Summer/Fall  2000
Volume 5 Number 1

Summer offers us a welcome opportunity for vacation and for a change of pace. The more relaxed season is also a time when many find it convenient to work around their homes to sort through attics and basements and to review their wills and other financial affairs.

The Reverend Chase S. Hunt is the Seminary’s director of planned giving.

Reviewing your will (or drawing one up if you have not already done so!) is important. It is a unique opportunity to name an executor, to select the guardian(s) for children who are minors, to give attention to estate tax considerations, and to be sure that the fruits of a lifetime of effort are distributed according to your wishes and in an manner consistent with your interests. Your will can be an expression of your stewardship and a lasting extension of your Christian witness. We have been blessed through the years by the thoughtfulness of many alumni/ae and friends who have provided for the Seminary in their wills. One expression of our gratitude is to invite those who do so to become members of our Legacy Society.

PTS Recognized for Excellence in Fund-raising!


Princeton Seminary won one of CASE’s 2000 Circle of Excellence in Educational Fund-raising Awards, which honors superior fund-raising programs of colleges, universities, and independent schools across the country. CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) is an international association of education advancement officers, who include alumni/ae administrators, fund-raisers, public relations managers, publications editors, and government relations officers.

The Seminary, along with other schools, was publicly recognized in July at the CASE International Assembly in Toronto, Canada.

Another option to consider during this review: Are there life insurance policies among your financial papers that have served their original purpose that you no longer need? If so, they offer you an opportunity for charitable giving with relatively modest, if any, financial outlay. When the Seminary is named both owner and beneficiary of an existing policy on which no more payments are due, there are a number of benefits to the donor: the joy of joining with others in support of the Seminary’s mission; a charitable deduction for income tax purposes in the year of the gift (ordinarily the cost of replacing the policy at the donor’s present age and physical condition) with carryover privileges for up to five additional years; and the removal of the policy’s full face value from the donor’s estate.

If the policy given is not fully paid-up, the donor is entitled to benefits similar to those mentioned above, except that the charitable deduction would amount to (approximately) the policy’s cash surrender value at the time of the gift, with the same carryover provision. In addition, if the donor continues to pay premiums on the policy, he or she is entitled to a charitable deduction each year in the amount of those premium payments. In either event, those giving life insurance would also be invited into membership in the Seminary’s Legacy Society.

For more information about giving through wills and/or life insurance, please visit our web site at www.ptsem.edu or call me at 800-622-6767, ext. 7756 or 609-497-7756. As always, we also encourage you to consult with your own legal/financial advisors.

Gifts
This list includes gifts made between March 1, 2000, and May 31, 2000.

In Memory of

The Right Reverend Dr. Dezso Abraham (’48M) to the Annual Fund

The Reverend Dr. George C. Ames (’44B/’46M) to the Annual Fund

Mr. John D. Amstutz to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

The Reverend Dr. Wilson T. M. Beale (’02B) to the Annual Fund and to
     the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Dr. J. Christiaan Beker to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

Mr. Osmond Philip "Buck" Breland (2000b) to the Buck Breland Memorial Emergency Medical Fund and to the Princeton Theological Seminary 2000 Graduating Class Gift

Mr. Fletcher Gridley Brown to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend George Chalmers Browne (’40B/’50M) to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

The Reverend Charles S. Burgess (’50B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Mr. Rollin L. Burns (’35B) to the Annual Fund

The Reverend Dr. Edward James Caldwell (’38B) to the Annual Fund

The Reverend Sidney R. Conger (’55B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Dr. David L. Crawford (’47B) to the Alumni/ae Roll Call and to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend John P. Dany (’41B/’42M) to the Scholarship Fund

The Reverend Charles H. Davis (’41B) to the Annual Fund

Mrs. Isabel H. Donelik to the John R. and Isabel Hyde Donelik Scholarship Endowment Fund

Mr. John R. Donelik to the John R. and Isabel Hyde Donelik Scholarship Endowment Fund

Ms. Carol Gray Dupree to the Carol Gray Dupree Center for Children Endowment Fund

The Reverend Dr. Peter K. Emmons (’15B) to the Alumni/ae Roll Call and to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Mr. Randall L. Farris to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

The Reverend Dr. William H. Felmeth (’42B) to the Reverend Dr. William H. Felmeth Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund

The Reverend Dr. Allan MacLachlan Frew to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend William A. Gibson Jr. (’46B) to the Alumni/ae Roll Call and to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Eugene M. Grier (’54B) to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

Mrs. Betty L. Hagelganz to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

Dr. Seward Hiltner to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

The Reverend Dr. Brian T. Hislop (’60B/’82P) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Dr. Norman Victor Hope to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

The Reverend Gilbert J. Horn (’65B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Mr. John N. Irwin II to the Annual Fund and to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Dr. Merle S. Irwin (’42B) to the Annual Fund

The Reverend James V. Johnson Jr. (’52B/’79p) to the Alumni/ae Roll Call and to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Dr. Edward J. Jurji (’42B) to the Annual Fund

Dr. Robert K. Kelley (’48B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project and to the Robert E. Speer Prize in College Ministry

The Reverend Llewellyn G. Kemmerle (’43B) to the Annual Fund and to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Dr. Bryant M. Kirkland (’38B) to the Alumni/ae Roll Call, to the Annual Fund, and to the Bryant M. Kirkland Minister of the Chapel Endowment Fund

Dr. Guy E. Lambert (’45B/’53M) to the Annual Fund

The Reverend L. Blaine Libbey (’63B) to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

Dr. Frederick W. Loetscher Sr. (1900 B/M) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Dr. Lefferts A. Loetscher (’28 B/M) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Mrs. Esther Loos to the Scholarship Fund

The Reverend Kirsten E. Lunde (’86B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend David M. Mann (’49B) to the Annual Fund

Mr. Frank Marsh to the Annual Fund

Mr. J. Andrew Marsh to the Annual Fund

The Reverend Dr. C. Frederick Mathias (’57B) to the C. Frederick and Cleta R. Mathias Memorial Prize in Worship and Pastoral Ministry Endowment Fund

Mrs. Cleta R. Mathias to the C. Frederick and Cleta R. Mathias Memorial Prize in Worship and Pastoral Ministry Endowment Fund

Ms. Elizabeth Merritt McClanahan to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

The Reverend Thomas H. McDill Jr. (’46G) to the Annual Fund

The Reverend Dr. David B. McDowell (’60B/’64E) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Meadors to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

The Reverend Richard H. Miller (’55B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Dr. Thomas S. Mutch to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Harlan H. Naylor (’42B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Mr. W. Jim Neidhardt to the W. Jim Neidhardt Prize in Theology and Science

The Reverend Nancy Wong Nelson (’83B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Wesley Dayalan Niles (’66M) to the Annual Fund

Mr. William F. Nordt to the Annual Fund

The Reverend Viggo Norskov Olsen (’60M) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Dr. Warren W. Ost (’51B) to the Annual Fund

Mr. George T. Piercy to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Elder Anna K. Poole to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

The Reverend Dr. Edward H. Roberts (’23B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Mr. Dominick A. Ross to the Annual Fund

Mr. David Robert Sanderson (’69B) to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

The Reverend Robert E. Sherrill (’41B/’42M) to the Annual Fund

The Reverend George H. Spriggs (’59B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend John H. P. Strome (’33B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Dr. Daniel C. Thomas (’44B) to the Dan C. Thomas Internship Endowment Fund and to the Reverend Dr. Daniel Thomas Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund

The Reverend Herbert C. Tweedie (’41M) to the Annual Fund

Dr. H. George Vorsheim to the Alumni/ae Roll Call and to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Dr. David A. Weadon to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

In Honor of

Mrs. Margaret Armstrong to the Harwood and Willa Childs Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund

The Reverend Dr. Richard S. Armstrong (’58B) to the Harwood and Willa Childs Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund and to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Dr. Charles L. Bartow (’63B) to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

Dr. W. J. Beeners (’48B) to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

Ms. Carol A. Belles to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Mr. William Brower to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

The Reverend Dr. Arthur M. Byers Jr. (’50B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Rev. Dorisanne Cooper (’96B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Mrs. Isabel H. Donelik to the John R. and Isabel Hyde Donelik Scholarship Endowment Fund

Mr. John R. Donelik to the John R. and Isabel Hyde Donelik Scholarship Endowment Fund

Mrs. Barbara A. Gillespie to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Dr. Thomas W. Gillespie (’54B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Ms. J. Beth Goss (2000B) to the Buck Breland Memorial Emergency Medical Fund

The Reverend Dr. Geddes W. Hanson (’72D) to the Geddes W. Hanson Black Resource Library

Harlem Yoke Parish (PCUSA/UMC), Harlem, Montana, to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

Mr. Lloyd Charles Hawken to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Norman S. Kindt (’41B) to the Scholarship Fund

The Reverend Dr. Bryant M. Kirkland (’38B) to the Renovation of Speer Library

Mr. Frederick F. Lansill to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Dr. Raymond I. Lindquist (’33B) to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

The Reverend Michael E. Livingston (’74B/’91M) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Dr. Joseph E. McCabe to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Dr. Bruce M. Metzger (’38B/’39M) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Mrs. Mary Louise Meyer to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Dr. Paul W. Meyer to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend James Richard Neumann (’82B) to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

The Reverend Dr. Dennis T. Olson to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend M. Harmer Patton (’32B) to the Annual Fund

Princeton Theological Seminary to the Moorings Presbyterian Church of Naples, Florida, Scholarship Endowment Fund

Princeton Theological Seminary Class of 1950 to the Alumni/ae Roll Call and to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Dr. Charles T. Rush Jr. (’91D) to the Scholarship Fund

Dr. Cullen I K Story (’64D) to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

The Reverend Dr. Charles F. Stratton (’51B/’80D) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Ruth Ellen Stratton (’80B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Dr. D. Campbell Wyckoff to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

In Appreciation of

Mr. Frederick Amsler to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Mrs. Helen Amsler to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Dr. Richard S. Armstrong (’58B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Dr. Charles L. Bartow (’63B) to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

Dr. W. J. Beeners (’48B) to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

Mrs. Michele M. Breland to the Buck Breland Memorial Emergency Medical Fund

Mr. William Brower to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

Covenant Presbyterian Church, Trenton, New Jersey, to the Annual Fund

Ms. Jennifer Kenworthy Gelson (’94B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Mr. Richard Kenworthy Gelson (’97B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Dr. James F. Kay to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

The Reverend Dr. J. Thomas Kort (’73B/’90P), the ministry of, to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

Dr. Donald Macleod (’46G) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Dr. James I. McCord to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

The Reverend O. Thomas Miles (’51B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Princeton Theological Seminary to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

Princeton Theological Seminary Faculty to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

Princeton Theological Seminary’s ongoing service to the church to the Alumni/ae Roll Call and to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Princeton Theological Seminary Touring Choir to the Touring Choir Fund

The Reverend Dr. Hugh Smith III (’68B/’92P) to the Annual Fund

The Reverend Dr. Eric O. Springsted (’76B/’80D) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Mr. Martin Tel to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

Mr. Douglas Roy Valentine (2000B) to the Buck Breland Memorial Emergency Medical Fund

Mrs. Jackie Valentine to the Buck Breland Memorial Emergency Medical Fund

The Reverend Elaine L. Woroby (’86B) to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

"The generosity of Princeton Theological Seminary when I was a student!!!" to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

"Student financial support" to the Alumni/ae Roll Call

In Appreciation of Miller Chapel to the Miller Chapel Restoration Project

"Many wonderful memories serving as chapel deacon"
"My seminary education at PTS"
"With joy and gratitude for countless worship services in Miller"
"Memories in Chapel Choir and services in Miller"
Miller Chapel
Kresge Foundation Challenge

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