NEWS
American Scientific
Affiliation
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 3 June/July 1972
LATE ASA NEWS!
The American Scientific Affiliation has a full-time Executive Secretary for the first
time in its 30-year history. Or we will have, beginning in September or October.
William D. Sisterson, currently employed in international work for Inter-Varsity
Christian Fellowship, has accepted the ASA position. He has promised to stay on
several more months with IVCF because of the illness of his boss.
Bill has a BSIE degree from Southern Methodist University and a ThM from Dallas
Theological Seminary. If you'd like to welcome him aboard, his address is 2002
Scott Lane, Apt. B, Madison, Wisconsin 53704.
While you're at it, why not drop a line to the Mankato office, telling Harold
Hartzler how much you appreciate his part-time (?) service to ASA all these years.
Or better yet, attend the ASA NATIONAL MEETING, AUGUST 21-24, YORK UNIVERSITY,
TORONTO. Then you can thank Harold in person--and meet Bill Sisterson.
ASA NEWS LATE.
Walt Hearn, editor of ASA News, has taken a leave of absence from the Department of
Biochemistry and Biophysics at Iowa State University. In May he packed wife Ginny
and their six black cats in the VW and headed for Berkeley, California. They mailed
125 cartons of books and shipped everything else by van--except for a few valuable
items they planned to transport in the Bug. Finding at the last minute that everything couldn't be crammed in, they shipped three boxes by REA. One contained (You
guessed it) all the material for the June issue of ASA News. The moving van and
U. S. Mail both beat them to Berkeley. The express shipment, with all the ASA material, naturally took weeks and weeks to be delivered.
Well, being a month late gave us a chance to include the late news flash above, but
it played hob with a few other items. Myron Mann of 5655 Natick Ave., Van Nuys,
CA 91401, for instance, had wanted us to help him swap housing with somebody in
Chicago for the period June 26 to August 18. Sorry, Myron. We know the hassle of
finding a place to live. But we've found a good one, and we're setting up shop at
our new address:
Walter R. Hearn, ASA News Editor
Berkeley, California 94707
Keep up the flow of news items, and we'll try to be back on schedule with the August
issue.
PHLUBBING OUR PHONEMES
One hazard of editing ASA News is that so many Wise Gise read it. I mean, one of
you 2,000 experts is bound to spot something phony in every issue, right? This time
it's our phonemes.
Linguist
Donald N. Larson of
Bethel College,
St. Paul, says our tran-literation,of Dick Bube's name on p~ 3 of the April issue wasn't much help,
since "bewb" also could be pronounced more than one way. (Sure enough, New York
can sound like Cnu York as well as Nyew York.)
Okay, Don, we blue it. Of the alternatives you suggest: (1) boob; (2) booby (as in
the prize), (3) beauby (as in beauty with a second b), and (4) byoob--No. 4 is the
one we meant. To our knowledge the editor of the.Journal of ASA did not invent the
well-known boob-toob.
ASA ON THE AIR
Paul Simpson, chairman of the Oregon Section, responds to the ASA News story (p. 2y
April 1972) on broadcasting talks by Christian scientists. In Oregon they're not
merely thinking about it--they're doing it. Arnold Flath's talk to 'the February
meeting, "Saint Paul, A Lover of Athletics," was taped by Larry Cordon, general
manager of KWIL, a Christian radio station in nearby Albany, Larry was planning to
edit the tape, broadcast it on his own station, and make it available to others.
Inquiries should be addressed to Dr. Paul C. Simpson, Chemistry Department, Oregon
State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331.
Larry Gordon has also expressed interest in the booklet, 10 Scientists Look at Life,
compiled for Good News Publications years ago by ASA. He would like to use the
statements as brief spots on their FM station, directed toward the secular audience.
"What are the chances of getting the authors of the testimonies in the booklet to
tape their statements in their own voices?" he asks. The tapes could then be made
available for use by other Christian radio stations through ASA. (Well, that sounds
good to the ASA News editor, one of the ten. Who's going to Itget it together"? our
old "Commission" structure along the lines of scientific disciplines served its
purpose and then pooped out. Is it time to form new Commissions along service lines,
such as radio, etc.?--Ed.)
DROPPING BACK IN
Lambert Dolphin, Jr., "dropped out" of scientific research three and a half years
ago to take up a full-time ministry under auspices of Overseas Crusades. Much of
his speaking, writing, and counseling was directed toward hippie dropout types.
This March, Lambert resigned and eight days later was up to his ears again as a senior physicist in the Radio Physics Lab at Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park,
California, the lab in which he had already devoted 12 years to scientific work.
In his April newsletter, Lambert mentioned some of the factors leading to his return. He had greatly missed daily interaction and scientific team-work with co.1leagues and intellectual peers, after three years "in the back eddies of American
culture." He also felt "like a dolphin out of water" in some aspects of full-time
religious ministry: "Somehow I had a nagging feeling I was more myself and more
authentic when I worked as a scientist and spoke from the platform of a scientist
who was also a Christian." He is waiting to see what kinds of spare-time ministry
God may lead him into. But meanwhile, the stimulation of important work to do, the
challenge of catching up in physics, and the freedom of sharing his personality and
training with kindred minds make him feel "like a Christian reborn."
Most Christians trained to do scientific work seem to wonder at times if our lives
would mean more in a traditional religious vocation. After all, we pray most often
either with laymen who take their spiritual cues from evangelists or with professional ministers. Spiritual fellowship with ASA members is a wholesome corrective,
reminding us that God's witnesses in science, technology, teaching, and other callings are also essential to His plans. (Enough reason in itself to attend the ASA
NATIONAL MEETING, AUGUST 21-24, YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO.)
Lambert hopes others will not automatically follow his pattern, "but rather seek
God's leading for themselves, because His leading is tailor-made to fit our extraordinarily complex lives and situations." Nevertheless, we can all learn something
from his experience. He encourages support for Overseas Crusades (265 Lytten
Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94301), by the way an organization he considers effective in evangelism at home and abroad. If you'd like to invest specifically in a ministry among
the kind of troubled young people whose problems bore so heavily on Lambert, he suggests continuing your gifts to Ted Wise at The Center, El Camino at Santa Cruz,
Menlo Park, CA 94025. Lambert is having to move from "the Mesa" but may continue
sending out a newsletter to avoid losing track of many friends who supported him
financially and in prayer during the past three years. You can probably still reach
him through his old address: 945 Old Trace Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306.
SOWING (SPIRITUAL) SEED IN SOVIET ARMENIA
K. J. Touryan is manager of Aerodynamics Research, Department 5640, of Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87115. He says he has enjoyed LSA News and wants
to contribute by sharing a few observations on his recent visit to the Soviet Union.
He has received an invitation to return for 3 - 6 months, which he hopes to do
through the exchange program of the National Academy of Sciences. The Soviet soil
is mixed, according to K. J.'s account, but God found a way to sow some Of His good
seed there this spring.
"From March 14 to 21 1 paid a visit to my homeland, Societ Armenia, to investigate
possibilities for sabbatical work at the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics in
Yerevan. My contacts were scientists whom I had met at Stanford University in 1968,
during the 12th International Applied Mechanics Congress (including the president of
Armenian SSR who is an academician in applied mechanics). One of my chief concerns
was sharing with them the good news of Jesus Christ. Whew! Some sharing! After
establishing my credentials as a 'genuine' research scientist (scientists are the
Brahmin caste of the Soviet Union) I blew one mind after another by the simple
assertion that God exists and can be known. Being fluent in Armenian and having a
working knowledge of Russian, I had no language problems.
"This made the God-talk doubly exciting. Details of these encounters are beyond the
scope of this letter, but essentially I found two prevailing attitudes (i.e_9 after
the initial shock had worn off): (1) The individual who thought the whole thing was
so incredible that my faith was accepted as an aberration of sorts and had to be
tolerated in view of my scientific credentials; (2) The individual who was really
seeking meaning in life and had never heard someone speak of God in personal terms,
presenting Christianity as a viable alternative in life, believable by common man
and scientist alike (communist or not). There were surprisingly many of the latter
and they kept commenting 'I've never heard it put that way before.' I realized how
fortunate we were in this country for having full access to the Good News and how
we could share a living faith with numerous Christians in every scientific-technical
discipline, via an organization such as ASA. At the same time, my heart was heavy
with concern about hundreds of thousands of Soviet scientists who are totally ignorant of God's saving power in Jesus Christ."
SOWING (VEGETABLE) SEEDIN
INDIANA
Paul E. Johnson, a relatively new member of ASA, is an extension agricultural engineer at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana. In 1965, Paul returned from an
18-month assignment in India under the U. S. AID program. He was assigned to
Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, advising its president and attempting to establish a school or department of agricultural engineering. Since returning to Purdue, he has been working on the mechanization of vegetable growing. Paul
sent us a newspaper clipping about the awarding of a patent to three collaborators
and himself for "herbicide resistant seed carriers and the process for the manufacture thereof."
U. S. Patent #3648409, assigned to the Purdue Research Foundation, provides for precision placement and protection of various kinds of vegetable seeds when they are
planted. A seed is incorporated in a wafer that controls the environment around
the seed by supplying vermiculite as an anti-crustant material, starter fertilizer,
and activated carbon. The unique idea in the patent is really the carbon, added to
deactivate herbicides, letting the young plant come up and then gradually releasing
herbicide to control weeds. The inventors have constructed a machine for making the
wafers and were planning to try out tomato seed wafers this summer. At least one
commercial firm has expressed interest in the seed wafer.
TOP TAYLOR TEACHER, TWICE
For the second consecutive year, an ASA member has been recognized as Distinguished
Teacher of the Year at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. In 1971, Stan Burdenp
assistant professor of chemistry and physics, and president of the ASA Indiana Local
Section, was given the award. In 1972, the same honor was bestowed on R. Waldo Roth,
assistant professor of computer science and mathematics. The selection is made by
a committee of 24 persons, including administrators, alumni, faculty, and students
(listed alphabetically,
not
in order of importance on the committee, says Wally).
TRIBAL TRADITIONS AND TRENDS
James 0. Buswell, III, teaches anthropology at st. John's University in Jamaica
(Queens), New York. In April he completed doctoral requirements at St. Louis University, 20 years after receiving his M. A. degree. We doubt that that's a record,
but hope it's not a trend.
No wonder it took Jim so long. He was studying the history of religious change
among the Seminole Indians of Florida, a tribe in which a thousand-year-old traditional Eastern Ceremonial Complex still flourishes. The ceremonial complex is seen
in its most conservative form in the tribe's annual week-long Green Corn Dance celebration. Yet Christianity, first introduced by Baptist Seminoles from Oklahoma in
1907, has grown vigorously alongside this tradition for the past 27 years. A revival in 1945 has resulted in the present seven churches led by Indian
preachers,
with a membership embracing about 40 percent of the Indian population.
The fact that the Bible has not been translated into the Seminoles' principal
language made Jim's study particularly intriguing in view of the unusual development of the church in their midst. Mr. and Mrs. David West of the Wycliffe Bible
Translators are now working on translation of portions of Scripture, which, hopefully, will be ready in the near future.
In June, Jim was back in Florida visiting Indian friends, feeling much more relaxed
without a doctoral committee on his back. (Picture a new Sachem in black ceremonial
robe and tassled square-top headdress doing the ancient Dissertation Acceptance
Ritual Celebration Dance!). Then back to St. John's for summer school. Jim's wife
Kathleen, by the way, teaches piano at Nyack Missionary College four days a week,
and both do some baby-sitting for son Jamie and Sara. (Could Jamie be James 0.
Buswell, IV? A paleface tradition to continue for M years, until MMCMLXXII? Nope,
Jim's nine-month-old grandson is Joshua, Not James 0. B., V.)
HOW TO START SOMETHING No. 12. RONALD M. ENROTH
Ron Enroth, associate professor of sociology at Westmont College, Santa Barbara,
California, sent us a full account of Westmont's new Urban Internship Program. Ron
set up the program, called "Semester in San Francisco," last year to help students
bridge the gap between classroom learning and the "real world." The 23 participants
(and Ron!) learned a lot from the 1971 pilot project. The Westmont administration,
somewhat dubious at the beginning, has evidently been convinced by the project's
success and has granted "Semester in San Francisco" a larger budget for next year.
Ron developed the idea without much of a model to work from, but with the support of
colleagues Brendon Furnish and Evan Adams. For three years they had run a
two,-week
inter-term
session for about 20 students in San Francisco in December, using the
facilities of Simpson College during their Christmas vacation. During these intensive "urban plunges," contacts were made throughout the Bay area with agencies, individuals, government projects, the Salvation Army, etc. Later these contacts
formed the basis for the expanded semester-long program.
Students received full academic credit: 8 units of field placement (practicum)v requiring a minimum of 24 hrs. per week "on the job" as a volunteer worker in some
social agency; 4 units for an interdisciplinary seminar (sociology, psychology)
political science) in Urban Studies, featuring invited Bay area speakers representing minority subcultures, the power structure, and varied aspects of the "real"
city; plus 4 units of independent studies (Honors work, tutorial reading, or any
other individual study project approved by the department offering the credit).
Students were required to make arrangements for this last 4-unit module before
leaving for San Francisco and were required to keep a journal of their entire urban
experience.
The program was open to juniors and seniors in any major who had taken Introduction
to Sociology. A series of other courses was also recommended, such as Sociology Of
Deviant Behavior or Abnormal Psychology, Urban Sociology or Minority Groupsq etc.
Students who made application for the semester were evaluated for their preparedness
by a faculty Urban Studies Committee. Dormitory space for the students and the
adult field coordinator (Robin Wainwright) and his wife was leased from Lone Mountain College (formerly San Francisco College for Women).
The students were required to use public transportation to reach their placements
each day. For some of Westmont's freeway-oriented Southern Californians, just
riding a bus or cable car to work was a new learning experience. Because they
weren't being paid, a few students took liberties toward their placement obligations.
A few agencies
tried to "exploit" students by assigning them clerical or other
routine tasks; if any agency refused to provide meaningful experience or was unable
to provide adequate supervision, the student was moved to another placement. In
all the placements, the students confronted serious, seeking people on various
socio-political and religious "trips" (drugs, meditation, gestalt, etc.), and had to
relate to these people on a person-to-person basis. For some students from relatively homogeneous Westmont College, this was a new experience. Field trips and
seminar speakers also contributed to an awareness of the complex problems facing a
megalopolis, an awareness impossible to approximate in the standard classroom learning situation.
Ron feels that the pilot project was successful beyond his expectations. The impact
on the students was tremendous, and they made an impact of their own: the Westmont
students have been asked to form faith sharing groups in the dormitory of Catholic
Lone Mountain College next year. College authorities and parents worried about the
safety and moral well-being of Westmont students seem to realize now that it is
possible to survive ten weeks in the infamous Bay area. But some people will
probably never recognize that learning can occur outside the classroom and probably
still feel that it was not a strong "academic" program.
Most of the "bugs" have been worked out after the trial run, and Ron expects to
offer a full-year program in the academic year 1972-73. Beginning with the spring
semester, he hopes to attract students from other Christian colleges who wish to
plug into the Westmont program for credit at their own institution. one of his primary goals is to attract, motivate, and begin to prepare Christian "urbanologists-11
He and his colleagues feel that evangelicals who are both concerned and well trained
in the expanding field of urban studies are in short supply and desperately needed.
They are pleased to be making a contribution in this area, and expect to look into
the possibility of obtaining outside funds for expansion of their program.
We agree about the value and potential of this Urban Internship program and wish it
well in its continued development. We didn't have room for many details, but
readers contemplating or engaged in similar projects may want to write to Ron Enroth
to compare notes. (Westmont College, 955 La Paz Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93103.
That's where we're sending him a dozen free copies of the "Scientist's Psalm" greeting cards to express our appreciation. We'd be glad to send
you a dozen, too, if we
can use your contribution to HOW TO START SOMETHING.)
KEEPING UP WITH ASA AUTHORS
David Claerbaut of Chicago has written a book based on his inner-city teaching experience that ought to aid interracial communication. Entitled Black
Jargen, it has
a dictionary of about 500 terms in current use by urban blacks, along with historical notes on many of the expressions, some entertaining exercises in the use of the
vocabulary, and some lively anecdotes of being a white in a black community. Black
Jargen is to be published in July by Wm. B. Eerdmans.
We saw a flyer the other day on Robert B. Fischer's 1971 supplemental text for
science students. Published as a paperback by W. B. Saunders, Science, Man, and
Society was written to demonstrate the dynamic role the sciences play in shaping
today's society. Topics include the nature of science; its relationship to technology, higher education, and public policy; the individual and science;
etc Bob
is dean of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at California State College, Dominguez Hills.
Copies of Cosmic Splendor, the "Empiric Approach to Religion Through Modern culture",
hammered out over many years by James Houston Shrader of Eastern Nazarene Colleges
are now available for $4.95 plus 50,,~ for mailing. Copies may be obtained by writing
to: Dr. Floyd I. John, Eastern Nazarene College, Wollaston, Massachusetts 02170.
Aldert van der Ziel of the University of Minnesota says that his publisher is holding a final sale of two of his books at the bargain price of $1 per book plus 25(-'
postage. The books are The Natural Sciences and the Christian Message and Genesis
and Scientific Inquiry. As long as they last, they're available from: R. S.
Denison & Co., Inc., 5100 - 82nd St., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55437. (We're sorry
to see these go out of print, Aldert.--Ed.)
PEOPLE LOOKING FOR A POSITION
Darrell 0. Clardy (ASA News, April 1972) is still seeking a position, either in
science teaching (perhaps at the junior college level) or in a lab devoted to pollution control, toxicology, or a related field. He has a broad background with a B.S.
in chemistry/biochemistry and M.S. in biophysics, much experience in instrumental
and other methods of analysis, and an interest in ecological sciences. His address
is 3305 Morningside, Ames, Iowa 50010, and his home phone is (515) 292-5494.
A letter has been received in the National Office from Lloyd H. Ahlem, President of
North Park College. "North Park College is looking for a qualified psychologist
with a Ph.D. degree or a degree near completion who can teach in the area of personality and clinical psychology. We are seeking someone who has solid Christian
faith and good academic training. We are attempting to integrate faith and learning
on our campus in every way possible. If you know of people in the field who are
available or would be willing to make our needs known through the American Scientific Affiliation bulletin, I would appreciate it very much. Interested parties can
write to me directly or to Dr. C. Hobart Edgren, Dean of the College. The salary
is moderate, the fringe benefit package is excellent, and the opportunity for advancement and development is outstanding."
Ronnie J. Hastings seeks full-time teaching or teaching/research in physics. He expects to receive the PhD in August under John A.
McIntyre with a thesis on development of an image intensifier to assimilate radiation imagery data for medical research. Ronnie has also done experimental work with the 192-detector spherical
scattering chamber at Texas A&M University's Cyclotron Institute and operated an
IBM 7094 computer data acquisition system. He is co-author of a paper on "ProtonProton
Quasi-free Scattering in the 2H(p,2p)n Reaction" to be published in Physical
Review. His background is physics and math. He has done private tutoring as well
as teaching undergraduate physics labs for four years. He is a member of Phi Kappa
Phi, Sigma Pi Sigma (physics), and the American Association of Physics Teachers. He
received the A&M College of Science Faculty Achievement Award in 1968. His Mailing
address is Box 1248 College Station, Texas 77840. If you have a hot tip on a job
for him, call him a~ (713) 845-3235 (office) or (713) 846-6600 (home).
POSITION LOOKING FOR A PERSON
Wheaton College has a full-time position for a technical assistant in biology beginning September 1972. Duties involve care of scientific equipment, maintenance of
living cultures, and general responsibilities of preparation for labs in the beginning course. Qualifications include a college degree in biology with experience in
chemistry and instrumentation, and a desire to serve in a supportive role to the
teaching faculty. The position is not limited to recent graduates. Write
Dr. R. L.
Mixter, Chairman, Department of Biology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois 60187,
giving a resum4 of your background and experience.
LOCAL SECTION ACTIVITIES
NEW SOUTHWESTERN SECTION ORGANIZES
Nineteen scientists met at Rice University in Houston, Texas, on April 7 to take the
initial step toward organization of a new (Gulf Coast?) Section of ASA. They came
from as far away as College Station (100 mi. north), Galveston (50 mi. south), and
Lake Charles, Louisiana (100 mi. east), for a program on "The Ecological Crisis in
Christian Perspective" organized by Carroll Karkalits.
Two temporary committees were elected. The one instructed to draft a constitution
and nominate officers consists of Karkalits (McNeese State U., Lake Charles), John
A. McIntyre (Texas A&M, College Station), and W. Penningten Vann (Rice). The second
committee, planning the,program for a fall meeting of the section, consists of
J. M. Burns (Texas Maritime Academy, Galveston) and Gordon Mills (U. of T. Medical
School, Galveston).
After a dinner at the Rice Faculty Club, Roy Price, assistant to the president of
Merichem Company, spoke on technological aspects of pollution, with discussion of
educational aspects by Ardis White, professor of civil engineering, U. of Houston,
and of theological aspects by Jack McIntyre, professor of physics at Texas A&M.
Copies of the ASA Journal and other literature were on hand to be distributed to
friends, along with membership application forms, (Look out, ASA! Here come those
Texans at last!)
CHICAGO
The spring meeting at the Maywood Campus of Loyola University, May 12, was devoted
to the theme, "Mind and Brain." A trio of participants concerned with theoretical
issues in brain/mind/behavior relationships presented their points of view at the
evening mini-symposium: Alexander G. Karczemar spoke on 'Epistemological Limitations of Neuroscience Research";
John D. Carter made "Some methodological Observations on Brain and Behavior"; and David L. Wolfe concluded with "Philosophical Reflections on Neuroscience, Psychology, and Consciousness."
Larry Starkey, section
president, introduced the symposium and presided over an open discussionat the end.
Dr. Karczemar is professor and chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola U.; senior co-director of the Institute
for the Study of Mind, Drugs, and Behavior; member of the Editorial Board of Ex2erimental Brain Research;
and a widely published author in this field. Carter is
chairman of the Department of Psychology, Trinity College, and visiting professor
of pastoral psychology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; his PhD dissertation
at New School for Social Research was on "Predicting Breakdown in Children with
High Risk for Schizophrenia." Wolfe is assistant professor of philosophy at Wheaton
College; his PhD dissertation at N.Y.U. dealt with epistemological assumptions in
the work of B. F. Skinner and Alfred Schutz.
NORTH CENTRAL
On April 27, at a discussion meeting in the lounge of Bethel Seminary in St. Paul,
V. Elving Anderson, Berkeley Michaelson, and Aldert van der Ziel analyzed Dick Bube's
book The Human Quest: A New Look at Science and Christian Faith. In
Elving's opinion, "this is the best single volume currently available on the issues
of joint concern to science and Christian faith. Members of ASA should become
acquainted with it, compare the approach to their own, and be prepared to comment
on its use by teachers, pastors, and others."
Features of The Human Quest justifying the "New Look" of the title include 1) an
approach appreciative of both science and faith, 2) a clear style and useful discussion questions at the end of each chapter, and 3) a helpful selection of topics.
Two main theses are stated in the first chapter: The universe exists moment by
moment only because of the creative and preserving power of God; and a given situation may always be described at more than one level (e.g., man as both machine and
divinely created person). Then four chapters give a parallel treatment of science
and faith, considering such terms as revelation, evidence, objectivity, and models
in both contexts. The final chapter brings up four specific issues: 1) The structure of the world; 2) Determinism,
complementarity, and paradox; 3) Evolution and
evolutionism; and 4) Social implications.
The Human Quest is available from Word Books, Waco, Texas. The cost is $5.95, The
National Office has a supply also so can fill any orders received.
The North Central section hopes to foster small home gatherings, perhaps convened
even hurriedly. They are trying to set up arrangements through the secretary whenever someone with ideas of interest to ASA members is available for an informal discussion meeting. They decided not to hold a big spring conference this year but are
actively planning a fall conference. Newly elected officers are:
Paul Wickland, U. of Minnesota, president
John Streed, Minnetonka High School, secretary
Robert Glaser, Anoka-Ramsey Jr. College, treasurer
Marilyn Backlund, U. of Minnesota, membership
John Akinwale, Betbel College, nominating
Don LaEson, Bethel College
Aldert van der Ziel, U. of Minnesota
Jim Nordstrom, U. of Minnesota
INDIANA
The meeting at Taylor University on April 21 also featured discussion of Dick Bube's
The Human Quest, with the advantage of having the author present for interaction
with the audience. Dick gave two lectures: "Keeping God in the Center: Response
to God-of-the-Gaps," and "Optimism and Pessimism: Science and Christian Eschatology." The first was presented as a chapel convocation in the morning and attracted
many students and faculty from disciplines other than the natural sciences for the
rest of the program. Nine area ministers attended at least part of the meeting.
On an afternoon panel quizzing Bube on concepts in his book was the president of the
local ministerial association, who seemed particularly enthusiastic about the worth
of the meeting.
According to Stan Burden, president of the Indiana section, a bonus of the meeting
was a chance to probe into Bube's experience with his interdisciplinary seminar at
Stanford (HOW TO START SOMETHING No. ll ASA News, April 1972). Several faculty
members at Taylor have been preparing to offer a special interdepartmental seminar
on "Faith and Learning" next year.
OREGON
Results of the February election were announced in an April newsletter, which also
outlined the budget for next year ($160 projected expenses) and requested payment
of section dues ($3; students, $1.50). Elected to the Executive Council were:
Ludlow Corbin, Warner Pacific College, Portland Robert Groner, Oregon State U., Corvallis
Donald King, Lebanon Community Hospital$ Lebanon Wayne Linn, Southern Oregon College, Ashland
Hendrik Oorthuys, Oregon State U., Corvallis Paul Simpson, Oregon State U., Corvallis
On Saturday, May 20, the spring meeting began at 9:30 a.m. in the Memorial Union at
Oregon State University and continued through the afternoon. The program featured
Stanford's Dick Bube, giving a keynote address on "Optimism and Pessimism: Science
and Eschat gy"--but also offered a wide variety of papers: Gary Ferngren, assistant professor of history at OSU, on "The New Testament as History";
Bob Groner, research assistant in agricultural chemistry, OSU, "A Proposal for an Experimental
College Course"; Wayne Linn, chairman and associate professor of biology, Southern
Oregon College, on "Christian, It's Your Environment, Too"; Muriel J. Woodring, instructor in nutrition research, OSU, on "To B or Not to B; Reflections on Vitamin
B6
it;
and Richard 0. Hampton, associate professor of plant pathology, OSU, on "A
Classic Limitation Upon Natural Man in Accurately Conceiving and Describing the
Origin of Life and Matter." Breaks between papers for a roast beef luncheon and for
an afternoon coffee gave opportunity for continuing discussion of papers.
SAN FRANCISCO BAY
In the April issue, ASA News carried a story on the section's March 4 symposium on
"Christian Perspectives on Abortion and Birth Control." We reported program chairman Don Stoner's
concern over the fact that only about 40 people attended, when the
topic, speakers, timing, and weather all seemed "right on." We wondered if better
publicity might have helped. Roy GritteE of San Jose has since given us details on
their publicity: Over 1,000 flyers were distributed (500 at U.C. Berkeley where the
symposium was held, 200 on the Stanford campus), churches in the area were contacted,
and posters were scattered around in strategic places.
(P.S. Now that we've moved back to Berkeley, ASA News realizes that no place in the
world could be more saturated with publicity for every imaginable activity than the
environs of the U.C. campus. We could make a full-time career of just readng
bulletin boards and leaflets stuffed into our hands at every corner!--Ed.)
NOTES FROM
THE
NATIONAL OFFICE
1. 27th ANNUAL MEETING of the AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATION will take place AUGUST 21-24,
1972, at YORK UNIVERSITY, DOWNSVIEW (TORONTO), ONTARIO, CANADA. The general theme of the meeting is "Presuppositions of Science: A Christian
Response." Distinguished speakers will be featured, along with field trips, devotions, lively discussions, and rich fellowship with others who both honor
Christ and value science. Programs, pre-registration forms$ and housing information have been mailed to the ASA membership. Additional copies for publicity
purposes are available from ASA, 324~ South Second Street, Mankato, Minnesota
56001.
2. Certificates of Membership have been requested from the Mankato office by a number of members. They are available for any member who wants one. Attractively
printed and suitable for framing, they are a simple way of increasing the "visibility" of ASA.
3. ASA Lapel Pin (?) Another suggestion has been made for increasing our "visibility": an ASA emblem on a lapel pin or tie tack to enable members to recognize
each other and to attract the attention of non-members. The Council has directed
the Executive Secretary to make inquiries about prices of identifying jewelry,
but would like to know the extent of interest before proceeding further. Positive or negative responses to the idea would be appreciated by the Mankato office.
4. Journal ASA. Several matters concerning the Journal were taken up at the May
12-13 Executive Council meeting in Denver. To protect JASA authors and the right
to control republication, each issue will continue to be copyrighted (cost, $6 per
issue). A schedule of advertising rates, and the editor's policies on acceptance
and solicitation of advertising, were approved. Members should note two items in
particular about Journal pricing:
a. Advance copies of the Journal can be ordered before printing by UW*ere
ot by others who wish to have extra copies on hand. The old price of
50(,%;no longer covers the cost of printing, so it has been raised to
75c per
copy.
b. Gift subscriptions can still be given for $3 each, but only for the first year at that price. For each year thereafter to the same subscriber, gift subscriptions cost the same as regular subscriptions
(now $6 per year).
Richard H. Bube of Stanford University, who managed to combine technical lectures on
photoelectronic phenomena with talks to ASA Local Sections on a number of trips this
spring, is scheduled to teach Science and Christian Faith at the Young Life Institute in Colorado Springs, July 10-21.
D. Lee Chesnut's anti-evolution pamphlet, The Monkey's On The Run, has 10,000 copies
now in distribution under auspices of the Bible-Science Association, according to a
story in General Electric's News Notes for Pensioners. Lee, now retired from G.E.,
lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
Thomas J. Elliott, Jr., graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1970, and then
served two years on the diesel submarine USS Dogfish. Spiritual stirrings On the
sub led to eight fellows coming to know the Lord as Savior in the past seven months.
Tom is being transferred in July to M.I.T. for a two-year program of graduate
studies in ocean engineering and deep submergence research.
Peter D. Esser says he has become a "pure physics dropout"; after receiving a PhD in
solid state physics and teaching college for a year, Pete has moved into medical
physics. He holds one of the NSF Presidential Internships in Nuclear medicine at
the Medical Research Center of Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York.
Charles M. Flynn, Jr., has accepted an instructorship in chemistry at the U. of
Virginia in Charlottesville. He will teach general and inorganic chemistry and do
inorganic photochemical research with Prof. James N. Demas.
Roy J. Gritter's paperback "Introduction to Chromatography, Co-Authored with two
associates at the IBM laboratories in San Jose, California, was published in both
French and Japanese translation last year.
Allan G. Hedberg is now at the Department of Psychology at Baylor University in Waco,
Texas, where a new
clinical psychology gLactitate
program has been established, leading to the Doctor of Psychology degree. Allan's resewLch
areas
include alcoholism,
behavior theory, learning disabilities, and treatment effectiveness.
Richard L. Humphrey of Glendale, California, has been accepted in the summer graduate program leading to an M.S. in
naturcouol
(not University), where he teaches.
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Norman R. Hunter is now a medicinal chemist at Merck Frosst Laboratories, Kirkland,
Quebec. He had most recently been a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biochemistry at the National Research Council of Canada.
0. Carroll Karkalits has become dean of engineering and technology at McNeese State
University, Lake Charles, Louisiana. When we heard from him he was still "commuting"
from Houston, where he has been assistant director of engineering for Petro-Tex
Chemical Corporation. By the end of July he hopes to move his family to Lake Charles
and into the new house they're building there.
William M. tialone-of Hightstown, N. J., is presenting two papers at an International
Symposium on Macromolecules in Helsinki, Finland, July 2-7, on "Applications of Refractive Index to Polymer Characterization" and "Semi-Empirical Calculation of Reactivity Ratios." The symposium is sponsored by the International Union of Pure and
Applied Chemistry.
W. D. Morrison of Rural Route IN, Fergus, Ontario, says his move from industry to
academic life also gave him opportunity to live in the country. He wasn't sure that
buying a farm is news, but he thinks of it as the Lord's farm, possibly suited for
use someday as a Christian retreat area. Right now Doug is busy with local arrangements for the ASA ANNUAL MEETING at YORK UNIVERSITY, AUGUST 21-24, providing bospitality for all us "city-slickers."
Ronald S. Remmel received his PhD at Princeton after studying the physics of
elem
entary particles.
Now he's at the Department of Physiology at U.C. Berkeley on an
NIH postdoctoral fellowship, trying to unravel how the brain controls eye muscles.
James R. Weir treated the entire ASA News staff to lunch and good conversation in
Monroe, Wisconsin, where he practices obstetrics/gynecology. We traded tales of
mutual friends in ASA and learned about what it's like to be totally dependent on a
hemodialysis machine. Jim says he gets a lot of reading done during the three day's
a week he has to be hooked up for five hours at a stretch to his "artificial
kidney."
NEW A. S. A. MEMBERS
California
James L. Jensen, 3301 Huntley Dr., Los Alamitos, Calif. 90720. Assoc. Prof., Dept.
of Chem., Calif. State College, Long Beach, Calif. 90840. BA Westmont College; MA
U. of Calif., Santa Barbara - Chemistry. Ph.D. Univ. of Wash. in Org. Chemistry
Rank: Member
Allan M. Nishimura, 2536 College Ave., Apt. 7A, Berkeley, Calif. 94704. Inorganic
Materials Res. Div.~ Lawrence Berkeley Lab. BS Univ. of Calif., Berkeley; PhD Univ.
of Calif., Davis - Chemistry. Rank: Member
Nancy Ann McKowen, 4534 Fieldcrest Dr., Richmond, Calif. 94803. Student at Univ. ofCalif., Berkeley. Rank: Associate
Gerald F. Swanson, 5192 Fino Dr., San Diego, Calif., 92124. Major: Physical
Science. Rank: Member (Reinstatement)
Richard C. Remland, 880 Mango, Brea, Cal-if. 99691.
AR Whit-Hr-ic CcOl'-ge
in Soc.,
Anthropology. Student. Rank: Member
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Colorado
James N. Price, P. 0. Box 10,000, University Park Sta., Denver, Colorado 80210.
Student. BS University of Redlands in Geology, Math. Rank: Member
Florida
Arthur J. Estes, 1401 52nd Ave., N. E., St. Petersburg, Florida 33703. Director,
Pinellas Baptist Counseling Center. AB Stetson Univ. - Eng., Psy.; M.Ed. American
Univ. - Psy., Ed. Rank: Member
Gerald & Johanna Van Belle, 1909 Wahalaw Ct., Tallahassee, Florida. Gerald: B42
MA, PhD Univ. of Toronto - FSU, Dept. of Statistics. Johanna: M.D. Univ. of
Toronto - FSU - Student Health Center. Rank: Member - Joint membership.
Idaho
Herbert Peebles, 1438 Monte Vista Dr., Pocatells, Idaho 83201. Student. BS Goshen
College, MS Univ. of Notre Dame - Math, Rank: Member
Illinois
Kenneth A. Smith, Quincy College, Quincy, Ill. 62301. Assoc. Prof. of Educ. at
Quincy College. EdD U. of Northern Colo., Math; MS Okla. State Univ. in Natural
Science; BS.Ed. U. of S. Dak. - Springfield - Math. Rank: Member
David A. DeVries, 215 E. Seminary, Wheaton, Ill. 60187. BS Wheaton College; PhD
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison - Geology. Rank: Member - Reinstatement.
Jacques E. LaFrance ', 1340 North Main, Apt. C 12, Wheaton, Ill. 60187. Director of
Academic Computer Center; Asst. Prof. of Math. AB Harvard in math., Physics; BS
in Ed. Univ. of Kansas in Math-Education; MI Univ. of Ill. in math.; PhD Univ. of
Ill. in Computer Science. Rank: Member
Ind iana
Marshall E. Parks, 803 S. 32nd, Terre Haute, Indiana 47803. Asst. Prof. of Science
Educ. at Indiana State Univ. BS Indiana State Univ. in Biology & Chem.; MS Univ. of
Ill. in Biology, Ed.; Ed.D at Indiana Univ. in Sci. Ed., Biology- Phys. Science.
Rank: Member
David L. Neuhouser, Rt. 1, Upland, Indiana
46989.
Prof. of Math. & Chairman, Dept.
of Math. BS Manchester College in Math, Physics; MS Univ. of Ill. in Math,.; PhD
Florida State Univ. in Math. Education. Rank: Member
Maryland
W. Eugene Trimble
1201
Burton St., Silver Spring, Maryland
20914.
AB Gordon
College in Psych., Hist.; MA Colo State College in Psych., Statistics. Rank:
Member - Reinstatement
Glenn R. Parkinson, Kirkley Rd., Weems Creek,
Annapolis, Md. 21401.
Student. Rank:
Associate.
Massachusetts
Bruce F. Berard, 526 Main St., W. Townsend, Mass. 01474. Grad. assistantship in
computer science - Rensselaer Poly. Inst. - Program Debug Consultant. BA King's
College in Math. Rank: Member
Delia Walbridge, 36 Hilda St.3 Quincy, Mass. 02169.
Michigan
Student. Rank: Associate
Douglas B. Brumm, 224 Hecla St., Lake Linden, Mich. 49945. Asst. Prof. in Elec.
Engr. at Mich. Tech. Univ. BS Mich. Tech. Univ.; MS, PhD Univ. of Mich. - all in
Elec. Engr. Rank: Member
Albion J. Kromminga, 1831 Woodlawn Ave. S. E., Grand Rapids, Mich. 49506. Prof- at
Calvin College in Physics. BS St. Cloud State College in Physics, Math.; PhD at
Univ. of Minn. in Physics. Rank: Member
Minnesota
James E. Hartfield, Jr., 1176 Plummer Circle, Rochester, Minn. 55901. BS Wheaton
College in Zool., Chem., Bible; M.D. Baylor Univ. College of Medicine. Staff Pediatrician Olmsted Medical and Surgical Group, Rochester, Minn. Rank: Member
Kenric M. Johnson, 2318 Linner Rd., Wayzata, Minn. 55391. Biology-Chemistry teacher
in Golden Valley Lutheran College. BA Gustavus Adolphus College in Biology, Psychology, Chemistry. Rank: Member
Mississippi
Frazier E. Fyke, III, Box 6344, University, Mississippi 38677. Instructor and Grad.
Res. Associate, Dept. of Elec. Engr., Univ. of Mississippi. BS Univ. of Mississippi
in Elec. Engr. Rank: Member
Nebraska
Stanley D. Luke, 5435 Walker Ave., Lincoln, Nebraska 68504. Prof. of Math. at Nebraska Wesleyan Univ. BA Gordon College in Math., English; MA Forman Christian
College; MS Carnegie Mellon Univ.; PhD Univ. of Pittsburgh - all in Math. Rank: Member
New Jersey
Bonnie Hartland, 701 Orchard Rd., Kinnelon, New Jersey. Student at Gordon College.
Rank: Associate
Davis A. Young, 919 Ripley Ave., Westfield, New Jersey 07090. Asst. Prof. of Geology
at New York Univ. BSE in Geological Engr. at Princeton; MS Penn. State in Mineralogy
Petrology; PhD at Brown in Geology. Rank: Member
Jon S. Limmer, 849 Tice Place, Westfield, New Jersey 07090. Student. Physics at
Wheaton College. Rank: Associate
New York
Robert Santilli, 7927 78th Ave., Glendale, New York 11227. Minister at Glendale Baptist Church. BS City College of New York. BD Biblical Seminary in New York in
Gheology; ThM. Princeton Theol. Sem. in Counseling. Rank: Associate
Richard Golz, Jr., Crosby Ave., Brewster, New York 10509. Science teacher at Ridge
Street Public School. MS New York Univ. in Biology. Rank: Member
Dennis Adams, 2-10 Astoria Blvd., Astoria, New York 11102. Student in Biology.
Rank: Associate
Kenneth C. West, Star Route, Canton, New York 13617. Asst. Prof. of Chemistry at
St. Lawrence University. BS Wheaton College in Chem.; PhD Indiana University in
An. Chem. Rank: Member
Paul F. Earl, 394 Warwick Rd., East Meadow, New York 11554. Assoc. Prof. of Biol.
Nassau Community College. BS Houghton College in Botany, Chem.;
Plattsburgh
State Univ. in Bio. Ed.; PhD New York Univ. in Bio. Ed. Rank: member
Ohio
Lois A. Hallman, 201 Logan Rd., Mansfield, Ohio 44907. BS Taylor University in
Biology. Student. Rank: Member
Oregon
Mark E. Barnes, Rm. 623, McNary Hall, Corvallis, Oregon 97332. Student in Chem. and
Math. Rank: Associate.
Pennsylvania
Charles E. Doolittle, 58 W. Frederick St., Millersville, Pa. 17551. BS Pa. State
Univ. in Ag. Ed., science. Rank: Member. Reinstatement.
Benjamin M. Hatch, Jr., 104 Rodney Circle, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 19010. Project Manager
Environmental Field, A. W. Martin Assoc., Inc. B.C.E. Univ. of Delaware in C. E.
Rank: Member
Texas
Samuel R. Fisher, 4007 Childress, Houston, Texas 77005. Self-employed attorney -
semi-retired. AB Va. Mil. Inst.; LLB Univ. of Texas Law School. Rank: Associate
David P. Butts, 1509 Flintridge Rd., Austin, Texas 78746. Prof. at Univ. of Texas
at Austin. BS Butler Univ. in Biology; MS, PhD at Univ. of Ill. in Sci. Ed. and
Botany. Rank: Member
Wisconsin
William D. Sisterson, 2002 Scott Lane, Apt. B, Madison, Wisconsin 53704. International Representative for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. BSIE Southern Methodist Univ. in Ind. Engr., Th.M. Dallas Theological Seminary in Theology. Rank:
Member
Duane R. Frisbie, Rt. 1, Juneau, Wisconsin 53039. Student. Rank: Associate
Canada
Wayne D. Murdoch, #175, 7022 Inlet Drive, Burnaby 2, B. C., Canada. Student
Rank: Associate
R. Keith Sherman, 220 Union St., Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Student. Rank:
Associate
IMMANUEL VELIKOVSKY RECONSIDERED
The May 1972 issue of the journal entitled Pensee is devoted in its entirety to a
discussion of the work of Velikovsky. You may recall the title of his book, "Worlds
in Collision", which was a bestseller in 1950. After being severely criticized by
the scientific community, the work of Velikovsky is now being seriously considered
by many scientists.
Full page advertisements of the above mentioned issue of Pensee have appeared in the
June 23, 1972 issue of Science and in the July 1972 issue of Physics Today. Copies
of the special issue of Pensee may be obtained at $2.00 each or $1.50 each for ten
or more copies from Pensee, P. 0. Box 414, Portland, Oregon 97207.
Members of the Affiliation may wish to attend the Immanuel Velikovsky Symposium to
be held at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon. The dates are August 16, 17
and 18, 1972. The registration fee is $40. The entire expense including board and
room is $70. Three plenary sessions with Dr. Velikovsky and original papers by
scholars from the fields of Astronomy, Archaeology, History, Psychology, Religion
and Sociology are on the program. The enrollment is limited and the deadline for
registration is August 1, 1972.
The above note is added by the Executive Secretary. He is hoping that several ASA
members will be able to attend the symposium and then come to the annual meeting of
the ASA in Toronto where a lively discussion may take place.