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07428 July 16, 2007
Notes about people
by Jerry Van Marter Presbyterian News Service
The Rev. Letty Mandeville Russell, one of the world's foremost feminist theologians and longtime member of the Yale Divinity School faculty, died July 12 at her home in Guilford, CT. She was 77.
Russell was one of the first women ordained in the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and served the East Harlem Protestant Parish in New York City from 1952-68, including 10 years as pastor of the Presbyterian Church of the Ascension. She joined the faculty of Yale Divinity School in 1974 and served there until her retirement in 2001. In retirement, she continued to teach some courses at Yale Divinity School as a visiting professor.
Fellow Yale Divinity School theologians Margaret Farley and Serene Jones called Russell's influence on contemporary theology "monumental" and wrote of her "uncanny ability to articulate a vision of the church that is radical in its feminist-liberationist critique but that nonetheless remains anchored in the historic traditions and communities of the Christian church."
In one of her last major public addresses, the annual Paul Tillich Lecture delivered at Harvard University in May 2006, Russell was as forceful as ever in denouncing injustices. She said, "Our struggle is to overcome the fear of difference and to break the bars that keep us apart. [Others] want what we want. They want to work, they want to change the social structure. They want hospitality with justice."
At various times Russell was employed as a consultant to the U.S. Working Group on the participation of Women in the World Council of Churches and as religious consultant to the National Board of the YWCA. In 1999 the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) bestowed Russell with its Women of Faith award, and Union Theological Seminary in New York named her a Distinguished Alumna.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
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The Rev. Bonneau Dickson, executive emeritus of Atlanta Presbytery, died July 13 from complications of a broken hip. He was 99.
At the time of his death, Dickson was living in Atlanta's Presbyterian Village. He spent most of his ministerial career in Atlanta and served as Atlanta Presbytery's executive from 1956-1973.
A memorial service is scheduled for July 21 at Rock Spring Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, where he served his first pastorate.
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The Rev. Daniel Dong-un Lee, a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) missionary to Japan for nine years, died July 3.
Rev. Lee with his wife, Young Sook Lee, served as Mission Co-worker of PC(USA) with the United Church of Christ in Japan for 9 years. He was the first totally blind person to serve as a PC(USA) missionary, having lost his eyesight during the Korean War, where he served as an Army officer.
A memorial service was held July 9 in Los Angeles. The PC(USA)'s World Mission program area was represented at the service by Insik Kim, Asia/Pacific coordinator.
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The Rev. Dr. Rose Niles-McCrary, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Mount Vernon, NY and D.Min. faculty for New York Theological Seminary of Manhattan, NY, has been called as Associate for Theological Education and Seminary Relations for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Council, pending Presbytery of Hudson River Committee on Ministry action in early September.
Niles-McCrary, who has served the Mt. Vernon church for 11 years, begins her new work September 17. She previously served Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in New York City for four years.
A life-long Presbyterian, Niles-McCrary graduated from Harvard Radcliffe University, Harvard Divinity School and holds a D.Min. from New York Theological Seminary. In Hudson River Presbytery, she has served on the Nominating Committee, the Permanent Judicial Commission and currently serves on the Committee on Preparation for Ministry.
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