enthusiasm with humility--a rare combination. By doing so, he sets a model for both students and his colleagues. In my experience, he constantly encourages and supports the efforts of others." Another nominator added that Alder "has made, in addition, a meaningful contribution to the dialogue between science and religion, and has taught and written in this demanding area."In addition to all the technical societies to which he belongs, Aldert van der Ziel is a Fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation. We congratulate our brother for receiving this distinguished award and thank God for Aldert's example to us.

A very active ASA Fellow, John M. Vayhinger, went to be with the Lord at age 90 on June 11, 2006, after a long illness. He was involved in depth in the Rocky Mountain ASA chapter. Born in Upland, IN, John earned his BA, BD, and MA in philosophy, in addition to an MA in experimental psychology and a PhD in clinical psychology from Columbia. Following ordination into the Methodist Church, he served parishes in Indiana, New York, Connecticut and Colorado. After retiring, he taught the Odds and Ends Sunday School class at First United Methodist Church in Colorado Springs for 20 years. His greatest passion was training pastors in counseling and whole-person care, including many positions as professor at Columbia University; Indiana University; Drew, Garrett and Asbury Theological Seminaries; and Iliff and Anderson Schools of Theology. In his quest to serve and help others, John always maintained a private practice, often late into the night, as counselor/therapist and led many seminars and workshops. He was an active member and leader of many professional organizations. He served his country in WWII as a chaplain on Army transport ships in the Pacific Theatre reaching the Philippines, Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Australia, and Italy. Vayhinger truly lived his philosophy of "you can do anything you are willing to work hard enough to do." He was a consummate educator who found joy in serving people, both as a life profession and a life walk, sharing with others a joy of life and the hope of salvation through Christ.

C. W. Vermeulen, (  - )M.D.His membership renewal notice came back marked "deceased" in January. He lived in Flossmoor, Illinois, and was listed in the 1985-88 and subsequent ASA directories.

William R. Vis, M. D (1886-1969) Physician died on December 1, 1969, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, apparently as a result of a stroke suffered about a week before. He was 83. He had graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School after attending Hope College, and had been in private practice in Grand Rapids for over 60 years. In 1964 he published Saddlebag Doctor, a historical novel about an early Grand Rapids physician, and was working on another book at the time of his death. He was a frequent contributor to the Kent County Medical Society Bulletin, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and an ordained elder in Westminster Presbyterian Church of Grand Rapids. His widow, Mrs. Alice T. Via, describes her late husband as a dedicated Christian who as a medical student had planned to be a medical missionary overseas, "Since this did not materialize he did much charitable work throughout his career, and I always felt he was trying to compensate for his disappointment in not getting to the foreign field." (ASA News is indebted to Mrs. Vis for this information.--Ed.)

Roger Voskuyl Chemistry died Nov. 9 in Santa Barbara at the age of 95. After graduating from Hope C. and obtaining his doctorate in chemistry from Harvard, he taught at Wheaton C., participated in the Manhattan Project during WW II, then served as president of Westmont C., 1968. During his tenure, the college gained accreditation, added 8 major buildings and increased enrollment from 218 to 700. The number of faculty with doctorates increased from 19 to 52 percent. He helped to found the Council for the Advancement of Small Colleges, and became its executive director in 1968, retiring from that position in 1974.

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Elver H. Vothspan (1923-1989) Biologyof Newberg, Oregon, died 26 Aug 1989 of cancer at age 66. Elver was a highly respected professor of biology at George Fox College. (check in ASA directory)

Richard G. Wall (1950-2005) Biology passed away on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2005, at age 55. He fought a year-long fight against myelodisplastic syndrome, a disease of the blood forming cells. He  taught at Tabor C. in Hillsboro, KS, for 27 years in the areas of microbiology, cell biology, and genetics. Wall, a 1972 Tabor graduate first accepted a two-year teaching assignment at Tabor while another professor worked on his doctorate. Wall earned his master's and doctoral degrees in 1975 and 1980 from Oklahoma State University. From 1977 to 1980, Wall served as a biology instructor, then established Tabor's agriculture program in 1980. He held the title of assistant professor of agriculture from 1980 to 1985 and associate professor of agriculture from 1985 to 1989. Wall returned to microbiology and genetics after the agriculture program's closure. He chaired the natural and mathematical sciences division from 1987 to 1991. He was associate professor of biology from 1989 to 1991 and professor of biology from 1992 until his death. Born Feb. 21, 1950, at Hillsboro, the son of Elmer and Frieda Bartel Wall, h married JoAnn Hein in 1973. He was known for serving others, the church, and the college,-- Sara Cook, Tabor College; Newsletter

Linda Wanase (1920-1979) Nutritian died on 13 Dec 1990 of a heart attack in her home in Whiting, New Jersey. Born in 1920, she served as a missionary in India from 1951 to 1966, and as an assistant professor of Bible at The King's College in Briarcliff Manor, New York, from 1967 until her retirement in 1986. Linda, who was trained in nutrition, faithfully served the Metropolitan New York ASA local section as a Council member over the years.

 James R. Weir MD (1918-1979) Physician of Monroe, Wisconsin, on August 4, 1979. James had been ill for many years, but as a hemodialysis patient himself continued to contribute articles on kidney dialysis. Born in 1918 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, he graduated from Wheaton College in 1939 and from the U. of Illinois Medical School with honors in 1943. He was a member of national, state, and county medical societies and had served two terms in the house of delegates of the Christian Medical Society. He was also a member of the National Audubon Society and the Wisconsin Society of Ornithology, and taught an adult Bible class at the Union Presbyterian Church. Jim had been honored for service to his community by both the Monroe Jaycees and the Rotary Club, having lived in Monroe for the past 32 years. He is survived by his wife Geraldine, four sons, two daughters, four grandchildren, his father and two sisters. --John A. Cramer

Kurt Weiss, (1923-1987) Physiology professor of physiology in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in Oklahoma City, died February 13, a month before his 65th birthday. He had gone into the hospital a week earlier for severe abdominal pain which was diagnosed as pancreatitis. He developed renal shutdown, could not be dialyzed without a fall in blood pressure, He was cathaterized to check central venous pressure but lost consciousness and did not recover.

Kurt's death will leave a big hole in many people's lives. He was a big man, both physically and spiritually, but a modest man who expressed his love for Jesus Christ by sharing his faith with others and serving them in practical ways. An active witness for Christ among students and colleagues, he was one of the founders of the Federation Christian Fellowship, which for almost thirty years has met at the annual meeting of FASEB (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology). Kurt Weiss learned of ASA in 1956 from biochemist Walt Hearn when they met on an airport bus in Brussels, Belgium, at the 20th International Congress of Physiology. Elected to the ASA Executive Council in 1977, Kurt became president of ASA in 1979 -- the year the building containing our national office (in Elgin, Illinois) burned down, destroying most ASA records. The ASA found itself deeply in debt. Kurt not only saw us through that troubled year but accepted a second term as president to get ASA on its feet again. (Hany Lubansky, Jr. stepped in as interim executive officer, preceding Bob Herrmann.) Who could forget Kurt's moving presidential message at one Annual Meeting, and a reprise of it at another one, telling of his personal spiritual history? Born a Jew in the Catholic city of Graz, Austria, Kurt barely escaped the Nazi terror by immigrating to the U.S. as a teenager. A labored, often simplistic witness of fellow students at Oklahoma Baptist University introduced him to Jesus Christ, whom Kurt took as his own Lord and Savior during a stint in the U.S. Army. His B.S. from O.B.U. was followed by an M.S. from the U. of Tennessee in 1950 and a Ph.D. from Rochester in 1953. Kurt's areas of specialization were gerontology and endocrinology. He was the author of many technical papers and a chapter on "The Physiology of Aging" in Greenfield's Surgery in the Aged (1975). He served on the councils of the Society for Experimental Biology & Medicine and the Gerontological Society and had been vicepresident of the latter and president of the Southwestern Section of the American Physiological Society. He served the University of Oklahoma and its medical school in many ways and was on the Governor's Advisory Committee on Aging. Kurt's colleagues all admired his teaching and his concern for students. On learning of his serious illness, President Horton notified the Dean of the medical school that Dr. Weiss had been awarded the David Ross Boyd Professorship for outstanding teaching and guidance of students. Professor Roger Thies, when informing ASA of his colleague's death, called that a fitting tribute to such a caring teacher, adding, "I will remember him for how much he loved other people." The Weiss's son Tom and Kurt's brother from Virginia flew to Oklahoma City before Kurt died. Many of us had also come to love Mary Weiss, at her husband's side at ASA Annual Meetings. We prayed with them for the recovery from cancer of their daughter- in-law and rejoiced in the birth of their "miracle grandchild." We share Mary's grief, but also her comfort in knowing that Kurt is with the Lord.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 186, 123 (1987)
IN MEMORIAM
A. Kurt Weiss
(1923-1987)
Kurt Weiss, having just begun a sabbatical to learn about the use of computers for student learning, died in February, 1987, of complications of pancreatitis. This indicated his life-long dedication to students and their learning. Dr. Weiss was born in Graz, Austria, and grew up as a Jew, the son of a physician. He was sent to Dachau concentration camp as a teenager, but was soon released and sent to London and then to New York City as World War II was developing. He later attended Oklahoma Baptist University on a scholarship for a year before joining the U.S. Army. He became a Baptist and served as a medical technician and interpreter for three years. After the war he returned to Oklahoma Baptist University for his B.S.  degree and married a nursing student from Oklahoma. He received his M.S. degree from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in 1950 and his Ph.D. from the University
of Rochester in 1953. He published on the endocrine responses to cold exposure and the physiology of aging. He taught at the University of Miami, was chairman of Biology at Oklahoma City University, and finally spent over two decades in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City.
Kurt Weiss was a friend to students and colleagues. He cared about every person
whom he contacted and would cordially welcome strangers into groups where he was
present. His later years were spent as an administrator and counselor of students,
coordinating up to four different courses within his department. He had a knack for
remembering the names of hundreds of students, and would inquire about their progress
years after having them in class. The University of Oklahoma awarded him a David
Ross Boyd Professorship posthumously, for outstanding teaching, guidance, and leadership
of students.
Kurt Weiss also served on many university and civic boards and for many national
organizations. He was book editor for the Journal ofGerontology for five years and
Chairman of the National Membership Committee of the Society for Experimental
Biology and Medicine from 1975 until his death. He had many officesin the American
Scientific Affiliation and was a director of the Larry Jones (Feed the Children) International
Ministries for 16 years. Kurt Weiss was a gentleman who could listen, encourage,
and help everyone accomplish their goals.
We will miss his immediate acceptance, kind words, and continuing support. We
will remember him as someone who could love all persons.
Roger Thies, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University ofOklahoma

C. Bruce Wenger MD ( 1942-2002 Environmental Medicine  died on November 22, 2002 in Natick, MA. C. Bruce Wenger M.D. ’70, Ph.D. ’73, of Natick, Mass., died November 22 after a long illness. He was 60. A pharmacologist, Wenger had been a medical researcher for the Army specializing in heat-related illnesses. He loved to sing and belonged to the Stambandet Swedish Singing Group and the Norumbega Harmony Singers.

Wenger was a long-standing member of Gideons International, the oldest Christian business and professional men’s association in the United States,Dr. Wenger was a medical doctor who specialized in the physiology of illnesses caused by heat. He did ongoing research at the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. His research was applied to the military in Gulf War I as well as the recent war in Iraq. He gathered much of his data at Paris Island, SC where he worked extensively with the marines. 

Dr. Ardis H. White, (1922-1981) Civil Engineering professor of civil engineering at the University of Houston in Texas for twenty-four years, died at age 59 on January 13, 1981. According to an obituary notice in the U.H. alumni magazine, he had been suffering from a liver disorder. He is survived by his wife Frances and two adult daughters. He chaired the civil engineering department from 1966 to 1975. Last year the university's student chapter of A.S.C.E. named their chapter for him. We received this information from Mary Jane Mills of Galveston, who said she doesn't know if Professor White was ever a member of the national ASA but that he was a member of the (now defunct) Gulf Coast local section of ASA. Further, he helped arrange for a room for local section meetings on the U. of Houston campus, "and was very kind and helpful."

Elias Doyle White (1910 -1968) Education, Pastor  was pastor of the First Brethren Church of La Verne, California, at the time of his death on December 17, 1968. He had an A.B. degree from Ashland College in Ohio, a Th.B. from Asbury Seminary, an MA in philosophy from Oberlin, and a Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary. He had done graduate work later at U.S.C. and at Claremont College in California, and had taught apologetics.  Dr. Elias Doyle White 58, pastor of the First Brethren Church in LaVerne since 1965, died December 17, of an apparent heart attack. He had not been ill recently but had had a history of heart problems. Dr. White was born June 26, 1910, in Ga. He grew up in LaVerne and graduated from Bonita high school. He served churches in South Gate and St. and was dean of Brookes Bible Institute in St. Louis before he returned to Verne in September 1965 to become the pastor of the Brethren Active in civic he had served as president of the La Verne Lions the LaVerne Coordinating the Bonita Ministerial Fellowship and the Pomona Valley National of He also served as treasurer for the Verne Chamber of  Commerce. Obituary, Newsletter

Jack L. White (1926-2002) Metallurgy passed away on Feb. 20, 2002 at age 76. Our present understanding of the various microstructures formed in the carbonaceous mesophase and its associated disclination structures stems directly from his pioneering work. Jack earned a Ph.D. in metallurgy from UC-Berkeley. He worked as visiting scientist at EUROATOM in Holland from 1967 to 1969. In 1973, he joined the Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, CA, as a research scientist in the Materials Science Lab. He "retired" in 1988 and joined the Chemical Engineering group at UCSD. He is survived by his brother, Don; a daughter, Janette; and two grandsons. Information from the professional journal Carbon and from his daughter. * Janette Shelton, Carbon

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James "Glen" Widmer, MD (1918-2011) Medicine left his earthly body on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, at Henry County Health Center in Mt. Pleasant, IN after battling cancer. Glen was born Feb. 26, 1918, near Wayland, Iowa, to Christian G. and Elisabeth (Rediger) Widmer. He married Helen Yoder on June 6, 1943, at Wayland. Throughout their 68 years together they strived to live lives of love and service to family, community, church, and God. He was an active member of Sugar Creek Mennonite Church, having accepted Christ as his personal savior in December 1932. He attended the rural Douglas School, Wayland High School, and Goshen College, Ind. He graduated from the University of Iowa medical school in September 1944 and then served in the U.S. Public Health Service until after the end of World War II.

In 1946, he opened a general medical practice at Wayland, where he cared for the community until 1992. He was also an active volunteer. He was a member of Gideons International for 37 years, holding state office for nine years. He served as secretary of the Mennonite Medical Association. He helped establish and was president of the Wayland Mennonite Home Association which sponsors Parkview Home. He was president of the founding board of the Henry County Community Mental Health Association. He helped found Wayland Mobile Meals and Crooked Creek Christian Camp. He was a charter member of the Wayland Lions Club and served as president. He served on the board of Wayland State Bank for many years, including a term as chairman. A promoter of good education, he served on the boards of the Wayland school and Hesston College, Ks., and on the Mennonite Board of Education.

He joined the ASA in 1952 and was a faithful donor to its's work.

Upon retirement, Glen and Helen continued to reside in Wayland and to volunteer in many ways. He enjoyed gardening, reading, picking out nuts and visiting with friends and family. He passed on to his children his love of local and family history and the world of nature. He traveled near and far, to see new places as well as to help those in need. He is survived by his wife Helen and six children. Gwen Widmer and husband Patrick Clancy, Kansas City, Mo.; Theodore Widmer and wife Linda Widmer, Mt. Pleasant; Jane Widmer Yoder and husband Frank Yoder, Kalona; Jean Clark and husband Dan Clark, Muscatine; James Widmer and wife Alice Widmer, Mt. Pleasant; and Janice Hadley, Valparaiso, Ind. He is also survived by 13 grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; two brothers, Reuben and Daniel; and a former exchange student and family member Madjid Nader and wife Shirin and two sons. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Henry and Paul; four sisters, Katie Roth, Esther Widmer, Mary Wenger, and Frieda Freyenberger; an infant son and infant twin grandsons. Newsletter

Dr. S. A. Witmer, (1899-1962) Christian Education Dr. S. A. Witmer, Executive Director of the Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges., died in Fort 'Wayne on September 11, 1962

Dr. Witmer, long an Associate of ASA., was an outstanding authority in the field of Christian higher education. While still the President of Fort Wayne Bible College, Dr. Witmer was elected as the first president of the AABC., Since 1958 he has boon its Executive Director. Dr. Witmer was connected with Fort Wayn Bible College for a total of 28 years as a student, instructor, dean and president, During his 14 years as head of this school he introduced a program of teacher training, got its program accredited by the state, built two new buildings and helped got a new campus for the school. During two periods of absence from the school how was pastor and chaplain. Author of three books, the latest being The Bible College Story" published this years Dr. Witmer earned his BA at Taylor University, a Master's degree at Winona Lake School of Theology and a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. He was survived by his widow and a daughter.

Anne Whiting, (1941-1993) Biology 25-year professor of biology at Houghton College, died July 2 at age 52 after a long fight with cancer. A graduate of Eastern Nazarene College and founding secretary of the ACB (see article on Affiliation of Christian Biologists), her two adopted girls from India were taken in by another family in town, much to Anne's relief . Anne was active in several Christian and local service organizations, including the local Western NY ASA section.  Joined the ASA in 1966.Degrees in Biology, Ed MS in Biology, PhD Penn State.

"One of my role models is my family's immigration sponsor, Anne Whiting, a professor of biology at Houghton Wesleyan College. She was one of the key people who helped bring my family to America. Whiting encouraged her church to sponsor a Hmong refugee family; if she hadn't opened her heart and her home, my family could have been in a Thai refugee camp for months. Whiting helped my parents adjust to life in America and raised me for 10 years. She imparted the values, beliefs, compassion and work ethic I have today. In 1994, Anne passed away from complications of breast cancer. Her death left a huge void in my life. I take comfort in knowing she taught me well and that I am the person I am today because of her." MinnPost2012 

Gordon Whitney (  -1993)         of Princeton, NJ died 6 Dec. 1993.  No further information.

Stanley H. Wineland ( 1940-1990) Physics of Thornville, Ohio, at age 50.  He had a B.S. in physics (1962) from Ohio State and an M.S. (1968) from the U. of Toledo OH.  Stan initially worked at the Granville Research Center in Granville, Ohio then for Dow Chemical in the 80s. His record includes numerous patents and scientific papers. He later taught Physics at Findlay College, Findlay OH

Ralph D. Winter (1924-2008)  Missiology  who was named one of America's 25 most influential evangelicals by Time magazine in 2005, died Wednesday at his home in Pasadena after battling multiple myeloma and lymphoma. He was 84. Winter stepped onto the world stage in 1974 at the International Congress on World Evangelization in Lausanne, Switzerland. There he issued a call for other Protestant evangelists to proselytize to the world's "unreached people," those who had not been exposed to Christianity. In identifying mission fields, Winter looked for "ethnic pockets," isolated areas where language, ethnicity, culture and social status as well as religion had hindered the spread of the Christian Gospel. He began his career as a Presbyterian missionary in Guatemala in 1956. Ten years later he returned to the United States to become professor of missions at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena. At Fuller he trained missionaries, sharing with students his experiences working with the indigenous Maya people of Latin America.

In 1976 he decided to leave the classroom to become a strategist for Christian outreach, founding the interdenominational U.S. Center for World Mission on the former campus of Pasadena Nazarene College. A year after establishing a research institute there, he founded the related William Carey International University.By 2005 he was included along with such figures as Rick Warren and James Dobson in Time's compilation of influential American evangelicals. Winter was born in South Pasadena in December 1924, the middle son of Hugo H. Winter, a prominent freeway designer with the Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering, and his wife, Hazel. He earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering at Caltech before serving in the Navy during World War II. After his discharge, Winter switched gears and studied for a doctorate in linguistics, anthropology and mathematical statistics at Cornell. He then attended Columbia, where he received a master's degree in teaching English as a second language, and Princeton Theological Seminary, where he was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1956. By then he was prepared for his missionary calling to Guatemala, setting out with his wife, Roberta, a registered nurse whom he had married in 1951. They had four daughters, all of whom became involved in missionary work. Roberta died in 2001. Winter is survived by his second wife, Barbara; daughters Elizabeth Gill, Rebecca Lewis, Linda Dorr and Patricia Johnson; 14 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and two brothers, Paul, a structural engineer, and David, president of Westmont College in Santa Barbara.  --claire.noland@latimes.com*

Mark B. Wolgemuth (1915-1994) Chemistry, Geology born  Feb 23, 1915 and died 19 Mar. 1994 at 79 years. Gerald Hess described Mark at the ASA Annual Meeting. He was both a student and later a colleague of Mark's at Messiah College. Once a student of H. Harold Hartzler, Mark was a chemistry professor, but later taught geology and would take faculty members on field trips. He amassed a collection of Pennsylvania rocks from his trips around the state. Mark was enthusiastic about promoting Messiah C. and the Christian faith, and was involved in Young Life and Kiwanis. He also was an avid hunter, and occasionally took some good-natured ribbing about it from his academic colleagues. He resided in Mechanicsberg PA. H Jerry Hess, Newsletter*

Daniel F. Wonderly (1922-2004) Anthropology,  Biology, Geology, Theology of Oakland, MD, joined the church triumphant on Dec. 3, 2004. He attended the Southeastern Bible Inst., Birmingham, AL, for two years before being drafted into the Army, serving in Europe and Japan in WW II. After the war, he earned a B.A. in anthropology at Wheaton C., and a B.D. and Th.M. at Central Baptist Seminary, Kansas City. He later earned a M.S. in biology at Ohio U., Athens, OH. He pastored small churches in Missouri and then taught at Southeastern Bible C., Wingate, NC, and Grace C., Winona Lake, IN. In 1974 he returned to Maryland and was active in his church and in further studies in science, especially in geology and its relation to the Bible, publishing two books on the subject, as well as various reports and articles. He was a member of Faith Evangelical Free Church, Mountain Lake Park, the ASA, the Affiliation of Christian Geologists, the Interdisciplinary Biblical Research Institute, and the Geological Society of America. NewsLetter, ibri bio*

John Henry Woodburn, (1917-2007) Chemistry Education, died peacefully at his home in Amherst, Va., on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2007. He reviewed books for PSCF, and contributed short articles in 2000, 2005, 2007 (Life, the ultimate challenge.)  The records do not show when he first joined the ASA but the Newsletter indicates his return and subsequent active involvement in science education writ large.

"John rejoined ASA in 1999 and has been involved in science teaching at Michigan State U., Illinois State U., the NSTA, the US Office of Education, and Johns Hopkins U. His teaching abilities have been recognized by seven teaching awards he has received over the years. He has published at least seven books, with emphasis upon chemistry. "John H. Woodburn recently received his M. A. degree in science education from Ohio State University, Columbus. He is presently teaching biology and general science at Mad River Junior High School, Urbana, Ohio." (Sep1968 NewsLetter) "John retired in 1979 and has maintained an "audience" among young people by way of "Opportunites in Chemistry Careers" and in energy careers. He has also been involved in the Boy Scout Merit Badge booklets for general science and energy. Over the last three years, he has spent much time writing the biography of a university horticulturist and entrepreneur, titled 20th Century Bioscience - Professor O.J. Eigsti and the Seedless Watermelon. The book is suitable for use in science classes; John says "this book offers a leg up for teachers who are struggling to survive in today's classrooms." (MarApr2008 NewsLetter*

Edmund R. Woodside (1921 -1985) Biblical Studies  of La Verne, California, born November 22, 1921 died on 15 December 1985 at age 64. He had joined ASA in 1967. Ed was a biblical scholar who loved to delve into the Greek text of the New Testament and the classical Greek behind it, sharing his insights in papers presented each year at the Asa Annual Meeting. At Oxford in 1985 he argued for Christian stewardship of the earth from a consideration of Genesis 1:28 and various New Testament passages. Ed had a B.S. and M.S. from the U. of Redlands and a doctorate from Kensington University. He was widely read and, to some extent, self-taught. From 1972 through 1983 he taught Greek at the California Center for Biblical Studies, a Plymouth Brethren Bible college that closed in 1983. Ed was a Bible teacher at the Pomona Bible Chapel. Ed Woodside was author or co-author of a number of books, including A Programmed Guide to Philippians, Matthew 13 and The Earthly Life of the Lord Jesus. The circumstances of Ed's death came as a shock, especially so close to Christmas. His second wife Dorothy (married Feb. 14, 1981) was in the hospital following surgery and had called Ed to come take her home. He never arrived. Eventually he was found in his car, just off the freeway on the way to the hospital. At first it was assumed that he felt sick, managed to get off the freeway and park, and died of a massive heart attack. Later the cause of death was determined to have been a spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. Ed reviewed numerous books on biblical interpretation for PSCF and attended a long string of ASA annual meetings.  Newsletter 2-3-03

Paul M. Wright (1904 -1999) Physical Chemistry, of Tahlquah, OK passed away on Dec. 29, 1999. B.S. Chemistry, Wheaton 1926, M.S. 1928. PhD 1930, University of Chicago. He was a physical chemist, and a  Wheaton C. prof. for forty-one (1930-1971), longtime head of the chemistry dept. His published paperson the application of chemistry to geology, especially the geology of the Black Hills, SD. He worked summers as a resident consultant for eleven years at Argonne National Lab, was involved in development of a missionary bush plane (including FAA certification), and did missionary electrical work in sixteen foreign countries and many U.S. states as a licensed electrician. He was President of the Midwestern Assoc. of Chem. Teachers in 1961.  Paul learned of the ASA through the ASA classic book, Modern Science and Christian Faith. He attended the Wheaton Bible Church for fifty years, wired its first sanctuary, and was longstanding chairman of the deacon board. Paul joined the ASA in 1950 and later elected  an ASA fellow. NewsLetter, Wheaton Archives  2-3-03

Bernard Zylstra ( 1934 -1986) Political Science, of Toronto, Ontario, died on 4 March 1986 at age 51, after a ten-month battle with cancer. Zylstra received an LL.B. degree from the University of Michigan. He received a S.J.D. from the Free University in Amsterdam, where he studied under Herman Dooyeweerd. Zylstra's dissertation was on the political theory of Harold Laski. Later, Zylstra would publish the related From Pluralism to Collectivism: The Development of Harold Laski's Political Thought in 1968.
His younger brother, Calvin College biology professor Uko Zylstra, paid tribute to him at a memorial service held on March 7 in Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. "Bernie" had been principal or president  and the professor of political theory of the Institute for Christian Studies (ICS) from its founding in 1967 until ill health forced him to resign in 1985. He was an alumnus and former staff member in political science of the Free University of Amsterdam. Liturgist at the memorial service was his former theology professor, Lewis Smedes of Fuller Theological Seminary, who had performed the wedding ceremony when Bernie married his wife Jocina in 1959.

Bernie's work prospered and ICS developed into a Canadian Christian graduate school in the Reformed tradition.  ICS is located on the edge of the University of Toronto Campus. He was the editor of Dooyeweerd's Roots of Western Culture (1979) and co-editor, with his wife Josina Van Nuis Zylstra, of L. Kalsbeek's Contours of Christian Philosophy (1975), he was a member of the editorial board of International Reformed Bulletin and from 1978 a member of the editorial council of Philosophia Reformata.  He was also president of the Association for the Advancement of Christian Scholarship from 1983.  Josina Zylstra donated Bernard Zylstra's papers to Redeemer University College library.  The catalogue can be accessed here.  The main Redeemer University College library website is here.  Wikipedia, NewsLetter   Bio*