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AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATION - CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC & CHRISTIAN AFFILIATION

VOLUME 21   No. 2                                                                                      APRIL/MAY 1979

NEW LOOK FOR THE NEWS

Copy for this issue left the editor in about the same shape as always, typed on the backs of miscellaneous recycled pages. It may have a new look by the time you're reading it. We hear by the trumpet vine that our elves in Elgin want to try a two-column format with ASA's new word-processing equipment. Did you notice the change in the Feb/Mar issue-the "justified" right edge of the type?

Justification is done automatically on the new equipment. Sanctification probably comes harder, especially with the same old editor. The elves say we can keep typing our rough copy all the way across the page, but they'd appreciate shorter headlines. No more 14-cm German streamers for one egregious pun.

Machines just aren't human, that's all. Next thing, they'll be expecting us to have the copy there on time!

What energy policies should Christians back? How is the church to evaluate psychological services and psychotherapies? What can we do to be of real assistance to the Third World? How do we keep science from being distorted, either when it is taught or when it is used to support ideologies (including our own)?

A MESSAGE OF HOPE

Sometimes the "Choices We Face" seem too much for us. A special feature of- the 1979 ASA ANNUAL MEETING will be a glimpse of a desperate situation in the past to give us hope for the future. ASA president A. Kurt Weiss, professor of physiology and biophysics at the U. of Oklahoma College of Medicine, will give a presidential address, open to the public, on "The Weisses who Escaped the Holocaust." Subtitled "Grace That is Greater Than All Our Sins," Kurt's real-life testimony of an Austrian-born Jew whom God rescued and brought to faith in Jesus Christ will touch on religion, science, morality--and history.

"Energy Resources Available to the United States, 1985 to 2000"; "Policy Review Boosts Solar as a Near--Term Energy Option" (Science, 19 Jan.). "Economic Feasibility of S-olar Water and Space Heating"; "The Solar Institute: Hobbled by DOET' (23 Mar.).

"U.S. Oil Supply Situation Worsens"; "Nuclear Power Industry Dealt Setbacks"; "Switch to Coal May Not Decrease Oil Use"; "Photocell Work Boosts Solar Energy Outlook" (Chem.& Eng. News, 19 Mar.). "California Nuclear Waste Controversy Rages On" (26 Mar.) ... and on and on, in just one of the areas to be explored at Stanford. 

We can't avoid the "Choices We Face" as scientists, citizens, and Christians. Let's face them together. We'll have knowledgeable people to discuss the issues and perhaps argue for their points of view. We'll have thoughtful colleagues to try out our own ideas on. We'll have Professor Richard H. Bube of Stanford University, editor of the Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation, to put the issues in biblical perspective in three keynote addresses. And more.

Don't miss the 1979 ASA ANNUAL MEETING at STANFORD (CA), AUGUST 10-13!

So, to encourage interested New College students to participate in the ASA meeting (and no doubt to get ASAers to think about attending New College), a new twist has been added. One unit of graduate credit will be offered for a research paper written in connection with attendance at the 1979 ASA Annual Meeting. The paper is to be undertaken in consultation with adjunct professors Bube and Hearn, and submitted to one of them for grading by September 15, 1979.

Besides the moderate cost of attending the ASA meeting, costs will include a $30 course fee ("Christianity and Science") and for those not already registered for the Summer Session, a $15 registration fee, both payable to New College, Berkeley.

Four outstanding 3-credit courses will be offered in each session of the 1979 Summer School at New College, with two ASA members (Miriam Adeney, Ron Enroth) among the visiting faculty:

First session (July 2-20): Old Testament Theology (Elmer A. Martens); What is Human? (Miriam Adeney); C. S. Lewis: Mere Christian (Kathryn Lindskoog); Violence in America (Ronald M. Enroth & David W. Gill).

Second session (July 23-August 10): New Testament Theology (Ralph P. Martin); Biblical Authority Today (Clark Pinnock); Christ and the Arts (Alice & Kenneth Hamilton); Jesus' Resurrection & Contemporary Discipleship (Ronald J. Sider).

New College, Berkeley, will open its doors to full-time graduate students for the first time in September 1979, and is looking for Christians serious enough about discipleship to spend a year strengthening their biblical roots and thinking through their vocations in a scholarly evangelical setting. For information on either the Summer program or the Academic Year program, write to: New College for Advanced Christian studies, 2407 Dana St., Berkeley, CA 94704.

Wednesday, April 25, at 1-3:10 p.m.

Contributors include (1) Denis Baly on "'Secured Frontiers,' Biblical and Modern"; (2) Gordon Lewthwaite on "The Geographical Knowledge of the Early Israelites"; (3) Harold Brodsky on "The Site of the Temple in Jerusalem"; (4) Thomas McCormick on "Man and Nature in the Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament"; and (5) Jonathan J. Lu on "The Route of the Exodus.

PHYSICISTS MEET APRIL 23-26

Vernon J. Ehlers has organized a symposium on "Alternative Energy Approaches" for the spring meeting of the American Physical Society in Washington, D. C., April 23-26.

Vern will be presenting his own paper on "Soft Energy Paths and All That," based on his contribution to the Calvin College symposium on "Christian Stewardship and Natural Resources" from the 1978 ASA Annual Meeting at Hope College. Vern and several other Calvin participants took that symposium on the road during Calvin's January Interim term, by the way. They logged about 9,000 miles through Ontario, New Jersey, Alberta, and British

Columbia, including an all-day session for the Canadian Scientific & Christian Affiliation in Toronto.

(Vern reports that his election as chair of the Kent County (Michigan) Board of Commissioners has gotten him "out of the garbage business." The chair is not permitted to serve on the Waste Management or any other committee, being a non-voting ex-officio member of all the committees. He still finds P011TICS Ila fascinating exercise in applied Christian principles" but has trouble finding time to do all that is expected of him. "Fortunately I will probably not survive political wars long enough to be in this position for very many years," is Vern's philosophical outlook.)

A "U.S. Consultation on Simple Lifestyle" convenes April 25-29 at the Overseas Ministries Study Center in Ventnor, New Jersey. Cosponsors are the Lausanne Theology & Education Group of the Lausanne Committee on World Evangelization and the Unit on Ethics & Society of the Theological Commission of the World Evangelical Fellowship. On the consultation's planning committee is Wayne Bragg, director of the Human Needs & Global Resources program at Wheaton College.

Purpose of the consultation, according to coordinators Horace L. Fenton, Jr. (Latin America Mission) and Ronald J. Sider (Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary), is to explore the implications of one of the statements in Paragraph 9 of the 1974 Lausanne Covenant:

"All of us are shocked by the poverty of millions and disturbed by the injustices which cause it. Those of us who live in affluent circumstances accept our duty to develop a simple life-style in order to contribute generously to both relief and evangelism."

Something like 200 evangelical Christians who have expressed concern for such issues have been invited to participate, mostly as couples. Besides the Wayne Braggs, ASA couples we spotted on the list included the Howard Claassens of Illinois, the Walter Hearns of California, and the C. Davis Weyerhaeusers of Washington.

(The Hearns thought about lining up speaking gigs across the country to pay for the trip. But that would mean too much time away from editorial work. So for a fraction of their airfare they printed up copies of their three Radix articles on the subject instead and sent enough copies for all participants. Simplify, simplif y!--Ed.)

In 1800 only 3 percent of the world's population lived in cities. By 1985 over 270 cities will each have a million residents, and at least 17 will have over 10 million. "Jesus preached in the cities, wept over the city, died for the city," says Leighton Ford. "World evangelization will never happen unless we pick up His burden for the great urban centers."

Craig Ellison, professor of psychology and - urban studies at Simpson College in San Francisco, will direct a Summer Institute for Urban Ministries (SIUM) this summer. There will be two 4-week sessions (June 6-July 3; and July 5-August 1). Students are encouraged to attend both sessions. Besides spending 20 hours a week in a cross-cultural internship in a church, parachurch, or community service setting, they may take one SIUM evening course for undergraduate or M.A. credit each session. For information and costs, write to: Dr. Craig W. Ellison, Simpson College, 801 Silver Ave., San Francisco, CA 94134.

With STANFORD UNIVERSITY only about 40 minutes south of San Francisco, a person could participate in the Simpson SIUM, take a week's vacation in the Bay Area, say, and then attend the 1979 ASA ANNUAL MEETING, AUGUST 10-13. If you're stuck on the east coast and can't get to either, another evangelical urban internship program is available there, June 9-August 11. For information and costs of that one, write to: Christians for Urban Justice, 598 Columbia Road, Boston, MA 02125.

COMING YOUR WAY

Remember, the ASA Annual Meeting moves across the country and back in a regular pattern: midwest in 1980, east coast in 1981, midwest in 1982, and back to the west again in 1983 and so on-unless the Lord has other plans.

grant for solar demonstration and education. The $240,000 grant will be used to construct a concentrating solar system to heat and cool the college's Administration Building (named for Gerald Ford, who served that Congressional District). The sophisticated system will complement six other alternate energy systems on the campus. According to the Department of Energy, Jordan College will be the only place in the world with the three different major types of commercial solar systems in operation.

An unrelated story from Michigan (via Missionary News Service) announces a commercially available battery pack rechargeable by exposure to sunlight. Missionaries who rely heavily on cassette players in the field will be glad to hear that "Solar Pack" operates the average cassette player for over 20 hours on one charge. "Each day of sunshine will give 2 to 4 hours of cassette listening. The sun will completely recharge the battery in a little over 30 hours, and the Solar Pack should last over 250 cycles-over 5,000 hours of listening," according to Portable Recordings Ministries, 681 Windcrest Drive, Holland, MI 49423.

HOW TO SERVE GOD OVERSEAS. No. 8

Here's a way for photographers to use your talents overseas without ever leaving home. Breakthrough Junior is the title of a monthly Christian magazine published in Chinese for junior high age children. It is published by the Fellowship of Evangelical Students, Hong

Kong, who also publish Breakthrough magazine. The editor has asked if any ASAICSCA members can supply photographs of animals, plants, insects, fish, birds, geographical features, scenic views, or astronomical subjects for use in the magazine. Address: Mr. Siu Yui-chi, editor, Breakthrough Junior, 2A Tak Shing Street, Ist Floor, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

What looks from the program like an annual meeting of the Christian Legal Society was scheduled to take place April 5-8 in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference on "Education,

Christian Faith, and the Law" emerged "out of a growing conviction that the legal issues facing Christians in both the public and private schools are crucial and require the most diligent study, spiritual sensitivity, and legal expertise." Probably many ASAers would be interested in the CLS deliberations along those lines. We spotted at least one current ASA member among the speakers, Sid Macauley of the Christian Medical Society.

In other legal news: "On February 2 the United States Court of Appeals for the third circuit, sitting in Philadelphia, affirmed the earlier decision of the federal District Court that had declared Transcendental Meditation (TM) to be religious in nature." Full text of the original District Court's opinion in the case Malnak v.Maharishi Mahesh Yogi appears in Time in Court an 88-page paperback from Spiritual Counterfeits Project, P.O. Box 4308, Berkeley, CA 94704. (Ask for a free catalogue of other SCP literature and tapes, too.)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi called TM the "Science of Creative Intelligence" in order to get his Hindu style of worship introduced into public schools at taxpayer expense. That was one factor behind the proposal of "The Twisting of Science" as a topic for the 1979 ASA ANNUAL MEETING at STANFORD, AUGUST 10-13.

Wait Hearn hopes to have several researchers Tr-om the Berkeley-based Spiritual Counterfeits Project on the program. The SCP, which was behind the TM case in New Jersey, continues to dig into pseudoscientific and pseudoreligious movements that pose a challenge-to Christian faith.

LIFE IN THE REAL WORLD. No. 3

Was No. 2 (Aug/Sept 1978) overwhelming? (we've received no responses--and no new ethical dilemmas to keep the series going. How bout another tack? Instead of focusing only n such heavy stuff, we could simply share with each other "the way life is" for a Christian working in the "real world" of science, technology, industry, or academia--both good and bad, victories and defeats, problems...

"In my work it is seldom easy to see how one's day-to-day activities further the kingdom of God. Often one must resign oneself to work diligently, as serving God and not merely one's employer, having faith that God is using one nevertheless for the furtherance of His kingdom. In addition, however, I've found that much of my satisfaction, much of my sense of purpose in my work, is derived from seeking to be a witness for Christ to those who work with me. Thus I am greatly encouraged by fellow Christians at Upjohn through these Bible studies, and at the same time see such groups as a means of outreach to those about me.

"I would especially like to encourage other ASA members who are seeking to find Christian fellowship among fellow employees in secular business or academic settings."

Thanks for your encouragement, Dave. We're glad to pass it on. (We assume Dave didn't want to remain anonymous, but we'll honor any requests for anonymity by contributors to this series, if that will help you "tell it like it is."-Ed.)

Dick also enclosed the December and February "Letters" sections of Geotimes, from which one gets an image of geologists throwing rocks at each other. Henry Faul of the U. of Pennsylvania cast the first stone. Like a Yankee from Olympus, he ridiculed the symposium: "Have y1all got it? They are going back to Bishop Ussher down there at Louisiana State, and I hope they enjoy their trip."

R. G. Kazmann also responded, advising Faul to obtain the four 90-minute cassettes from the symposium (available from Information

Services, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 at cost--$15), listen to them, and then "devote a day or two to quiet cogitation" before making any more comments.

Finally, a new note introduced in a letter from LSU geologists Donald R. Lowe and Gary R. Byerly reminded us of several topics on the 1979 ASA ANNUAL MEETING program.

Those geologists regard the symposium as a "striking example of the attempted manipulation of science and scientists for purely political ends. Its invited speakers, with the exception of Derek York, presented views which reinforced the bias 'that cosmochronology and geochronology are far from reliable.' It is well known that the convener is a vocal opponent of nuclear-reactor proliferation, and that a federal interest exists in assessing the potential of salt domes as nuclear-waste-disposal sites. Although salt domes that have been studied extensively show no evidence of movement during the last several million years, as measured by normal geochronologic standards, their value as waste-storage sites would be seriously compromised if what seems to be Tertiary salt intrusion had actually occurred within the last few hundred years..."

Lowe and Byerly conclude by saying, "We expect to see the 'results' hauled out again and again in the future and used in arguments and testimony before non-scientists to oppose everything to which the length of geologic time is relevant, from nuclear reactors to Darwinian evolution."

Of the four Christian engineers who joined Moon at the old Masonic Temple building in West Los Angeles as the first MIS team, three have been ASA members. Foremost (of all four?) was of course F. Alton Everest, executive director of MIS for 25 years--and first president of the American Scientific Affiliation. Alton had an electrical engineering degree from Stanford and had begun an academic career at Oregon State when WWII took him to San Diego to work on sonar for the U.S. Navy. He joined MIS in 1945.

A year later Lewis H. Humphrey, with a degree in aeroneutical engineering from the U. of Washington plus theological training, joined MIS. Lew established the Institute's research library, helped set up the film lab, and for 18 years served as director of business affairs. 

In 1947 George E. Speake, a navy pilot with a degree in mechanical engineering from the U. of Pennsylvania, joined MIS. George, who had seen Sermons from Science at the 1939 World's Fair, took over the platform ministry and for 29 years challenged millions of people at world's fairs and in military audiences around the world with their need for Christ.

Today, as Moody Institute of Science continues its ministry into the fourth decade, Dean Ortner is director of the platform ministry of Sermons from Science. Dean joined MIS in 1973 after teaching bionucleonics at North Dakota State and doing additional study at Moody Bible Institute. Besides the direct participation of these (and other) Affiliation members, from early on the Sermons from Science films were reviewed for scientific accuracy by the Los Angeles local section of ASA. The extent of the MIS ministry is amazing. Over 4,000,000 people have stood in line to see live Sermons from Science demonstrations at six world's fairs, with almost 750,000 responding for spiritual counseling. Overseas, 132 of the 160 nations in the U.N. organization (including iron curtain countries) are reached by Sermons from Science films in 25 languages. Originally the films were used by missionary evangelists. Now, at least on an experimental basis, some are beamed by satellite to appear on foreign television stations. The MIS film lab still processes over 2,500,000 feet of film each year.

In all that effort, Moody Institute of Science has been an effective witness not only in the direct evangelistic sense. It has made significant contributions to photographic technology through articles in professional journals, and has won awards for the excellence of its productions from secular as well as religious organizations. Recognizing that its gospel message came on too strong for use in American public schools, in 1953 the Institute began making the technical portions of its religious films available as educational films--though still carrying the softer message that God is the Creator and sustainer of the universe. Over 40,000 prints of 62 different films produced by MIS have been seen by over 49,000,000 school children.

For a copy of the MIS brochure, "Sermons from Science: A Story of God at Work," or to contribute to its ongoing ministry, write: Moody Institute of Science, 12000 E. Washington Blvd., Whittier, CA 90606.

30308) seeks a position in counseling, preferably in a local church or a Christian counseling center. He will be available June 1979 after receiving an M.Ed. in community counseling from Georgia State University with parallel study in Christian counseling and theology at Psychological Studies Institute. Phil has a year of practicurn experience counseling

married couples and individuals in a local church setting. He has experience in administration and scoring of WEIS intelligence test, MMPI, and SCII. Phil is open to any opportunity for service that will make use of his skills and training.

POSITIONS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE

Eastern College in Pennsylvania has a fall 1979 opening in clinical/child psychology for someone with a genuine interest in teaching and advising. For this full-time, tenure-track assistant or associate professorship a Ph.D. is preferred but an M.A. or M.S. is acceptable. Required are teaching strengths in child, abnormal, personality, psychological testing, and counseling techniques; plus evangelical commitment. Salary $15,000. Submit vita, three letters of reference, and official transcript of graduate work to: Dr. Edward H. Pauley, Vice-President & Academic Dean, Eastern College, St. Davids, PA 19087. (Received 15 February 1979.)

Houghton College in New York has a fall 1979 opening in inorganic/analytical chemistry. Contact: Dr. Kenneth Lindley, Chair, Division of Science & Mathematics, Houghton College, Houghton, NY 14744. (Received 16 February 1979.)

Wheaton College is seeking an organic or an organ ic/physical chemist for the fall of 1979. Please contact Dr. Harold Fiess, Dept. of Chemistry, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

Epiphanes K. Balian of Maine needs a psychiatrist with a comprehensive orientation to join him in private psychiatric practice. Commitment to Christian values as a way of life is essential. For details write or call: E. K. Balian, M.D., 45 Hogan Road, Bangor, NTE 04401. Tel. (207) 947-7186. (Received 5 March 1979.)

University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria has a teaching position open for an applied chemist and perhaps for scientists in other areas. Contact: Prof. F. A. Onofeghara, Ag. Dean, School of Chemical Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B. 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Africa. (Received 12 March 1979, via Robert E. Jervis of the U. of Toronto.)

Roberts Wesleyan College in New York is seeking a biologist for fall 1979, preferably with a Ph.D. and specialization in ecology or some related area. The opening is partly due to a sabbatical leave for one of the present faculty, but the college is trying to strengthen its ecology offerings and hopes to make it a permanent position. The college is located 12 miles west of Rochester and is affiliated with the Free Methodist Church of North America. Contact: Dr. Philip M. Ogden, Chair, Division of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Roberts Wesleyan College, 2301 Westside Drive, Rochester, NY 14624. (Received 17 March 1979.)

Jordan College in Michigan seeks a person to fill a position on their alternate energy staff. The individual must have an engineering degree and preferably an advanced degree in a related discipline. Jordan College presently maintains eight alternate energy installations on its Cedar Campus. Since comparative studies are continually being made for that geographic area, the individual must be able to figure calculations of heat loss, insolation factor, and other solar energy energy variables.

He or she will also teach in a part-time capacity in the Jordan Energy Institute in the fields of science and mathematics. The Cedar Campus is an evangelical Christian school requiring its faculty to have a Christian commitment, preferably in the Methodist tradition Send applications to: Dr. DeWayne Coxon, President, Jordan College, 360 West Pine St., Cedar Springs, MI 49319. Tel. (616) 696-1180. (Received 19 March 1979.)

Sterling College in Kansas has a fall 1979 vacancy for an assistant or associate professor of mathematics with a Ph.D. in math or math education, personal faith in Jesus Christ, and willingness to work in an evangelical Christia

environment. Should be capable of teaching such higher level math courses as linear algebra, modern algebra, and geometry, plus math education for education majors; experience in computer science desirable. Submit letter of application, vita, transcripts, and letters of reference to: Dr. Reuben Brooks, Academic Dean, Sterling College, Sterling, KS 67579. (Received 23 March 1979.)

Bethel College in Minnesota has a fall 1979 o~ening in physics, a two-year appointment with possibility of renewal. Requires a Ph.D. in physics with research experience in laser physics, evidence of teaching effectiveness, desire to continue publishing research in optics, and commitment to Christian liberal arts education. Duties include developing thee John Optics Laboratory; teaching optics, electronics, and one lecture section of introductory physics; developing general physics experiments and supervising lab teaching assistants; advising students and serving on college committees. Salary range $13,000 to $23,500, plus benef its. Address inquiries, credentials, and supporting materials to: Dr. George K. Brushaber, Vice President & Dean, Bethel College, 3900 Bethel Drive, St. Paul, MN 55112. (Received in Feb? arch?)

Gordon College - Biology faculty position available fall of 1979. Ph.D. with evidence of successful teaching. Responsibilities are: zoologically oriented and also include microbiology and ecology courses for majors and non-majors. There is opportunity to pursue research interest and pre-med advising experience is desirable. Send vita to: Dr. R. Judson Carlberg, Dean of Faculty, Gordon College, Wenham, MA 01984. (Tel. in 6 April 1979 by Tom Dent.)

A meeting scheduled for March 7 featured a lecture on "An Experimental Walk with the Holy Spirit" by Bernie Warren, director of the Bezek Retreat & Conference Centre near Campbellville, Ontario. The speaker was trained as an engineer and subsequently became a minister. The 8 p.m. meeting was held in an engineering building on the U. of Guelph campus, the local section having received the accreditation required for use of university facilities at no cost to the section. Nominations and election of an executive council were among the items of business for March 7.

On February 17 the section met at North Park College to hear George Travers of Commonwealth Edison evaluate the available methods of producing energy for public use, comparing their safety, reliability, and economy. Bill Sisterson led a discussion of plans for future activities in the region.

The second of four meetings devoted to the Interrelationship of psychology and theology was held at First Covenant Church of San Jose on February 3. The theme of the meeting was "A Biblical Basis for Counseling." One of the speakers was Robert Young, a member of the staff of Peninsula Covenant Church in

Redwood City. Bob has served on IVCF staff in the U.S. and abroad, has a Ph.D. in education, and now ministers at the psychology/faith interface in the context of church life. The other speaker was Barry Blackmon, a counselor and teacher in churches throughout the Bay area. Barry has an M.A. in marriage & family counseling from the U. of Santa Clara and has been active in The Navigators.

Bob Young first reviewed biblical statements of belief related to the professional practice of counseling (cf. 2 Tim. 3:16), then turned to discoveries in personality and behavior by such pioneers as Freud, Jung, Frankl, Rogers, Ivey, and Fromm. The three most common models used in counseling were described as the "medical" model, the "sin" model, and the "growth" model. Examples of therapies used by a 
biblical counselor in practice were discussed (with reference to I Cor. 2:12-16 by Bob and Barry. Finally, the whole audience got into the act with a discussion of whether or not counseling should represent a scientific approach.

PERSONALS

William C. Beckman, Jr., received an M-Div. from Trinity Seminary in 1973 and since then has earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. in anatomy at the U. of Michigan. He is now doing postdoctoral research in neuroendocrinology at the U. of North Carolina Medical School in Chapel Hill. Bill would like to get in touch with the Research Triangle ASA local section. (Bill's address: 3724 Suffolk St., Chapel Hill, NC.)

John C. Bellurn completed a postdoctoral appointment in i-he Chemistry Dept. of the U. of Rochester (NY) in July 1978, and began a new one in the Physics Dept. of the U. of Kaiserslautern, West Germany. At Rochester John worked on theories for molecular collisions occurring in the presence of intense laser radiation, in particular laser-induced collisional ionization. Now he's doing a theoretical treatment of electronic- to-vibrational/rotational energy transfer in atom-diatom collisions. The Bellums are expecting their first child in July but meanwhile are taking advantage of opportunities to attend scientific meetings and doing a lot of traveling in Europe.

Gerald R. Bergman, on the faculty of the Dept. of-Educational Foundations & Inquiry of Bowling Green State University in Ohio, has a review in the current issue (Vol. 5, No. 2, 1978) of Origins, published by the Geoscience Research Institute, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 02350. Jerry regards R. L. Wysong's book, The Creation- Evolution Controversy (Inquiry Press, East Lansing, Michigan, 1976), as a "substantial overview," although at times the author's "admirable objectivity" gives way to a bias toward creationism. A second review in the same issue by Robert H. Brown, director of the Geoscience Research Institute, although calling Wysong's book "the best comprehensive treatment of scientific creationism" available by mid-1977, contains a number of specific criticisms.

Robert C. J. Carling sent an interesting report from the U. of Southampton, England, where he is studying for an M.Sc. in biochemical pharmacology. A small discussion group of graduate students in physiology and biochemistry, plus several staff members and undergraduate students, has begun to meet at Southampton. Their aims are fellowship among Christians in the university /hospital research situation, evangelistic outreach to fellow grad students, and discussion of Christianity/science issues with emphasis on the life sciences. The group hopes to attend meetings organized by the RSCF (Research Scientists Christian Fellowship, a graduate group of UCCF or "British Inter-Varsity"), and perhaps other meetings as well. "Another thing we've considered is the possibility of writing book reviews (or articles if we get that ambitious) for ASA and other Christian organizations, and periodicals such as the Christian Graduate of UCCF, Third Way magazine, etc."

University, Oxford, Ohio, where he was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He is now living in Normal, Illinois, working as a claims examiner for State Farm Health Insurance Company of Bloomington. Doug's wife has a B.S./B.A. in math and statistics from Miami U. 

Ruth S. Euler, with Spectra Medical Systems, Inc., 61 §u-nnyvale, California, is pleased to be assuring the quality of products used in hospitals. She is still rejoicing over the way the Lord rescued her when her company went out of business just before Christmas. Dozens of resumes mailed out with "perfect" cover lectures didn't turn up anything, but her friends kept praying for the right job for her. Arriving unannounced in "Silicon Valley" in January, she signed on with the first company she checked out! (Ruth has moved to another apartment since we reported her address; let's hope the Bay Area section can find her at 737 East El Camino Real, Apt. 433, Sunnyvale, CA 94087.)

Albert D. Fraser is a clinical biochemist at Dr. E. Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton, New

Brunswick, Canada. Al did his postdoctoral training at the Banting Institute of the U. of Toronto, Ontario. Since then he has passed the written portion of the certification exam of the Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists and has put a couple of research papers in shape for publication.

Glenn A. Hartz is an M.A. candidate in philosophy of religion at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. The Winter 1979 issue of the Trinity Journal has a paper by Glenn entitled "Charles Hartshorne: A Modern Ontological Metaphysics."

Larry  Kage of Flint, Michigan, has changed his employment from hospital cytogeneticist to community health educator for birth defect prevention. Larry's position is funded by a grant from the March of Dimes foundation.

Robert K. Kawaratani was awarded the Doct of Environmental Science & Engineering ddee gree by the U. of California, Los Angeles, i December 1978. He is now employed by th Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto, but beginning in April he will be on one-year exchange assignment with the Central Research Institute of the Electri Power Industry of Japan in Tokyo. Bob woul like to get together with any other ASA me bers in the Tokyo area.

.H. David Kay is research assistant professor i medicine at the U. of Virginia School of Mee icine in Charlottesville, where he continues hi investigation of the natural "killer" lymph cytes. Those cells, found in the blood of mo healthy persons, evidently serve as poli conducting "immune surveillance" of body ti sues, looking out for foreign "invaders" a new tumor growth. The Kays love being in t foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, ha found an excellent church and a small Bi study group, and think there may be enou interest in Charlottesville to start a new AS local section soon. (No wonder Glenn Kirkla says the Washington-Baltimore section.

Fred W. Lott, 111, is still living in Berkley after -receiving -his Ph.D. in elementary particle physics from the U. of California- Berkley, in June 1978. His thesis was on Pi Scattering by Pole Extrapolation Method FUnless that's "Bipole" in the middle--Ed.)

Russell Maatman, professor of chemistry Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, has b participating with other Dordt faculty in series called "Plumbline" broadcast over the local educational FM radio station. A faculty member's five-minute commentary is aired three times during the broadcast day. In his monthly turn, Russ tries to comment on what it means to be a Christian in science, politics, and other areas of life.

Sid Macauley is southeast regional director of the Christian Medical Society, with Decatur, Georgia, as his home base. The JanuaryFebruary 1979 issue of CMS ' News and Reports has a brief review by Sid on "What People are Reading about Healing and Health." Sid thinks we are entering an "age of medical enlightenment" when ordinary people realize they can know as much about their health as a doctor knows about their illnesses. "The outcome is that of a new partnership between patient and physician, the patient often injecting a new perspective." Most of the books mentioned in Sid's review are by Christian writers.

William R. Merrifield reports from Dallas, Texas, that groundbreaking ceremonies for a new Museum of Anthropology on the 110-acre campus of the International Linguistics Center took place on March 27. Main dedicatory speaker was Robert W. Dean, former U.S. ambassador to Peru and now director of international programs of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce. Bill Merrifield is director of the museum, which until its recent separate incorporation was a project of the International Linguistics Center. Bill says several full-scale exhibits are already being created, focusing on communities in Ecuador, Peru, and Papua New Guinea.

Russell L. Mixter. is winding down his long and distinguished career as professor of biology at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. In his last year of teaching he is teaching one course on the Wheaton campus and two at the West Suburban School of Nursing in Oak Park. In the past couple of years he has also pinch hit at Trinity and Barat colleges in the area, besides teaching ecology at the Audubon Camp in Wisconsin!

David 0.' Moberg, professor of sociology at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has become a leader in the movement to assess spiritual well-being. Since his paper on that subject at the 1971 White House Conference on Aging, Dave has published in many journals besides our own ("Spiritual WellBeing: A Challenge for Interdisciplinary Research," JASA 30, No. 2, pp. 67-72, June 1978). David has recently participated in conferences on the religious community and wellbeing of the aging, at Portland, Oregon; on aging and the Christian faith at Trinity Western College in Langley, British Columbia; and on death and dying at Sangamon State University in Springfield, Illinois. This summer he will teach courses on spiritual wellbeing at a summer institute at the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center at USC in Los Angeles (June 18-29) and at Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey (July 16Aug. 3).

T. M. Moore of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, has See-nelected to the Broward County chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, professional educational fraternity. The Christian Studies Center recently published a booklet by T. M. on the subject of educational responsibility, entitled The Education of Our Children: Whose Task?

David G. Myers, professor of psychology at R-ope Colle'ge in Holland, Michigan, was the speaker at the ninth annual John G. Finch Symposium in Psychology and Religion at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California, January 3-5. Under the general theme of "The Human Condition," Dave gave lectures entitled "Dynamics of Evil," "Illusions of Human Thought," and "Where is Hope?'

Helen M. Pollock has moved from the U. of W-ashin-gton in Seattle to the U. of South Alabama Medical Center in Mobile, where she is associate professor of pathology and director of microbiology. Currently Helen is working with the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards to develop media standards for microbiological use.

W. Stanford Reid retired from the Dept. of History at the U. of Guelph, Ontario, in September 1978 and is now living in Lake Placid, Florida. Stan seems rather active for a retiree. In the fall semester he lectured in two courses at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia ("Cultural Background of the Reformation," and "Social and Political Thought of John Calvin"), and at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, on "Reformation" (with special emphasis on the Scottish Reformation). He is planning to give a paper on "Sir Walter Scott's view of 15th and 16th Century Scotland" for a Sir Walter Scott Colloquium at the U. of Florida in Gainesville, and will be co-chair of a 16th Century Studies Conference at the universities of Guelph and Waterloo, Ontario, in October. (That's no way to get a suntan--Ed.)

David Shaver, a graduate of Taylor University in Indiana, is on the faculty of Central Christian School in Hutchinson, Kansas. David has moved up from teacher of Spanish to business administrator of the school.

John F. H. Stewart of Perth, Ontario, is one of the retirees who keeps on the move. With his wife Leona he led a tour of South America this spring. John is working part-time as an M.D. in his old stamping ground but after May I he and Leona will be full-time members of the Christian Community at Greenville Christian College in Brockville, Ontario. 

Charles R. Taber will become professor of world mission at Emmanuel School of Religion in Johnson City, Tennessee, in the fall of t979. For the past six years Charles has been associate professor of world mission and anthropology at Milligan College in Tennessee. Both institutions are related to the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ. Charles was born to medical missionaries in France, grew up in French Equatorial Africa, graduated from Bryan College in 1951, and then served until 1960 as a missionary to the Central African Republic under the Brethren Church. He earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in linguistics and anthropology from Hartford Seminary Foundation, returned to Africa in 1969, and served as a translations consultant for the United Bible Societies until his appointment to Milligan College in 1973. He is editor of Gospel in Context, a journal concerned with cross-cultural evangelism.

Charles Thaxton, who is usually speaking at some university or other under auspices of Probe Ministries International, managed to be at home in Dallas, Texas, on January 9 for the birth of his second son, Carson Todd. Charles participated in a Christian Update Forum at Vanderbilt University this winter. Now that "Kid Carson" has arrived, Carole is probably back at her editing and career-counseling work for Probe.

Jean A. Toner graduated in May 1978 with a B.S. in chemistry from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, and is now a process engineer in an integrated circuit company in Sunnyvale, California. Perhaps 75 percent of the employees are Asian and few seem to have any idea who Jesus is or what he has done for us. Jean hopes to be a faithful witness there, may go on to grad school eventually.

California, and works at Health Valley Natural Foods in Montebello. Mark and his wife Janet Mary (married June 24, 1978) make quite a team, with his A.B. in economics from Occidental College in Eagle Rock and her B.S. in nutrition and rural development from Cal State University, Fresno. They are praying about preparing for overseas missions and thinking about Ralph Winter's U.S. Center for World Mission in Pasadena, LIFE Bible College, and some kind of business developmen outreach work in skid row. Mark has alread helped in "Nuestra Tienda" ("Our Store"), at-cost, no-profit food store begun by the L. Catholic Worker community a year ago.

Jerral B. Wimberly now owns the Magic Valley Chiropractic Clinic in Buhl, Idaho. He says that besides having the world's largest fish hatcheries, Buhl is a center for geothermal energy use and has plenty of sun for solar heating most of the year. Jerral is a deacon and his wife the librarian of a Baptist church there. He is impressed with the daily opportunities in the health field "to relate science and the Creator of the wonder of wonders, the human body."

Bernard Zylstra of the Toronto Institute for Christian Studies attended the First South African International Conference on Human Rights, held in Capetown in January. He participated on a panel responding to a lecture given by Stanford University's Seymour Martin Lipset.

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