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[Deeanna Alford <dalford@CTR.PCUSA.ORG>]

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July 23, 2004

Notes about people

by Jerry L. Van Marter

	The Rev. James D. Glasse * who served as a pastor, college and
seminary professor and seminary president in a career in Presbyterian Church
(USA) ministry that spanned more than 50 years * died July 11 in his home in
Orinda, CA. 

	Born in Prosser, WA, in 1924, the pastor's son graduated from high
school in Juneau, AK and attended Willamette College in Salem, OR, before
enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. After military
service, Glasse completed college at Occidental College in Los Angeles and
seminary at Yale Divinity School.

	Ordained in 1950, Glasse served pastorates in North Carolina and
Tennessee before embarking on a teaching career that took him to Warren
Wilson and Tusculum colleges. He subsequently served on the faculties of Yale
Divinity School and Vanderbilt's Divinity School. From 1970-1982, Glasse
served as president of Lancaster (PA) Theological Seminary, an institution of
the United Church of Christ. Following his retirement there, he served
interim pastorates throughout the country, concluding his professional career
in San Francisco Presbytery.

	A memorial service was held July 24 at St. John's Episcopal Church in
Oakland, CA.

# # #

	The Rev. Charles McKee, a Presbyterian missionary in the Congo for 27
years, died July 24 in Greensboro, NC, at age 81.

	The son of Presbyterian Congo missionaries, McKee was born there in
1923. After finishing high school in Congo, military service in China, and
higher education at Davidson (NC) College and Columbia Theological Seminary,
McKee and his wife, Anne, returned to Congo in 1949 as missionaries, teaching
evangelism and other pastoral skills. After returning to the U.S. in 1976,
McKee served pastorates in Arkansas, Georgia and Louisiana, before retiring
to Greensboro.

	He is survived by his wife, four children, and six grandchildren. A
memorial service is scheduled for Aug. 1 at New Creation Community
Presbyterian Church in Greensboro.

# # #

	Dr. Eugene McKelvey, a Houston physician who president of the board
of trustees of the Medical Benevolence Foundation (MBF), has agreed to be the
organization's interim executive director, effective Aug. 12. He will serve
until the MBF executive search committee has found the successor to the Rev.
Daniel L. Force, who is retiring Sept. 1, though his last day in the MBF
office will be Aug. 6.

	MBF vice-president Jimmy Hite will serve as acting president while
McKelvey serves as interim director on a volunteer basis.

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