NEWSLETTER

of the

AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATION - CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC & CHRISTIAN AFFILIATION

Volume 22  Number 1                                                                   February/March 1980

YAMAUCHI TO COUNCIL; WEISS REELECTED

The American Scientific Affiliation has elected Edwin M. Yamauchi, professor and director of graduate studies in the History Department of Miami University in Ohio, to its Executive Council, replacing anthropologist James 0. Boswell, III The four members remaining from last year are physicist Howard H. Claassen of Wheaton College, physiologist A. Kurt Weiss of the U. of Oklahoma medical school, biochemist Robert L. Herrmann of Oral Roberts U. medical school, and industrial food chemist Chi-Hang Lee of RJR Foods. Ed Yamauchi is a specialist in Mediterranean studies, a consulting editor of JASA, author of many scholarly articles and a half-dozen books including The Stones and the Scriptures.

At the December meeting of the Executive Council, Kurt Weiss was reelected president of the council and hence of the ASA. Other officers for 1980 are Bob Herrmann, vice-president, and Chi-Hang Lee, secretary-treasurer.

Once again we had to choose between two outstanding candidates nominated for membership on our five-person Executive Council. The candidate with the smaller number of votes this time was Marie H. Berg, an ASA member since 1961 and a former president of the North Central local section. Marie obtained her Ph.D. in biochemistry at Heidelberg U. in her native Germany and published a number of papers on the biochemistry of various human diseases before turning her attention to fire science and the chemistry of combustion of plastics and other materials. She is now an instructor in fire protection for the U. of Minnesota. Marie has always reached out to offer the gospel of Jesus Christ to others, and has served as a model for many of us for blending human concerns with our technical work.

Marie is the first woman ever nominated for the ASA Executive Council. Of course, we aren't the first organization to overlook the gifts God has given "the other half" of the human race. In our "democratic" government, women are "the missing half." For example, only 17 women are in the U.S. Congress, but 518 men. Nationally, women hold less than 10 percent of all elective offices. There are no women on the U.S. Supreme Court-and there never have been. Yet women make up 51.3 percent of the U.S. population.

In our churches and in science the situation is equally bad. Among the 200,000 scientists in the 1960 National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel, only 7 percent were women. That proportion was 9 percent in 1970 and is estimated to be about 14 percent in 1980. We're glad to see more women joining our Affiliations and hope we'll see more women in leadership roles in the future. Meanwhile, we're grateful to Marie Berg for standing for this year's council election, for her faithfulness to Jesus Christ, and for the energy she has channeled into ASA causes.

Program chair for the 1980 meeting is Ed Yamauchi, our new Executive Council member. Ed is actively soliciting ideas for symposia, special sessions, etc. A call for contributed papers has gone out to all members. What is important to you at the science/faith interface, and the information and insights you have access to about pressing human problems, will also be of interest to many others. Get some feedback from like-minded Christians by presenting a paper at Taylor, then publish it where it will do the most good.

Any ideas for symposia-from unanswered questions or incomplete agendas at other meetings? How about a strong symposium this year on alternatives to nuclear energy? Alternatives to nuclear war? Alternatives to other forms of waste, both of human potential and of natural resources? On pseudoscience and pseudoreligion in ever-recurring forms? On appropriate technology in either developing or declining economies? Oh ... well, you name it. And when you've named it and thought about it, communicate it (and your willingness to contribute) to: Dr. Edwin M. Yamauchi, Dept. of History, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056.

Chairing the local arrangements at Taylor, by the way, will be Wally Roth of Taylor University. His committee is already working to assure you and your family a pleasant time at our 1980 Annual Meeting.

Having been privileged to serve the ASA as president during 1979, 1 look forward to serving for another year. I want to give our membership some impressions gained during this last year, recount some important events in ASA's continuing existence, and make a few observations regarding our future Impressions. My strongest impression of the ASA, reinforced every time Council convenes as well as at our annual meetings, is the fact that we are an organization of Christian men and women all of whom have been "born of the Spirit, washed in His Blood". Theologically we may not see all issues in the same light, and we attend a broad spectrum of churches of various denominations, but this one thing we have in common. We are His and He is ours. We are 100 percent Christian; that is, we are followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. If our interpretations of certain portions of Scripture and of certain church doctrines vary from member to member, we are still His according to the light which God is shining into our hearts.

It is wonderful to have fellowship with fellow believers of such commitment to our Lord and with such a keen interest in the affairs of our world, our society, and our fellow creatures.

Events. In May, 1979 a fire broke out in theLawyer's Building in downtown Elgin, Illinois, where ASA headquarters was located. Although not all our equipment was completely consumed by the fire, all of it was damaged. The frame of the building still stands, but we are not allowed to enter it and we shall probably not be able to recover what is left in it.

The Executive Council met for a scheduled spring meeting in Oklahoma City on the weekend after the fire and discussed with Bill Sisterson short-range and long-range means for continuing the work of the ASA. He was resourceful and suggested many solutions to the problems confronting us. The ASA set up office in the basement of the Sisterson home in Elgin, retaining the same telephone number we had before; we arranged for our mail to be delivered to a P. 0. box and to have mail which is addressed to our old address forwarded there. It was at that meeting also that the Executive Council changed Mr. Sisterson's title from Executive Secretary to Executive Director.

Although our belongings in Elgin were inadequately insured, the insurance payment did help re-equip our office. It was a natural time to re-evaluate and improve office routines and procedures, to reassess suppliers, printers, etc. Ms. Doris Parker, former TEAM missionary to France and for the last few years ASA office secretary, felt led to relinquish her duties at that time. With deep regret but warm appreciation of her years of devoted service to our Affiliation we saw her leave in late summer. Some of Doris's work is now being done by contract with outside agencies, some by part-time employees, particularly Pat Sisterson, Bill's devoted and talented wife. Council meetings have been reduced to two per year, with one in August at the time of our ASA Annual Meeting, to save on expenses. Other moves toward economy and efficiency have been encouraging.

Our membership responded well to my "fire" letter and to letters outlining other needs facing us. As a result, Mr. Sisterson wrote me on December 31, 1979: "Just today, the very last day of the year, we received the last bit we needed to end the year in the black and there was a little to spare ... today I also deposited the remaining amount we owed to the reserve fund and it is fully paid back. We enter 1980 in the best shape financially that we have been in during the seven years I have been with the Affiliation. With this firm foundation, 1980 promises to be an exceptional year."

Observations. Now-what of the future? The Annual Meeting held on the Stanford University campus in August, 1979 included a new feature. We invited all living former ASA presidents and our long-term former secretary, Dr. Hartzler, to meet with the current officers and Council of the ASA, as well as our two editors.

We called that session the President's Council. Many former presidents attended. The purpose was to discuss where we are going, what the meaning of the ASA is, what we can do to build up membership, etc. It was a fruitful session and we plan to repeat such a President's Council meeting this August during the ASA Annual Meeting at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. This year the current officers and Council will meet with all members present to receive an input from everybody.

One thing is clear from the President's Council meeting at Stanford University: although nothing in the Constitution or By-Laws of the ASA refers to the mechanism of divine creation, that topic has been and still is an important one to our membership. Yet the ASA must also address itself to other issues impinging on the world of science, such issues as occupied our attention in the scientific sessions of our last two Annual Meetings: conservation of energy, helping the hungry in the world, the stewardship of nuclear energy.

"Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God." (I Cor. 4:5)

2. The other crisis confronting us is the matter of our finances. In my years on the Council so far, our mission and our witness have been hindered by a lack of adequate funding. I think if we could operate in the black for only one year, the ASA could then consider additional ways of best serving our constituents and readers. For example, Harold Hartzler has suggested that we publish a monthly magazine, something along the line of what the American Association for

the Advancement of Science has recently embarked on. To many of us, belonging to the ASA is like belonging to other scientific organizations: we pay our annual dues and with that we have fulfilled our obligation to that Society. Others feel that making additional contributions to the ASA is a privilege and an act of worship. All members need to make up their own minds on what their attitudes toward making additional contributions to the ASA should be. I can promise each contributor a very careful accounting of the monies entrusted to us.

In 1980 we plan to advertise periodically in magazines such as Christianity Today or Eternity and gain additional members in that manner. We are also negotiating for the part time services of a direct-marketing professional to promote additional subscriptions for our very outstanding Journal.

Conclusion. I hope that this short review of our activities during the past year and our plans for this year gives you a better insight into our workings of the ASA. Please join us in uplifting our ministries before the Lord in prayer.

I must add a final word: we are extremely fortunate in having secured the services of Bill and Pat Sisterson. They both have a deep commitment to our Lord and a calling to ministry. For our day-by-day activities, ASA affairs are in good, loving, consecrated hands. I want to express to the Sistersons my gratitude, on behalf of all of us, for the way they guide and nurture the affairs of our Affiliation.

BUMPER STICKERS AT AAAS

Any readers who thought our "Fruit Flies" bumper-sticker headline in the last issue infra dig for a scientific publication aren't hip to the scene. At the San Francisco meeting of AAAS, bumper stickers with a scientific twist were all over the place. Although we had seen a Berkeley bumper protesting STOP CONTINENTAL DRIFT, we weren't quite ready for the rampant whimsy in the Science International exhibition hall in the Hilton Plaza.

In its booth the staid American Chemical Society was handing out half a dozen varieties, from CHEMISTS HAVE BETTER SOLUTIONS . . . to HONK IF YOU PASSED P. CHEM. More messages decorated the booth of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Somehow the astronomers' bumper stickers seemed to have more pizazz than the chemists'. Some weren't fit for a family publication like this, but here are some we liked: ASTRONOMY IS LOOKING UP.SUPERNOVAE ARE A BLAST... INTERSTELLAR MATTER IS A GAS ... and BLACK HOLES ARE OUT OF SIGHT.

For example, Feb. 29-Mar. 1, Jordan offers "Solar Energy for the Homeowner and Small Builder." Mar. 12-14, in Orlando, Florida, they present a course in "Solar Energy for the Architect, Engineer & Commercial Builder." Other courses throughout 1980 cover wind energy, biomass, solar for educators, solar for campus, churches and auditoriums, and so on. Some courses last one day, sometwo days, others three.

Other programs sponsored or cosponsored by the college include "solar tours" to Israel and to Europe. For a complete calendar of educational events intended to help end our country's addiction to fossil fuels, writeto: Linda Bouwkamp, Energy Programs, Jordan College, 360 W. Pine St., Cedar Springs, MI 49319. DeWayne Coxon, president of Jordan College, is an ASA member.

Eric Rust was born in England and received a B.S. in math and physics with first class honors at the Royal College of Science (1930) and an M.S. at London and the DIC of the Imperial College of Science (1932) before taking up theological studies at Oxford. In 1947 he gave an address on "Science and Religion" at the Seventh Baptist World Congress in Copenhagen. In 1953 Rust joined the faculty of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, where he remained until his recent retirement. Most of his ten published books emphasize the Biblical theme of "salvation history." Those related to science include Nature and Man in Biblical Thought (London: Lutterworth Press, 1953); Science and Faith (New York: Oxford University Press, 1967); Evolutionary Philosophies and Contemporary Theology (Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1969); and Nature: Garden or Desert? (Waco: Word, 1971).

Patterson's Science, Faith, and Revelation is heavy on philosophical theology. Part IV on "Faith and the Natural Order" will probably be of most interest to ASA/CSCA members. In it physicist William G. Pollard responds to Jacques Monod's Chance and Necessity in "Creation Through Alternative Histories"; philosopher Al Studdard writes on "Ian T. Ramsey: The Language of Science and the Language of Religion"; and religion professor Leroy Seat outlines Michael Polanyi's thought in "Scientific Knowledge as Personal Knowledge."

Professor Rust acknowledged his dependence on Polanyi and Ramsey for many of his thoughts in Science and Faith, which was subtitled Towards a Theological Understanding of Nature. Rust was ableto accept an evolutionary or process mode of thinking without becoming uncritical toward it. In one place he wrote that "The Biblical world-view must -Ue corrected by the discoveries of modern science," but he also insisted that God "is directly behind every event of the natural order, and in someway He is especially present for the redemption of men and the fulfillment of His purpose." He stressed that God is known through personal disclosure. In an introductory chapter on "Eric Charles Rust: Apostle to an Age of Science and Technology," church historian E. Glenn Hinson summarizes Rust's biblical view of nature and God: "What the Bible reveals about nature is its utter dependence and, conversely, God's complete sovereignty."

"Roots of Western Culture may come to be looked upon as the best statement by Dooyeweerd concerning the- pfaceof Christian thought and action in western civilization" we're told. Although Dooyeweerd was not trained as a scientist (or even as a philosopher, for that matter-his field was really jurisprudence), his thoughts on Christianity and our science-oriented culture have impressed many ASA/CSCA members with their depth and breadth.

Ornithology, and taught an adult Bible class at the Union Presbyterian Church. Jim had been honored for service to his community by both the Monroe Jaycees and the Rotary Club, having lived in Monroe for the past 32 years. He is survived by his wife Geraldine, four sons, two daughters, four grandchildren, his father and two sisters. The memorial fund was designated for a pre-medical scholarship fund for Wheaton College.

Charles D. Kay (234 East Willock Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15227) is currently completing his dissertation to receive his Ph.D. in the history and philosophy of science in June 1980. He is looking for a position in a philosophy department or humanities program with interdisciplinary commitments. Charles, who is David Kay's younger brother, has teaching experience in history of science, elementary logic, and biomedical ethics.

Robert W. Manweiler (Dept. of Physics, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI 49506) seeks a faculty position in physics at a liberal arts college or a university. Bob has a B.S. in physics from Kansas (1967), M.S. (1969) and Ph.D. (1972) from Cornell, and M.Div. from Westminster Seminary (1972). He did his Ph.D. with Hans Bethe and has half a dozen technical publications; he is interested in pion interactions at intermediate energy, and effective interactions. He is also interested in good teaching and in the science/religion interface. This year he has been a Fellow of the Calvin Cente-r for Christian Scholarship, working with five other scholars on "Faith and Reason." He would like to develop courses on the history and philosophy of science, if appropriate.

Larry S. McKaughan (1501 Monument Blvd. #10, Concord, CA 94520) seeks a position in psychology where he can explore fundamental issues about human nature. He is currently a research associate with John R. Searle in the Dept. of Philosophy at U.C. Berkeley. Larry has an A.B. (1963) in psychology from Whitworth College, A.M. (1965) and Ph.D. (1968) in clinical psychology from Illinois, an externship in clinical psychology, and seven or eight years of teaching psychology, mostly at Alderson-Broadclus College in West Virginia. Primary teaching interests are in history & theory; experimental child psych; self-control, reasoning, & human action; higher processes & concept formation; and philosophical psych. Larry's current work in philosophy stems from a "commitment to bring greater clarity of thought to the field of psychology." New to ASA, he is also committed "to serve in the Kingdom of God," wherever the Lord might lead.

Mark D. Plunkett (910 High St., Apt. F, Bellingham, WA 98225) seeks a position in marine biology or general biology. He has a B.S. cum laude in biology (1978) from Seattle Pacific and expects his M.S. in marine biology (ecology minor) from Western Washington U. in June 1980. Thesis: "Effects of Cadmium, Sulfite Waste Liquor, and Thermal Stress on Shiner Perch." Mark has had experience as a teaching assistant, has organized and instructed marine biology field trips at WWU, has held several summer jobs in his professional field. He's 25 and single, has pitched professional baseball, and for five years has counseled at a Christian summer baseball camp. He has also served in a ministry to the elderly, and has worked with Prof. Maurice Dube in Christian outreach to WWU science students. Mark has been an ASA member for the past two years.

Richard J. Stellway (821 Cherry St., Wheaton, IL 60187) seeks a position in sociology teaching, research, or writing. Dick is another ASA member suddenly "available" because of changing circumstances in the Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology at Wheaton College. He has an M.S. in psychology and a Ph.D. is sociology, with particular interests in sociology of religion & the church; the family; social psychology; and stratification & power. He has served as chairman of his department at Wheaton for the past five yearsbut didn't have tenure when budgets got tight.

Westmont College in California seeks a permanent third person for their mathematics faculty for Sept. 1980. Tenuretrack assistant professorship requires Ph.D. in math, competence in teaching a reasonable variety of undergrad math courses, agreement with doctrinal statement and Christian Life Expectations statement. (Deadline was Feb. 16, but you might check anyway.) Inquires to: Dr. David F. Neu, Chair, Dept. of Mathematics, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. (Received 7 Dec. 1979.)

Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma seeks a Ph.D. biologist with strong background in environmental science, able to teach comparative physiology and general biology, for Aug. 1980. Assistant professorship in 12-person biology group, requires strong Christian commitment and harmony with ORU's philosophy. Request applications from: Dr. Dale A. Williams, Chair, Dept. of Natural Science, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK 74171. (Received 13 December 1979, from L. Duane Thurman, biology professor.)

Roberts Wesleyan College in New York seeks a new fulltime faculty member with a Ph.D. in ecology, environmental biology, or some related area for September 1980. Some teaching of general biology and a few courses outside the primary speciality. Position could lead to tenure. College affiliated with Free Methodist Church. Inquiries to: Dr. Philip M. Ogden, Chair, Division of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY 26424. (Received 10 Jan. 1980.)

Wheaton College in Illinois has an opening for a physical chemist for one year while Narl Hung is on leave. Contact: Dr. Derek A. Chignell, Acting Chair, Chemistry Dept., Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 60187. Tel.: 312-682-5065. (Received 21 Jan. 1980.)

Gordon College in Massachusetts seeks an assistant professor of mathematics. Ph.D. preferred, evangelical Christian commitment required. Send credentials to: Dr. R. Judson Carlberg, Dean of Faculty, Gordon College, Wenham, MA 01984. (Received 4 Feb. 1980.)

Bryan College in Tennessee seeks a laboratory assistant capable of ordering and preparing materials and instructing in general biology and physics lab and helping prepare materials for chemistry labs as time permits. Should also be able to write and debug programs on PET Microcomputer, Bachelor's degree in biology or natural science, including a year of general physics, would be adequate if candidate was keen in the lab and has a mind for detail. Personal faith in Christ, commitment to evangelical position necessary. Position begins 18 Aug. 1980, salary commensurate with education and experience. The division has five full-time, two part-time faculty. Contact: Dr. Karl E. Keefer, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bryan College, Dayton, TN 37321. (Received 4 Feb. 1980, via Ralph Paisley, chair of the Division of Natural Sciences.)

Geneva College in Pennsylvania has an opening for a women's physical education instructor with successful basketball and tennis or softball coaching experience and/or collegiate playing experience. A Christian woman with a Bachelor's degree (Master's preferred) and teaching experience is needed. Letter of application and resume to: Professor Virginia Napoli, Women's Athletic Director, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA 15010. (Received 9 Feb. 1980.)

Bethel College in Minnesota is expanding its faculty in several departments and seeks highly qualified applicants committed to Christian liberal arts education. Inquiries, credentials, and supporting materials for all the positions should go to: Dr. George K. Brushaber, Vice President and Dean, Bethel College, 3900 Bethel Drive, St. Paul, MN 55112. In psychology, two persons with Ph.D. are sought, at least one with clinical or counseling background to teach part-time and work in the college counseling center part-time, preferably a woman; both would teach introductory psych plus a range of other courses. In biology, two persons with Ph.D. are sought, at least one at the upper ranks, to teach microbiology, anatomy & physiology, developmental biology, molecular & cell biology. In nursing, a chairperson to head a new Dept. of Nursing being added to the curriculum is sought; experience in teaching, curriculum development, and management required, doctorate preferred (but persons with doctoral work in progress are also invited to apply). (Received 9, Feb. 1980.)

Bryan College in Dayton, Tennessee is looking for an assistant or associate professor of psychology. They are interested in a person with a doctorate in psychology and experience at college level teaching is desirable. The teaching load will involve 12-15 hours including courses in general psychology, experimental psychology, behavioral statistics, and upper level courses for majors. Other responsibilities will be to advise psychology majors and serve on at least one committee. The position begins on August 12, 1980. Persons interested should contact Dr. Karl E. Keefer, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bryan College, Dayton, Tennessee 37321. (Received 10, Feb. 1980.)

Hilda Overweg, literature secretary, now has a committee of Ken Koscow and Dan Osmond to help with decisions on what materials to have on hand to see at such public functions. Ken is also to edit a local newsletter, with Marg Monro and Bob VanderVennen on that committee.

Other plans concerned future meetings, completion of the tape-slide revision by Elizabeth McKinley and Lance Nordstrom, and development of some small special- interest study groups dealing with Christian perspectives on some aspect of scientific work. The section thinks that inviting non-CSCA members to such groups will be the most effective form of recruitment at present. (Our thanks to Bob VanderVennen for sending us copies of the minutes and the Bylaws.)

Bill Sisterson planned to have a big supply of JASA issues and books on science and faith at the book table. The local section is cosponsoring the meeting with the Baptist Campus Ministry at Northern to try to expose students and others to ASA. Local section members have been asked to contribute $3 toward expenses of the meeting so a registration fee won't have to be charged.

Those in attendance told about their work or studies and prayed for each other. Ken Olson, new to the Bay area, came from across the Bay and told about the rapid expansion of Genentech Corporation in recombinant DNA work. Ray Brand and Walt Hearn gave some highlights and insights picked up at the AAAS meetings. The current JASA had just arrived, giving everyone the pleasure of watching Alta and Bernard Ramm beam as they saw the Ramm Festschrift for the first time.

Jerry D. Albert of San Diego, California, keeps on the run. He hasn't missed a day of running in over a year and in his second year of running in races kept moving up until he led the pack in two runs, the Ecology 10 Km (6.2 miles) and the March of Dimes half-marathon (13.1 miles; time 1 hr, 21 min, 43 sec). His biochemical work on prostrate disease kept up the pace, with three published papers in 1979 and a poster session at the Endocrine Society meeting. When Jerry wrote us he was hoping to attend the6th International Congress of Endocrinology in Melbourne, Australia in February, for which he co-authored a paper on "Anti-androgen plus Mini-dose DES Therapy as Medical Castration for Prostate Disease."

Joseph Bassi is already in Australia, stationed at Exmouth on the North West Cape. (Far out! Check a map.) Joe, a captain in the U.S. Air Force, serves as operations officer of the new USAF-Australian Dept. of Science Learmonth Solar Observatory. One of the USAF's worldwide solar patrol sites, the observatory has both optical and radio telescope systems to monitor the sun. Reports go to various space centers around the world. Joe was recently awarded the Joint Service Commendation medal for his work at the NORAD Weather Support Unit inside Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado.

Mark C. Biedebach of Seal Beach, California, has been making a 16 mm film based on the points of view of Donald MacKay and Thomas Kuhn. The 12 1/2-minute film will be titled Science: What Is It? Mark didn't say whether it would be ready to show at the 1980 ASA Annual Meeting at Taylor University in Indiana in August. Mark is a biology professor at California State University, Long Beach.

David S. Bruce, professor of physiology at Wheaton College in Illinois, is back from his sabbatical in Scotland, spent mostly at the U. of St. Andrews working on effects of thyroid hormone T3 on skeletal muscle differentiation in the rat. At the U. of Dundee he took an intensive course on advances in teaching medical students, which he found very valuable. Sponsored by the World Health Organization, the courses drew medical faculty from the British Isles, Europe, and some Third World countries. David produced some slidetapeteaching units for his physiology course with "fantastic" support from Dundee's medical photography department. Helping to make the Bruce family's stay rewarding spiritually as well as scientifically was their fellowship with ASA member Steve Bell and his family. Steve, a physical chemist at Dundee, also took Dave hiking in the Grampian mountains. Dave's most recent paper, "Human Simulated Diving Experiments," The Physiologist 22 (5), 39-40 (1979), was coauthored with Wheaton Senior D. F. Speck, now doing graduate work in physiology at Loyola.

Lawrence J. Crabb, Jr ., has a private counseling practice in Boca Raton, Florida, and travels widely conducting workshops on marriage and parent-child relationships. Larry has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the U. of Illinois, where he was also an assistant professor of psychology. He is a husband, father of two boys, and author of two books and many articles on his biblical approach to counseling. If you're interested in Larry's program for training laypersons as counselors in a local church setting, brochures are available from Institute of Biblical Counseling, 301 Crawford Blvd., Suite 101, Boca Raton, FL 33432.

Gregory C. Della-Croce is back in the Wheaton area as data processing manager for Greater Europe Mission. Greg is also taking on some computer consulting work, while wife Sandy spends a lot of time looking after five-month-old Mark. They'd like to hear from local ASAers (address: 595 E. Gundersen #109, Carol Stream, IL 60187).

Susan E. DeViva received a B.S. in psychology from Houghton College in 1979 and is now working on a Master's degree in human development and family relations at the U. of Connecticut in Storrs. Susan's thesis will probably be on some aspect of child development. In October she attended the annual meeting of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists in Washington, D.C.

Albert D. Fraser of Riverview, New Brunswick, recently passed the oral section of the certification exam of the Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists, having passed the written section over a year ago. Al works in the Regional Lab of the Moncton Hospital in Moncton, N.B. He had a paper on bilirubin in the October 1979 issue of Clinical Chemistry.

Larry L. Funck of the Chemistry Department at Wheaton College in Illinois received an NSF Faculty Development Award for Sept. 1979 through Aug. 1980. Larry is studying and doing research in bioinorganic chemistry at Illinois Institute of Technology.

Gerald Gregory is in Agoura, California, serving as biology instructor and assistant men's volleyball coach at Pepperdine University. Gerald recently received his M.S. in biology at Wright State U. in Dayton, Ohio, and hopes to do more graduate work beginning in fall of 1980.

J. Stephen H. Gretton has recently moved from Toronto to Calgary, Alberta, but didn't tell us what he's up to out west.

H. Harold H artzler is back in Glendale, Arizona, after being called back into service to teach astronomy courses for eight weeks at Mankato State U. in Minnesota, from which he has officially retired. Harold filled in on an emergency basis during the regular professor's illness, then slipped on the ice his last day of teaching to become something of an emergency himself. But four days later he and Dorothy were on their way to Arizona. (Well, at least he didn't fall on a cactus!) Harold has taught several Sunday School classes using Ron Sider's Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger and found people very receptive. Harold, who has been able to attend every Annual meeting of ASA, is already working on his paper for the 1980 meeting at TAYLOR UNIVERSITY in INDIANA, AUGUST 8-11. How about you?

R. Mark Henkelman has moved from Vancouver, B.C., to Toronto, Ontario, where he is Associate professor of medical biophysics at the U. of Toronto. Formerly Mark worked with pion radiotherapy at Triumf in Vancouver.

DavidJ. Humphreys is a major in theU.S. Air Force stationed at Wright Patterson AFB in Ohio. He teaches psychiatry as a staff psychiatrist and chief of the inpatient teaching service. David also has a teaching position at Wright State U. School of Medicine in Dayton. He has a couple of publications in the works on the mental health of Air Force physicians.

Kenric Johnson is in Fargo, North Dakota, working on his Ph.D. in agronomy at N.D. State University. Kenric's research is on hybrid wheat. He and wife Linda are interested in Third World food self-sufficiency and Christian mission.

Rodney W . Johnson, after 13 years with NASA in Washington, D.C., has accepted early retirement from his post as director of advanced studies, Office of Space Transportation Systems. Rod has moved to Del Mar, California, and to an executive position with General Dynamics Corporation in San Diego. Rod is a long-time competitive long-distance runner, so we expect he'll soon run into (or alongside of) Jerry Albert down there. Rod was expecting to join the Solana Beach Presbyterian Church-and to get active in the San Diego ASA local section.

Chi-Hang Lee of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, attended an international symposium on Recent Advances in Food Science and Technology in Taipei, Taiwan, in January. Since Chi-Hang is a member of the Advisory Committee on Taiwan Food Research and Development, his trip was paid for by the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Chi-Hang does food chemistry research for RJR Foods (soon to merge with Del Monte) beside serving on the ASA Executive Council and editing the Chinese language Christian periodical, Ambassadors. (The editor and his scholarly wife had some problems translating a Radix article about Walt Hearn's reasons for leaving university life; the industrious Chinese have no characters for such expressions as "drop out of the system"!)

Russell Maetman, professor of chemistry at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, sent us another bit of translation news. His f i rst book, The Bible, Natural Science, and Evolution (1970), has recently been translated into Korean by Hwang Chang Gy and published by the Korea Society for the Reformed Faith and Action. Since neither Russ nor his typewriter is fluent in Korean, he couldn't give us the new title. He did say that "if you like Chinese you'll love Korean"-but we're not sure that'll sell many books among our membership.

Robert D. McAllister of Rossland, British Columbia, a retired Cominco electrical engineer, has received his amateur radio license, with call letters VE7ERQ. (At first we thought that was his Canadian postal code. Nope, his ZIP is VOG 1YO.

Sorry about that QRM,OM!. Hey, do we have enough other hams toset up an Affiliation network? Give ASA/CSCA News a little QSL, if so. Over.) Bob's wife Jean sent us a clipping from the Trail (B.C.) Daily Times about a program on astronomy Bob gave recently to the Kootenay Branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada. Bob, who is blind, has maintained an interest in astronomy since his student days at Washington State, and has been a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada since 1947. Bob explained the solar eclipse that will be about 97 percent total in that area on the morning of Feb. 26-and warned against trying to look at it directly.

Beyond Science, by Denis Alexander, Holman, 1972, 222 pages. A good basic book on science and Christianity directed toward non-Christians, but valuable for Christians as well. List - $3.95; Member Price - $3.65.

Modifying Man, e d. by Craig Ellison, University Press, 1978, 294 pages. A careful look at Human Engineering based on a conference cosponsored by ASA. Both book and conference are highly acclaimed. List - $11.25; Member Price - $10.75.