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31-March-1998 
98104 
 
    News of Theological Institutions 
 
    by Alexa Smith 
 
PITTSBURGH- "Defining God in America" is the subject of the J. Hubert 
Henderson Conference on Church and Ministry, April 30-May 1, at Pittsburgh 
Theological Seminary.  E. Brooks Holifield, the Charles Howard Candler 
professor of American church history of Emory University's Candler School 
of Theology, will deliver the lectures. 
 
AUSTIN- Four senior fellowship awards to assist in further education were 
presented to four Austin Theological Seminary students last month. 
Victoria Bethel of Amarillo, Texas, received a grant of $2,000 through the 
Janie Maxwell Morris Fellowship; Ann Fields of Austin, a $2,500 grant from 
the W.P. Newell Memorial Fellowship; David Gambrell of Baton Rouge, La., a 
$5,000 grant through the David L. Stitt Fellowship; and Dieter Heinzl of 
Nuremburg, Germany, and Houston, $6,000 through the Pile-Morgan Fellowship. 
The honors were based on Christian character, academic achievement and 
promise for ministry. 
 
NEW YORK CITY- Three women will be honored by Auburn Theological Seminary 
for commitments that embody faith in action at the second annual "Lives of 
Commitment Awards Breakfast," April 20, at the University Club.  Marlo 
Thomas, who will be honored for her advocacy for children, particularly 
those with catastrophic illnesses, is the keynote speaker.  Other honorees 
are Dr. Margaret Heagarty, chief of pediatrics at Harlem Hospital, and 
Alexa Rosas, a young woman from the South Bronx who co-founded a youth 
ministry to deter drug use and violence.  Last year's keynoter was Sister 
Helen Prejean, author of "Dead Man Walking." 
 
SAN ANSELMO, Calif.- San Francisco Theological Seminary (SFTS) has already 
exceeded its Annual Giving fund-raising goal for the 1997-98 fiscal year, 
according to President Donald W. McCullough.  McCullough said the 
seminary's goal was $810,000 by June 30, 1998 but that the seminary had 
reached $821,000 as of Dec. 31, 1997.  "This increase in giving comes at a 
time of great challenge and great opportunity for SFTS," McCullough said. 
"Enrollment in our master of divinity program is rising and we must provide 
both the facilities and financial assistance to meet this increase.  And, 
we're facing the significant challenge of raising funds to retrofit and 
re-open our two oldest campus buildings, Montgomery and Scott halls." 
 
PRINCETON, N.J.- The board of trustees of Princeton Theological Seminary 
has announced the appointment of the Rev. Jeffrey V. O'Grady as dean of 
student affairs, effective July 1, 1998.  A 1988 graduate of the seminary, 
O'Grady is presently the school's director of vocations and admissions, a 
position he has held since August 1995.  In other actions, Nancy Oliver 
Gray, now vice president of development and university relations at Rider 
University, was appointed vice president for seminary relations, effective 
July 1, and Stephen Cardone, the seminary's director of housing, was named 
director of housing and auxiliary services. 
 
LOUSIVILLE, Ky.-Former Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (LPTS) 
president Albert C. Winn was given the first Honorary Alumni/ae Award given 
by the seminary during its annual presentation of distinguished alumni/ae 
awards, Feb. 1-4.  A former moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the 
U.S., Winn served as professor of doctrinal theology at LPTS, becoming 
president of the institution in 1966.  He continued to teach until his 
retirement in 1973 and served as visiting professor of theology in 1988. 
The honorary award was established last year to recognize individuals with 
outstanding service to the institution's mission.  Distinguished Alumni/ae 
Awards went to the Rev. George Wilson Gunn, '50; John L. Rhea, '38; and 
Charles L. Ping, '54. 

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