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10-December-1996 
 
96488                   Notes about People 
 
                      by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
     General Assembly stated clerk the Rev. Clifton Kirkpatrick has 
announced his appointment of the Rev. Janet DeVries as the Director of 
Administration and Assembly Services in the Office of the General Assembly.  
     DeVries is currently stated clerk and general presbyter of the 
Presbytery of Northern Kansas.  Her previous experience also includes 
service at every governing body level of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 
and at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. 
     Though she has begun spending some time in Louisville, DeVries 
officially begins her new work shortly after the first of the year. 
 
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     On Nov. 25 Gene Wells began work as the associate director for human 
resources at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville.  He succeeds Susan 
Harmansky, who resigned earlier this year. 
     Wells, a native of northern Kentucky, has worked in the human 
resources management field for 25 years, most recently for a 
Cincinnati-based company. 
 
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     Anna May Say Pa, a theology professor and biblical scholar from 
Myanmar (Burma), has joined the staff of the Worldwide Ministries Division 
as a mission partner in residence for 1996-97. 
     Say Pa received her education at the Myanmar Institute of Theology 
(where she now teaches), the South East Asia Graduate School of Theology 
and Princeton Theological Seminary.  She is a leader in her denomination, 
the Myanmar Baptist Convention, and in the Christian Conference of Asia. 
     She may be contacted in the Worldwide Ministries Division in 
Louisville by calling (502) 569-5338; fax 502-569-8039. 

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