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96211            News of Theological Institutions 
 
                          by Alexa Smith 
 
AUSTIN, Texas--Austin Theological Seminary graduated its largest class ever 
on May 19.  The Rev.  James Hutton Costen, president of Interdenominational 
Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta, delivered the commencement address to 
46 master-of-divinity graduates, 17 master-of-arts graduates and 19 
doctor-of-ministry graduates.  This 94th commencement was the last one 
presided over by retiring seminary president the Rev. Jack L. Stotts. 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--The Rev. James E. Andrews, stated clerk for the 
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), was the commencement speaker for the 1996 
graduating class at the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.  The 
Rev. David A. Steere, retiring professor of pastoral care and director of 
clinical training, delivered the Baccalaureate Service address. 
 
SAN ANSELMO, Calif.--The Rev. Harriet A. Nelson, former General Assembly 
moderator of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has announced her plans to 
retire as vice president for institutional advancement of San Francisco 
Theological Seminary in August.  Nelson was appointed to the position in 
1992 and was instrumental in completing the $2.4 million restoration of 
Montgomery Memorial Chapel and Montague Hall, the location of the Hedco 
Preaching and Worship Center. 
 
DECATUR, Ga.--The board of trustees of Columbia Theological Seminary has 
announced that the Rev. D. Cameron Murchison will join Columbia's faculty 
in the fall of 1996 as professor of ministry. For the past eight years, 
Murchison has served as pastor of the Blacksburg Presbyterian Church in 
Blacksburg, Va.  From 1977 to 1987, he was a faculty member at Union 
Theological Seminary in Virginia. 
 
RICHMOND, Va.--Union Theological Seminary in Virginia has expanded its 
program in intercultural studies to include an "Appalachia Collegium." 
This is the ninth group in the Goodpasture Intercultural Collegia, a 
program designed to bring people together monthly to discuss religious, 
social and political issues affecting the work of the church in a 
particular part of the world.  The program was begun by H.  McKennie 
Goodpasture, retiring professor of missiology at Union. 
 
RICHMOND, Va.--The Rev. James D. Brown, executive director of the General 
Assembly Council of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is the commencement 
speaker for the June 2 graduation ceremonies at the Presbyterian School of 
Christian Education (PSCE).  "In Spite of Everything" is the title of 
Brown's address. 

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