¿Que Pasa? Houghton College Class of 1977, 40th Reunion

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¿Que Pasa? What’s up? A lot! Pete and Molly Spear’s name for the first update booklet has proven prophetic. After you search out your friends,* I hope you find time to read ¿Que Pasa? from cover to cover. You’ll rediscover why you love our class.

Compiling the entries, I lived out Romans 12:15, “Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn,” culminating with the final entry, which lists our classmates who have died. If you know of additions, please contact Houghton (Phyllis.Gaerte@houghton.edu) or me and I will pass on what information you have.

—Lori Mulligan Davis lorimulligandavis@gmail.com 630-363-9289 *I alphabetized by first names because using maiden names got complicated and married names rendered half our classmates incognito.

Al Presher

21 Birling Gap, Fairport, NY 14450; home: 585-223-5427, cell: 585-317-5802; apresher@rochester.rr.com On Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn Family Update: I’ve been married to Dorothy Paul Presher (Wheaton College, class of ’77) for 36 years. Our daughter, Katharine Carlson, met her husband Brian at Gordon College, and lives in the Boston area. Our son, also a Brian, works in Washington, DC, and graduated from Houghton in 2009. We have a grandchild, Quinn Sinclair Carlson, not yet two, who made me a proud Pop Pop. Education after Houghton: Syracuse Newhouse School, MA in Communication, with an emphasis in Magazine Journalism.

Occupation Update: In 2002, I started Stratejus Inc. (www.stratejus.com) which primarily focuses on website design and development but also creates a wide range of marketing communications. I also write blog posts and work as an editor for two technology magazines/websites in the areas of industrial automation and control, robotics and the Internet of Things. My wife, Dorothy, works as a preschool teacher.

Service/Church Involvement: Through the years, I have been an adult Sunday-school teacher and class leader, and served on various committees at Browncroft Community Church, just outside of Rochester, NY. I worked as a Christian Service Brigade leader, and spent eight years as a senior-high-youth leader. Adult youth leaders at our church are encouraged to stay with a single class throughout their high-school years, so I went through the cycle twice. As part of that, I had the privilege to go on eight short-term summer mission trips with the youth—several working with major inner-city ministries and also international trips to Mexico City, Jamaica, and St. Vincent.

In My Spare Time . . . Dorothy and I enjoy our cottage on Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes where we hope to retire.

Most any warm weekend, I’m there hiking or enjoying the water. I love kayaking, fishing, and sailing.

My Time at Houghton Majors: Writing (non-fiction) and English Literature. Minor: Philosophy.

Favorite Professors: Jim and Nancy Barcus Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: The Society for Nocturnal Morality.

Looking back now, I realize how much I learned about the Body of Christ and how it should operate, primarily from my experiences with our class. Far too many adults, even in the church, may not have a significant network of friends that they relate well with and that they feel understand them. Even after 40 years, I’m sure that, as a group, we can to a great extent “pick-up where we left off” because of our shared experience and faith.

Our journeys have been different but I’m looking forward to renewing relationships and hearing what has been happening collectively with the Houghton Class of ’77.

Bob Ether

4 Ryerson Dr, Savannah, GA 31419; 912-655-9774; rcether@aol.com On Facebook Family Update: Married to Judy, have four grown sons, one daughter-in-law, and one amazing granddaughter!

Education after Houghton: Alliance Theological Seminary, Master’s of Divinity.

Occupation Update: Judy and I serve God in the Christian & Missionary Alliance. We served a short while as missionaries in Ecuador and since have served in churches in NY, NC and GA. For 10 years we served in pastoral care for our Alliance missionaries serving in NE Germany. For the last 10 years we have served at New Life Fellowship (C&MA) in Savannah, GA.

Service/Church Involvement: Community: coaching; Pregnancy Care Center: board member; Child Advocacy Center: board member. At church: Short-term-mission leader, Ordaining Council, and speaker/counselor for Retreat-Field Forum.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy family activities, the beach, the mountains, and reading.

My Time at Houghton Major: Bible. Minors: Psychology and Missions.

Favorite Professor: Warren Woolsey Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: It’s hard to focus on one. . . .

Highlights since graduating would center on the blessings of the Lord Jesus in the continuing adventure of our family and in the years we have been privileged of travelling to and working with our Alliance missionaries from the home base of pastoral ministry in the local church.

Brian Q. Newcomb (Quincy)

1231 E. Schantz, Dayton, OH 45419 On Facebook Family Update: Married to Susan Jones Newcomb, celebrating 30th anniversary this August.

Children: Jacob Ruth Quincy (37) has two sons, Clayton (10) and Bennie (2), and lives in Michigan. Carly J. SmithNewcomb (33) lives in Chicago, IL. John Dylan Newcomb (19) attends University of Dayton.

Education after Houghton: Master’s of Divinity (’83) from Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, MN. Doctor of Ministry (’05) from Eden Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO. Occupation Update: Senior pastor, David’s United Church of Christ, Kettering, OH. Service/Church Involvement: Served congregations in the UCC since 1983, spending 25 years in the St. Louis area, serving three congregations, before moving to the Dayton area over eight and a half years ago. In 2015, led a mission trip to Rubate College in Kenya, Africa.

In My Spare Time . . . Starting in the early 80s, I began writing music journalism for CCM Magazine out of Nashville, TN, and contributed to that publication until it ended its print editions in 2005. I also worked as a rock critic from the mid-80s thru 2005 in St. Louis’s local papers, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Riverfront Times, writing concert previews and reviews, artist interviews, and album reviews. From 1986 to 1994, I was the editor and a major contributor to the Christian rock alternative publication, The Harvest Rock Syndicate. Over the years, I contributed to Billboard Magazine, Paste, 7 Ball, and a variety of others. These days, I still get out to as many live music events as I can manage, and I write regular album reviews for the Alternative and Indie Rock website, <thefirenote.com>.

My Time at Houghton Major: Bible. Minor: Philosophy.

Favorite Professors: Professors Reist, Schultz, Woolsey, Mullen, and Sayer Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: I loved hanging out, roadie-ing, working with the musicians in the band, After the Fall.../Jeremiah, with Darrell Waddell, Jay Molina, Mark and Betsy Retallack, Steve Schermerhorn, and that whole group that hung out together, and the worshiping community that grew out of that.

Carol (Beveridge) Beabout

13025 Bridger Dr., Germantown, MD 20874; 240-751-5061; crbcalvinist@gmail.com On Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr Family Update: Married to Ronald L. Beabout, Class of ’77.

Education after Houghton: I put my husband through seminary. Pursued French language study.

Occupation Update: I’m a missionary and pastor’s wife.

Service/Church Involvement: I was a missionary in Cote d’Ivoire and France, and am a pastor’s wife in Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy computer, reading, and water aerobics.

My Time at Houghton Major: General Science. Minor: Psychology.

Favorite Professor: Dr. Donald Bailey

Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Traveling every year over Spring Break—ten days in a bus with the College Choir. Also, the best Senate Spots ever.

After seminary, we served as missionaries in Cote d’Ivoire (West Africa) and the Paris, France, suburbs for 12 years. A few years in Chicago suburbs while Ron taught French at Wheaton Academy and a return to the pastorate in the Orthodox Presbyterian church, nine years in Wisconsin and three years doing church planting in Maryland. We’ve raised two military sons; Geoffrey served in the US Marine Corps in Iraq, and Richard is active duty Navy on the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson.

Carol Olsen Stevenson

7740 E. River Road, Rush, NY 14543; 585-553-1129; cstevenson@rhnet.org On Facebook Family Update: I’m married to Paul Stevenson, Class of 1977. We have three married children and five grandchildren.

Education after Houghton: MS in Reading from Miami University.

Occupation Update: I have taught 29 year in the public school and been an adjunct professor and workshop presenter.

Service/Church Involvement: I am a Team Leader for Rwanda Teacher Training and a Missions Team member. We are partnering with a Free Methodist church in Nzige Rwanda, doing teacher development.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy traveling to South America, Central America, Scandinavia, Africa, Alaska. While I’m home, I enjoy playing with grandkids, playing tennis, backpacking, kayaking, playing with grandkids, and being with my children.

My Time at Houghton Majors: Elementary Education and Psychology Favorite Professors: Dr. Worthington (a gifted man) and LOLA (Dr. Haller) Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Coming from Brooklyn, I had culture shock. But I studied under godly professors and received a good education. In August of 1977, I was hired as a Reading Specialist in Cincinnati, OH, and immediately walked out of the school to the phone booth in the parking lot. I called Dr. Worthington and told him I was just hired as a Reading Specialist and had no idea what to do. He kindly gave me a few pointers and got me going in the right direction. He probably wondered if I’d listened to anything in his classes. Now, as a seasoned veteran, I am finally retiring.

Some people (my sister Barb Olsen Cass of 1987 included) say the best years of their lives were during college at Houghton. My “best years” were staying home, raising our three children. I just loved bein with my daughter and two sons. I loved their teen and college years as well. Our sons graduated from Houghton and have great Houghton wives. I also love ministry—all kinds of children’s ministry, including Child Evangelism Fellowship, community Bible study, 12 short-term mission trips, and my favorite workshop presentation is on effective and creative methods for teaching Bible stories to children. I did squeeze in 29 years of public school teaching.

Carolyn Dunstan Knowlton

5660 Severin Dr. La Mesa, CA 91942; 619-993-2018; knowltonteacher@yahoo.com On Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube Family Update: I’m married to Daniel Knowlton (1976).

Education after Houghton: Master’s Degree from National University.

Occupation Update: Special Education Teacher Service/Church Involvement: AWANA Cubbies Director In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy quilting, Reading, Scrapbooking My Time at Houghton Majors: Elementary Education and Psychology Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Senate Spots.

After graduating from Houghton, I taught at Fillmore Central School for six years. For the past 34 years, we have lived in San Diego, CA. I have taught in the same district for the past 30 years, and plan on retiring in June, 2018. I earned my Master’s Degree in Special Education, and have taught students with special needs for the past 24 years—16 of those years at the Middle School level. Dan and I adopted our son, Bobby, as an infant 13 years ago. He is currently a 7th grader who loves math, science, robotics, and reading. We are members of Sonrise

Community Church. I serve in the AWANA program with three and four year olds, and Dan plays electric bass on the worship team.

Chris Canfield

50 VanBuren Drive Fulton, NY 13069; 315-598-6627; chriscanfield@earthlink.net Family Update: I’m married to Windy (Debbie) McKay 1976.

Education after Houghton: MBA from College of William and Mary 1982.

Occupation Update: Manager at Canfield Machine and Tool LLC Service/Church Involvement: Currently teach Sunday school up to 3rd grade, but most often taught 4th-6th grade.

One 4th grader from years ago is now a professor at Houghton. Also on admin council.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy spending time with family, reading and working on projects around the house.

My Time at Houghton Major: Business. Minor: Economics.

Favorite Professors: Warren Woolsey and Arnold Cook Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: I’ll start with a serious memory. In 1975, being part of the torchlight procession welcoming John and Carolyn Miller back from 8 months captivity in Vietnam is a wonderful memory for me. In 2003, while Windy was teaching an auditing course for Houghton in Thailand, we spent an evening at the Miller’s home and they told us how special that torchlight night was for them. Now a not-so-serious memory: A desirable walking route to campus from where I stayed at Strimple house crossed the lawn of a neighboring homeowner. It was not in the forefront of our minds that the homeowner would not appreciate the path we created across his lawn. One day he let us know in no uncertain terms what he thought, and rather stunned, we retreated to come up with a plan. Several days later in the middle of the night, a group of us were outside his house watching Dave Irwin write a message on one of his windows. Dave had a poetic way about him. I can’t recall his exact words, but it made clear we were going to lay down concrete. Living in the basement of Strimple house meant that detective Strimple lived upstairs. It wasn’t long before he figured out who was guilty and our punishment was to apologize and to promise not to walk on our neighbors grass again. Our neighbor graciously accepted our apology and then asked which one of us wrote on his window. When Dave stepped forward, our neighbor told him it was his bedroom window and he came very close to putting his fist through the window to grab him. Now as a trustee of Houghton, Dave plays a role in capital building projects. Not a surprise that laying down concrete was on his mind 40 years ago.

My favorite course in college was Modern Missions with professor Woolsey. In the 40 years since graduation God has given Windy and me some great opportunities to see how “modern missions” is changing.

Twenty-two years ago, Windy began doing Internal Audits for Wycliffe, as a volunteer, usually once but sometimes two or three times a year. After the first several years, I started assisting her on most of the audits, and I thank God for the privilege this has been. We’ve seen how God is working in many countries to get the Bible translated into languages that don’t have it. In 2015, we crossed paths in Kenya with classmates Paul and Kyle Kroening. Their many years committed to serving God with Wycliffe is inspiring and humbling.

Christine (Webber) Hoffer (known as Tina Webber at Houghton)

1920 Stockton Walk Lane, Snellville, GA 30078, 770-490-2926, singingt@yahoo.com On Facebook (Tina Hoffer) Family Update: I married Mike Hoffer on February 15, 1997. We have been foster parents since 2014 and have received 10 children so far, though not at present.

Education after Houghton: BS Nursing from Emory University in 1978; Master’s of Nursing in Neonatal/Perinatal from Emory University in 1987; Certified as Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner in 1987; McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University from 2002-2003 (2 Greek classes, 1 Hebrew). Perspectives on the World Christian Movement ; School of Music Ministry (6 weeks); Freedom in Christ training; Sozo training; YWAM Crossroads Discipleship Training School and Outreach.

Occupation Update: Not currently employed. Taking a break from fostering. Our last child left three weeks ago.

Service/Church Involvement: Bible Study Fellowship group leader for the last four years (shepherding a group of 12 to 14 women for the course of 32 weeks). Foster parent group at our church.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy attending classical music and Christian music concerts, reading, swimming, gardening, walking in the parks.

My Time at Houghton Major: Music. Minor: Bible.

Favorite Professors: Dr. Bailey and Mr. Jacobson Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: My dorm for my freshman year was East Hall and I was placed on the 4th Floor Old Wing. We called ourselves the 4th Oldies. We were all so different, but we had such a great time on that floor.

Linda Vandenburg was our RA. Some of the great belly laughs of my life were on that floor that year. There were pranks and laughter, but there were also times of prayer. It was amazing.

After three years at Houghton, I transferred to nursing school at Emory, so when I graduated from Emory, I was able to obtain a degree from Houghton in absentia. For 33 years I have worked as a nurse in a cardiac unit, public health, overseas public health with refugees, but mostly neonatal care. At the same time, I continued to serve in music ministry in my church, in choirs and then worship teams, singing and playing my flute. I took two medical mission trips and was worn out by them. Then I took several mission trips which involved prayer and doing worship concerts and found my niche.

Mike and I married when I was 41; a song he used to sing to me during that time was “Broken Road” by Rascal Flats. And so it was, as we had both been through some major disappointments. Much of our focus has been with Mike’s work as a caseworker resettling refugees through World Relief. We also had a time of about eight years of caring for aging parents. I also ran for a public office in 2012, for tate house representative for our district and lost. (But it was a GREAT experience.) Since becoming foster parents, much of my focus has had to be on the multiple needs of the children we receive.

Cynthia (Cindy Rudd) Regner

5990 Grove Hill Road, Frederick, MD 21703; 301-305-5243, cynthiaregner5@gmail or cregner@fcamd.org On Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn Family Update: Married to Rudolph Regner since 1977.

Education after Houghton: Spanish classes; flute performance.

Occupation Update: I teach elementary music and high-school Spanish and French.

Service/Church Involvement: I teach a women’s Bible class and sing in the choir.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy gardening, exercise, and playing the flute My Time at Houghton Major: Sociology. Minor: Christian Education.

Favorite Professors: Laurence Mullen and Helen Hirsh Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Hanging out with the Gao girls and meeting Rudy Regner!

I have loved teaching at our Christian school for the past 23 years. This was a career I didn’t plan to pursue but have been able to grow into over the years. We raised two sons and a daughter who have given us five grandchildren. Our travels have taken us to the Philippines numerous times, and Israel four years ago.

Daryl Brautigam

175 Water Street, Fredonia, NY 14063; 716-672-6063; office 716-679-0404; brauhome@gmail.com On LinkedIn Family Update: Married to Sharon E. Brautigam (1978).

Education after Houghton: Cornell University Law School 1981.

Occupation Update: Attorney Service/Church Involvement: Elder, trustee, small-group leader, adult teacher In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy reading, running, cycling, and Nordic skiing.

My Time at Houghton Major: History. Minors: Mathematics, Writing, and Economics.

Favorite Professors: Drs. Katherine Lindley, Kenneth Lindley, and David Howard Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: The return of the Millers from Vietnam/Cambodia and Phil Kaeggy band concert.

I have had a very happy, fulfilling life. Sharon and I have now been married 41 years. We have three wonderful children, all Houghton graduates as well as two of their spouses. We have five grandchildren and a successful law practice. The church we attend started in our living room 31 years ago and is now thriving. We have been very blessed, and Houghton College is the source of many happy memories.

David Wells

24 Old Elm Way, Northfield, NY 01360 (U.S. Address); 518-320-8724; drdawells@gmail.com On Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, YouTube Family Update: Married Lois Piscopo in 1977.

Education after Houghton: MA from Grace Theological Seminary. EdD from Universidad Interamericana (Puerto Rico).

Occupation Update: School director (through June 2017)/Educational consultant (July 2017—future) Service/Church Involvement: Missionary—Resourcing Christian Education International/Alliance Academy International (Ecuador) In My Spare Time . . . I try to keep up with Lois!

My Time at Houghton Major: Physical Education. Minor: Psychology.

Favorite Professor: Dr. Stockin Lois and I were married immediately after graduation and left immediately for Puerto Rico, where we served as missionaries for a number of years. Our children were born in PR and it became home to us. We have two children and seven grandchildren. Over the years, we have provided a home of security to a number of children and young people who became part of our family, as well. During most of our time in Puerto Rico I served as Director of the Wesleyan Academy there. Subsequently I directed another school in Puerto Rico, and then we returned to New York where I directed a small, K-8, Christian school, and we lead the process of developing the high school. After leaving that school, I managed a housing program for homeless alcoholics and was a realtor for commercial properties. For the past ten years we have served as missionaries in Ecuador, where I have directed the Alliance Academy International. During the past five years, I’ve also provided consulting services to international schools, primarily in Latin America. I will be leaving AAI at the end of the current school year in order to dedicate myself fulltime to consulting. We will continue to live in Ecuador on a small ranch that is populated by Lois’s horses and an assortment of other animals. We’ll have greater freedom to spend time with our family in Massachusetts, as well.

Debbie Barnett Beers

2724 Mechanic St, Weedsport, NY 13166Finger Lakes area, Auburn, NY; Debbiebeersjrm@gmail.com On Facebook, LinkedIn Family Update: I married Gary L. Beers in 1990.

Occupation Update: Retired pastor’s wife.

Service/Church Involvement: Office Manager, Women’s Ministry, Children’s Ministry In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy my grandchildren, reading, cross stitching, and family times.

My Time at Houghton Major: Physical Education. Minor: Psychology.

Favorite Professor: Doris Neilsen Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Maturing in my faith, giving God first place in my heart, loved all the athletic opportunities in varsity sports, getting engaged and then married between semesters of my senior year!

The adventure of pouring my life into others as a pastor’s wife for 38 years. Mother of four children and now nine grandchildren. Had the opportunity to come back and teach at Houghton, filling in for a sabbatical leave in Adaptive Physical Education. Worked at headquarters of World Hope International in Washington, DC. Served in pregnancy care centers wherever we lived. Team player with my husband, serving in eight unique different Wesleyan churches, ranging from small to megachurch. Just celebrated 40 years of marriage. Retiring from fulltime ministry and looking for God’s next step in this new season of life!

Denise (Luptak) Campbell

58 Cimarron Valley Circle, Little Rock, Arkansas; 501-960-7662; r.campbell05@comcast.net

On Facebook, LinkedIn Service/Church Involvement: Church Community Group, AR Kids Read, and various church and community service projects and organizations.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy spending time with our children and granddaughter (and later this year, will be welcoming to more grandchildren), traveling, and reading.

My Time at Houghton Major: Chemistry. Minor: Math.

After graduating from Houghton, I moved to Washington, DC, and worked for two US Congressmen, including one from Arkansas, over the next four years. While I worked for a representative from Arkansas, an explosion occurred in a Titan Missile silo, and I traveled to Arkansas for the congressman. In Little Rock, I met Rick Campbell “and the rest is history.” I am thankful for God’s grace across my life. To dwell on His blessings in summarizing the 36 years of “history” after I met Rick, I have enjoyed and am thankful for: celebrating 35 years of marriage; parenting a son and daughter; adding a granddaughter (with whom we are completely smitten) to our family, and anticipating two more grandchildren due this year; serving in our church and community; meeting new friends in new places; working for a governor; working for/retiring from a financial services and technology provider after 34 years; and discovering the gift of daily life and softer edges

Dennis Perkins

3184 60th St, Hamilton, MI 49419; 616-836-6344; dennislperkins@yahoo.com On Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, YouTube Education after Houghton: Asbury Theological Seminary.

Occupation Update: Minister/chaplain Service/Church Involvement: Pastoral ministry with current focus on spiritual care of the elderly.

In My Spare Time . . . I love golf, building and wood working, Michigan State sports, Detroit Lions, and Detroit Tigers.

Time at Houghton Major: Ministerial Favorite Professor: Harold Kingdon Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: I remember that many of our classmates had carried or pulled the mats from the track over to the back of Shenawanna dorm. They had proceeded to jump out the second and third floor windows dropping three floors onto the mats. It was all such fun except when I arrived late and took my first jump . . . the jig was up and those RAs selected only a few, including me, to lug the mats back to the track.

Fond memories with the DAY HOUSE 4. Sharing living quarters for three years with Jim Priest, Don Cruikshank, Guy Newland. A good bunch!

Dolly Slocum Gillett

3006 Millbrook Drive, Benton, AR 72015; dsgillett@hotmail.com On Facebook, Pinterest Family Update: I’m married to Denman Gillett and have two children, Ethan and Mary.

Education after Houghton: MAR from Asbury Seminary, Class of ’79; MSE from Arkansas State University, Class of 2011.

Occupation Update: Associate pastor with Rev. Gillett; then a stay-at-home mom; now a 5th-grade teacher retiring this year.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy spending time with family, reading, knitting, and quilting.

My Time at Houghton Majors: Bible and Christian Ed. Minor: French.

Favorite Professor: Dr. Hirsch First of all, I can’t believe it’s been 40 years! After Houghton, I went to Asbury for further studies. It was there I met my best friend and husband, Denman Gillett. I was ordained an elder in the Free Methodist church and served with Denman for a few years in Akron, NY. The Lord led us to Arkansas and the United Methodist church, where we have remained. Our two children were born in Arkansas, and I became a stay-at-home mom while remaining an active volunteer in the churches that Denman served. One day I received a call from our children’s elementary school, asking if I would like to be an aide in a special-education classroom. I agreed, and from that

starting point, I eventually became a dually certified teacher for regular and special-education students. I am a National Board Certified Teacher in the area of Exceptional Needs Specialist. But all good things must come to an end, and I will retire this May. God is good all the time, and all the time, God is good. Praise God from Whom all blessings flow.

Donna Dumas Corbeil

64 Irving St., Manchester, CT 06042; 860-713-4832; donnacrbl@aol.com On Facebook Family Update: My husband is Stephen Corbeil.

Education after Houghton: Master’s of Education from SUNY at Plattsburgh; Master’s level school administrator classes.

Occupation Update: After completing 40 years of teaching and school administration, I am retiring in June from the school arena. After that, a new job SOMEWHERE with SOME unknown business.

Service/Church Involvement: I have spent my career ministering in Christian schools. During that time, I have served on numerous accrediting teams and chaired our own accreditation process three times. I teach the adult Sunday-school class for our church and serve on the Church Board currently. I am also president of the Missions International program at our church. I have worked with the youth group for many years and coached Bible quizzing. Missions is a vital part of my make-up so I have gone on many short-term missions trips. My most memorable ones have been to Russia (twice).

In My Spare Time . . . I love to read, garden, and cook. When I take the time, I enjoy crocheting. Any time I can get to the beach, I am there!

My Time at Houghton Majors: Elementary Education and Social Sciences. Minor: History.

Favorite Professor: Dr. Kay Lindley Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: A fond memory is the ice storm we had during exam week. The power first went off when I was attending a concert in the chapel. With the curtains shut, the blackness was intense. The concert pianist kept us all calm and in place while entertaining us. I think the power was on and off for about three days. We were allowed to light candles in the dorm. Science students studied in the labs by Bunsen burner. Meals were served at random times when the kitchen had power to cook meals. We waited for an announcement that the dining hall was open.

My first few years after leaving college were full of transition and moving around—kind of finding myself and where God wanted me to end up (probably like many of us). Eventually, God moved me to Connecticut and I have now been here for 36 years. I have taught at the same school for 34 years—The Cornerstone Christian School.

This place has become my family, my church, and my community. Thinking about retiring is definitely bittersweet.

About twenty years ago, I met my husband, Stephen. He brought joy and love into my life and showed me things about myself I never knew. It has certainly been an adventure figuring all this out over the years because Stephen does not have an “off” button. So, life is never dull. He is constantly thinking missionally. We love to go on missions trips in the summer, and we have a special heart for a little church in Ulyanich, Russia. We are planning a trip to Israel in the near future.

Gerri (Colucci) Kinley

089 Via Silvanus Apt A, Delray Beach, FL 33484; 561-846-2396; gksingtou@yahoo.com On Facebook Education after Houghton: Florida Atlantic University BAE/ Palm Beach Opera Workshop and Master Classes.

Occupation Update: Professional Singer Service/Church Involvement: Bible-Study Facilitator/ Soloist, Choir, Praise Team/ Children’s Song Leader.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy spending time with family and friends, cooking, learning, arts & entertainment, reading, and exercising.

My Time at Houghton Majors: Elementary Education and Spanish Favorite Professor: All of them!

Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Being challenged to grow in my Christian faith and worldview. Also, the zany Senate Spot talent shows of Class of ’77!

In the past 40 years I have experienced a deepening of my faith and trust in Christ, which has taught me the importance of “being yourself “ and letting God express His love through whatever talents, opportunities, and influence you may have. Some of the highlights of my journey have been the joys and challenges of being a wife and mother; church participation in fellowship, learning and ministry; being a professional singer, with its excitement of live performance and creativity; and developing meaningful relationships with people. My favorite thought to ponder comes from Rick Warren’s The Purpose-Driven Life: That our whole life on earth is just the title page of our own personal book that will go on into eternity. This helps me when I find myself getting anxious over my failures or lack of desired experiences and accomplishments. Life is brief and in a single instant I can be transported from paralyzing fear to a living hope of eternity I have through Christ. It also takes my focus off of myself and humbles me to truly love others by sharing the gospel. I am so thankful for the part that the people of Houghton College played in this journey!

Holly Reid McLaughlin

409 Ash Street, Delanco, NJ 08075; 856.764.1574; hollyreidmclaughlin@gmail.com Family Update: Married to Kevin McLaughlin since 1983. Two children: Stephen (31 years old) married to Catherine Turcich-Kealey in 2014, and Kate (28 years old) married to Joachim Gisewski in 2016.

Education after Houghton: School of Life plus non-credit courses at Parsons School of Design in New York City, Art Students League in New York City, and the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Occupation Update: Employed fulltime as a Book Design Coordinator at Wolters Kluwer in Philadelphia.

Service/Church Involvement: Long-time member of Dobbins Memorial United Methodist Church in Delanco, NJ. Currently I’m the treasurer of the Trustees, a collection counting team member, and on the Administrative Board.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy cooking, gardening (vegetables), and reading.

My Time at Houghton Majors: Biology and Writing.

Favorite Professors: Dr. Anne Whiting, Dr. and Mrs. Barcus, Roger Richardson, and Marjorie Stockin Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Playing tricks on Calvin Wilcox in our freshman year. Rooming with the fabulous Lori Mulligan in our senior year. And creating a design for a backdrop in the Wesley Chapel for Dr. Chamberlain’s installation as President.

When I look back on these 40 years post-Houghton, I’m so glad I was able to begin my adult life with an excellent education and a firm spiritual foundation. Here’s what I’m most pleased to have accomplished: 1—Being able to build and maintain a strong Christian marriage that’s been blessed with two wonderful children who are well put together and happily married. 2—Being able to learn book design, earn a living with it, and stay current in it. 3—Being able to make a fulfilling life in a small town in South Jersey after having lived in New York City and North Jersey.

Jay Button

20 Sunnyside Lane Yardley, PA 19067; 215-208-3764; jkbutton@comcast.net Family Update: Kim Rothenbuhler Button ’77 Education after Houghton: Dallas Theological Seminary.

Occupation Update: Pastor of Connection Service/Church Involvement: Pastoral, especially Assimilation and Adult Ministries In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy golfing with my boys, MLS Union Soccer Games, dating Kim. I spent four years at Dallas Seminary. After my first year, I married Kim Rothenbuhler and returned to Dallas where she taught for three years in the Dallas Independent School District in the inner city. We moved then to Newton, PA, and joined with 19 people to launch the start of Bible Fellowship Evangelical Free Church. God blessed our lives with three sons during the ’80s. After 21 years as a senior pastor, I resigned. I took a few years hiatus before joining with Grace Point, in Newton, PA, and accepting the call as Pastor of Connection. We’ve now served 10 years at Grace Point, and after 35 years in Bucks County, we call this home.

Jim Priest

13204 Canyon Lake Drive, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73142; 405.202.8863; okcpriest@yahoo.com

On Facebook Family Update: Married for 39 years to Diane Davis, whom I met during my senior year while in Washington, DC, American Studies Program. We have two children: Amanda (34) who lives in Oklahoma City with her husband, Martin Howell, and Spencer (31) who lives in San Diego.

Service/Church Involvement: Ordained as a minister in the Church of the Nazarene 2005. Have served the local church in a variety of capacities and on nonprofit boards. Currently serve on the board of the Oklahoma Business Ethics Consortium and teach an adult Sunday-school class.

Education after Houghton: Syracuse University College of Law in 1980.

Occupation Update: Practiced trial law for 34 years, and then migrated to the nonprofit world, where I now serve as CEO of a 110-year-old social-service agency, Sunbeam Family Services, serving the poor and working poor in central Oklahoma through early childhood education, counseling, foster care, and senior services.

In My Spare Time . . . I like to read, run on trails, bike, play with my dogs, and write a weekly newspaper column called “Family Talk,” dealing with family topics.

My Time at Houghton Major: History. Minors: Philosophy and Speech.

Favorite Professors: Larry Mullen, Kay Lindley, Smilin’ Jack and Dirty Harry Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: How much fun I had with THE GLEE CLUB (rehearsals were always funnier than the performances, at least in our opinion!), Dayspring singing ministry, intramural basketball and softball, Midnight Thumpers, The Society for Nocturnal Morality, serenading the girls’ dorms at night, and pranking security, including the large Bingo sign we hung from the roof of Wesley Chapel one Saturday night. Oh—and the excellent education I received which was wedged in amongst the previously listed priority activities.

I have found great joy and satisfaction in making my family a priority while handling a demanding career as a trial lawyer. I have been very active in our community and have written a weekly column in Oklahoma City’s general circulation newspaper for 12 years--also three books, none of which has yet won the Pulitzer Prize. I made an unsuccessful statewide run for Oklahoma Attorney General in 2010 and have mostly given up on the idea of running for public office again. I have thoroughly enjoyed the transition to nonprofit work, first working at a small addiction-education nonprofit and now in a much larger agency, Sunbeam. I have been fortunate to have very few complications from my Type 1 diabetes, which I acquired just a few months before starting at Houghton. The Lord has been very gracious to us and we are profoundly grateful. Like many, we have faced numerous challenges over the past 40 years, but God has been faithful and gracious to us.

Jim Vanderhoof

Nakuru, Kenya; +254 736 858099; jvkenya06@mac.com On Facebook, Twitter, Google+ Family Update: Married to Alice Grunge ’75.

Education after Houghton: Wheaton College Graduate School, MA in Educational Ministries ’94.

Occupation Update: Country Director for World Gospel Mission, Kenya, since 2006. Transitioning to US-based ministries with WGM on July 1, 2017.

Service/Church Involvement: Taught music for 22 years (1984-2006) in Kenya with the Africa Gospel Church and World Gospel Mission.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy messing around with anything Apple, bird-watching, and playing with grandkids.

My Time at Houghton Major: Music Education. Minor: Voice.

Favorite Professor: Bruce Brown Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Any road trip with Son Touched.

Jo (Fortune) Belser

5604 Cornish Way, Alexandria, VA 22315-4019; 703-971-4561; jobelser@aol.com On Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, LinkedIn, Tumblr, YouTube Education after Houghton: M.I.S. from The George Washington University; MDiv from Virginia Theological Seminary.

Occupational Update: Episcopal priest.

Service/Church Involvement: Yes, but I won’t bore you with them.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy cycling and swimming.

My Time at Houghton Major: Chemistry. Minors: Math and Writing.

Favorite Professor: Richard Gould (Who knew that Greek for a Chemistry student would have paid off so!)

Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Being Confirmed at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Belmont.

Joan Hall Rudloff

9304 E. 67th Terrace, Kansas City, MO 64133; 515-570-4551; mishapraise@yahoo.com On Facebook Family Update: Married to Jeffrey Lawrence Rudloff, class of ’76 Education after Houghton: Cake decorating classes, and a course on writing fiction for children.

Occupation Update: Wedding and birthday cake decorator at Hyvee. I get to walk to and from work.

Service/Church Involvement: Sing in the choir, help with sign language for a friend, dance with our messianic dance troop from our Jewish roots class.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy reading, studying the Word of God, learning how to cook whole-food plant-based meals, studying cake decorating tutorials to become better at what I do. Go walking.

My Time at Houghton Major: Music, I think.

Favorite Professors: Dr. Woolsey and Dr. Bailey.

Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: I met Jeff there and he proposed to me on our college choir tour in 1976.

Forty years of memories?!!!!! Too, too many. We have three children and 6 grandchildren. Two of our kids, our oldest and youngest, came out here to live. They have their own places. We have a little gray cat who is my shadow when I am home. Jeff is following a dream he has had all his life, practically. He is singing with a southern gospel quartet called 4HisLove, which is what brought us to Kansas City in the first place. If you look them up on Facebook, you can play videos of them singing. He is also writing music for his group and in the process of getting songs to other groups as well. He is the booking agent for them too. Beyond that, we are two old people learning how to live life on God’s terms. For us, He is the reason for it all.

Juanita Smart (Juan/Nita)

435 Elss Street; Clarion, PA 16214; 814-223-9397; jsmart@clarion.edu; jmsmart435@gmail.com On Facebook (Juanita Smart) Family Update: Lori M. told me I had to list my version of “dependents.” They are: six canines (Jackie, 13; River, 10; Katey, 8; Jelly Bean, 5; Gabe, 4; Liberty, 3; currently I have no foster dogs) and one feline (Shadow, 5).

Education Update: MA in Student Personnel from Buffalo State University; MA in Rhetoric and Composition from Oregon State University; PhD in English and Composition from Washington State University.

Occupation Update: Assistant professor of English at Clarion University in Clarion, PA, where I have developed two new courses: Autobiographical Writing, and People and Animals in Literature and Film.

Service/Church Involvement: Serving communion to home-bound members of my church; disaster-relief work in Lycoming County, PA, after a major flood; rescue-dog transport driver for Liberty Train Rescue and Transport, Echo White Shepherd Rescue, and National Brittany Rescue and Adoption Network. At my local animal shelter, TriCounty Animal Rescue Center, I write small grants for the shelter, write dog descriptions for adoption sites, care for dogs in the kennel, foster special-needs dogs, and matchmake dogs with people for placement in forever homes.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy spending time with friends, going for long hikes or snowshoeing with my dogs, reading good books (just finished re-reading the Harry Potter series), watching The Walking Dead, skimming Facebook, writing creative adoption-site dog descriptions for my local shelter, gardening and yard wok, engaging in anything that distracts me from grading student papers.

My Time at Houghton Major: English. Minor: biology.

Favorite Professors: Leax, Jake, Dr. Whiting, Dr. Cook Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: After curfew one night, Cindy (Boyes) Kewley (the ARD of East Hall) and I walked across the roof of the Campus Center with Sam-the-Security-Man, dressed in his too-tight khaki pants and

shirt. Sam wanted to show us the stars. Up on that roof so many adventures seemed possible. Afterward, Sam led us from the roof down to the Dining Hall, which was dark and locked up and humming with the white noise of the big coolers back behind the pot room, but Sam had keys to everything, so we found some leftover slices of lemon meringue pie in one of the coolers, individually wrapped on little plates, which we ate with the kind of reckless glee you feel when you think you are getting away with something. Afterward, Sam walked us back outside in the dark (I can still remember the click of his heels on the sidewalk) to the dimly lit lobby of East Hall, where absolutely no one was waiting up for us, or even knew we had gone missing. . . .

I made such wonderful Houghton friends—people who hugged me and prayed with me, and listened to me, and encouraged me and made me laugh—that leaving that to return to a troubled family and uncertain job prospects was hard. But I always believed hard things were good for me, so I kept trying to find the place where I belonged. My first job was at a Crisis Intervention Shelter run by the Salvation Army in the worst precinct of Hartford, CT, where I gained a different appreciation for the word “humanity.” After that I worked for an agency that served former psychiatric patients, then at a school for Native American children in Chamberlain, SD, run by Jesuit priests, and after that—wow—I got to go back to Houghton to be the RD of East Hall (a place I loved and where I clearly belonged!); I earned my Master’s in Student Personnel. After seven years as a Hall director, including a year with Scott Makin at LeTourneau College in Longview, TX, and four years at George Fox College in Newburg, OR, I felt burnt out “living” with college students. Maybe I could “teach” them instead. I completed a Master’s degree in Rhetoric and Composition at Oregon State University, then continued on to Washington State University where I earned my PhD in English.

These days, I see myself as a rogue academic—in recent years I have strayed away from sitting on university committees, or writing conference papers, in favor of the better joy I experience spending time with friends and fellow animal rescue people, or rambling through fields and woods in local game lands with my dogs River, Katey, Gabe, and Liberty.

Katharine Amick Frasier (Kathie)

84 Branch Tpk. #89, Concord, NH 03301; 603-717-8241; kafrasier9@gmail.com On Facebook (minimally) Family Update: Still married to John Frasier. Son Ben is 36, living in North Carolina and working for a landscaping business. Daughter Anna is 20 and entering her junior year at the University of Vermont.

Education after Houghton: University of Rhode Island, Master’s in Library and Information Science, 1990.

Occupation Update: After many years working as a children’s and school librarian, for the last eight years I have been the manager of Heart of the Heights Catholic Books and Gifts, Concord, NH. Service/Church Involvement: At the last reunion, I told about my surprise landing in the Catholic church in 2006.

We are members of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Concord, where I am on staff as the bookstore manager. I lead a monthly book club through the store. I am also on Parish Council and over the years have been involved in Faith Formation, Bible studies, Cursillo Team, cooking for events. . . . God has blessed and made use of me here!

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy daily walks and swimming laps (a love I’ve discovered since our downsize to a condo with a little-used indoor pool!), reading, food, wine, good coffee, church, day trips anywhere, weekend trips to Burlington to visit Anna, our dogs, bird-watching, winter visits to Venice, FL, summer camping vacations to Casco Bay, ME, and camping with my extended family (including parents in their 80s) in Vermont.

My Time at Houghton Majors: English and Writing. Minors: French and Psychology.

Favorite Professors: The Barcuses Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: My favorite memories of Houghton are of just being there on a daily basis, that time of life and that feeling that anything can happen, running into friends anywhere we went. Also the great singing; I don’t remember being anywhere since with so many people singing hymns with as much gusto as at Houghton. I think most fondly of the everyday stuff with some of the truly best people I could have spent four years with. I’m very grateful for it all.

I am not good at a life summary. I am thankful for so much, and know God has been with me always, through my mistakes, failures, regrets, joys, successes, and blessings. A couple of years ago, we started to feel like simplifying and detaching a bit from stuff, so we sold our house of 18 years and bought a condo. It was a big

change because I had very much identified with my house, but we are glad we did it and feel lighter and more ready for whatever comes up. God is good. Blessings to all of you. I had intended to be there for the reunion and had made my reservations, but a couple of family conflicts came up that just made it too complicated. I’ll be missing you and thinking of you during the weekend. I know you’ll have a blast.

Kathleen (Keifer) Woolsey (Kathie)

425 Whitney Ave. Apt. 11, New Haven, CT 06511; 585-610-0344; kathleenannwoolsey@gmail.com On Facebook, Google+ Occupation Update: I have taken a year off of work and am providing childcare for my one-year-old granddaughter, Ariadne. Prior to that, I worked 10 years as an admin assistant to the president at Houghton.

Service/Church Involvement: I attend an Episcopal church in New Haven, as I did when in Houghton, enjoying the music and the high mass.

In My Spare Time . . . I take walks, read, knit, and sew for my two granddaughters.

My Time at Houghton Major: Biology. Minor: Chemistry.

Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: I have great memories of time spent in the lab with Nick Bohall.

As many of you know, Dan was diagnosed with an early-onset dementia (FTD) about nine years ago and had to retire shortly after. I was able to care for him at home until this past summer. He now resides in Absolut at Houghton. At the end of June 2016, our youngest, Jamie, known more recently as Molly, died of substance abuse while living in Portland, OR. I am so thankful that we were all together in one of our favorite places, Chincoteague, VA, just two weeks prior. These last few years have been years of grief and loss, but also times of joy with the birth of my granddaughters a year apart. Dani, born 7 weeks early on March 24, 2017, was named in honor of her grandfather. She is doing wonderfully. This year spent living near my daughter Caitlin, her husband, Niko, and their daughter, Ariadne, has been a true gift.

Kathy (Strawser) Worgul

2205 Ridgemont Drive, Finksburg, MD 21048; 240-446-3056; jkworgul@hotmail.com On Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, YouTube Education after Houghton: Master’s of Counselor Education, Millersville University, Millersville, PA. Occupation Update: Workforce Trainer and Consultant, State of Maryland Service/Church Involvement: Sunday-school teacher, priest’s wife In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy Zumba, photography, crafts, and reading.

My Time at Houghton Majors: Elementary Education and Psychology Favorite Professors: Jim Worthington, Harold Kingdon Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Freshman-year pranks on the quad and in the dorm; Spiritual Emphasis Week speakers, Gao dorm, Letchworth picnics.

I had a great time developing my career in higher education, first in admissions, then in career development. I loved my Master’s program which preceded my favorite job: working at the Univ. of Texas with a dynamite group. My next move took me to DC where I enjoyed that unique culture and made another step in my Christian walk through Bible Study Fellowship. God has been so good. He blessed me with a Christian husband who spent the first half of his career as a seminary professor of O.T. and Hebrew, and now is the Minister of Adult Formation and Evangelization at a Catholic church. After homeschooling our two children, I returned to work in career development for the State of MD while our youngest is finishing his third year at West Point Military Academy, and our daughter is a college grad living in Germany preparing to enter a Master’s program. Life is an adventure when God is in charge . . . thanks be to God.

Keith Anderson

PO Box 177, Galvin, WA 98544; 360-508-0377; kvanderson55@gmail.com On Facebook Family Update: My oldest, Nathan, is working in tech and marketing and lives in Portland, OR. Luke is married to Amy and, has two daughters, Rosie and Adeline. He is just completing his post doc in

neuropsychology and lives in Michigan. Abby completed her Master’s in Social Work and is getting started in her career in Seattle. I am now re-married to Renee for a little over 10 years.

Education after Houghton: After I left Houghton, I went to medical school at the University of Rochester, where I stayed and completed a residency in Orthopedics.

Occupation Update: I am in a private orthopedic group in the small town of Centralia, WA. Renee quit her work as an attorney to do property investing and art. I am hoping to retire from my career as an orthopedist in the next year or so.

Service/Church Involvement: I have done a number of overseas medical mission trips over the years to Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua. Most recently, Renee and I went to Bhutan. We also like to do other travel and have gone to Scotland, Ireland, and New Zealand (that was a motorcycle trip around the south island). I have been attending a Quaker church in Olympia.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy hiking and the outdoors, especially here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. I enjoy gardening and landscaping, and recently joined a mushroom club and am learning to cook.

My Time at Houghton Major: Biology. Minor: Chemistry Houghton Memories I Enjoy Sharing: My memories of Houghton are mostly the inside of study carrels in the library and science building. I remember how fast Steve Sawada was when he chased me . . . for a birthday shellacking, I think. I remember Nick Bohall and the other guys at the McCarthy House. Sitting in chapel. Intro to Bio, fetal pig dissections, Advanced Comp, hanging out in meal lines at the campus center and all-afternoon labs, and some frigid, lonely walks from campus back to the dorm.

Linda (Brown) de la Cruz

13751 High Sierra, Austin TX 78737; 512-850-8514; LHdelaCruz@aol.com On Facebook Family Update: Husband—Homero de la Cruz (University of Michigan); Son—Desidorio “Desi” de la Cruz (Dripping Springs High School, Age 15); Daughter—Fiona de la Cruz (Dripping Springs Middle School, Age 14).

Education after Houghton: MS Accounting, University of Texas at Dallas; Certified Public Accountant, Texas, Ohio, Tennessee.

Occupation Update: Foundation Communities of Austin, Texas—Volunteer; Tax Preparer Dripping Springs ISDV— Volunteer Service/Church Involvement: LifeAustin from March 2015 to Present. Dripping Springs UMC from June 2006 to Feb 2015: lay leadership, staff/parish relations, chancel choir, Sunday-school teacher.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy running, reading, gardening, and watching my kids play soccer!

My Time at Houghton Major: Spanish. Minor: French.

Favorite Professor: Prof Robert Crosby. He opened doors that enabled me to study abroad in Spain my junior year.

Prof Jean-Louis Roederer. He gave me a lot of opportunities in my senior year to gain proficiency in French Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: My best memories of Houghton are those with my dearest friends for life— Connie Seeley Penne, Wendy Sheffield Soltanoff, Sherry Stone Thompson, and Joy Clement Frank.

I spent 30 years in the banking industry, working in Dallas, Columbus, Memphis, and London. My husband and I are celebrating our 25th anniversary this year, living in the Texas Hill Country outside Austin, TX, enjoying life with our son and daughter. God has been good to us and we are thankful to Him for his many blessings to us and our families throughout the years!

Lois Piscopo Wells

Quito; Ecuador; US address 24 Old Elm Way, Northfield MA 01360; US numbers 413-835-6078 Magic Jack, 518598-7362 when in US; loispwells17@gmail.com On Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn Family Update: Married to David Wells.

Education after Houghton: MA in English as a Second Language.

Occupation Update: Recruitment and Personnel at Alliance Academy International

Service/Church Involvement: Ministry to small community in the mountains of Ecuador, ladies’ ministry at AAI, fulltime in Christian International School In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy horseback riding and training, coaching basketball, gardening, developing relationships with nationals, entertaining dinner and house guests My Time at Houghton Majors: Elementary Ed and Psychology. Minor: Physical Education.

Favorite Professors: Dr. Massey, Dr. Kingdon, Dr. Neilson Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: The interest all professors took in our lives, the Senate Spots, teaching skiing and other sports activities for non-collegiate athletes, spiritual-growth opportunities.

Lora Beth (“LB”) Stockin Norton

451 Highland Avenue, West Chicago, IL 60185; 630-308-0198; LBNorton@LBsDesk.com On Facebook (LB Norton) Family Update: Married to David Norton, class of ’75 (the class to which I originally belonged, before I crammed four years of college into six). We have been richly blessed with two daughters, two sons-in-law, one grandson, and one granddaughter, and are currently living with our fourth “this-is-our-last” dog.

Occupation Update: I have been working as an editor in the field of Christian publishing since leaving Houghton, and for the past thirty years have worked from my home as an independent contractor (for the most part, editing fiction). For a number of years I assisted the coach of the forensics (speech, not crime investigation) team at our public high school, making excellent use of both the writing and speech portions of my Communication major. The Latin minor will never lose its usefulness as long as I continue to read, write, and speak English.

Service/Church Involvement: Opportunities to be useful to church, community, and profession are never lacking; at present I serve as a chalice bearer and lay reader at our church, am a trustee of our school district’s Foundation for Excellence, and am helping to plan the annual retreat for a professional editors group.

My Time at Houghton Major: Communication. Minor: Latin.

Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Having grown up in Houghton, I confess that my dearest memories probably involve catching minnows in the creek or racing to the bottom of the college hill for the twice-monthly visits from the Southern Tier Library System bookmobile. But best memory from the year I came back to graduate with the class of ’77? That would be Writers Workshop, where I met Lorraine Mulligan Davis. We can still guarantee each other a laugh with an allusion or apt quotation from that class.

Loren Dill

27925 Rexford Ave, Bay Village, OH 44140; 440-773-1347; lorendill@gmail.com On Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube Education after Houghton: Executive Program in Social Impact Strategy (2015), University of Pennsylvania; MS (1980) and PhD (1982) Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester.

My Time at Houghton Major: Chemistry; Minors: Biology and Mathematics.

Service/Church Involvement: I’ve been a mentor to a refugee, who is a medical doctor, from the Democratic Republic of Congo since 2011. He was separated from his family when he had to flee, and they ended up in different refugee camps. His wife was pregnant at the time. In 2015 four of his children joined him. I was with him in the Cleveland airport when he saw his seven-year old daughter for the first time. That moment has to be one of the most inspiring and exciting I have ever witnessed. His wife, two grandchildren, and an older son are still back there. We are working with the U.S. government to get them to Cleveland. I continue to help the family adjust to life here, and we are developing social enterprises in the DRC to help the many needy people in that country.

Lori Mulligan Davis (the diploma says Lorraine)

0N093 Nepil Ave, Wheaton, IL 60187; 630-363-9289 cell/text; lorimulligandavis@gmail.com On Facebook, Pinterest Family Update: After being a hovercraft mom (flying even lower and tighter than a mere helicopter mom) to two scarily brilliant children (historical reenactor Anne Hathaway of VA and graphic/font designer Mark Christopher of

NYC), I enjoy empty nesting with my Wheatie husband, Scott, living out the plaque in our downstairs bathroom: “Grow old along with me, The best is yet to be, The last of life For with the first was made” (Browning) Education after Houghton: Right after Houghton, I went to William and Mary for grad school in English . . . and for the free pass to Colonial Williamsburg. But I take being an English Major as a life pursuit. Just in time for Shakespeare’s 400th birthday, I popped over to upstate NY to track down a performance of King John. It completed my Life List of seeing every Shakespeare play as a live production. My other passion has become Jane Austen (someone never mentioned at Houghton College!). I’m a Life Member of the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA). My beloved HC roommate Holly Reid McLaughlin and I rendezvous somewhere in the U. every year for the JASNA Annual General Meeting. As far as my Writing Major is concerned, I’ve seen great improvement through classes with the American Christian Fiction Writers and the Jerry Jenkins Writers Guild.

Occupation Update: Semi-retired stay-at-home mom, writing workshop leader, and part-time book coach and editor, currently for Michael Joseph Lyons. This July I travel to Germany for the book launch of his first novel, BRAT and the Kids of Warriors (set in the same American army base 60 year ago). If you steal my computer, you can read my own novel.

Service/Church Involvement: I’m finishing my 44th year as a Pioneer Girls leader, which I consider my life ministry.

I also write Bible studies, guest preach, co-lead a Christian arts group, and help coordinate my adult Sunday-school class.

In My Spare Time . . . I read via Audible audio books, collect tea, travel, and attend theater. I’ve been a theater reviewer but, lately, I usher throughout Chicagoland with The Saints. Last year, 27 of the 57 plays I saw were as Saint Lori. I enjoy my board work for the Greater Chicago chapter of the American Christian Fiction Writers.

My Time at Houghton Majors: English and Writing. Minors: French and Bible.

Favorite Professors: Jack Leax, Nancy Barcus, James Barcus, Paul Johnson, Lionel Basney, Warren Woolsey A Favorite Memory from Houghton: Mrs. Barcus trying to button my coat one frigid day, before throwing her hands up in despair because there were NO BUTTONS LEFT on my coat. Years later, I found myself wearing another coat with every button AWOL. I sewed on eight crazily mismatched buttons in honor of her. When I traveled to Waco, TX, to see Dr. Barcus a few years before he died, he reveled in my stories of Mrs. Barcus’s loving care!

Marjorie (Marge) Harmes Ostrander

Syracuse, NY; 315-289-9614; mjobutter@hotmail.com Family Update: Married to Bob Ostrander. We have six amazing kids, and they, in turn, have given us wonderful grandkids. We are currently assisting my mom and Bob’s parents.

Occupation Update: I’m a retired nurse Service/Church Involvement: I am the Sunday-school coordinator for our church.

My Time at Houghton Favorite Professors: Dr. Woolsey, Drs. Irmgard and David Howard, Dr. Bailey, and Dr. Moody.

Bob and I wanted to attend, but we had too many things added to our plates with end of school year for Bob and church obligations. I can't believe 40 years has gone by already, though I see it with my children and grandchildren. We used to drive through Houghton at least four or five times a year on the way to visit Bob's parents. We moved them to Syracuse with us almost two years ago, so trips that way are fewer now. Hope you enjoy the reunion. Hello to everyone!

Michael Frost

184 Bernies Dr., Kunkletown, PA 18058; 570-620-8189, frostypastor@yahoo.com On Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn Education after Houghton: MDiv from Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg (PA) 1982.

Occupation Update: Serving as pastor for two congregations, each part-time, making one fulltime position. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Palmerton, PA, since June, 2015, and St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, (North Weissport) Lehighton, PA, since January, 2017. Just completed two three-year terms as Dean of the Hazleton/Lehighton Mission District of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

In My Spare Time. . . . Spare time? What’s spare time? We are enjoying spending time with our nearly four-yearold grandson a great deal.

My Time at Houghton Major: Bible. Minors: Christian Education and Psychology.

Favorite Professor: Professor Carl Schultz Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: I was an active participant in the “Rook Gang,” who managed to take over our portion of the Campus Center. Many found us an odd group but, for us, we were a real community within the wider Houghton community and developed a bond of love for each other that was really important for us.

Nancy Diederich

147 B Hague Blvd, Glenmont, NY 12077; 518-727-4416; bluegirlnancy53@gmail.com On Pinterest, LinkedIn Family Update: My sister-in-law died in 2015, and my mom died April 3, 2016.

Education after Houghton: I graduated from Branford Hall Career Institute as a Medical Assistant.

Occupation Update: I grew up working in my family’s business. I left there in 1980 and moved to Augusta, GA. I worked at University Hospital there for 10 years. I started in the coffee shop, and then worked in Central Supply. In 1990, I moved back to NY, and in 1991, I started working at St Peter’s Hospital in Albany, NY, as an IV Pharmacy Tech. After 16 years, I transferred to the OR. I was an Anesthesia Tech there for five years. In 2014, I attended Branford Hall for Medical Assistant. The last three winters I worked at a Christmas tree farm, cutting greens. Last year I was a companion for two women. I’m currently wintering in Florida and will be looking for fulltime work when I return to New York.

Service/Church Involvement: I attend First United Methodist Church in Delmar, NY. I’m on the Mission Team, deliver supplies when needed, am a thrift-shop volunteer, help with Fellowship Hour, and am a member of Care Corps (a group that visits shut-ins). I pretty much help out wherever I’m needed. In Florida, I attend Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church. I’m a member of the Recycled Cards group, which takes used greeting cards, makes them usable, and sells them for $1 or $2. I also attended a couple of programs they had at the church, when I could. I went on three day mission trips, to see places the church supports.

In My Spare Time . . . I’ve been writing poetry ever since Houghton. I have written much more in the last few years. When I can afford it, I hope to get published. I enjoy nature walks, bird watching, crocheting, volunteering, photography, puzzles, and word searches.

Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Short sheeting a friend’s bed.

The last three years, I’ve wintered in Naples, Florida. It has been great to see sunshine most of the time and green everywhere, and to go for many walks. My Dad lives nearby, so I’m able to spend time with him, which is great.

Nancy Sanborn Kilpatrick (“Boofer” to my Dayspring friends!)

Lira, Uganda/963 S. Parkwood Drive, South Lyon, MI 48178; +256 774 622 292 (Ugandan number) nnckilpatrick@gmail.com On Facebook, LinkedIn Education after Houghton: BSN from Madonna University.

Occupation Update: Have been an L&D RN, childbirth educator, and doula for 30+ years, and now am medical missionary in Lira, Uganda, with United World Mission.

Service/Church Involvement: Medical missionary service x 12 years short-term, now fulltime for the last three years.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy emailing or Skyping with friends and family at home in the US, reading, listening to music, cooking, and playing board games with friends.

My Time at Houghton Majors: Psychology and Sociology. Minor: English.

Favorite Professor: Dr. Barcus Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Loved the Senate Spots, and traveling and singing with Dayspring. I also loved clowning around with my roomie Beth (Mattke) Long. Performing “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” with Valerie Mills and Becky Hubbard, complete with World War Two-era dresses, was a highlight, too.

God has blessed me with three wonderful sons, two of whom are married and have three children each (five boys and one girl, ranging in ages from three months to seven years old). Sadly, my marriage was never happy, and after 26 very difficult years, John and I separated and eventually divorced. During the years after my

separation, however, God gave me a wonderful opportunity to serve on a short-term mission team to Africa, and it was there that I found spiritual and emotional healing, and the “new thing” that God had promised me (Is. 43:1819) in those dark days. God’s redemptive love has made the way for me to find my purpose, which is sharing God’s love, healing, and hope with women who have suffered so much worse than I have in war-torn northern Uganda. I am now serving as a long-term medical missionary with United World Mission in Lira, Uganda. God has given me a ministry, in partnership with local Ugandan healthcare professionals, emotional trauma counselors, and church leaders, to village women and children. We use medical and emotional trauma outreach as a means to share the Good News of new life and redemption through Jesus Christ. While I am sad for the loss of my marriage, I marvel at God’s orchestration of all the events of my life that have worked together to bring me to Uganda for “such a time as this.” He is a good, good Father who delights in trading His beauty for my ashes!

Paul and Gloria (Mazur) Rowley

8384 State Route 54, Hammondsport, NY 14840; 607-569-3710; gem1109@aol.com On Facebook Family Update: We were married in 1978. We have two grown children, John (’03) and Sarah (’07) who both graduated from Houghton College. John continued his education at Cornell University, and he has been a Chemistry professor at Houghton College for the past nine years. He is married to Rebecca (Mattoon ’03), and they have three lovely daughters. Sarah spent time doing mission work in Kenya and worked with her church in New Jersey, before going on to Stockton University. She is a physical therapist, has been married to Nate Bock since last August, and is expecting a baby girl this coming August.

Education after Houghton: Paul: MDiv from Asbury Theological Seminary (1989).

Occupation Update: Paul: Pastor; Gloria: Teacher’s aide.

Service/Church Involvement: Paul is pastor of the United Methodist Church in Hammondsport, NY. Gloria teaches Sunday school, is a youth-group leader, and does small groups.

In Their Spare Time . . . Paul enjoys riding his motorcycle and being in the outdoors. Gloria enjoys photography.

Together, we enjoy family and love our grandchildren.

Our Time at Houghton Paul: Major in Bible, Minor in Christian Education. Gloria: Major in Business Administration, Minors in Math and Bible.

Favorite Professors: Warren Woolsey, Carl Schultz, Richard Jacobson Houghton Memory We Enjoy Sharing: We enjoyed our class prayer meetings and the strong identity we had as a class.

A few highlights for Paul have been working with the Gospel Mission Corps in New Jersey where Paul was ordained, attending Asbury Theological Seminary, serving in United Methodist churches in Northern New York, New Jersey, and now in Hammondsport, NY. Gloria has worked in business and has also worked in school libraries.

She enjoyed time off to be at home with their children. They are both currently still working.

Paul Stevenson

7740 East River are, Rush, NY 14543; 585-727-6827; Stevenson_paul@Roberts.edu Family Update: Carol (Olsen) and I just celebrated our 40th anniversary. I’ve been teaching at Roberts Wesleyan for 15 years and have no plans to retire but am teaching more and more online so that Carol (who retires from teaching in a month) and I can spend more time traveling. She has found a niche training teachers in Rwanda, and I travel to South America to teach pastors about psychology.

Education after Houghton: Master’s in School Psychology; PhD in Clinical Psychology; PhD in Health Psychology.

Occupation Update: College professor Service/Church Involvement: Volunteering to educate untrained pastors in South America regarding psychological issues.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy mechanical work, construction, landscaping, guitar/ music.

My Time at Houghton Major: Psychology. Minor: Sociology.

Favorite Professors: Dr. Schroer and Dr. Worthington

Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: The extensive planning and precise execution of the Great Panty Raid. My father, who was Chairman of the Board and didn’t know I had participated, was frustrated by the fact that those caught wouldn’t “squeal” on the rest. He said it was like the mafia.

Peg (Metzler) Mauer

218 Racquette Flow, Piercefield, NY 12973; (PO Box 192, Piercefield, NY 12973); 518-359-8616; pmauer2004@yahoo.com On Facebook, LinkedIn Family Update: I’m married to Don Mauer, ’74.

Education after Houghton: St. John Fisher College (BA in English), Syracuse University (MS in Library and Information Science).

Occupation Update: Library Director of Tupper Lake Public Library Service/Church Involvement: Member of Long Lake Wesleyan Church; help with Dress-a-Girl project In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy hiking and canoeing in the Adirondacks, as well as going on road trips.

My Time at Houghton Major: English.

Favorite Professor: Dr. Barcus Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: The summer before freshman year, getting to know Debbie (Barnett) Beers and others, and pizza parties and discussions at Dr. Barcus’s house.

Pete and Molly (Mann) Spear

1799 Hardy Corners Road, Franklinville, NY 14737; Pete: 716-676-3786; Molly: 716-397-9457; Pete: wildgoose3@gmail.com; Molly: mollyspear@gmail.com Pete: On Facebook, Instagram, YouTube Molly: On Facebook and Instagram (minimally) Family Update: We married in 1977.

Education after Houghton: Pete: Master’s of Science, Syracuse University; Master’s of Theology, Dallas Theological Seminary, Certificate in Spiritual Direction.

Molly: Training/Certification as a Notary Public.

Occupation Update: Pete: Pastor, First Baptist Church of Franklinville, 1999—present.

Molly: Molly has worked for Houghton for the past 18 years. She serves as an Academic Departments Coordinator for Business and Economics; History and Political Science; Psychology and Sociology; Sport, Recreation, and Wellness.

Service/Church Involvement: Pete: I also substitute teach and coach sports at Franklinville Central School.

Molly: Besides being the pastor’s wife, I work on the AV for Sunday-service media presentations, and accompany hymns on the piano. I act as record keeper for the modified (boys and girls) JV basketball games that Pete coaches at Franklinville Central School.

In Our Spare Time . . . Molly and I like to hike. We’re working through the Finger Lakes Trail in our area. I also like to cut firewood; we heat our home with wood. Molly and I garden. We spend as much time as we can with our six grandsons.

Our Time at Houghton Pete’s Major: Physical Education. Minors: Psychology and Bible.

Molly’s Major: Psychology. Minors: Biology and Physical Education.

Favorite Professors: Pete: Warren Woolsey, Harold Kingdon, Doris Nielsen Molly: Doris Nielsen, Anne Whiting, Floyd McCallum, Harold Kingdon Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: A community of spiritual growth, class prayer meeting, small group Bible Studies, great friends, fun with no shame.

Forty years! Unbelievable. The days were long but the years were short. Molly and I have three children, all three went to Houghton. Two of the three are married, and we have 6 grandsons. As Psalm 127 says, PJS version, our quiver is full of Spears. Nineteen years ago, we intentionally moved back to the Houghton area to be

near Molly’s dad and my mom. We are so glad we got/get to spend time with our parents in their twilight years.

Molly’s dad passed away in 2007, but we had eight great years of very frequent connection. My mom lives in Houghton, and she attends our church. Molly plays cards with her every lunch. My mom has been an integral part of our kids’ (and now grandkids’) lives. One of the great joys I have as a pastor is planning worship with my mom, who’d of thought. I serve as the solo pastor of First Baptist Church of Franklinville. I also substitute teach and coach at Franklinville Central School. I get to pursue both pastoral ministry and influencing lives for Christ in a public school. Our lives have not taken the path we thought they would as we left Houghton. I taught school for 5 years and have been a pastor for 35 years. Molly has paid a high price for my calling, being a pastor’s wife is not what she signed up for. Through shattered dreams, dark nights of the soul and plenty of grace and mercy we are still climbing the upward calling together.

Richard Berg (Ice)

150 Race Street, Millersburg PA 17061; 717-692-252Berg3; 717-692-2719 (office); rlberg@ptd.net Family update: I have a son, Alex Berg.

Education after Houghton: MDiv from Norther Baptist Theological Seminary.

Occupation Update: Pastor of First United Methodist Church, Millersburg, PA. Member of the Susquehanna United Methodist Annual Conference.

Service/Church Involvement: Referee of mid Penn Volleyball; varsity coach of Millersburg Jr/Sr High School Volleyball; Finance Chair of Mission Central.

In my Spare Time . . . I travel.

My Time at Houghton Major: Religion. Minor: History.

Favorite Professor: Harold Kingdon Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Singing with the Houghton Choir and Dayspring. Singing in a quartet in The King’s Tournament.

I have been a pastor with the Central Pennsylvania United Methodist Church for most of my life—serving churches in New Albany, Bigler, Mt. Holly Springs, Port Trevorton, Mansfield, and Millersburg. I have traveled and toured some of the world, and have made it a goal to see something of every continent. God has blessed my life with friends and family and faith.

Richard Walker (Mootz)

16785 Firestone Path, Farmington, MN 55024; 952-992-0175; rich.walker@charter.net On Facebook, LinkedIn Family Update: Karen and I have been married for 37 years now. Our daughter, Sarah, married her high-school sweetheart last year and moved back to the Chicago area. We are looking to move from Minnesota in the next year or so to a warmer climate.

Education after Houghton: I began pursuing a Master’s degree several years after graduating from Houghton, completing an MS in Information Technology in 2010. I’ve also pursued professional certifications and completed my PMP (Project Management Professional) certification in 2007 and CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) in 2008. I continue to take professional training courses to update my skills.

Occupation Update: I’ve been a professional project manager for over 25 years and continue to be involved in it.

In 2014 I joined SecureWorks, a Dell Technologies company where I have been a project and program manager supporting large clients across the country.

Service/Church Involvement: My wife and I have always been active in our local church. We’ve taught kids’ Sunday school (elementary and junior high), led Bible studies in our home, and I have always been involved in Men’s ministry activities wherever we attend. We also participated in short-term mission’s projects and led a team of high schoolers on a two-week trip to Alaska to direct a vacation Bible school for Native American kids. From 1997-1998, we were short-term missionaries in Alaska, working at the Alaska Bible College setting up a campus computer system. While there, we also participated in local ministries with students and Native Americans. I also had the privilege of leading an adult Sunday-school class in studying my favorite book, Mere Christianity.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy reading, especially biographies and spy thrillers. I play golf as often as I can, and like to ride bikes, hike, and cross-country ski.

My Time at Houghton

Major: Religion. Minors: History and Literature.

Favorite Professors: Professor Woolsey, Professor Kingdon Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Professor Woolsey had a very dry sense of humor that sometimes I think I was the only one in class to get. He would say something and I’d start laughing and no one around me seemed to think it was funny, but Professor Woolsey would have just the slightest smile on his face. To this day, I still remember the communion sermon Professor Kingdon gave, asking us to look into the reflection of the cup and see our sins being removed by the blood of Christ.

I can’t underestimate the importance of the Houghton experience upon my life. Not having been raised in a Christian home and only becoming a Christian a couple years before arriving, I learned what it is to be a Christ follower during my time at school. It provided a tremendous foundation for my faith and shaped my world view that has been my guiding force ever since. I also learned how Christians can have fun (I may have spent way too much time on that) and still be a believer. Houghton exposed me to subjects I had never encountered, and provided opportunities to grow in my faith that I don’t think I could have gotten anywhere else. I made lifelong friends and created memories that I will always remember fondly. The gift God gave me of attending Houghton will always remain, apart from his saving grace, the greatest gift I could have received. To all of my Houghton friends and especially the Class of ’77, thanks for being part of my life.

Rick Pointer

840 Westmont Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108; 805-565-9425; pointer@westmont.edu On Facebook, Family Update Family Update: Married to Barb Mullen ’78.

Education after Houghton: MA, PhD Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation Update: Professor of History, Westmont College.

Service/Church Involvement: Montecito Covenant Church; active participant with Habitat for Humanity.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy tennis.

My Time at Houghton Major: History. Minor: Political Science.

Favorite Professors: Bill Brackney, David Howard, Katherine Lindley I’ve spent the past 36 years teaching American history at Christian liberal arts colleges, the last 23 at Westmont. I’ve loved working with college students within the Christian liberal arts context, no doubt in part because of my great experience at Houghton. I’ve also very much enjoyed my work as an historian of early America. Barb and I have three wonderful daughters, two great sons-in-law, and one adorable granddaughter.

Robert (Bob) Charles Leibold

54 Washington Ave., Amityville, NY 11701; 516-754-3691; bobcleibold@gmail.com On Facebook, Google+, YouTube Family Update: I married Ilse F. Timm in 1984. Our son, John, (26) is moving to S. Korea on May 11 to teach in an International-American School, and our daughter, Mary, (21) is now a senior at Emory University (Atlanta, GA) and working this summer as a whitewater river-rafting guide in NC. Mary is studying to be a nurse practitioner.

Education after Houghton: Ashland Theological Seminary MDiv 1980, DMin 1997 (Spiritual Direction and Small Group Ministries); The Upper Room Academy for Spiritual Formation 1989; Shalem Institute 1991.

Occupation Update: I pastor two churches: Simpson United Methodist Church in Amityville, and Grace United Methodist Church in Lindenhurst.

Service/Church Involvement: Director of Wellspring Spiritual Life Institute (NY Annual Conf. UMC), District Spiritual Life Coordinator, Retreat Leader: Upper Room Academy for Spiritual Formation, NY Annual Conf. Camps Governing Board.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy sailing, kayaking (anything that floats), the beach, relaxing at and working on our vacation home in VT, time and games with friends, walking, and biking.

My Time at Houghton Major: Psychology. Minors: Sociology and Bible.

Favorite Professor: Chaplain Richard Bareiss

Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Christian Student Outreach and “Craig Colony,” participating in the life of CSO, was instrumental in the Lord’s direction and my deciding to attend seminary and becoming a pastor (37 years now).

Attended Ashland Theological Seminary, majoring in Pastoral Counseling and Psychology. Becoming a pastor was a “process”—but it was the “Lord’s process” that unfolded for several years. My interests grew in Christian Formation and Spiritual Direction, which took me for further training and eventually a DMin (Spiritual Direction and Small Group Ministries). In addition to the local church, I have directed several spiritual life ministries as a retreat leader with the NY Annual Conference and The Upper Room. In 1980, I was appointed to my first church as a UM pastor in the Catskills of NY, and then in 1984 to the Bridgehampton UMC. I then continued serving in CT for six years, until returning to the north shore of Long Island, serving for 13 years in Bayville. In 2012, I was appointed to the UM Church in Amityville and Lindenhurst, taking me home to the South Shore of Long Island.

With the kids settling into careers and new lives, I’m thinking of the “retired life” in my family homes on Willoughby Lake in VT, and on the ocean in Point Lookout, NY.

Rollin Wakeman and Laurie Hess Wakeman

1522 Jill Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090; 215-659-8034; rollinwakeman@gmail.com On Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube Family Update: We have three married children and six grandchildren. We are very blessed to have them all living in PA so we see them often. We went to Kenya at this time last year to visit Chariots for Hope homes; our son is the Director of Programs.

Education after Houghton: MEd from Temple University.

Occupation Update: Rollin: Rollin is a Middle School Science Teacher at Germantown Academy.

Laurie: Laurie taught kindergarten at Open Door Christian Academy for many years. She retired at the end of last year to babysit for our youngest grandchild, who was born in Sept of ’16.

Service/Church Involvement: Rollin has been an elder, trustee, and deacon at Chelten Baptist Church. Laurie is a deaconess. Laurie and Rollin teach Sunday school in the pre-school classroom and they both do DVBS in the summer.

In Their Spare Time . . . They like to spend time with grandchildren and with extended family members, and travel.

Their Time at Houghton Rollin: Major in General Science. Minors in Math and Earth Science.

Laurie: Majors in Elementary Education and Psychology.

Favorite Professors: Rollin: S. Hugh Paine and Dr. Monroe.

Laurie: Dr. Worthington.

Houghton Memories They Enjoy Sharing: Rollin: I’ll never forget jumping out the back windows of Shen onto the high-jump pit and swimming in the snow runoff in Caneadea on my birthday, March 4th, 1977.

Laurie: I fondly remember cross-country skiing on the hills of Houghton and winter camping during Mrs. Nielson’s Outdoor Recreation class.

Ruby Wilson

167-26 142nd Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11434; 917-907-4741; revdrwilson7@aol.com On Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn, YouTube Family Update: I’m the mother of three children.

Education after Houghton: Master’s of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from NY Theological Seminary.

Occupation Update: Retired from NY Life Insurance Company.

Service/Church Involvement: Senior pastor.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy spending time with my kids, playing around on the bass, and going to restaurants.

My Time at Houghton Major: Communication. Minors: Writing and Business Administration.

Favorite Professors: Prof. Roger Rozendal and Prof. Ruth Hutton Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Graduation day when it snowed!

I’ve had a full life in these 40 years! Married, divorced, adopted three kids, (so young—they are 12, 10, and 7), worked in corporate America for 25 years, established two very wonderful and rewarding non-profits as well as a church, which all fulfill me in so many ways. Have loved, lost, and finally learned to love myself unconditionally, which has opened me up to love others in a whole new way and as my ancestors would say, “I Wouldn’t Take Nothing For My Journey!” I’m loving this flight all the way!

Rudy Regner

5990 Grove Hill Road, Frederick, MD 21703; 301-524-7920; regner5@yahoo.com On Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn, YouTube Family Update: Married to Cynthia (Rudd) Regner.

Education after Houghton: BS in Computer Science; MS in Computer Science.

Occupation Update: IT consultant at office of management and budget (White House) Service/Church Involvement: Music, deacon, social media.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy running and music.

My Time at Houghton Majors: Philosophy and General Science. Minor: Chemistry Favorite Professor: Larry Mullen Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Meeting Cindy Rudd.

God has blessed Cindy and me with three children (Jon, Rachel, and Phil) and five grandchildren. I’ve been in the IT consulting field since 1985 and have enjoyed being part of the DC high-tech community, especially in the area of Software Quality. Being part of a local church ministry with a Christian school has been a great blessing.

Both Cindy and I are involved with teaching, evangelism, and music.

Russel Teschon

37 Blueberry Court, Mahwah, NJ 07430; 201-788-5863; Rteschon@optonline.net On Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn, Education after Houghton: Dallas Theological Seminary, Pace University Law School.

Occupation Update: Attorney of the firm Teschon, Riccobene & Siss P.A. and Municipal Court Judge Service/Church Involvement: Elder, Church Board Officer, Legal counsel to a number of churches In My Spare Time . . . Golf . . . did I mention Golf?

My Time at Houghton Major: History. Minors: Speech; Political Science.

Favorite Professors: Dr. Kay Lindley, Professor Irwin Reist Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: A lot of memories, as God used the College and people I met to change me more into the image of Christ!

Sharon Markell-Fien (Shari)

100 Stepping Stone Lane, Orchard Park, NY 14127; 717-289-3696; smfien@gmail.com On Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Google+, YouTube Education after Houghton: Master’s from Buffalo State College; Post Master’s from University of Buffalo.

Occupation Update: Taught for 36 years and have been retired for three years. I taught preschool, grades K-2, and undergrad college courses.

Service/Church Involvement: Have attended some form of Wesleyan church since birth! Currently back at Orchard Park Wesleyan. Love being involved in all forms of ministry to women. My latest endeavor is making visual prayer journals with the women at a local homeless shelter. God gave Barb Syvertson and me visual prayer journals at a time when we really needed them. Once we figured out a workable process, many women have made them and for some they are transformative.

In My Spare Time . . . I find that retirement brings a welcome freedom. I always say the spiritual gift of retirement is availability! I am able to say “yes” now. Larry and currently enjoy watching a friend’s grandson about once a week, I spend as much time in my art room as I can, I still love the Buffalo Bills (sad—I know) and Sabres, spend as much time as I can at the beach, and love getting together with friends. Feel free to call or stop in if you are passing through Buffalo!

My Time at Houghton

Majors: Elementary Education and Psychology.

Favorite Professor: Dr. James Worthington Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: I always loved our whole-class events, bonfires, and picnics. My favorite thing was when someone would grab a guitar and soon an informal sing-a-long would break out. Requests ranged from the Beatles to “All Hail the Power”! Sweet memories!

Stephen Cook (Buster)

1395 Boles Lane, Chuckey, TN, 37641; 561.212.4846; harleydad03@comcast.net On Facebook, LinkedIn Family Update: Deborah (Martin) Cook, who was class of 1978 but did not graduate. Got degree later.

Education after Houghton: Drew Theological School (MDiv); Binghamton University, SUNY (Masters Systems Science).

Occupation Update: Dev-Ops, SysAdmin, Release engineer—Simulation Curriculum Corp.

Service/Church Involvement: Exchange Club, local Rural Resources, Indivisible Greene County of TN. In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy motorcycle riding, carpentry, auto mechanics, and reading.

My Time at Houghton Major: Comprehensive Religion. Minors: Speech and Philosophy.

Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Hitchhiking with Harry Ziegler, joyrides with Ron Beabout, class in crosscountry skiing.

I served as a minister for one year in the Wesleyan church. Then I transferred to the United Methodist church (Wyoming Conference located in central NY and NE PA) where I was a pastor and got my MDiv at Drew Theological School in Madison, NJ. Served in UMC for 11 years. I left the ministry in 1989 and went back to school for a computer technical degree, working at the Southern Tier Regional Information Center in Binghamton, NY. Debbie was working at IBM, and we got relocated to Boca Raton, FL, in 1994. We lived in Boca Raton for 12 years before moving to Chuckey, TN, in 2006, were we bought some land and built a house. I have been working remotely since 2006.

Steve Sawada

4391 Brittany Drive Zionsville IN 46077; 317 733-4242; ssawada@iu.edu Family Update: I’m married to Mary (Vandermar), who is a Hoosier-Canadian. She was glad to quit working in accounting when we were married over two decades ago. I’m glad she had a chance to see Houghton once about 19 years ago. We have a family of four—son, Sam, graduates this year from a local Christian High School and will attend Purdue University. Our daughter, Hayley, is recently married, works as a Vet surgery assistant, and we’re thankful that she and husband, Jon (Meyer), are in town.

Occupation Update: I work for Indiana University School of Medicine, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, and IU Health, Indianapolis, IN. Service/Church Involvement: Mary and I met at Faith Church, Indianapolis, IN, some 26 years ago and we continue at Faith. It is a sending church having some forty-plus families from the congregation serving in missions at various places around the world and in the US. We’re blessed through them to have a view of what the Lord is doing around the world and in getting our faith challenged at many levels. For anyone interested in immersion in the topic of justice see, Dr. Chet Wood’s Sunday Classes <http://www.inpathsofrighteousness.org>.

My Time at Houghton Major: Biology. Minor: Math.

Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: I will always remember my cue to fall asleep in chapel: When Rick’s head went back (like Peppermint Patty’s), it was my cue to lean forward. I never got my hair cut during school semesters but, sadly, never achieved the level of Afro perfection that Tom H. had.

I have not had much contact with our classmates over the years but have great memories of those days and would like to say thanks many classmates for their friendship and kindness to me during those years, which at the time for some of us Science majors, seemed pretty long. We’re not very social-media savvy but we’ve seen and responded to some of Keith A. and Tom C.’s posts. Basketball and running were releases for me, and I have to thank Scott and Jeff for letting me play on the team and thank Jim, Dennis, et al., for providing those epic court battles.

Susan Frase

320 Sourwood Drive, Hardy, VA 24101; 540-588-4047; sfrase7@gmail.com On Facebook Education after Houghton: MS from St. Bonaventure; PhD from SUNY at Buffalo.

Occupation Update: Came out of retirement after one year to work with teachers and children again. I am in my ninth year as the elementary principal at Parkway Christian Academy, Roanoke, VA. Service/Church Involvement: Employed by a Christian school, teach preschool Sunday school, work in the church nursery, and volunteer at center for people in need.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy reading, visiting grandchildren, and relaxing with my husband at our lake house.

My Time at Houghton Majors: Education and Psychology Favorite Professors: Drs. Charles and Claity Massey Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: Loving, Christlike spirit of the townies

Susan Long Watson

528 Waterloo Geneva Road, Waterloo, NY; 585-315-1130; susanwatson528@gmail.com On Facebook Occupation Update: Retired.

Service/Church Involvement: Geneva Christian Fellowship in the elderly ministry, the children’s ministry, and administrative support.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy reading, walking, rides with my husband and dog, and times with my family.

My Time at Houghton Major: Business Administration.

I walked (or should I say, I ran) away from God and everything related to my upbringing as soon as I graduated. I couldn’t live the legalistic, straight-and-narrow Christian life that I had been taught. For the next 25 years, I never stopped believing that God existed, but I had no relationship with HIM. During this time, God watched over me and kept me safe. When I met my husband and started going to church with him, God spoke to me and told me HE loved me and chose me before I was born. On April 17, 2005, I chose life and have been serving my Lord ever since. Obviously, there are a few other highlights, but nothing compares to my love of God.

Tim Harner

8 Valley Park Circle, Spencerport, New York 14559; 585-520-0570; timharner777@msn.com On Facebook (weekly), Twitter (rarely) Family Update: Married to Suzanne Daggs Harner for 35 years. We have two children. Our daughter, Sarah, lives in San Jose, CA, with her husband and our only grandchild, Alex (almost three). Her husband, Andrew Shvarts, recently released his first young adult novel, Royal Bastards: Sworn to No One, published by Hyperion, a subsidiary of Disney. Our son, Andrew, lives in Manchester, New Hampshire, and recently became engaged to a woman from there. He is a software and electrical computer engineer at Deka Research, where he primarily focuses on developing and testing medical devices. So, yes, we are a bi-costal family. For our 60th birthday (which Suzanne and I shared; we were born on the same day in the same room of Brockport’s hospital; she’s eight hours older than I am), we purchased a townhouse near our grandson (. . . and his parents).

Education after Houghton: Harvard Law School (J.D. 1980). Editor and Developments Officer, volumes 92 and 93 of the Harvard Law Review. John Roberts (now Chief Justice) was Managing Editor of Volume 92 and used to give me my daily assignments. A number of years later, Barack Obama was President of the Harvard Law Review; Suzanne and I heard him speak at a big bash celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Harvard Law Review.

Occupation Update: Chief Legal Officer of Upstate Niagara Cooperative for 31 years.

Service/Church Involvement: Trustee of Roberts Wesleyan College and Northeastern Seminary, Chair of RWC Academic Affairs Committee; Member of First Baptist Church of Brockport.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy being with my grandson, reading, and watching Netflix. I’ve also written six books: The Promised Land; Healing the Promised Land; Hoping in the LORD; and Lighting the World cover the entire Bible from Genesis through Revelation (In Lighting the World, I use our 20th Reunion to illustrate teachings from

Revelation, ending the book with us singing our Class Hymn). The other two books: Visions of America and Visions of the Church are published in one volume, giving an overview of American history and Church history.

My Time at Houghton Majors: History and Communication. Minors: Mathematics and Economics.

Favorite Professors: The usuals, plus Dr. Willett Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: The fake earthquake prank that we men of Chandler/Smith House played on one of our housemates. The person (who shall remain nameless) was actually going around campus talking about the earthquake. Eventually, we met him for supper at one of the big, circular tables in the cafeteria and broke the news that he’d been pranked! One of us was under his mattress and pushed it up and down at the moment of the earthquake. He said that my “acting” convinced him it was a real earthquake, especially because he couldn’t imagine me not telling the truth (I was not yet a lawyer!). When I sprang out of my lower bunk (Loren Dill was in the upper bunk), I hit my back against the steel bar holding the upper mattress. So I truly was in pain as I talked about how my injuries from the earthquake.

It’s unfortunate our class reunions come only twice a decade. Please visit us if you plan to be near Spencerport, New York (near Rochester): Vero Beach, Florida; or San Jose, California. Also, I work about ten minutes from the Buffalo airport, so please stop and visit if you’re passing through on your way to Houghton.

When I think of highlights of recent years, nothing beats being with my grandson, Alex. I also enjoy traveling. Israel stands out as the most wonderful place I’ve ever visited, followed by Italy, Russia, India, Corinth, Ephesus, the Pyramids, and Athens (where I stood on the Acropolis and could see both the amphitheater where Socrates spoke and Mars Hill where Paul spoke).

Tom Hodge

5170 NW Sammamish Rd, Issaquah, WA 98027; 206-718-1559; tomshodge@gmail.com On Facebook, Twitter Education after Houghton: Juris Doctor, University of Virginia School of Law, 1980.

Occupation Update: After a 33-year career in venture capital and law, in 2013 I transitioned to a volunteer role with Medical Teams International, an international relief and development agency. In early 2016 I rejoined Frazier Healthcare Partners in a part-time role as a senior advisor, focusing on transaction management and operations projects.

Service/Church Involvement: I have served in various ministry roles at our church, Westminster Chapel in Bellevue, WA, including as an elder, with our missions program, in youth ministry and teaching.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy spending time with family, biking, boating and reading My Time at Houghton Major: History. Minors: Political Science and Business Favorite Professors: Dr. Lindley, Mr. Jacobson, Dr. Barcus

Tom Trautman

3969 Outlaw Lake Rd, Marlow, OK, 73055; 405-706-9467; ttrautmn@hotmail.com On Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube Family Update: I’ve been married to Lucy Costanzo Trautman since 1975.

Education after Houghton: MS School Psychology from Alfred University; EdD Educational Psychology from Northern Illinois University.

Occupation Update: Pastor of Fletcher/Cyril United Methodist Church in Fletcher, OK. Service/Church Involvement: Pastor, teacher In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy waterskiing, running, motorcycle riding, fishing, reading, and studying.

My Time at Houghton Majors: Psychology and Bible. Minor: Philosophy.

Favorite Professors: Woolsey, Shultz, Reist Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: My favorite memory is truly how the Houghton experience was intensely formative to my faith and worldview. It is with me today in ways I can hardly express.

Lucy and I just now celebrated our 40th anniversary. It has been 40 wonderful years of following God’s leading. It was in the past three years that I was called into the pastorate as a licensed local pastor in the United Methodist church. It followed a path that we could not have planned except for God’s leading. There is too much

to share here, but we spent 35 years in psychology, education, and education publishing, an area in which I still consult. Our travels took us from Houghton; to Alfred; to Wheaton, Illinois; Phoenix, Arizona; and finally to settle in Oklahoma in 2000. In that time, I served as a school psychologist, clinical psychologist, school administrator, electronic learning designer, and university professor. I guess I have always known since Houghton days that I would one day serve as a staff member at a church. Little did I know that it would take 38 years after Houghton to get me trained. What an honor, now, to serve as an appointed pastor here in rural Oklahoma. We have two sons we are blessed to have in Oklahoma City. One is a major in the Air Force Reserves and other works in online learning technical support.

Wayne Stillman

19634 Silver Ranch Rd, Conifer, CO 80433; 303-565-7542; waynestillman@yahoo.com Family Update: I have two children: Molly Stillman, 26, living in MN, and Robert Stillman, 22, living in Denver.

Education after Houghton: MS, Computer Science, North Carolina State University 1986.

Occupation Update: Senior Software Engineer.

Service/Church Involvement: Men’s human rights.

In My Spare Time . . . I enjoy cooking and the Colorado Mountains.

My Time at Houghton Major: Biology. Minors: Chemistry and Math.

Favorite Professors: Favorites? They were all so wonderful!

Houghton Memory I Enjoy Sharing: It’s all good!

Life is good, looking forward to retirement.

Our Cloud of Witnesses Paul E. Akam Randall D. Baker Stephen R. Beach Nicholas Bohall Larry B. Boyd Florence Bulle Schoolcraft Valerie Daly Mills Michael Deck Debra J. Dunkerton Scott Holly Gillette Willett Anne Livingston Bonnie MacBeth Wheeler Bonnie J. Mahoney Lamos Christopher May Jeffrey Millwater Sheryl Osgood Connie Penne Seeley James A. Steinbiser Ruth Stratton Senseney Alfred Thornton Keith E. Tyler Kathryn Waddell French

Edward Wilday “Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us” Hebrews 12:1, KJV