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13-January-1998 
98010 
 
    Foundation Names Officers for 1998 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind.--The Rev. Robert V. Martz, a retired member of Grand 
Canyon Presbytery, has been named chair of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 
Foundation's board of trustees. 
 
    The Foundation has also named the Rev. John R. Evans, vice president 
for development and church relations at Austin Presbyterian Theological 
Seminary, as its vice chair. 
 
    Martz has served on the Foundation's board of directors since 1991.  He 
has chaired the board's executive committee, been a member of its Marketing 
and Nominations Committees and has served as the Foundation's 
representative to the General Assembly Council.  Since his ordination in 
1957, Martz has been active at every level of the Presbyterian Church 
(U.S.A.) while serving six pastorates. 
 
    As vice chair of the Foundation board, Evans will chair its executive 
committee.  He has been on the Foundation board since 1993 and served as 
vice chair of its development committee.  A member of Grace Presbytery, 
Evans serves on a number of church and community boards. 
 
    Since 1799, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation has cultivated 
and managed the long-term gifts and endowments of Presbyterian individuals, 
congregations, governing bodies and related institutions.  The Foundation 
currently manages assets totaling $1.4 billion and during the last five 
years has distributed more than $350 million from the earnings of the 
endowments and investments it manages to a wide variety of Presbyterian 
mission programs. 

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