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04-November-1996 
 
 
96434                      College News 
 
                         by Julian Shipp 
 
DAVIDSON, N.C.--Davidson College president John W. Kuykendall announced 
Oct. 11 that Dr.  Frances and Dr. Lenox Baker Jr. of Norfolk, Va., have 
committed $2.5 million to the college in support of the life science 
departments of biology and psychology. The money will contribute toward the 
construction of the planned Watson Life Sciences Building. In recognition 
of their gift, the college plans to name the entire complex (which will 
consist of the existing Dana Building and the new Watson Building) in 
memory of the Bakers' fathers, Dr. Lenox D. Baker Sr. and Dr. James Watt.  
 
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa.--The Helen Carnel Eden Chaplaincy, established in 1993, 
is Wilson College's first full-time chaplaincy and has been a catalyst and 
support for ongoing religious programs on campus and service programs off 
campus. The Rev. Susan K. Olson, who received a master of divinity degree 
from Yale Divinity School and a master's degree in counseling from Michigan 
State University, officiates at the weekly noontime chapel programs, at 
convocation events and religious observances.  She also ministers to a 
growing number of young women through college fellowship programs on Monday 
evenings. 
   
SAN ANTONIO, Texas--Francisco Garcˇa-Treto, chair of Trinity University's 
department of religion, will be part of a television series dealing with 
jealousy, temptation, betrayal, greed and guilt. "Genesis: A Living 
Conversation," the latest documentary by Bill Moyers, is a ten-part PBS 
series that began Oct.  18. The series takes such stories as the creation 
of the world and the exile of Joseph in Egypt and sheds new light on them. 
In each episode, Moyers leads a diverse and often provocative group and 
explores themes found in the Old Testament that still have relevance to 
people today. 
 
MEMPHIS, Tenn.--Harold F. Ohlendorf, an Arkansas farmer known for bringing 
industry to his state, is plowing new ground -- this time in the field of 
higher education. Ohlendorf, a graduate of Rhodes College, and his wife, 
Bruce Ohlendorf, have committed $6 million to the college to fund its 
efforts to be one of the nation's top liberal arts colleges. The 
Ohlendorfs' gift will go to Rhodes' endowment, providing, among other 
things, a professorship and scholarships in economics and business. The 
Ohlendorf commitment is the single largest gift in the college's 150th 
Anniversary Campaign, which aims to raise $120 million in current and 
future gifts by the end of 1998. Moreover, it is the second largest single 
gift in the history of the college. 

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