Praxis News from Hartford Seminary
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HADSELL YEARS 2000 - 2018
January 2018
Table of CONTENTS
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> 11 The Heidi Hadsell Scholarship for International Peacemaking The Hadsell Years
12 Hartford Seminary Joins Boston-Area Consortium of Theological Schools 13 New Faculty & Staff 14 Trustees
Meet Our Peacemakers
15 President’s Council & Corporators 19 Statement of Activities
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Honor Roll of Donors
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hen President Heidi Hadsell enters the building at 77 Sherman, she is more likely to stop and talk to students in the lobby than head straight to her office on the third floor. How are your classes going? Are you learning what you came here to learn? Are you finding everything you need? The interaction with students – whether it’s visiting graduates while traveling or teaching a course – is where she finds the purpose in Hartford Seminary’s mission. It’s where she finds the joy. “It keeps me connected to what we’re doing,” she said. “The students are at the core of it all.” On the cusp of retirement after 18 years at Hartford Seminary’s helm, President Hadsell took some time recently to look back at her tenure. Over nearly two decades, she has led the school through a transformation, making it more international, more interfaith, and growing the student body. The last one stands out as one of her favorite accomplishments because “the students are why we’re here.” Students who have worked closely with her agree that President Hadsell shows an uncommon interest in their lives. A recent graduate of Hartford Seminary’s International Ph.D. program, Dr. Hyun Mi Kang, said: “Dr. Hadsell was a great supporter, especially for foreign and international students like me. The support, guidance and encouragement she has provided for me during my journey will forever remain in my heart.”
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President Hadsell’s special connection with the Seminary’s students hasn’t gone unnoticed by Board of Trustees Chairman Vanda McMurtry, who recalled “eavesdropping” on some of them talking in the Hartford Seminary library one day about how much they were enjoying President Hadsell’s class. They also mentioned the personal interest she took in them beyond their performance in the classroom. “It was clear that they didn’t just regard her as the president, that they truly regarded her as a mentor,” he said.
Dr. McMurtry, who worked for many years in higher education, said he had never heard anything like those unsolicited comments in regard to a president. “It really struck me and stayed with me, the incredible rapport she has with students. She’s continued to teach and have a very active scholarly life.”
The Importance of Interfaith
During her first year on the job, President Hadsell was waiting to board a plane at JFK Airport in New York. As she tends to do in airports, she used the time to think. “I remember asking myself, ‘How do you get American churches interested in Islam? What is the argument you make about the importance of interfaith?’”
Ibrahim Abu-Rabi, was invaluable with the Muslim communities. “He was kind enough to help me get to know the Muslim world,” she said. She accompanied him on many of his travels during which she met prominent Muslims and made connections for the Seminary, signing memorandums of understanding and recruiting students.
“I remember asking myself, ‘How do you get American churches interested in Islam?’”
The questions were important ones. The Seminary’s Board of Trustees wanted its new leader to bring the institution to a more global audience and to emphasize its expertise in Christian-Muslim relations. Board members were so sure of their new president’s abilities that they convinced her to begin serving while she was still finishing her commitment as Director of the Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches, based in Geneva, Switzerland. Thus, the many hours in airports. Three or four months later, after President Hadsell had moved her family to West Hartford and had begun crafting her approach to the question of interfaith engagement, the world changed on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. “There was my answer,” she said. Some Americans responded to the attacks with hostility, she said, but others realized they needed to know a lot more about Islam.
While that work continued, President Hadsell also wanted to expand the interfaith dimension of Hartford Seminary to include Judaism, the third leg of the Abrahamic stool. The board chairman at the time, Martin L. Budd, who is Jewish, encouraged that mission.
“The Jewish community in Hartford thought it would be appropriate to have a Jewish voice on the faculty,” he said. An interfaith encounter in Switzerland put President Hadsell in the same room with Yehezkel Landau, an Israeli with a long record of interfaith work. His experience and diplomacy impressed her. After running it by the board and faculty and receiving financial support from the Henry Luce Foundation, President Hadsell extended an offer to hire the Seminary’s first full-time Jewish professor. “After wanting to do this for a long time, Heidi finally got it done,” Budd said. In 2012, with a lead gift from the Prior Family Foundation, the Seminary established an endowed chair for Jewish studies.
The staff at the Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations responded immediately. “It was full tilt for a couple of years,” she said, with events and speakers and heightened interest in the nascent Islamic Chaplaincy Program, which had been launched at Hartford Seminary in response to a need for Muslim chaplains in the U.S. military. President Hadsell set to work building on and establishing connections with Christian and Muslim communities overseas. The guidance of a faculty member, the late Dr.
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accredited such program in the country. Chaplaincy was an unfamiliar concept to most Muslims until the U.S. military recognized that the growing number of Muslims in its ranks needed trained chaplains to serve them. After Hartford Seminary launched the program under the direction of Dr. Ingrid Mattson, the idea of Muslim Chaplaincy expanded into areas such as hospitals, prisons, and institutions of higher education. “Hartford Seminary can take great pride in being among those who created or helped to create a new religiously oriented profession for male and female Muslims in the U.S.,” President Hadsell said. Another idea to expand the interfaith mission and the international draw came while President Hadsell was sitting in her office talking to the Development Director at the time, Ronald Lundeen. “I said, ‘What if we started a program for international students in peacemaking?’” she recalled. Lundeen went to David Carson, a former Trustee, and got the money to start what became the International Peacemaking Program (IPP). Launched in 2004, the IPP has welcomed dozens of students to the Seminary from countries experiencing interreligious conflicts. Drawing on expertise from organizations such as the Plowshares Institute, the Seminary trains these peacemakers in practical skills such as mediation and interfaith dialogue and connects them with congregations here in the U.S. “Part of my thinking was, ‘Put them in congregations where they can talk about why Muslim-Christian relations is important,’” she said. “This helps our local congregations connect to the work we do, and then those students go back to India or Nigeria or Malaysia, and the name of Hartford Seminary spreads. That has helped to solidify a lot of the relationships we have.” This year, the program includes two Jewish students in the cohort of nine, four from the United States and five from other countries.
‘A New Profession’
President Hadsell has also overseen the growth of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program, which for many years was the only
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Over the course of her tenure, the Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations has gained a new building on campus, through the generosity of Martin Budd and his wife, Aviva, and the full-time Macdonald Center faculty has expanded to five. Two of those positions are endowed chairs funded under President Hadsell’s leadership. One is for Islamic Chaplaincy and Christian-Muslim Relations, supported with a lead gift from the International Institute for Islamic Thought (IIIT) in Herndon, VA. Another for Shi’i Studies is the first of its kind in North America and reinforces the Seminary’s commitment to intra- as well as inter-religious dialogue. Hartford Seminary also works with IIIT on a program for Imam and Muslim Community Leadership. Dr. Abubaker Al Shingieti, IIIT’s Executive Director and a Hartford Seminary Trustee, recalled how important it was for Muslim organizations to find support from an accredited institution that was experienced in teaching Muslims and receptive to the Muslim community. “Hartford Seminary was a pioneering institution,” he said. “It is truly an interfaith organization, in part due to [President Hadsell’s] unique leadership.” Just this past year, another milestone was reached with the establishment of the Ph.D. in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations. “This is a president who appreciates new initiatives,” Dr. Al Shingieti said. “I’ve seen first-hand her demonstration of strong leadership.”
Navigating the Fiscal Crisis
The biggest challenge over the past 18 years, both President Hadsell and Trustees agree, was the fiscal crisis of 2007-09. As the stock market plummeted, the value of the endowment dropped by half. President Hadsell recalled the belt-tightening and the cutting of some part-time staff members as the toughest period of her tenure. Hard decisions had to be made. Board President McMurtry said the downturn sank several seminaries, large and small, and left others in dire straits. “She was able to bring the school through,” he said. “She was able to keep things going, and she brought the school back without impairment.” The endowment, he pointed out, is now at an all-time high.
Internationally Known
After 18 years under President Hadsell’s leadership, Hartford Seminary is known as a leader in graduate interfaith education. Over the years, the Seminary has formed many meaningful partnerships with various institutions around the world and engaged in cooperative programs, exchanging both students and ideas in a way that enriches all involved.
to President Hadsell’s success in expanding distance learning opportunities and classes held offsite in places like Texas and Virginia. In all of those ways, Hartford Seminary’s profile has grown.
Hartford Seminary’s Future
In Fall 2017, the Board of Trustees formed a committee and embarked on a search for a new president. While that search brings with it many opportunities, President Hadsell and her deep commitment to Hartford Seminary will be missed. “She has really devoted these 18 years to Hartford Seminary,” Roberts said. “She worked full-time around the clock, and she has opened her home to students. She’s always making the extra effort.” One of the things President Hadsell will miss most about the job is the challenge of explaining why Hartford Seminary has chosen to educate people of different faiths rather than just one. “So many people think of theological education as training for your tradition,” she said. “I love convincing people why [interfaith] is important.”
“This is all as it should be,” President Hadsell said. “Our religions, after all, transcend national boundaries.”
What does she see for the future?
Trustee Nancy Roberts has witnessed first-hand President Hadsell’s ability to connect with leaders around the world on trips to India and Iran. On the Iran trip, she said, she walked into the International Institute for Islamic Studies in Qom and immediately saw a framed picture of President Hadsell receiving an award.
“I see Hartford Seminary continuing to be fresh and vital with cutting edge programs that respond to the needs of students who are Muslim, Christian and Jewish, seekers, and people from other religious traditions,” she said.“Hartford Seminary will continue to innovate. It’s never been afraid of innovation.”
“She has been very willing to travel to all these places,” she said. “She has taken Hartford Seminary to the rest of the world.” The influx of international students has also been a boon to other students as well, Roberts said. “It’s provided the Christian students the opportunity to learn about other faiths in a connected environment.” Martin Budd, Trustee and former board chair, also pointed
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MEET OUR 2017-18
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Emily Barger
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of Connecticut is a recent graduate of Emerson College who majored in Film Production and minored in Women and Gender Studies.“I hope to use my film and liberal arts education to create content that matters, whether that be short videos for social justice nonprofits, documentaries about important issues, or narrative work that pushes the boundaries of Hollywood’s depiction of religion, race, gender and sexual orientation.” Emily’s values were shaped by a “very open-minded and accepting Catholic church.” She sees her peacemaking training as important to her future work. “I think interreligious conflict is deeply rooted in this country but oftentimes glossed over because we’re seen as ‘the land of the free.’ Especially now, there is a lot of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism in the U.S., and I hope to bring what I learn about Islam, Judaism and interfaith dialogue to wherever I end up. As a Christian, I am privileged to not face the same discrimination my Muslim and Jewish brothers and sisters do, so I feel it is my duty to use this privilege and my education at the seminary to break down stereotypes.”
Laurie Gaum
of South Africa studied for ministry in the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa and earned a Master’s in Religious Studies at the University of Cape Town. “Peace can be applied to so many contexts and is not only the absence of violence. I’ve worked with its application to gender wounding and injustice and our South African context is tormented by racism, homophobia and gender-based violence, violent crime and inequality which cry out for healing.” He sees Hartford Seminary’s focus on dialogue and interfaith understanding as important to that healing. “It really seems as if Hartford’s time has come; it is now… While in your country, in mine and worldwide the world is torn up by divisions of all kinds, it’s a wonderful reminder that there’s strength in diversity which serves the greater whole and is there to be celebrated.”
Amy Langston
of North Carolina is a recent graduate of Meredith College.“I am hoping to work in community efforts that break down barriers and increase cooperation and compromise. I would like to give others the tools to continue peacemaking efforts and empower them to become peacemakers themselves.” She sees Hartford Seminary’s work to address the deep divisions in our country and across the world as especially timely. “In my sociology classes in college, we learned about the concept of the ‘beloved community.’ To me, the beloved community is a microcosm of God’s vision for the world: a group of people from all backgrounds, faiths, and ways of life, learning how to navigate life together. I believe that at Hartford Seminary we are seeking to fulfill this vision, especially as we see our faiths lived out in everyday life. God’s people have always been builders, and as we build the beloved community here, we take pieces from here to build that foundation elsewhere and watch it thrive.”
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of Massachusetts studied at Brandeis University and took a course there that inspired his desire to learn more about peacemaking. “I learned about Hartford Seminary when my advisor, who taught the class that gave me inspiration to go down the peacemaking path, forwarded me an email asking if he had any Jewish students that might be interested in taking part in the International Peacemaking Program.” His career path after Seminary isn’t certain, but he feels sure he will find a way to use his peacemaking skills. “While I did not think, when I started my interest in religious peace building, that the United States would have need for it as much as other countries, recent events have proven to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that it is all the more important to build bridges between various religious communities, while still respecting their identities as separate religious communities.”
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Benjamin Huth
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Fatima Hallal
of Lebanon recently finished her B.A. in Political Science and International Affairs at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. She sees the Seminary’s peacemaking program as critical to a time of humanitarian and refugee crises around the world, including in her home country. “Lebanon is located in a region torn by wars. Although we have a huge diversity, still the repercussions of the civil war are affecting many aspects of peoples’ lives on a daily basis, especially in their relations with each other.” After her year at Hartford Seminary, she would like to continue her education in peacemaking, social justice and conflict resolution. “The Seminary is needed today more than ever. Its programs and its education are a must in a world full of xenophobia.”
Guimond Pierre Louis
of Haiti graduated from the Université Épiscopale d’Haiti and from Séminaire de Théologie d’Église Épiscopale d’Haïti with a degree in theology. “Our world is frightened. People everywhere are longing for peace, internal or external. So I believe we need peacemakers to help people working for the common good, to help people engaged in the process of making this world a better place for us and for the future generations no matter what religion they belong to. I believe I can be one of these peacemakers.” He sees Hartford Seminary as a place where the past is used to understand the present and face the challenges of the future. “Harford Seminary is engaged in transforming this world to a better place by equipping his students from all over the world with solid skills to address the divisions and conflicts that exist within and outside people.”
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MEET OUR 2017-18
Class of Peacemakers
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Allyson Zacharoff
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Nazir Paul Nazar
of Greece graduated from the University of Athens with a degree in Orthodox Theology and was raised in an interreligious household. “My father is a Syrian Muslim and my mother is a Greek Orthodox Christian. I was baptized as an Orthodox Christian two years ago.” He learned about Hartford Seminary through an advisor who had met President Heidi Hadsell at a conference in Greece. “I hope that after I complete my studies at Hartford, I would be able to go back to Greece and help with the situation my country is facing. Given that I have previous experience in educational programs, I plan to train teachers and students into forming interreligious communities in schools.” The interreligious conflict in Greece has its roots in the recent refugee crisis, he said.“On the one side there are the refugees – the majority of whom are Muslims – and on the other side there are the conservative parts of Greek society, who draw their arguments from the right-wing ideology and its parties.”
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of New York is a graduate of the College of William and Mary. “After college, I received a Russell Berrie Fellowship in Interreligious Studies to study at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, the only Jewish individual to receive this scholarship. Then, after two years working in interfaith in New York City, I moved to Jerusalem for a year to study at Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, before returning to the U.S. to be part of the IPP program.” During her year as an IPP student, she hopes to define a project that can be replicated throughout the U.S. and Western Europe. “A lot of ignorance and fear about other religious groups still permeates society [in the U.S.]. However, I have also lived abroad a number of times — in Western Europe, most recently in the Middle East. These communities may face more immediately violent interreligious conflicts more often in recent years, but still many of the issues faced in the West stem from this same thing: ignorance and fear of the other. Education, forming relationships, and other community-building efforts are what can ultimately have long-term effects on improving relations in all these societies.”
of India earned a Bachelor of Arts at Patkai Christian College and a Bachelor of Divinity at Bishop’s College in Calcutta. She learned about the IPP program through an advisor’s contact with President Heidi Hadsell at a conference. “I come from India which is filled with diversity. Especially religious diversity, and there are no doubt so many religious conflicts. But also on the brighter side, all these conflicts are mostly political. Common people are open to differences but the people in power enjoy conflicts for their own selfish benefits, which results in so much terror and conflicts in the country.” When she returns to her small town of Dimapur in Nagaland, she hopes to initiate interfaith programs and share her beliefs with others, especially the young people in her church. “I have always been very interested in interreligious dialogue, and I believe respect and peace is what keeps these dialogues alive.”
The Heidi Hadsell Scholarship for
International Peacemaking
Over the course of her 18-year tenure, President Heidi Hadsell has led Hartford Seminary to become one of the world’s preeminent centers for graduate interfaith education.
put their new skills and knowledge into practice. As part of our recent long-range planning, we have committed to expanding this scholarship program and to establishing permanent support for it.
Heidi Hadsell has been a leader, friend and colleague, but most of all a teacher. Her leadership in the classroom and her ability to engage people and communities has transformed lives, especially the mission and life of Hartford Seminary. She not only lectures on global ethics, dialogue and interfaith education, she lives it and has invited all of us into the journey with her.
With President Hadsell’s pending retirement, the Trustees have agreed that nothing would be a greater tribute and a more enduring expression of her legacy than to inaugurate the Heidi Hadsell Scholarship for International Peacemaking.
We could offer many examples of programs and international partnerships that are part of her legacy here. Perhaps the program that most embodies her vision is the International Peacemaking Program she established in 2004. Today more than 50 students from around the world have graduated from the program and returned home to
Please join us in supporting a fund that will serve as a significant expression of our appreciation to President Hadsell for her outstanding leadership. Gifts can be sent in the enclosed envelope or made online at www.hartsem.edu/donate Thank you for your support!
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Hartford Seminary has joined the Boston Theological Institute, the largest and most diverse theological consortium in the world.
HARTFORD SEMINARY Joins
BTI Boston-Area Consortium of Theological Schools Encourages Cross-Registration
After Hartford Seminary’s membership was approved, BTI Board Chair and President of Hebrew College, Rabbi Daniel L. Lehmann, said: “As we approach the 50th of the BTI, we are excited to welcome Hartford Seminary, a pioneer in interreligious learning, to our consortium of theological schools. Hartford will enhance the BTI’s diversity geographically, religiously, and academically while expanding our shared resources for students and faculty. We look forward to the many contributions Hartford Seminary will make to our collaborative community of distinguished institutions.” Hartford Seminary President Heidi Hadsell said she sees tremendous opportunity for interactions among the students and faculty of member schools. “Hartford Seminary is honored to be part of such a prestigious and diverse group of theological institutions,” she said. “We look forward to contributing some of our academic expertise to the BTI and also to widening and enriching the academic possibilities for our Hartsem students. We see this cooperation as a gift to us all.” The BTI was founded in 1968 by seven graduate schools of theology and divinity: Andover Newton Theological School, Boston College Department of Theology, Boston University School of Theology, Episcopal Theological School (later Episcopal Divinity School), Harvard Divinity School, Saint John’s Seminary, and Weston College (now Boston College School of Theology and Ministry). Since its founding, the BTI has expanded through the membership of Gordon-Conwell Theological School (1972) and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (1975). In 2012, Hebrew College joined, expanding the BTI’s original ecumenical mission to a broader interreligious orientation. Hartford Seminary becomes the eleventh member in BTI history.
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Hartford Seminary students can now cross-register for a selection of courses made available by the other BTI institutions, and other students can cross-register for a selection of courses at Hartford Seminary.
New FACULTY & STAFF
Dr. Deena Grant is the new occupant of the Jewish Studies Chair and Associate Professor of Jewish Studies. Dr. Grant received her BA from Brandeis University in Near Eastern and Jewish Studies and her Ph.D. from New York University in Hebrew and Judaic Studies. She also studied at Drisha’s Institute for Jewish Education in New York, Hebrew University’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem and Midreshet Lindenbaum Women’s Institute for Talmudic Studies in Jerusalem. Immediately before coming to Hartford Seminary, she was an Associate Professor of Hebrew Scriptures at Barry University in Miami. Dr. Seyfeddin Kara joined Hartford Seminary in July as the second occupant of the Imam Ali Chair in Shi’i Studies and Dialogue among Islamic Legal Schools. The Imam Ali Chair is the first dedicated to Shi’i Studies in North America. Dr. Kara completed MAs at the University of London and the Islamic College, and his Ph.D. at the University of Durham as well as studying in seminaries in the UK, Syria and Iran. For seven years, he worked as a research assistant and researcher for the Islamic Human Rights Commission in London. At Hartford Seminary, he is Assistant Professor for Shi’i Studies and Relations between Islamic Schools of Thought. Ann Crawford has joined Hartford Seminary as Director of Library Services. She has considerable experience in library leadership roles, including her most recent job as Associate University Librarian for Planning, Administration and Personnel at the University of Hawai’i, Manoa, in Honolulu. She has also worked at the University of Connecticut School of Law and Trinity College. Steven Havira came on board in May as the new Communications and Development Associate. Steven has recently located from Cincinnati, Ohio, having worked in religious higher education for the past three years. Previously, he worked in the media/ film industry. Aida Mansoor, a Hartford Seminary alumna who is actively involved in building relationships among people of different faith traditions, has joined the staff of the Recruitment and Admissions Office. She will assist with new student enrollment, including a focus on Muslim students.
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Trustees Dean Ahlberg Pastor, First Church of Christ Congregational, Redding, CT
Debra Cantor Rabbi, Congregation B’nai Tikvoh-Sholom, Bloomfield, CT
Vanda B. McMurtry Partner, Davis & Harman LLP, Washington, D.C.; Chair, Board of Trustees; Christ Church, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Nelson Rodriguez Financial Advisor with Barnum Financial Group, Glastonbury, CT
Shakeeb Alam Co-Founder and President of East Bridge Capital Management, L.P.
Allison Chisolm Principal, Choice Words/Chisolm & Co., Wesley United Methodist Church, Worcester, MA
Umar F. Moghul Corporate and Finance Attorney; Secretary, Board of Trustees Brooklyn, NY
Feryal Salem Assistant Professor of Islamic Scriptures & Law, Hartford Seminary
Abubaker Al Shingieti Executive Director, International Institute of Islamic Thought, Herndon, VA; All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS), Sterling, VA
Clare Feldman Retired VP of Citizens Bank; President, Congregation Beth Israel Board of Trustees; President, Aurora Foundation for Women and Girls West Hartford, CT
Salahuddin Muhammad President, Association of Muslim Chaplains; Associate Imam, As Salaam Islamic Center, Raleigh, N.C.
Edmund (Ted) See Former Partner, Day Pitney LLP; St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church, Hartford, CT
Najib Awad Associate Professor of Christian Theology
Wendy Grammas Former financial executive at major multinational corporations
Trudie J. Prior President & GM, Coral World Ocean Park, St. Thomas, VI; Second Vice Chair, Board of Trustees; Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas
Naseem Shaikh Vice President and CFO at UTAS, a division of UTC The Islamic Association of Greater Hartford, Berlin, CT
Karen Bailey-Francois Associate Pastor, Ellington Congregational Church, Ellington, CT
Heidi Hadsell President, Professor of Social Ethics, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT
Frank R.A. Resnick Former CFO, Mandell Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center, West Hartford, CT; Beth El Temple, West Hartford, CT
Ali Shakibai Cardiologist
Martin L. Budd Retired Partner, Day Pitney, Stamford, CT; Temple Emanu-El, New York
Yahya Hendi Muslim Chaplain, Georgetown University
Nancy P. Roberts Former President, Connecticut Council for Philanthropy; St. John’s Episcopal Church, West Hartford, CT
Alwi Shihab Special Envoy to the Middle East and the Organization of the Islamic Conference for The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Stephen Camp Senior Pastor, Faith Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Hartford, CT
Peter Kelly Senior Principal, Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, PC, Hartford, CT
James K. Robertson Senior Partner, Carmody & Torrance, Waterbury, CT; Treasurer, Board Of Trustees; First Congregational Church, Watertown, CT
Eliot P. Williams Principal, The New England Guild, Hartford, CT
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President’s Council The President’s Council comprises former Seminary Trustees and others who have previously held leadership roles and who offer their collective wisdom to the President in service to current opportunities. The Rev. Dr. Ralph Ahlberg Ali Antar Dr. Mohammad S. Bajwa Anthony S. Brown The Rev. Dr. Cyril C. Burke David E.A. Carson Sanford Cloud, Jr., Esq. The Rev. Dr. Davida Foy Crabtree
William H. Farley Walter M. Fiederowicz Herbert Hansen The Rev. Dr. Barbara Headley The Rev. Dr. Alvan N. Johnson, Jr. The Rev. Stanley Kemmerer J. Alan McLean Marnie Mueller
Margaret Sweetland Patricelli Susan E. Pogue John H. Riege, Esq. Michael Rion Nancy Rion Amy Robinson Robert N. Schmalz, Esq. Dr. Jane Smith The Rev. Dr. Kenneth W. Taylor
The Rev. Margaret Thomas Phillip Trowbridge, M.D. Joyce Hatton Yarrow The Rev. Dr. Barbara Brown Zikmund The Rev. Dr. William Zito
Corporators Hartford Seminary Corporators are the school’s ambassadors to communities far and wide: friends and alumni who know and believe in the mission of the Seminary and share that enthusiasm with others, raising awareness and inviting participation. Corporators also play another essential role, as they are responsible for electing new Seminary Trustees at the Annual Meeting of the Corporators each spring. Samsiah Abdul-Majid Winthrop R. Adkins Kamal Ali Saud Anwar LeRoy Bailey Donna Berman John A. Berman Shelley D. Best Judith Borus James M. Boucher Courtney Bourns Harold C. Buckingham Scott Cady Thomas G. Carr Edward A. Charlebois Sajjad B. Chowdhry Joseph Colletti Alice Cruikshank Peter Cruikshank James E. Curry
Carole C. Fay Lowell H. Fewster Bridget Fidler Shawn Fisher James T. Fleming Jerry Franklin Karl A. Fransson James P. Friedman Harriet H. Gardner Arnold C. Greenberg R. Nelson Griebel Jay-Seth Guberman Rashid Hamid Walter L. Harrison Katherine Heichler Alyce F. Hild Shareda Hosein Molly F. James Ronald D. Jarvis S. Edward Jeter
Christine Joyner Kathleen W. Kellogg Colleen M. Keyes Kimat G. Khatak Charles M. Kuchenbrod Molly O. Louden Janice S. Macferran B. Patrick Madden Kate McLean Hugh McLean E. Merritt McDonough William G. Moldwin Edna N. Negron Nitza M. Nieves Sulayman S. Nyang Erline M. Patrick Judith Perkins Craig Phillips Alexis Popik Syed Raza
Marc A. Reich Ezra H. Ripple Louis W. Romanos Jonathan Rosenbaum Pilar Schmidt Scott Schooley Pedro E. Segarra John L. Selders Paul Smith Marie M. Spivey Mark S. Steiner Sohaib N. Sultan M. Philip Susag Joseph M. Tobin Lincoln S. Young Ritu Zazzaro
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Honor Roll of Donors 2016-17 President’s Circle ($5,000 +) Martin L. and Aviva Budd E. Rhodes and Leone B. Carpenter Foundation John P. and Lynn B. Fulkerson The Hassenfeld Family Foundation David S. Hill International Shinto Foundation, Inc. Janice Lautier John B. Lindner Francis Asbury Palmer Fund Pillars Fund Plowshares Institute Prior Family Foundation Shinnyo-en Foundation Joseph Wei Leadership Circle ($2,500-$4,999) David E. and Janet Ezekiel RBC Capital Markets United Church Funds Planned Giving Program Eliot P. and Susan Williams Visionary ($1,000-$2,499) Shakeeb Alam Thomas R. and Marilyn Breckenridge Olive J. Brose David E.A. and Sara Carson William J. and Ann Cronin Julie S. Grace and Paul Bukowski David and Ruth Hadley Heidi Hadsell Donald C. and Karen Helm Peter Kelly Alfred W. and Virginia Matthews Lora L. Mazza Alexis and William Popik Nancy P. and Stephen Roberts James K. Jr. and JoAnn Robertson Margaret O. and Kenneth J. Thomas Scott L. Thumma United Way of Central & Northeastern CT Barbara B. and Joseph Zikmund
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Pacesetter ($500-$999) Ralph E. and Beverly Ahlberg Anne S. Alvord Shawnee C. Baldwin Bobbie Chapman Allison Chisolm and Peter H. Hansen Sanford and Diane B. Cloud Barry M. Feldman Gwen Haley and Maria Dynia Rashid Hamid Lynn Johnson Martin Muhammed Z. Kareem Stanley C. and Nancy Kemmerer Robert C. Knox III James A. Kowalski and Anne Brewer Selva R. Lehman Worth and Louise Earle Loomis Ann Marino Vanda B. and Maria McMurtry Cynthia Taylor Morse and Carolyn Stevenson Catherine G. and Larry Nelson Caroline W. Palmer Steven J. Peterson Evelyn Sealand Naseem Shaikh Linda M. Spiers M. Philip Susag First Church in Windsor American Baptist Churches of Connecticut First Congregational Church of Bloomfield National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Ladies Home Missionary Society First Church of Christ, Congregational The Congregational Church of South Glastonbury Investor ($250-$499) Martha O. Adams and Robert Adams Aetna Foundation, Inc. Donald and Karen Bailey-Francois Mohammad Saleem Bajwa B’Nai Tikvoh-Sholom
Edward F. and Lynne Duffy Ellington Congregational Church Jane Ellingwood Robert D. and Jean Ertl Wendy B. Grammas Charles N. and Kathleen Gross David C. and Georgia Hall Ernie Harris Richard M. Howe Ruth Baehr Howe Charles M. Kuchenbrod Ilona W. Kwiecien Molly O’Neill Louden Monica M. McGinley Umar F. Moghul Snehlata Patel John E. Post Maureen M. Pryjma Amy B. and Lewis Robinson Rocky Hill Congregational Church June C. Roy Annelieke Schauer Susan Schoenberger Ali Shakibai Somers Congregational Church Bruce Stewart Charles E. West Joanne T. White Edward B. and Brooke Whittemore Jean N. Young Partner ($100-$249) Laura J. Ahrens Jonathan P. Albright Paul M. Aldrich Richard C. and Andrea Allen Lynn W. and Shirley Anderson Ray and Barbara Andrews Ali A. and Fatwa Antar Julie Aroian Charles D. and Sandra Baboian Martha M. Baker Linda K. Beher Judith A. and Robert Benton John A. Berman Auburn A. and Ruth Boyers Shirlee M. Bromley
Honor Roll of Donors Brothers Oil Parvez Bukhari Hazel Anne Burnett Stephen Camp M. Dosia Carlson Jackson W. and Anne Carroll Carolyn H. Cary Central Baptist Church Humayun J. Chaudhry Richard C.P. and Thelma Chun Columbia Congregational Church Warren E. Covell Richard B. and Judith Crocker Lillian F. Daniel Nancy Dartnall Debra Ellis V. Donald and Esther E. Emmel Robert A. and Alice Frazer Evans Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC Edward Forand Karl A. Fransson Harriet H. and Phillip Gardner Walter and May-Wo Giger Joel and Andree Grafstein Peter B. and Jeanne Grandy Anne Hardy Andrea C. Hart Paul John Hartung Frank and Angela Hauzeur Mary N. Hawkes James E. and Faye Humphrey Mary Jarvis-Smith S. Edward Jeter Tukyul A. Kimm Daniel R. Kingman Yehezkel Landau Bernard Lane Matthew Laney Christina G. Laurie Dr. Robert K. Loesch Campbell Lovett Janice S. Macferran Stephen S. and Lynn Marino John W. Martiner Linda Mayo-Perez Williams William J. McGurk J. Alan McLean
Alumna Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum signs books after delivering the Biennial Michael R. Rion Lecture in December 2017.
Carolyn Olds Mikels William G. and Rosalind Moldwin Fred F. B. Mudawwar Marnie W. and Robert Mueller Victoria T. Murphy Henrietta J. Near James A. and Sharon Nelson Ann Gail B. Nichols Noank Baptist Church Douglas R. Norell Francis O’Gorman Joseph L. Pace Harry Y. and Carmen U. Pak Justin L. Peyton Pilgrim Way Baptist Church Robert L. Polk Shyamala and Krishnan Raman Winona Lotz Ramsay Edward J. Requardt Michael R. Rion Robert R. and Susan Rock
Nelson Rodriguez Robert N. Schmalz Patricia Stere Sears Alwi Shihab and Ashraf Shahab Elizabeth Snider E. Bevan Stanley St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Robert K. and Elizabeth A. Sweet Kenneth W. and Jo Anne Taylor Alvin W. Thompson Phillip E. andFay Trowbridge Ann Van Cleef Joseph E. Vujs Richard L. and Shirley Waddell Marilyn R. Webber Gregory W. and The Amy Welin E. Joy Wilson Robert G.and Susan Woodward Andrew H. and Joyce C. Zeman
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How to Give Cash, Check or Credit Card
Planned Giving
Securities and Property
Gifts in Kind
Many gifts are cash contributions that are made by check or credit card. These gifts are tax deductible as allowed by law and provide Hartford Seminary with immediate funding for ongoing operations. Gifts of stock, other securities or property benefit the institution and provide the donor with a tax deduction for the fair market value of the gift when it is made. Additionally, in most cases the donor does not have to pay capital gains tax on the appreciated value of the stock or property.
Gifts made through estate planning provide for the future growth of the institution. The Legacy Society honors those who have made provisions for Hartford Seminary in their estate plans. Hartford Seminary welcomes gifts in kind including goods and services that meet the programmatic needs of the organization.
Online Giving
Available at www.hartsem.edu/donate
Matching Gifts
Many companies provide their employees with the benefit of increasing their gifts to certain organizations by matching those gifts either dollar for dollar or by a percentage. Please check with your employer about their matching gift program.
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Professor Timur Yuskaev (center) and students celebrate the publication of his book, Speaking Qur’an: An American Scripture in 2017.
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Statement of Activities
Operating Revenue: Student Revenues Investment Return Utilized for Operations Private Gifts, Bequests and Grants Research and Grants Auxiliary Activities Other Revenue Total Operating Revenue
2017 2016 $1,160,159 2,268,554 454,012 279,574 100,608 117,785 4,380,692
$1,192,446 2,408,666 197,956 810,273 95,624 96,270 4,801,235
Operating Expenses Institutional Support Instructional Academic Support Plant Expense Depreciation Other Expenses Total Operating Expenses Change in Net Assets, Operations
1,910,709 1,347,924 770,445 430,462 153,561 198,986 4,613,101 (232,409)
1,832,337 1,505,501 592,087 472,116 140,164 53,822 4,596,027 205,208
Other Changes Private Gifts and Pledges Investment Return, Net Investment Return Utilized for Operations Change in Value of Beneficial Interests Total Other Changes
98,170 6,139,652 (2,268,554) 263,849 4,233,117
793,405 (91,076) (2,408,666) (51,420) (1,757,757)
Change in Net Assets Net Assets, Beginning of Year Net Assets, End of Year
4,000,708 48,880,591 52,881,299
(1,552,549) 50,433,140 48,880,591
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