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25-October-1999 
99359 
 
    Washington, D.C., Pastor is Named to Head Ghost Ranch 
 
    Rob Craig Begins Work in Mid-January 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-The Rev. Robert H. Craig, pastor of New York Avenue 
Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., has been named executive director 
of Ghost Ranch/Plaza Resolana Conference Center in New Mexico.  He begins 
his new work in mid-January. 
 
    Craig, 53, has been pastor of New York Avenue since 1990.  The Ghost 
Ranch/Plaza Resolana job will be his second ministerial position in New 
Mexico - for six years he was pastor of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in 
Albuquerque.  He also served as a pastor in St. Louis and was on the 
faculty of McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago from 1985-1990. 
 
    Chosen from a large, strong field of candidates, Craig impressed the 
search committee with his experience in funds development and marketing and 
the creative educational programming he instigated at New York Avenue. 
 
    Roz McGee, chair of the Ghost Ranch/Plaza Resolana Governing Board, 
said, "Rob has carried out his ministry at the parish level and in the 
seminary setting.  He has developed educational programs, led and 
reorganized staffs and assisted in funds development.  He articulates and 
demonstrates the importance of mission and he is knowledgeable about the 
structure, governance and issues of the Presbyterian Church.  Rob has 
worked with diverse constituencies and his prior work demonstrates 
effectiveness in multicultural affairs." 
 
    Craig is married to Susan Hughes Craig, an elementary school teacher 
who specializes in teaching children with severe learning disabilities. 
They have two adult children - Caroline, who is a Ph.D. candidate in 
neurology at Washington University in St. Louis, and William, a fifth grade 
teacher in the New York City public schools. 

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