New Faculty Member and Four New Trustees Announced at Princeton Seminary

Princeton, NJ, July 29, 2009–Princeton Theological Seminary is pleased to announce the appointment of a new faculty member and the election of four new trustees. 

Loren T. Stuckenbruck was named the Richard Dearborn Professor of New Testament Studies with tenure, effective July 1, 2009. Stuckenbruck earned his B.A. from Milligan College and his M.Div. (1986) and Ph.D. (1994) from Princeton Theological Seminary. He previously held the B.F. Westcott Chair of Biblical Studies at Durham University in England.

In news about current faculty, Robert C. Dykstra was named the Charlotte W. Newcombe Professor of Pastoral Theology, Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger the Charlotte W. Newcombe Professor of Pastoral Theology, William Stacy Johnson the Arthur M. Adams Professor of Systematic Theology, Bruce L. McCormack the Charles Hodge Professor Systematic Theology, and George L. Parsenios, associate professor of New Testament. All of these promotions were effective July 1, 2009.

The Seminary’s Board of Trustees announced the election of four new trustees.

Dorothy A. Johnson is vice-chair of The League, a national initiative to increase giving and volunteering, headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. She is a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Grand Haven, Michigan.

F. Carter “Bud” Karins is chief executive officer of Karins Engineering Group in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church in St. Petersburg.

Jinsoo Kim is founder, president, CEO, and software developer of Image Solutions, Inc., in Whippany, New Jersey. He is a member of Sebit Church in Plukemin, New Jersey.

Susan F. Wonderland, Class of 1983, associate executive of the Synod of the Trinity, was elected by her fellow alumni/ae as an alumni/ae trustee.

In other trustee news, Robert W. Bohl, Class of 1961, is the new chair of the Board of Trustees. Leslie W. Braksick is vice chair, and John T. Galloway Jr., Class of 1966, is secretary.

Princeton Theological Seminary was founded in 1812 as the first seminary established by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. It is the largest Presbyterian seminary in the country, with more than 600 students in six graduate degree programs.