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AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATION - CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC & CHRISTIAN AFFILIATION
VOLUME 20, NUMBER 3 JUNE/JULY 1978
THE THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF STEWARDSHIP
The 1978 Annual Meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation, on "CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP OF NATURAL RESOURCES," promises to be a significant interaction of theology and
technology. Theologian Clark Pinnock of McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario,
well known for his concern to combine "orthopraxis" with orthodoxy, will give three
biblical addresses on the meeting's theme. "Technologian" John Sheaffer
will give a
major address out of his nuts-and bolts experience and conviction that "God Was
Right: Stewardship of the Earth Is Possible."
Then, besides contributed papers, field trips, and interest groups on the theme, two
symposia will grapple with it in depth. One, arranged by forester Larry Walker, will
lay out the dilemmas faced by real-life resource managers over conflicts between conservation and development for production. The other will examine the theme from the
interdisciplinary perspectives of scholars in nearby Calvin College's Center for
Christian Scholarship.
It's time for evangelical Christians able to understand technical questions to get
our "doxy" and "praxis" together. We can't do everything, but most of us can do a
lot more to show that we cherish God's creation. Let's see what we can do. HOPE
COLLEGE, HOLLAND, MICHIGAN--AUGUST 11-14, 1978.
JOHN HALVER ELECTED NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Is John E. Halver the first member of ASA to be elected to the prestigious National
Academy of Sciences? We think he is, and we congratulate him on that recent recognition of his scientific stature. He was one of 60 Americans and 15 foreign scientists
elected to NAS in April 1978. John is a professor in the College of Fisheries at the
University of Washington in Seattle, and senior scientist in nutrition with the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service there. He received his M.S. at Washington State and his
Ph.D. at the U. of Washington. John has been a member of ASA since 1965.
(We usually scan the' list of newly elected NAS members to see if anyone we know "made
it" this year. Somehow we missed John's name in the list published in Science May 12,
but sharp-eyed Kurt Weiss of the U. of Oklahoma College of Medicine spotted it, and
passed the word along.)
ONE OF US EVEN MADE IT TO STOCKHOLM
It isn't often that our bimonthly (and usually tardy) Newsletter gets to scoop a
weekly publication like Science, but of course we had an inside source for our story
on the Nobel Prize that
barely got away from us (ASA/CSCA Newsletter, Dec 77/Jan 78,
pp. 2-3). Meanwhile Roger C. Burgus has joined the ASA, bringing "one of us" even
closer to the prize. Roger, who did the biochemical work on the thyrotropin releasing
hormone (TRH) in Roger Guillemin's laboratory at the Salk Institute, was invited
by
laureate Guillemin to attend the Nobel award ceremony in Stockholm last year.
In a thrilling three-part story in Science (21 April, 28 April, and 5 May 1978),
writer Nicholas Wade describes the 21-year race to the Nobel Prize between Guillemin
and his rival (and former coworker) Andrew Schally, both of whom were awarded the
1977 prize in physiology and medicine. The story points out that Burgus received
his Ph.D. under Walter R. Hearn, who had been the first biochemist to work with
Guillemin on the hypothalamic hormone problem, and quotes Hearn's joking remark that
even he (Hearn) as a grad student learned how to say "Thank you very much" in
Swedish--just in case. More significantly Wade quotes Schally as saying that on the
structure of TRH, "Burgus did tremendous, beautiful work."
NEW TAPE-SLIDE SHOW IN THE WORKS
Paul T. Arveson, whose tape-slide show on astronomy was so impressive at the 1977
ASA Annual Meeting, asks for help on a new project. He is beginning to put together
a similar show on "the new biology," to include a review of DNA and cell ultrastructure, explore some of the promises and problems of recombinant DNA research,
and examine its current status in legislation. His motive is to inform church people
about the issue in a relatively even-handed way.
Paul hopes to help ASA "proceed with our educational mission in the area of the biological sciences without stirring up the old hornet's nest of evolution." Can you
help, by suggesting texts and supplying ideas and color slides that may be of use?
'Paul promises to copy and return all slides promptly. Ideally, he would like to have
the descriptive elements of the show ready for the next Annual Meeting (at HOPE
COLLEGE, HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, AUGUST 11-14, 1978).
Paul, a physicist by trade, is employed at the Naval Ship Research and Development
Center, Bethesda, Maryland. Biologists and biochemists (others, too) can offer input
to Paul at 9278 Adelphi Road, Adelphi, MD 20783.
TO RECEIVE (A LITTLE INK) IS ALSO BLESSED
We often feel blessed by the opportunity to "give some ink" to other organizations
and causes, so we suspect others are blessed when they let people know about the
work of ASA/CSCA. Everybody loves to receive "good ink," especially when it includes
their correct address!
The June issue of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship's HIS magazine does students a
service by describing Christian professional organizations in "Your Kind of People:
A Marketplace of Christian Specialties"--with addresses. ASA is described as 11one
of the strongest Christian societies for academic people .... Upper classmen and grad
students in natural sciences, engineering, and philosophy of science will find the
ASA a godsend. Social and behavioral science majors, along with Renaissance Man
types, will find it worthwhile as well."
Richard Quebedaux's controversial book, The Worldly Evangelicals (Harper & Row, 1978.
$6.95), describes us in a chapter on "Changing Cultural Attitudes." Quebedaux will
probably irk almost everybody with his facile generalizations (see Donald Tinder's
review, "Are We Worldly?" in the May
19 Christianity Today), but his Journalistic
overview seems to capture the whole spectrum of evangelical Christianity and to hint
rather astutely at where it may be headed. Some will object to his broad categories
of "left, right, and center" to describe people and movements. Yet who would deny
that some evangelicals tend to be more open, others more rigid, in theology, lifestyle, politics, even vocabulary?
After saying that evangelicals are now active in all areas of scientific research and
teaching, and citing the CMS and CAPS, Quebedaux says: "The most important association
of left evangelical scientists is the ASA--the American Scientific Affiliation (Elgin,
Illinois). It is countered on the right and center by the Creation Research Society
(San Diego, California), formed in 1963, which accepts creation as a scientific fact
and claims as mandatory Christian views a 'young earth' and a sudden origin of life."
Then he describes ASA's purpose and activities accurately, including the fact that
ASA "works closely with the Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation (Perth,
Ontario), established only in 1973."
Quebedaux categorizes our statement of faith as an example of "the limited inerrancy
position" he has defined earlier in the book. Although he says "the majority of its
present members believe in some form of theistic evolution" and consider the earth
very old, he makes it clear that ASA does not take a position on issues such as evolution which divide evangelicals at large.
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AT THE FEDERATION
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology keeps experimenting
with meeting patterns because of its size. This year the biochemists and immunologists
split from the regular April meeting to have their meeting in June in Atlanta. But
there were still plenty of medical scientists in Atlantic City, about 40 of whom
turned up at the Howard Johnson Regency Hotel on Monday night, April 10, for the
annual Federation Christian Fellowship.
Kurt Weiss, one of FCF's founders, reports that Bill Matthews of the SKF Laboratories
made the arrangements and brought archaeologist David Livingstone of the Biblical
Research Institute in Philadelphia to speak to the group on dating the biblical flood,
stirring up considerable discussion. Besides the customary coffee and tea to lubricate their epiglottides, FCFers were treated to outstanding baked goodies provided
by Elizabeth Zipf of the Biosciences Information Service of Biological Abtracts in
Philadelphia. Paul Leiffer, now of Mission, Kansas, calling the FCF meeting a highlight of his trip to Atlantic City, mentioned good raps with
Bob Herrmann and Harold
Laughlin, among others.
Next year the Federation will meet in Dallas, Texas, over a 10-day period, with the
biochemists and pharmacologists meeting the first 5 days, the four other societies
meeting the last 5 days. Kurt says FCF hopes to hold its get-together on one of the
overlapping days. His colleague Ken Dormer of the Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics
at the U. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center will make the FCF arrangements.
UPDATING C-14 DATING
In the Research News section of Science for May 12, two articles give more details
on extending the range of radiocarbon dating (see ASA/CSCA Newsletter, Feb/Mar 1978,
pp. 6-7). We were about half right in our guess that mass spectrometry lay behind
the new techniques. One of the Science stories by Thomas H. Maugh II confirms that
conventional high-resolution mass spectrometers were first tried--but without success,
the weak C-14 signal being overwhelmed by that of N-14. The new gimmick is to use
high-energy accelerators, such as the Lawrence Berkeley Lab's 88-inch cyclotron or
the tandem Van de Graff accelerators at Rochester and McMaster Universities, as
sophisticated mass spectrometers. At a thousand times higher energy than in a conventional mass spectrometer, C-14 ions travel farther than N-14 ions through several
kinds of material, which can be used to filter out the interfering ions.
Even if the many problems mentioned in the article make it impossible to extend the
C-14 range beyond that of beta-decay methods, accelerator dating can be used on
much smaller samples. Further, other radioactive elements can be used, such as Be-10,
with a half-life of 1.5 million years. The companion article in Science describes
enrichment of C-14 from geological samples by thermal diffusion of methane and by
tuned-laser decomposition of formaldehyde produced from such samples. At Oxford
University laser enrichment is being combined with mass spectrometry in a tandem
Van de Graff accelerator.
Meanwhile, recent ASA member Henry L. Richter urges caution on accepting any C-14
dates. Henry says he worked on the C-14 project 25 years ago at Cal Tech, but
became a Christian 8 years ago and has since then radically changed his view of the
age of the earth. He calls attention to Thomas G. Barne's monograph on Origin and
Destiny of the Earth's Magnetic Field (Institute for Creation Research Technical
Monograph #4), which has convinced him that the earth must be very young. Henry says
that if the earth's magnetic field has been decreasing 5 percent every hundred years,
then only a few thousand years ago the earth's magnetosphere would have been quite
large, decreasing the conversion of atmospheric N-14 to C-14 by radiation. The result
would be a-much different C-12/C-14 ratio a few thousand years ago than today, thus
bollixing up C-14 dating.
Would anybody out there care to accelerate our updating with a paper to JASA, a
comment to the Newsletter, or correspondence (Dr. Henry L. Richter, 178 West Longden
Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006)?
DIALOGUE ON CONTEXTUALIZATION
The first issue of a new quarterly journal, Gospel in Context, appeared in January
1978, published by Partnership in Mission, an independent U.S. agency that has catalyzed constructive interaction between western mission agencies and third world
churches since the mid-1960s. Editor of the new journal is Charles R. Taber, who
edited Practical Anthropology from 1968 to 1972. Charles is associate professor of
world mission and anthropology, director of the Institute of World Studies and Church
Growth at Milligan College, and lecturer at Emmanuel School of Religion, Tennessee.
The Tabers also spent 1953-1960 as missionaries in the Central African Republic under
the Brethren Church.
Gospel in Context is committed to "international, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary,
and interdenominational dialogue, focused on the contextualization of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ in the six continents." The first issue is full of stimulating dialogue
in the form of a challenging paper, "Is There More Than One Way to Do Theology?" by
Taber, plus responses from all over the world to that paper and to
anthropological/
theological interaction in general.
Subscription rates for the lively new journal are $11 per year in North America,
Western Europe, Japan, New Zealand, and Australia; $8 per year in all other countries.
Make check or money order payable to Gospel in Context, 1564 Edge Hill Road, Abington,
PA 19001 USA.
ABORTION INFORMATION: "PRO-LIFE" AND "PRO-CHOICE"
Kenneth J. Van Dellen of the Division of Mathematics and Science (Geology) of Macomb
County Community College, Warren, Michigan, says that he recently joined "Scientists
for Life," an organization of professional scientists whose purpose is "to promote
respect for human life at all stages of biological development, from fertilization
till death, and to educate the public on the consequences of interfering with such
life." Ken had a copy of the SFL Newsletter sent to us. From its content, SFL
seems to be primarily concerned to support the "pro-life" or anti-abortion position.
Full members must have a bachelor's degree in science but undergraduate science majors
may become student members. Application fee is $3. For more information, write:
Scientists for Life, 1908 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22401.
Those who support the option of legal abortion now tend to call their position the
11pro-choice" position. We've recently seen a copy of Options, newsletter of "The
Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights," comprising 26 national religious organizations. From it we learned of increasing harassment of abortion clinics, including
fire-bombing and death threats to clinic personnel and their children. An "Appeal
for Non-Violence" in the abortion debate was issued in March by a number of religious
leaders. None of the 270 Catholic bishops in the U.S. agreed to sign it, but the
Bishop of Cleveland issued his own statement advocating peaceful discussion after the
February burning of a clinic there. To subscribe ($2 per year) or obtain more information, write:
Options, RCAR, 100 Maryland Ave., NE, Washington, D.C. 20002.
PEOPLE LOOKING FOR POSITIONS
Psychological Studies Institute (620 Peachtree St., Atlanta, GA 30308; Tel.404-881-6207)
is graduating a number of students in May who have also earned an M.Ed. or Ed.S. degree
from Georgia State University in counseling psychology. "PSI is an evangelical interdenominational community of Christian scholars who endeavor to advance training,
research, therapy, and service in the field of mental health, and who are committed
to academic and professional excellence in the integration of theology and psychology."
POSITIONS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE
Judson College in Illinois seeks a permanent tenure-track assistant or associate professor of anthropology beginning with the 1978-79 year. Teach general anthro classes
(cultural, physical, archaeology) plus 1 or 2 sociology classes if capable (would be
fortuitous if could also coach baseball!). "Of prime importance is teaching ability
and evangelical theological stance integrated with social science." Contact: Chair,
Human Relations Division, Judson College, 1151 N. State St., Elgin, IL 60120. (Received 15 April from
E. Steve Cassels, assistant prof. of anthropology at Judson
College.)
Malone College in Ohio needs a Ph.D. in chemistry with expertise in inorganic, analytical, and physical evidence of successful teaching experience plus strong commitment to undergraduate liberal arts education and to the
evangelical Christian outlook
of the college. Some courses offered on alternate year basis. Begin 1 September 1978.
Contact: Dr. Robert J. Oetjen, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Malone College,
515 - 25th St. N.W., Canton, OH 44709. (Received 4 May from Dale S. Thompson, chair,
Division of Science & Math at Malone College.)
Psychological Studies Institute in Georgia has an opening for a clinical or counseling
psychologist with doctorate, licensable in Georgia, to teach and supervise graduate
students in clinics. Post-doctorate experience in both counseling and teaching
preferred. "PSI is a private, nonprofit institute which, in cooperation with a local
university provides graduate training in the integrative application of psychological
and biblical principles in counseling." Salary $13,000-15,000 for academic year (3 quarters) beginning September 1978. Send vita and/or
rÈsumÈ& to: Dr. '
Edward G. Groesbeck, President, Psychological Studies Institute, 620 Peachtree St., N.E.,
Atlanta, GA 30308. (Received 22 May.)
Judson Baptist College in Oregon is looking for an experienced mathematics instructor
to teach intermediate algebra through calculus for freshmen and sophomores. Experience
with computers would help. "We are a two-year liberal arts college operated by the
Conservative Baptists of Oregon. Classes and salaries are small." Contact: Dr. J.
Lindley Steere, Dean of the Faculty, Judson Baptist College, 9202 N.E. Fremont St.,
Portland, OR 97220. (Received 24 May from Nellie R. Harris, chair of the Division
of Science & Math at Judson Baptist College.)
Kansas Wesleyan in Salina, Kansas 67401 has an analytical chemist teaching position
open beginning 1 September, 1978. Masters degree in analytical chemistry, PhD preferred. Contact Lawton Owen, (913) 827-5541 or 823-6129. (Received 13 June from
Lawton Owen.)
Universidad Nacional in Costa Rica has four openings for marine biologists to teach
and guide student research in: (1) ecology or ecophysiology of animal and plant
organisms (teach marine ecology and introduction to marine biology); (2) marine
plankton, including photosynthetic mechanisms; (3) icthyology and population dynamics of 'fishes; (4) resource ecology of the marine environment and marine pollution.
Contact: Dr. Rolando Mendoza H., Decano, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales,
Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica. (Received 27 May from Prof. Wayne G. Bragg,
H,N,G..R. Program, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 60187, from whom more information can
be obtained.)
GUELPH
Officers were elected at an executive meeting on April 5. They are: president, Ernie Davison;
vice-president, Derrick Read; secretary, Steve Scadding; treasurer, Gerry
Hofstra; asst. secretary, Rick Wukasch; asst. treasurer, Esther Martin; executive without portfolio,
Danny Butler (all of the U. of Guelp-h faculty).
INDIANA Officers for the coming year are: president, Waldo Roth (Taylor U.);
president elect and program chair,
George Welker (Ball State U.); secretary, George Harrison (Taylor); treasurer,.John Vayhinger
(Anderson School of Theology); member-at-large, Mark Cosgrove (Taylor).
A report from George Harrison summarizes the past year's activities, which somehow
didn't make it into the national Newsletter. The fall meeting was held at Anderson
College on 27 October 1977 in conjunction with the 10th NIMH workshop in Mental
Health for Clergy, sponsored by the Anderson School of Theology. Theme of that program was "Come Grow Old With Me: The Best is Yet to Come."
Bill Sisterson spoke
briefly on ASA concerns at the meeting, which was addressed by John Vayhinger on
"The Christian, as Scientist, Considers the Aging Process" and by Dr. Lowell Colston
of Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, on psychological problems associated
with aging.
The spring meeting was held at Marion College on 19 April 1978, featuring Hugh Paine,
professor emeritus at Houghton
College, New York, and formerly
of Argonne National Laboratory. In the afternoon Hugh spoke on "Getting the Most out of the Genesis
Creation Account" and in the evening
on "The
Gospel in the Stars."
SAN FRANCISCO BAY Sure enough, the stirrings reported last time have produced a local section newsletter called
The Upstart, first issue of which contained a ballot for new council
members and announcement of not one but two May meetings, both with outstanding
visiting speakers.
On May 17 a meeting at John Amoore's home in El Cerrito in the NE corner of the
section drew perhaps 25 people (including a carful from the SW corner). Those
present heard a superb lecture by John Barrow, theoretical astrophysicist from
Christchurch College, Oxford University, who has been at U.C. Berkeley on a Lindemann
Traveling Fellowship from the Union of the Commonwealth. John's lecture on "What is
the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe--and Why?" refuted the idea that there is
nothing special about our human existence. Showing that even a slight increase or
decrease in any of the four fundamental constants of the universe would have made
galaxies, stars, heavy elements, the earth, and human life impossible, John said
"it looks very much as though the universe was created with human beings in mind."
John's lecture, though essentially a scientific talk, seemed more effective in inclining the audience to praise God than many a sermon.
Members present were eager to question John about modern cosmology, which seems to
be undergoing a rapid change in outlook on fundamental issues. As evidence, consider Robert Jastrow's public AAAS lecture on "God and the Astronomers" (see ASA/CSCA
Newsletter, Apr/May 1978, pp.2-3); the New York Times front page story, "Scientists
Expect New Clues to Origin of Universe" (12 March 1978); and the article by Margaret
J. Geller of Harvard's Center for Astrophysics on "The Large-Scale Structure of the
Universe," American Scientist 66, 176-184 (March-April 1978). It was exciting to
have a "down-to-earth" cosmologist like John Barrow at hand to discuss recent work
and what theological conclusions should or should not be drawn from it. Barrow is
~currently co-authoring a paper for Scientific American and a book for Oxford University Press along the lines of his talk. All hands strongly urged him to do a paper
for JASA on the subject also.
On May 27 the locus and focus both shifted, the locus to Stanford University in the
SW corner and the focus to information theory. Approximately the same number attended,
including a few folk from Berkeley and beyond. Jean-Pierre Adoul, CSCA member on
sabbatical at Stanford from the U. of Sherbrooke in Quebec, gave a fascinating look
at God's "problems" in communicating with us in a lecture entitled "How on Earth Did
God Speak to Man?" Jean-Pierre first gave some background on information theory,
going back to C. Shannon's famous 1948 theorems. Then he discussed what God's
"fidelity matrix" must look like and considered the degree of "distortion" introducible if God's "personality" were revealed as that of a graven image, a king, man,
"I Am," or Jesus Christ. Jean-Pierre warned the audience that sloppy use of their
terminology in other fields often drives information scientists up their ordinates,
but nevertheless he gave us a new framework for considering God's intentions (and
self-limitations) in "getting through" to us in revelation.
Discussion following Jean-Pierre's own communication centered on the reasons behind
God's particular strategies and the reciprocal nature of communication (i.e., through
prayer). Informal conversation continued as most members stayed for lunch together
in Tresidder Union patio. The newly elected executive council should have itself
organized by the next report.
MINUTES OF THE ASA EXECTUIVE COUNCIL MEETING, 3 March 1978 at Wheaton College
(Note: What appears in the Newsletter" is not the official minutes, respectfully
submitted, duly corrected, and all that--but the editor's summary.)
Called to order at 1:35 p.m. by president Buswell. Present: Buswell, Carpenter, Claassen, Herrmann, Weiss, Sisterson. Opening!: Reading from 2 Corinthians 2'and 3 by Buswell and remarks that "Christ provides the adequacy, in all that we do," followed by' a season of1pra'yer with all participating in thanksgiving and requests for God's guidance. Items of Business
1. Approval of minutes. Minutes of the 18 November 1977 Council meeting in Wheaton were approved without correction.
2. President's remarks. Buswell welcomed Robert Herrmann of Oral Roberts University to the Execuctive Council (replacing, Jack Haas) and thanked Howard Claassen for his work as recording secretary the past year.
3. Nomination: of fellows. The names of'7:members~(Jack Balswick; Lawrence
Crabb, Jr.
Edward P. Coleson,~Roger D. Griffioen,, Eugene Jekel; H. Newton Maloney; Clarence
Menninga) were added to the list of 15 nominees approved at the Nov. 18 meeting
(Vernon Ehlers; John E. Frederickson; Truman V. H6rshberger; Ann Hunt; Gareth
Jones;- James, H. Kraakevik; Norman D.) Lea; Robert C. Lehman. Kenneth Lindley;
Kenneth V. Olson. Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen; Donald R. Wilson; Dan Wonderly; Davis
A. Young; Ron Burwell). The slate of 22nominees will be voted on by the Fellows.
Sisterson was instructed to provide a list of current Fellows to each Council member,
and to., investigate a suitable plaque-or other memento to be awarded to each person
elected, as,a Fellow. Claassen was appointed to chair a 3-person committee to nominate two Fellows for election to-the' Council, b y July iO, 1978.
4.-Emeritus-status.- Enoch Hattson, Affiliaton member since the 1940s, now retired
and, 1iving in Br1stish Columbia, was granted Emeritus status on his request.,
5. E 4ecptive Secretary's report.
5. Sisterson's progress through February on goals setup for the year was reported as follows:
Feb Year-to-date
Actual Goal 1977 Actual Goal 1977
Groups,visited
5 4
5 8
New Members
87 55 12 123 109
38
New subscribers
8 20 9 19
40 15
Letters dictated
Annual,Meeting attendance 110 90 104,
206 180 136
Life
Memberships
1
2
1
Sale of JASAs
$46 $200
$197 $400
Report on new members looks especially good. Sisterson. now hopes to recruit 10 Life
Members in 1978,,the $500 dues to be deposited in a special account from which funds
can be borrowed for special, projects. Student recruitment is also picking up, with
awards, of, memberships or 1-year subscriptions, being made to many students. Science
faculties at some Christian Colleges now award,such a scholarship to each graduating
science major.,
As of March 1, 1978, ASA has 580 Associates, 1,946 Members, and 170 Fellows, for a total
membership of 2,696. There are 769 subscribers. Grand total: 3,465. An advertisement
in the classified section-of, Christianity Today will appear in the March 20 issue to
make contacts for ASA-with interested scientists,
Sisterson also reported on a comparative salary review for office employees in comparable organizations.
A. Kurt Weiss, Secretary-treasurer, ASA
PERSONALS
Stanley E. Lindquist president of Link-Care Foundation in Fresno, California, has
been elected president of the Western Association of Christians for Psychological
Studies. He will deliver the presidential address on June 16 at the WACPS convention
in Malibu, California, on "A Personal Attempt to Integrate Psychology and Christian
Faith. "
Ellen W.McLaughlin, professor of biology at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama,
recently spent a sabbatical leave at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, doing embryological research with the electron microscope. Ellen also attended classes at
nearby Columbia Presbyterian Theological Seminary while in Atlanta.
Nabih N. Mikhail of the University of Manitoba is interested in the subject of numbers
in Scripture and the construction of Scripture in the original Hebrew and Greek languages. Nabih says
that when the 10 films of the Francis Schaeffer series were shown
on the U. of M. campus, an average of 150 students attended.
David 0. Moberg of Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is spending the
summer as a guest researcher at the Sociology of Religion Institute, Klara VHstra
Kyrkogata 18 A, 111 21 Stockholm, Sweden.
David Myers, professor of psychology at Hope College, Holland, Michigan, has been
awarded the annual Gordon Allport prize of the Society for the Psychological Study
of Social Issues, a division of the American Psychological Association. Dave's paper
on a decade of experimental research at Hope College on "Polarizing Effects of Social
Interaction" was judged the "best paper of the year on intergroup relations." A popular article co-authored with colleague Thomas Ludwig, "Let's Cut the
Poor talk," will
appear sodn in Saturday_ Review. Dave's book, The Human Puzzle: Psychological Research
and Christian Belief, was recently published by Harper & Row.
Robert W. Newman is an engineer in structural analysis at the Tampa (Florida) Division
of Westinghouse Electric
Co.
Bob resigned his position as professor of mechanical
engineering at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne last June, partly so he
would be able to take advanced training in ministry with The Navigators. Bob, who
has ministry responsibilities at the U. of South Florida, says that Romans 15:4-6 and
I Peter 5:2-4 are especially significant to him.
Clifton J. Orlebeke, professor of philosophy at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, will be at the U. of California in Berkeley from June 12 to August 4, participating in an NEH summer seminar with Gregory Vlastos, "The Philosophy of Socrates."
J. Edwin Orr, professor of the history of awakenings at Fuller Seminary, recently
spoke at the World Vision pastors conference in Poona, India. He visited Indonesia,
Singapore, Burma, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan, lecturing and organizing an international council for the Evangelize China Fellowship.
Terrell W. Smith, IVCF staff worker in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will have a busy summer
leading a New Testament seminar and serving on the Madison Evangelism Project team
in June. Then he prepares to move to Germany in September to serve on the staff of
the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students.
John F. H. Stewart, M.D., formerly the CSCA executive secretary, is back in Perth,
Ontario, working part-time as a physician. After John began his retirement, he spent
three months with his wife and daughter at the Community of Jesus in Orleans, Mass.
Charles Thaxton of Probe Ministries International in Dallas, Texas, participated in
a successful Christian Update Forum at the U. of Michigan in February. Five speakers
spoke to nearly 1,600 students in 42 meetings during the four days, then spent the
weekend with more than 200 Christian students in one of Probe's largest Institutes of
Christian Academics.
Paul T. P. Wong is associate professor of psychology at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. Paul, who plans to spend his sabbatical year at UCIA beginning in
late August, wonders if an ASA member in Los Angeles might have a house to rent. if
so, write to Paul at the Dept. of Psychology at Trent, Peterborough K91 7B8. He'll
be taking part in a symposium in Munich, Germany, during the ASA Annual Meeting.
Please get in touch with him as soon as possible if you can help him out.
Bernard Zylstra of Toronto's Institute for Christian Studies was so modest when he
dropped in on the Newsletter editor in February that we didn't learn the reason for
his trip to California. We've since discovered that he delivered the 1978 Jaymes P.
Morgan Jr. Lectures at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena on the theme "Christian
Ethics and the American Empire."
NEW MEMBERS
NEBRASKA Timothy J. Klopfenstein, Un. of Nebraska, Dept. of Math/Stats., Lincoln, NE 68588 BS-Math
NEW JERSEY Dick Boom, 43 Rockledge Rd., Montville, N.J. 07045 Student
Judith E. Kunz, R.D.#2, Box 265, Phillipsburg, N. J. 08865 Student
Satoru Kanemoto, 100 Stockton St., Apt. K-1, Princeton, N.J. 08540 ThM - Theology
John C. Cedarholm, 6301-C Ocean Avenue, Ventnor, N.J. 08406 BS -Chemistry
Diana Sapun, 65 Mayfair Drive, West Orange, N.J. 07052 BA - Biology
Ed Simonsen, 38 Fitzrandolph Rd., W. Orange, N. J. 07052 BS - Biology
Barbara A. Rasco, Boardwalk Chapel, 4312 Boardwalk, Wildwood, N.J. 08260 Student
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Ralph A. Giffone, N2RG, 963 East 105 Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11236 Student
Victor Guisao, Jr., 662 Crescent St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11212 Student
Mary Smith, 57 Mexico St., Camden, N.Y. 13316 BS - Biology
Bruce Harro, 10 Sylvan Avenue, Delmar, N.Y. 12054 BS - Biology
Cindy L. Moore, 75 Stephen Dr., Clifton Park, N.Y. 12065 Student
Holly Ellis, R. D. #3, Hornell, N.Y. 14843 BA - Psych.
Douglas R: McCann, P.O. Box 184, Houghton, N.Y. 14744 BA - Math.
Cheryl A. Woodward, 4761 Limberlost Lane, Manlius, N.Y. 13104 BS - Biology
Nadine Heitz, 15 Irvington Drive, North Chili, N. Y. 14514 BS Biology
John C. Petter, 128 Lombardi Road, Pearl River, N. Y. 10965 BA Biol./Pol.Sci.
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Paul Bolin, Jr., P.O. Box 305, Beulaville, N. C. 28518 BS - Biology
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Sheena Gibbons, 5624 Lasater N.W., Apt. 11, Canton, OH 44718 BA - Biology
Debra Schlie, 4458 3rd NW, Canton, OH 44708 BA - Math, Bus./Econ.
Barbara Semple, 1627 Alden S.W., Canton, OH 44706 BA - Biology
Alphonzo Davis, 1385 E. 18th Ave., Columbus, OH 43211 BA - Biology
Lisa D. Perkins, 660 State Road; Hinckley, OH 44233 BS - Biology
Paul A. Koch, 1753 Leland Ave., Lima, OH 45805 BS/Systems - Math
Charlotte Schweitzer, 10100 Lisbon St. S.E., Louisville, OH 44641 BA - Math/Accounting
David Finnegan, 10414 Willow Road, Loveland, OH 45140 BA Chemistry/Math
Howard R. Carlisle, 10512- S. Market, McArthur, OH 45651 BA Chemistry
Cynthia Eng, 8347 Fairfax Drive, Mentor, OH 44060 BS - Biology
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John Robinson, 3945 Riverside Ave. N.W., Massillon, OH 44646 BA - Biology
Susan Slyder, 7210 Hoverland Ave. N.W., Massillon, OH 44646 BA - Biology
Douglas Cook, 5422 College Corner Pike, Oxford, OH 45056 Student
James Carner, 14503 S. Secrist Rd., Salem, OH 44460 BA - Biology
Carol H. Wallace, 29242 Ashwood Dr., Wickliffe, OH 44092 PhD Inorganic Chem.
Carla Madden, 2551 River Rd., Willoughby Hills, OH 44094 BA Chemistry
James Kinney, 1560 Woodcrest Drive, Wooster, OH 44691 BA - Biology
OKLAHOMA
Kathy Jenks, 2524 Clermont Place, Oklahoma City, OK 73116 BS - Biology
Bryce T. Jeffries, 208 S. Berry, Stillwater, OK 74074 BS - Physics
OREGON
Harry Mason, 1336 E. 7th St., Albany, OR 97321 Student
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Nancy M. Lamberts, Messiah College, Grantham, PA 17027 BA - Biology
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Glenn W. Samuelson, 129 Crossfield Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406 MA - Sociology
James E. Sioma, 16 Red Rose Way, Levittown, PA 19056 BS - Biology
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Jeanne J. Yntenna, 162 Cedar Avenue, New Britain, PA 18901 BA - Chemistry
Bruce C. Peterson, R.D. #5, Justice Lane, New Castle, PA 16105 BS - Biology
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Joel Tomasetti, 109 State St., Providence, R.I. 02908 Student
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David S. Carlisle, Box 506, Kadoka, S. D. 57543 BS - Biology
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Ted Franklin, 1732 Crestwood Dr., Chattanooga, TN 37405 BS - Biology
TEXAS
Glenn C. Joy, 3401 Catalina Drive, Austin, TX 78741 PhD - Philosophy
Stephen Tavary, Rt. 1, Box 397-C, Baytown, TX 77521 Student
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Jack Powell, Dept. of Chem., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77840 BA Chemistry
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Wayne L. Hoffman, 3144 Modella Ave., Dallas, TX 75229 PhD - Biology
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Jim Nixon, 1202 W. Fourth St., Weslaco, TX 78596 Student
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Glyn 0. Roberts, 7721 Tremayne Place #113, McLean, VA 22102 PhD - Maths
Charles D. Alley, 117 Lake Powell Road, Apt. 2B, Williamsburg, VA 23185 PhD - Anatomy
WASHINGTON
Douglas McDonald, 17624 SE 40th Place, Bellevue, WA 98008 BS - Biology
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WISCONSIN
Julie MacKinney, 190 N. Prospect Avenue, Madison, WI 53705 BS - Biology
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CANADA
David Cale, 94 English St., Brampton, Ontario BSc - Physics
J. Stephen H. Gretton, 40 Folger St., Kingston, Ontario K7K 4Y6 BSc - Math
FOREIGN
Douglas C. Fawkes, Box N.7625, Nassau, Bahamas BS - Biology
Kim-Guat Goh, 18, Jalan Muzium, Taiping, Peraic, Malaysia EdM - Education