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31-August-1998 
98275 
 
    News of Theological Institutions 
 
    by Alexa Smith 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-Devoted Service Awards were presented to two synod 
moderators and to the 145th commencement speaker at Louisville Presbyterian 
Theological Seminary's graduation service May 17 at the Harvey Browne 
Memorial Presbyterian Church.  Recipients were Richard Fifield, moderator 
of the Synod of Living Waters; Walter McQuie, moderator of the Synod of 
Mid-America; and Cordell Wynn, professor emeritus of Stillman College in 
Tuscaloosa, Ala., the commencement speaker. 
 
RICHMOND, Va.-The Rev. Douglas W. Oldenburg, moderator of the 210th General 
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), will speak at an anniversary 
luncheon at the Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of 
Christian Education, Oct. 5.  Called "A Century in the City," the event 
marks the 100th anniversary of the move of Union Seminary from 
Hampden-Sydney College to Richmond.  Oldenburg graduated from Union 
Seminary in 1960. 
 
PITTSBURGH, Pa.-Two professors of preaching at the Pittsburgh Theological 
Seminary will run private preaching critiques from mid-September to May 
1999 as part of the seminary's continuing education program.  The cost is 
$15 per half hour for private consultations with Robert M. Ezzell, 
assistant professor of homiletics, and Richard J. Oman, Howard C. Scharfe 
professor of homiletics.  For more information, call (412) 362-5610, ext. 
2196 or ext. 2197. 
 
DUBUQUE, Iowa - The University of Dubuque honored three outstanding faculty 
members during the annual William J. and Ruth E. Svrluga Faculty Hall of 
Fame program, May 14.  Recipients were Roger P. Ebertz, associate professor 
of philosophy, the John Knox Coit Prize; Bradley J. Longfield, associate 
professor of church history and interim dean of the seminary and vice 
president of the university, the William L. Lomax Award; and William N. 
Berg, professor emeritus, the Alumni Distinguished Faculty Award. 
 
AUSTIN, Texas-William N.A. Greenway is the new visiting professor of 
Christian studies at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.  Eligible to 
teach in any of the seminary's three academic degree programs, Greenway 
will have primary oversight of the seminary's master of arts degree 
program.  Greenway began June 1. 
 
DECATUR, Ga.-William Frank Harrington and Charles Logan Landrum were 
recipients of the Distinquished Service Award given by the Columbia 
Theological Seminary Alumni/ae Association, April 20.  Harrington has been 
pastor of the Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta for the past 26 
years.  Under his leadership, it has become the largest church in the 
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).  Landrum, a 1934 graduate, has served five 
pastorates and several interim pastorates and established endowment funds 
at two colleges and two seminaries, including Columbia. 

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