NEWSLETTER

of the

AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATION - CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC & CHRISTIAN AFFILIATION

Volume 22 Number 3                                                                                                         June/July 1980

NOT TO BE MISSED

That's the way we feel about the 1980 ASA ANNUAL CONVENTION, to be held at TAYLOR UNIVERSITY, UPLAND, INDIANA, AUGUST 8-11. The final program isn't out yet but even the tentative program mailed out with the registration forms is enough to whet our appetite.

Symposia on "Environmental Ethics" (organized by E. R. Squires of Taylor University), "Critique of Nuclear Energy" (organized by Kenneth Olson of Colorado State), and "Science and Art" (organized by Robert Herrmann of Oral Roberts University) seem to be taking shape. Enough papers have been contributed on brains, computers, and artificial intelligence to amount to another symposium, plus many more on scientific methodology, philosophy, evolution and creation, human behavior, ethical problems, education, and what-have-you.

And don't forget chemist-philosopher Walter Thorson's three special lectures, a mini-course in a Christian philosophy of science all by themselves.

See you in Indiana, the Lord willing!

TOURYAN NAMED SOLAR DEPUTY DIRECTOR

ASA member Kenell J. Touryan has been appointed deputy director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI). The appointment was announced by SERI director Denis Hayes at the institute nestled in the Rocky Mountain foothills west of Denver, Colorado. Touryan, who has been associate director of research and development at SERI, will assist Hayes in all internal affairs of the solar institute, according to the announcements.

Ken Touryan received B.S. (1958) and M.S. (1959) degrees in mechanical engineering from the U. of Southern California, and an M.S. in physics (1960) and Ph.D. in aerospace sciences (1962), both from Princeton. Before joining SERI Ken spent 16 years as manager of various programs at Sandia Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, his last position being manager of the Fluid and Thermal Science Department. Ken lives with his wife and three children in Indian Hills, Colorado.

(Several reports in Science this past year have hinted at a certain amount of strain between SERI and other Department of Energy programs. As we rejoice with Ken and his new administrative position, let's also pray for wisdom for him in his extremely significant responsibilities. The nation, and indeed the world, is counting on SERI for research, development, and demonstrations of solar energy applications.-Ed.)

GRIFFITHS FIRST STERN PROFESSOR

ASA member Robert B. Griffiths is the first person to be named Otto Stern Professor of Physics at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At a May 22 symposium the university honored both Griffiths and Stern during the first year of the named professorship. The president of the university and dean of Mellon College of Science both participated in the symposium. Griffiths gave a lecture on "The Value of Science" after Simeon A. Friedberg, chair of the Department of Physics, paid tribute to "Otto Stern and Modern Physics."

Otto Stern, born in Germany in 1888, escaped the Nazi regime in 1933 to become research professor of physics at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. With Estermann and Frisch in Germany he obtained the first experimental proof of the wave nature of atomic and molecular particles and measured the magnetic moments of the proton and deuteron, for which he was awarded the 1943 Nobel Prize in physics. He continued to work at Carnegie Tech until his retirement in 1946 to Berkeley, where he died in 1969. Stern is credited with establishing the spin dependence of nuclear forces, measuring atom-atom scattering cross sections, and directly observing lattice vacancy production by X-rays in crystals. Professor Friedberg called Stern "one of the twentieth century's greatest physicists."

Bob Griffiths seems particularly worthy to occupy a chair named for Otto Stern. Bob has been at Carnegie-Mellon since 1964, having received his A.B. from Princeton in 1957 and Ph.D. from Stanford in 1962, followed by two years of postdoctoral work at U.C. San Diego. He became a full professor in 1969, having also taught at SUNY Stony Brook and at Cornell and Cologne (West Germany) as a visiting professor. He has held several fellowships, including a Guggenheim in 1973. Here's what the symposium brochure says about Bob:

"Professor Griffiths has gained international recognition for his original contributions in the fields of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. These have been both numerous and profound. They deal with a wide range of problems, including: the mathematical foundations of statistical physics; the theory of magnetism; the theory of phase transitions, particularly of critical points and multicritical phenomena; and the physics of gases adsorbed on surfaces. Not only has Professor Griffiths enlarged the vocabulary of physics through the discovery of inequalities and singularities which bear his name, he has also, as in the case of the multicritical point, opened entirely new areas of research now being studied by many workers throughout the world."

ASA member James E. Berney will become head of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship of Canada in August 1980. His move to Canada is dependent on obtaining the proper visa for Canadian employment, which may take a year. In the interim he will be responsible for both IVCF-Canada and IVCF-USA WEST, traveling from his home base in Pasadena, California.

Jim's decision was made after much prayer and consultation with many friends, including John Alexander. Jim's boss and head of IVCF-USA. Jim Berney has served IVCFUSA in many capacities ever since he was an engineering student at Oregon State University. Wife Marge and daughters Chrissi and Sarah will accompany Jim in the move to Toronto when the visa comes through. But first they'll have the fun of participating in IVCF family camps at CampusBy-the-Sea on Catalina Island and at Camp Spaulding near Spokane, Washington-and the iob of selling their house in Altadena.

A communication from CSCA member Robert VanderVennen indicates that the Ontario legislature is considering a bill which would make it illegal for anyone but a university to offer a post-secondary degree, or education for such a degree. Bob, executive director of the Association for the Advancement of Christian Scholarship, says the law might make it impossible for the AACS Institute for Christian Studies to continue. To operate in Ontario a Christian college would have to be part of a university or give degrees only in theology.

Evidently legislators have overreacted to advertisements in Toronto newspapers by U.S. "degree mills" offering nonresident bachelors, masters, doctorates, and law degrees requiring "no study ... no classes ... no exams." According to a story in theToronto Star(April 19), the legislation threatens Toronto Baptist Seminary, Ontario Bible College & Seminary, Central Baptist Seminary, and the ICS in Toronto; Emmanuel Bible College in Kitchener; and London Baptist Bible College in London, Ontario. Such legitimate Christian schools are in sympathy with repudiation of "diploma mills."

The AACS expects legal fees and special staff expenses over a period of many weeks to amount to perhaps $10,000 in its "fight for survival of the Institute for Christian Studies." Contributions can be sent to the AACS, 229 College St., Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1 R4, in Canada, or to AACS Foundation, 3201 Burton St. S.E., Grand Rapids, Ml 49506 in the U. S. A.

For the past four years a group of Christians attending annual meetings of the Weed Science Society of America has met for a fellowship and prayer breakfast. According to William H. Vanden Born of the U. of Alberta's Department of Plant Science, the latest gathering, at the 1980 WSSA meeting in Toronto, Ontario, on February 6, was the largest yet. At the breakfast some 25 people heard Robert E. VanderVennen describe the ministry of the Institute for Christian Studies which Bob heads. Bob also made a pitch for the CSCA and ASA.

Many possibilities for witness and service open up whenever Christians find and support each other "in the workplace." Of the increasing number of Christian gatherings at scientific meetings, this one has a remarkably Biblical ring to it: the Wheat sown among the Tares. May they grow together until the Day of Harvest!

The next breakfast, at the 1981 WSSA meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada (Feb. 17-19, 1981), will be organized by Lowell Jordan of the U. of California, Riverside.

At least one reader misread our comment in the Feb/Mar issue that we've overlooked women's gifts. He thought we must be implying that "being female is the most important criterion for election" (to the ASA council). Our comment referred to past history in society as a whole, in the church, and in science-as well as in our Affiliations. The fact is that in all those realms "being female" has long been "the most important criterion" for underdevelopment of intellectual gifts and leadership capacity. We pointed to political realities in the U.S., where women make up 51.3 percent of the population yet hold less than 10 percent of all elective offices.

"Being female" has also been "the most important criterion" for underemployment in many fields, including science and engineering. Elva and Alton Everest sent us a paper from a Women in Audio session of the 66th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society held in Los Angeles in May. In a brief "History of Women in Audio," Pamela Peterson of the CBS Television Network pointed out that in 1976 less than 2 percent of U.S. engineers were women, although at present female enrollment in engineering schools is up to about 10 percent nationwide. Until well into the industrial revolution, women worked side by side with men in most lines of work: "Of the 500 British craft guilds whose records have survived to date, 495 were open to both men and women, with charters expressly referring to the admission of ,sisters' as well as 'brothers.' "

At least American Men of Science finally changed its title to American Men and Women of Science, although it has included women all along. "Of course," men often say, "if more bright women would study science and engineering, more would be employed." Bright women usually see it the other way around.

A story on "Ending Sex Discrimination in Academia" in Science (June 6) describes settlement of a suit brought 7 years ago against the U. of Minnesota by a woman chemist, Shyamala Raiender, who was denied a tenure-track position. The plaintiff was awarded $100,000, one of the largest cash settlements ever made in a sex discrimination case. More significantly, perhaps, the court imposed on the chemistry department a quota for hiring women and on the university a court-appointed overseer to insure preference for women, in spite of past reluctance of the courts to interfere in academic hiring and promotion.

Beside Rajender vs. University of Minnesota, the Science article reviews other legal attempts to break up the system of peer review which enables predominantly male faculties to perpetuate the status quo. Men tend to see peer review as the best way to "maintain quality." Women tend to see it as an "old boy network," excluding competent women from positions for which they have been trained.

Well, it does say in Acts 2 that only "in the last days" will God pour out his Spirit lavishly and indiscriminately on both "your sons and your daughters." God says "on my menservants and my maidservants in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy." Come to think of it, though, Peter said that those wonders were what was beginning to happen right then-and that was almost 2,000 years ago.

1. After doing a story on Ottawa's James Ashwin ("The View from a Wheel Chair") last issue, we learned that Jim has written a book specifically for 1981, designated as International Year of Disabled Persons. Josh: The Walls Come Tumbling Down is a 100-page story of a disabled person, presented in cartoons. The story makes the point that every employable person in the community can be happily employed and not on welfare. Appendices include the U.N. Declaration on Human Rights, Human Rights Code information, How to help disabled people, and a List of references useful to those concerned with helping the disabled person. List price is $2.50 but Jim is accepting bulk orders from rehabilitation groups or other associations for $1.60 postpaid. Order from James Ashwin Books, 1450 Lexington St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2C 1R9.

2. Tools is a catalog of books, tapes, and essays to "narrow the gap between Biblical Christianity and contemporary thought," sharpened by interaction on many university campuses. The booklet is available on request from Probe Ministries International, 12011 Coit Road, Suite 107, Dallas, TX 75251. We spotted ASA members Walter L. Bradley, Charles B. Thaxton, and Mark P. Cosgrove among the authors of various resource materials.

3. Reuben Luther Katter, president of Theotes-Logos Research Inc., has written a book entitled Creationism: The Scientific Evidence of Creator Plan and Purpose for Mankind in His Universe. The 199-page paperback is available for $5.95 from Theotes-Logos Research Inc., 4318 York Ave. So., Minneapolis, MN 55410. This is Reuben's fourth book, his first being The History of Creation and Origin of the Species (1967). From time to time he has brought his books to display at ASA Annual Meetings so many of us are familiar with the earlier ones. Creationism seems to follow along the same lines, with material Reuben says has been tested in several seminars and which he hopes will bring creationists together behind "one general theory." Some readers may be skeptical about certain features of Reuben's "Theological Science" (such as the significance of Biblical numerics, for example), but there is no doubt that he has collected an abundance of material in his more than 60 years of research on the subject.

4. The Circular is a quarterly publication of the Clearing House of the International Conference of Institutions for Christian Higher Education. We've just seen No. 17 (January 1980), sent to us by Bob VanderVennen of Toronto. That particular issue includes not only a reprinting of Bob's 1975 JASA article, "is Scientific Research Value-Free?," but also the entire contents of our ASA brochure. The brochure material is in a section called "We Introduce," which also introduces such organizations as the Christian College Consortium and Coalition of the U.S., England's Shaftesbury Project, and Hong Kong's Chinese Church Research Centre. Some publications of the Clearing House are for sale, but the Circular (now read in 53 countries) seems to be free on request from: Dr. B. J. van der Walt, Director Clearing House, c/o Institute for the Advancement of Calvinism, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, Potchefstroom, 2520, Republic of South Africa.

From time to time we have described the Link Care Center in Fresno, California, brainchild of psychology professor Stanley E. Linquist of Fresno State University. Since our last look both the staff and the services offered have grown considerably. New full-time staff include administrator Robert Heinrich, formerly a city manager in several cities, and clinical director Larry Ferguson, a licensed Ph.D. psychologist. Of the half-dozen part-time staff, some are almost full time. Link Care Center is now able to offer special seminars in psychology and religion and in counseling, particularly for training peer counselors to be more effective in their local churches.

Major emphasis of Link Care is still on missions, however. in July some 16 candidates from various boards and denominations will take a month-long course to prepare them psychologically for cross-cultural missionary work. College credit is available for that program, which is open to anyone, including "non-professional missionaries." Missionaries who have had problems in the field are housed and helped by Link Care, some through the regular counseling center program, which currently sees about 60 to 90 persons per week. For more information, write to Dr. Stanley E. Lindquist, President, Link Care Center, 1734 West Shaw Ave., Fresno, CA 93711.

"Peter Stoner was the Complete Teacher, a man of quiet dignity and deep Christian faith.

"During the halcyon days of the Los Angeles ASA section in the 1960s a planning meeting was held in Peter's home in Altadena. The meeting dragged on and at 10 p.m. sharp Peter rose, told us we could stay as long as we wished but that he was going to bed. Something of a night-owl in those days, I was shocked that anyone would go to bed at 10 p.m. At long last I understand. I'm now the age Peter was at that time and by 10:15 1 droop like last week's crocus.

"Peter was high on principle but low on prestige, form, and ritual. Knowing the teaching positions he held, people are surprised to learn that he didn't have a Ph.D. Here's the story on that. At a world-renowned California university he had finished all requirements for his doctorate in mathematics when his committee discovered that his completed and approved dissertation on a subject from his minor field of astronomy should have been in his major. Realizing their oversight, they apologetically agreed that all he would have to do to get his degree Was to construct some geometrical models for instructional use. That sop to university regulations was a bit too much for Peter-so, no degree, but lots of peace of mind.

"While Peter was in graduate school the pastor of the Presbyterian church he was attending came to him asking if he would take a class of 12 science students from China. Realizing America's strength had something to do with her spiritual underpinnings, the students had told the pastor they wanted to learn about Christianity, although they had no interest in becoming Christians. Peter accepted the challenge, and all 12 accepted Christ before returning to China.

"Many years ago Peter was invited to teach a Science and Scripture course at the Moody Bible Institute summer school. He informed the class that his door was continually open for personal conferences. Day and night for the rest of his stay he was deluged by a steady stream of students with questions. That was surely one of the highlights of his life, remembered with grateful satisfaction in his later years as a solid contribution to the spiritual strength of young people.

"At Pasadena City College Peter was Chairman of the Department of Mathematics, Astronomy, and Architecture. He taught there for 41 years. Roger Voskuyl, then president of Westmont College, pulled Peter back from the brink of a well-earned retirement to teach at Westmont. Teaching mathematics led to astronomy and then to head of the Science Department and building an observatory for Westmont's 16-inch reflecting telescope. In 1963 he left the haunting smell of chalkdust, having completed 50 years of teaching.

"Peter Stoner's lifelong views on the relationship of science and the Bible are set forth in his chapter, "Astronomy and the First Chapter of Genesis," in the ASA's first book, Modern Science and Christian Faith. The same general thrust is in his book originally titled From Science To Souls and soon changed to Science Speaks published first by Moody Press and later by Van Kampen Press. Robert C. Newman, Ph.D. in astrophysics, is listed as co-author in recent editions. That book has sold over 350,000 copies in English and has been published in six languages.

"I have before me a copy of Peter's unpublished manuscript, God's Dealing With One Man, for which I wrote, in the preface,

I have known and loved Peter Stoner for almost four decades. In observing him through the years one principle of God's leading is illustrated over and over ... that God guides by deflecting the course of His children who are already under way rather than boosting the indolent into the orbit of His choosing."

Henry H. Howell, professor of biology at Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, died on January 4, 1980, at age 66, evidently of a heart attack. He had served as professor of biology at Asbury for 22 years, and although retired in 1979 he was still teaching classes at the time of his death. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, he had received an A.B. at Birmingham-Southern College, an M.S. in biology from Auburn, a B.D. from Asbury Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. from the U. of Alabama. He was a member of a number of scientific societies, especially the American Fisheries and Wildlife Society. He had been president of the Midwest Benthological Society and general secretary of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences.

In a memorial service at the Wilmore United Methodist Church, of which he was a member, it was said of Henry Howell that "he was no isolated or insulated or alienated scientist. His love for God's world and nature was always combined with a love for people. He used his love of nature and the creation to get into the hearts of young people." He helped organize the Jessamine County-Wilmore Planning and Zoning Commission, which he chaired for 9 years. Tributes came from county residents who appreciated his efforts to stop pollution of local streams. He was the first Asbury faculty member to receive as a sabbatical grant to study the Jessamine Creek Gorge for recreational and environmental benefits. 

Henry Howell is survived by his wife Irene, two daughters, two sons, a sister, brother, and one granddaughter. Irene Howell wrote to us, saying that Henry had wanted to attend the 1979 ASA Annual Meeting at Stanford, but had not yet adjusted to the pacemaker he had worn since May 1979. He taught fall quarter and the first four days of winter quarter this year. On January 4, Henry "came home for lunch and was sitting at the table with our son who had just returned from Minneapolis and our missionary daughter who had come home from Liberia for a surprise Christmas visit. I heard our son exclaim 'No! Daddy! 'When I got there he was gone."

Our sympathy goes to the Howell family, along with appreciation for the account Mrs. Howell sent ASA News. She said "We are so grateful to the Lord that there was no suffering and that he had lived abundantly until his last breath. Now God's grace is proving beautifully sufficient for us."

John Brace (Physique des Liquides et Electrochimie 4, place Jussieu, Tour 22 75230 Paris Cedex 05 France) is looking for a research position in the U.S. He has a B.S. in chemistry from Wheaton College, Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Purdue, and postdoctoral experience in interfacial properties of semiconductors at the U. of Paris (his present position). John's primary interest is in materials characterization and by now he can characterize 'ern in either English or French. His research has important implications for solar-energy conversion, which he would like to pursue if possible. John has a spiritual concern for Europeans and prays for a stronger Christian witness there. He would welcome any help for re-entry into the U.S. job market, and can be reached in Paris until the end of July 1980.

Tetra Corporation in New Mexico is an R&D firm seeking a financial business manager who would like to work with Christians. The position will open mid to late summer of 1980. Requirements are a B.B.A. in accounting or finance, two years financial experience, and ability to work in a management team. Send resume to: TETRA Corporation,

P.O. Box 4369, Albuquerque, NM 87196. (Received 5 May 1980 from William M. Moeny, president.)

Sterling College in Kansas has an opening for someone to teach physics plus introductory courses in computer science. Full-time position; salary and rank commensurate with training and experience. Evangelical Christian college affiliated with the United Presbyterian Church. Contact: Dr. Reuben H. Brooks, Academic Dean, Sterling College, Sterling, KS 67579. Tel.: 316-278-2173-X217. (Received 6 May 1980.)

Taylor University in Indiana seeks candidates with Ph.D. in biology or botany and broad background in the botanical sciences, with specialization in plant systematics, taxonomy, or morphology. Some expertise in computer science is desirable but not necessary. Inquiries to: Dr. Robert Pitts, Dean, Taylor University, Upland, IN 46989. Tel.: 317-9982751-X204. (Received 27 May 1980.)

It's time to begin thinking of the most appropriate kind of Christian presence for the next Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, to be held January 3-8,1981, in Toronto. A recent report to AAAS members says that "Toronto" appropriately derives from a Huron Indian word for "meeting place." It also says that "Visitors from the United States will be favorably impressed by the clean, safe, and civilized atmosphere of Toronto, a major North American cultural center (and a truly well planned city); they will also be impressed with the additional 15% their dollar goes (due to the favorable exchange rate)."

What say there, you civilized Canadians? Can you pull it off in Toronto?

We're anxious to hear what happened on April 26, when a meeting was held at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church to "consider the organization of an Ottawa Section of CSCA." With the encouragement of CSCA president Dan Osmond, the meeting was called and notices sent out by Richard K . Herd of the Geological Survey of Canada. Richard wrote a rather eloquent letter to local CSCA members, expressing his own need for fellowship with other Christians who are scientists. He asked: "How many scientists are in Ottawa? How many science students? How many of these are Christians for whom CSCA may provide a focus? On the other side of the coin: how many Christians do you know who have a distorted view of science? Could you help them to have a more balanced view?"

Richard said he was impressed with what the Toronto section had been able to do in co-sponsoring Donald MacKay's lectures with a church group, and in spreading the CSCA word in other ways. He described his own experiences in distributing copies of the JASA reprint collection Origins and Change to everybody he encountered who "needed its insights."

James Neidhardt not only reported on the April meeting at which Harvard astrophysicist Owen Ginerich spoke but also filled in details on last November's meeting with Stanley L. Jaki. The section is used to such good attendance that Jim was disappointed when only 75 to 100 people turned out to hear Gingerich's excellent talks!

Somehow we missed the notice of last fall's meeting, for which a more satisfying crowd of about 200 people turned out. Jim said almost everybody regarded Jaki's presentations as "masterful" and responded to his warm and engaging personality in the question periods. Jaki spoke in the afternoon on "The Absolute Beneath the Relative Reflections on Einstein's Theories," and in the evening on "Christianity and the Rise of Science." Both spring and fall meetings were held at The King's College in Briarcliff Manor.

Stanley Jaki is Distinguished University Professor at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. Born in Hungary. he is a Benedictine priest who holds doctorates in systematic theology from Rome and in physics from Fordham. He won the Lecompte du Nouy Prize in 1970 for his book Brain, Mind, and Computers, and gained international fame as a historian of science with The Relevance of Physics. He was the 6th American Gifford lecturer at Edinburgh in 1974-75 and 1975-76 and the Freemantle lecturer at Oxford in 1977. His most recent book is The Road of Science and the Ways to God.

Bill Lucas seems to be behind a new project to produce a directory of section members as an ASA resource tool. I don't think that's Bill's handwriting on the questionnaire (looks more like a computer printout), but it's his Temple Hills, Maryland, address to which the completed questionnaires are to be sent. Neat idea: one-page questionnaire on one side, with lines for folding in thirds, places marked for stamp and staple, and Bill's address (and "ASA Directory") on the other side for mailing without an envelope. What these computers won't think of next!

William Anderson, secretary-treasurer, has sent out a review of 1979-80 activities, a ballot for new executive council members, and a request for ($3) section dues, all on one page. Nominees to fill the two council positions being vacated by Anderson and Dick Desautel are Dick Bube, professor of materials science at Stanford University, and Hugh VanderPlas, research engineer at Xerox Research Laboratory.

PERSONALS

Stanley Anderson of the Chemistry Department of Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California, was one of the speakers at a 4-day conference in January on "Santa Barbara at the Edge of History." Stan, who has taught in Iran, joined several other speakers in discussing U.S. interaction with the Muslim world. Also speaking at the conference was Jim Berney of Pasadena, fresh from IVCF's Urbana'79. The conference was sponsored by the Carmen Deo Community's Center for Christian Study. In April the Center sponsored presentations by George Giacumakis of the Institute for Holy Land Studies in Jerusalem. In June it will sponsor a week of theological studies by Bernard Ramm of Berkeley's American Baptist Seminary of the West. The Carmen Deo Community has an ongoing program of fellowship and study meetings and an internship program', all concerned with growing mature Christian disciples. Its address is P.O. Box 5160, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

Norman Brockmeier of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, is the latest ASA member to enter politics as a candidate. Norm ran for a position on the District 89 school board this spring and was elected on April 20. Norm has a bachelors degree from Cornell and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from M.I.T. He is employed at the Amoco Chemical Corporation Research Center in Naperville, having formerly been an assistant professor of Ch.E. at the U. of Texas. He has three children in District 89 schools and in 1978 served as instructor in astronomy at an outdoor education program at Park View school where two of his children are enrolled.

Greg Clements of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, is one of the Affiliation ham radio operators who signed in after seeing the squib on Bob McAllister (VE7ERQ, Rossland, B.C.) in the Feb/Mar issue. Greg's call letters are KA3DVR. He says he'd be interested in an ASA/CSCA Network but couldn't make a commitment for a weekly meeting. We also heard from Henry Richter, Jr., (W6VZA, Arcadia, CA), whose QSL card contains not only the American Radio Relay League logo but also "Temple City Tracking Station" and "San Gabriel Valley Radio Club." It's beginning to look as if we could have ham and eggs-if we had some eggs. Eggs post facto, maybe?

R. L. Isaacs is in Winnipeg, Manitoba, after spending a year and a half doctoring in a 200-bed mission hospital in Zambia. Actually Lee returned last summer but we managed to misplace his letter until a few weeks ago. He reported finding '.a haven of rest" at a small poultry farm about 10 km from Lusaka, "Yieldingtree Farm" owned by Gordon and Ann Bland. The Bland farm is the Christian shelter (somewhat on the L'Abri model) at which Mary Stewart (now Van Leewen) found Christ about ten years ago while on a research project in Zambia. The farm has been through some trying times. Located between two Zimbabwean Freedom Fighter camps, it was once looted in blind reprisal for a Rhodesian Air Force raid. Just before Lee left Africa one of the farm's chickens was killed by a 30-mm cannon casing failing from a strafing jet. (May the late "Chicken Little of Yieldingtree Farm" R.I.P.) Since then, Rhodesia has become Zimbabwe,

the border with Zambia has re-opened, and the Brands are encouraged and rejoicing. Meanwhile, back in Winnipeg, Lee is working on the Emergency Dept. of a hospital, dreaming of Africa but enjoying a lighter workload that allows his wife Lois to see a bit more of him than in Zambia.

D. Gareth Jones of the Dept. of Anatomy & Human Biology at the U. of Western Australia in Nedlands has written a book on Our Fragile Brains, scheduled for publication this year by Inter-Varsity Press. Gareth plans to attend the International Anatomical Congress in Mexico City in August, hoping to stop off in the San Francisco Bay Area for a few days and then attend the ASA ANNUAL MEETING at TAYLOR UNIVERSITY in INDIANA, AUGUST 8-11, on the way.

Robert Kawaratani expects to return to Palo Alto in September after completing his work in the Bio-environment Laboratory of the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry in Abiko City, Chiba, Japan. Bob says his Japanese has improved to the point "where I can understand most of the pastor's sermon at the church I've been attending."

Ronald L . Koteskey, professor of psychology at Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, is the author of Psychology from a Christian Perspective, recently published by Abingdon in Nashville, Tennessee. Ron says the book tries to integrate all systems and all subject areas of psychology in a unifying Christian perspective, which should make it "especially useful as a supplementary text in general psychology courses."

David J. Lang is working toward a Ph.D. in agronomy at the U. of Wisconsin in Madison. He says that he and seven other Christian graduate students in his department meet every Friday morning for Bible study and prayer. Most of them envision careers overseas with missions or other agricultural development opportunities.

Donald M. Logan of Houston, Texas, has had a career that's hard to describe in one paragraph. He has a B.A. in geology and is now president at Yates Petroleum Corporation, but that's only part of the story. He also has an M.A. in Spanish and has taught Spanish literature. But beyond that he has a Ph.D. in psychology, has done an internship in clinical counseling at NYU Medical Center and postdoctoral work at the National Institute for Psychotherapies, and has been in private psychological practice. Don has managed to twist all those strands together in various ways. For example, he once taught well-site geology to Spanairds en espanol, he wrote his Ph.D. thesis on "Need Affiliation in Mexican Americans and Anglo Americans of South Texas," and he is a diplomate of La Sociedad Mexicana de Medicina Fisica. Further, the oil business he kept dabbling in enabled him to see clinical patients at reduced fees. Now he seems to be concentrating on squeezing a little more crude oil out of the earth, a risky business even with the high price of oil because workover costs have escalated rapidly. "With the grace of God we've drilled some successful wells, but since all of our properties are marginal we can get into a bind very quickly if we miss." Don says the oil business is a lot of fun at times but "a tremendous amount of stress at other times." (But who should be able to manage stress better than a clinical psychologist?

Oscar M. Lund is moving from Bismarck, North Dakota, to become executive director of the Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission, a federally funded economic development agency directed by the governors of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, plus a federal co-chair appointed by the president. Oscar will direct the agency's staff from a new regional office on the campus of the U. of Wisconsin-Superior. After receiving his M.S. in economics from Iowa State, Oscar spent some time in St. Paul at the U. of M. and teaching economics at Bethel College, moved on to the State Planning Bureau of South Dakota, and in 1975 became economic planning coordinator for North Dakota. Wife Linda Ann says son Ole (9) has Minnesota roots; son Kedrik (2) is a South Dakotan already taking off on crosscountry skis. The Lunds will live in Duluth, Minnesota.

Judy Maxwell works in the Technical Services Dept. of Wycliffe Bible Translators in Quito, Ecuador. She reports that after twenty years of hard work the New Testament in the language of the Colorado Indians is ready for final checking before publication. The Colorados live in Ecuador's western jungle and get their Spanish name from their custom of plastering their hair and bodies with red "achiote." Judy was able to attend the Nyack ASA Annual Meeting on her 1977 furlough in the U.S.

Donald M. MacKay has hauled back to Keefe University in England after four months at Cal Tech studying human "split-brain" subjects with his wife and coworker Valerie, also a Ph.D. in neuroscience. Before leaving, Donald gave two lectures in Berkey under auspices of New College for Advanced Christian Studies on April 9. A noon lecture on the U.C. Berkeley campus on "Brain Science and the Bogey of Determinism" was cosponsored by the local IVCF chapter. An evening lecture on "Christian Obedience in a Scientific Age" was part of a New College course on Science and Christian Faith being taught this spring by Walt Hearn. 

Eric Miller, founder of IVCF's Twentyonehundred Productions, was featured in a long article by David Singer in the April 18 issue of Christianity Today. The article, "Twentyonehundred: Images that Pierce the Soul" appeared in the Refiner's Fire media review section of the magazine. It reviewed the multimedia slide productions of Twentyonehundred with respect to their artistry and Christian impact, described the computer-controlled two-projector Clearlight units for which most of the shows are designed, and gave a history of the project dating back to Eric's first experiment ten years ago. As a "mid GHer in mission" from Fuller Seminary, Eric found himself with Africa Enterprise in Nairobi, Kenya. When African students responded dramatically to a tape-slide show with contemporary music, Eric realized the power of "multimedia communications." Eventually Twentyone hundred (from the Latin MMC) moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where Eric works with a whole IVCF team. Fifteen productions are now available from local IVCF chapters or from Twentyonehundred Productions( 233 Langdon, Madison, WI 53791.

Mike Reimer is leaving IVCF staff after three years in Berkeley, California, having worked on several campuses. For several weeks this summer he will serve as an interim college pastor at Berkeley's First Presbyterian Church, then move with wife Marty to Washington, D.C., in August. Mike will enter the masters program in Arab studies at Georgetown University, preparing to work overseas among people unreached by the gospel, perhaps in the Middle East. The Reimers ask for prayer in finding an apartment in Washington and a job for Marty (B.A. in biology from Pepperdine), now working as a travel agent.

Arthur W. Schubert works for Boeing Commercial Aircraft Company in Seattle, primarily in instrumentation. Arthur, who has a B.S.E.E. from Michigan Tech, began in Boeing's acoustics division and has now moved into flight testing, doing design work using microprocessors to read and compile real-world information. Art and his recent bride are oriented toward outdoor living, an interest he would someday like to combine with his interest in engineering and science, perhaps in a field such as oceanography.

Terrell Smith, serving with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students in Marburg, West Germany, is also burdened for Muslim students, thousands of whom are attending European universities. Terrell finds that many are only ethnically Muslim, open to learn about Christ and study the Bible with Christians. Yet their openness goes only so far, and things get difficultwhen they begin to realize the truth of Christianity. Often becoming a Christian means persecution for a Muslim, even in Germany. Asked if he would be interested in becoming a Christian, one student answered, "You are asking me to die!" Pray with Terry for Islamic students, for those who witness to them, and for those who do become Christians.

Jeanne van Oosten is a graduate student in linguistics at U.C. Berkeley, studying concepts of "topic" and "subject" in human speech patterns. Jeanne is a Canadian, a graduate of the U. of Toronto. Beside preparing for her Ph.D. orals, now successfully passed, Jeanne has worked as a bibliographer in Dutch studies at Cal.

Aldert van der Ziel of the Electrical Engineering Dept. of the U. ot Minnesota is honored more often than we can keep up with. We shouldn't have overlooked "Aldert van der Ziel Recognition Day" held last June5 in his department, though. For one thing, at least two of the speakers at the special symposium held in Aldert's honor that day were ASA members. Karel van Vliet of the U. of Florida spoke on "Historical Contributions to Understanding Noise" and Richard Bube of Stanford spoke on "Research Directed Toward Thin Film Photovoltaic Solar Cells."

Peter Wilkes is professor of metallurgical and nuclear engineering at the U. of Wisconsin in Madison. Peter, an Englishman, has an article in the April 4 issue of Christianity Today entitled "No Return to Eden: The Debate Over Nuclear Power." Arguing that "the vision of the perfect city" and "the vision of the garden" have been opposing visions within "the religion of secular humanism," Peter urges Christians to be realists, accepting an industrial future but renouncing greedy materialism and fostering conservation. He sees our future as necessarily dependent on coal and nuclear, believing that "technology is to be used responsibly for our benefit, without any starry-eyed illusions."

Marshall T. Williams will receive both M.D. and Ph.D. (microbiology) degrees from the U. of Rochester in New York on May 25. Then Marshall moves to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to begin three years of specialty training in internal medicine at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine.

Warren Willis, serving Campus Crusade for Christ on Guam, directs the entire outreach program for all of Micronesia in addition to his work on Guam. When Warren issued an invitation for Christian students to "stop out" for a year to help with island evangelism, some 87 young people took him up on it, including 40 recent graduates considering CCC staff or other overseas mission careers. Warren has been too busy with training them, setting up projects, and travel to keep up with correspondence, but he sent us a note asking our prayers for these new opportunities in the Lord's name.

Edwin Yamauchi, professor of history at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and program chair of the 1980 ASA ANNUAL MEETING at TAYLOR UNIVERSITY, AUGUST 8-11, is always on the go. So far in 1980 he has published two articles on archaeology in Sibliotheca Sacra, read papers at the Midwest American Oriental Society and the Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society, and lectured at Kinney Corporation in Cincinnati, at Wheaton and Malone Colleges, at Concordia Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and at Indiana ASA local section meetings at Ball State University and Taylor University. Most recently he gave the Staley Distinguished Christian Scholar Lectures, on "Josephus and the Scriptures," at Asbury College in Wilmore, Ken-tucky, May 13-15. Ed has also been appointed a Danforth Associate at Miami University.

Bernard Zy1stra, political scientist and principal of the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto, served as a commentator on a one-hour TV special presented by the Canadian Broadcasting Company on February 13. The program, "The Owl and the Dynamo: The Vision of George Grant," discussed the life and philosophy of George Grant, professor of religion at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Regarded as one of Canada's most searching thinkers, Grant is known for his books Lament for a Nation, Technology and Empire, and English-Speaking Justice. Bernie ZyIstra has contributed a chapter to the book George Grant in Process.