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Faculty
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Gary Scott Smith,
Chair and Professor of History
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Education:
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BA, Psychology, Grove City College, 1972 M.
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Div. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1977
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M.A., American History, Johns Hopkins
University, 1979
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Ph.D., American History, Johns Hopkins
University, 1981
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Awards:
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Grove City College Professor of the Year, 2000
(inaugural award)
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2001 Pennsylvania Professor of the Year—The
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for
Advancement and Support of Education
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Selected Publications:
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Numerous scholarly articles
and chapters in edited books
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Faith and the
Presidency: Religion, Politics, and Public Policy from George Washington to
George W. Bush (Oxford University
Press 2006)
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The
Search for Social Salvation: Social Christianity and America, 1880-1925
(Lexington Books, 2000)
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God and Politics: Four
Views of the Reformation of Civil Government (Presbyterian and Reformed, 1989)
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Editor, Building a Christian
Worldview, Vol. 2: Cosmology, Society and Ethics (Presbyterian and
Reformed, 1988)
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Editor, Building a Christian Worldview, Vol. 1:
God, Man and
Knowledge (Presbyterian and Reformed, 1986)
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The Seeds of
Secularization: Calvinism and Culture in America, 1870-1915 (Eerdmans,
1985)
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Specialization: American religious history,
secularization, social change, religion and politics
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Courses taught:
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U.S. Survey I
and U.S. Survey II
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Minorities in American
History
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American
Religious History
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Sports in American History
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Humanities 201 (Civilization and
the Speculative Mind)
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Humanities 302 (Modern Civilization in International
Perspective)
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Revisiting the Protestant Reformation
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Organizations advised:
Omicron Delta Kappa (a
national academic and leadership honorary); New Life (a ministry to the
residents at George Junior republic, a facility for juvenile delinquents)
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Recreational interests: tennis, basketball,
weight lifting, travel, hiking
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Interesting historical fact: The Netherlands
has the world’s tallest average height for men—6’1”.
Dr. Gillis J.
Harp,
Professor of History
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Education:
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B.A., History, Carleton University,
1979
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M.A., American History, University of Virginia,
1980
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Ph.D., American History, University of Virginia,
1986
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Selected Publications:
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Traditional
Dissent: The Reorientation of American
Conservatism, 1865-1900,"
Modern Intellectual History (2008),
5:487-518
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"Hofstadter's
The Age of Reform and the
Crucible of the Fifties," Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
6:2 (April 2007)
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"The Strange Death of Evangelical
Episcopalianism," Anglican & Episcopal History 74:2 (2005): 180-206.
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Brahmin Prophet:
Phillips Brooks and the Path of Liberal Protestantism (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003).
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"'We cannot spare you:' Phillips Brooks's Break
with the Evangelical Party, 1859-1873," Church History 68:4 (December
1999): 930-953.
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"Determinism or Democracy? The Marxisms of
Eduard Bernstein and Sidney Hook, History of European Ideas 25
(1999):243-250.
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"The Young Phillips Brooks: A Reassessment,"
Journal of Ecclesiastical History 49:4 (1998): 652-667.
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Positivist Republic: Auguste Comte and the
Reconstruction of American Liberalism, 1865-1920
(Penn State Press, 1995).
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"Patrician Partisans: New York in the House of
Representatives, 1789-1803," Canadian Journal of History 29 (1994):
479-500.
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"Taylor, Calhoun, and the Decline of a Theory of
Political Disharmony," Journal of the History of Ideas 46 (1985): 107-120
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Courses taught:
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British History to 1781
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British
History Since 1781
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Colonial and Revolutionary America
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The United States in the
Nineteenth Century
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The United States Since 1900
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American Intellectual History
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Historical Research
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Humanities 101 (Civilization)
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Humanities 302 (Modern
Civilization in International Perspective)
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Organizations advised:
Canterbury Fellowship
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Specialization:
American intellectual and
cultural history, especially nineteenth century
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Recreational interests: American “roots” music,
vintage autosport
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Interesting historical fact: The U.S. averaged
approximately 35,000 industrial accidents per year between 1880 and
1900. That totals more than the casualty figures for the Civil War.
Mark W.
Graham,
Associate Professor of History
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Education:
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B.A. Bob Jones University, 1993
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M.A. University of South Carolina, 1995
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Ph.D. Michigan State University, 2001
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Selected Publications:
- "'The Enchanter's Wand': Charles Darwin, Foreign
Missions, and the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle," Journal of Religious History
(forthcoming 2007)
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News and Frontier Consciousness in the Late Roman Empire
(University of Michigan Press, 2006)
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"Wall Decoration: Worked
Stone," in Bir Ftouha: A Pilgrimage Church Complex at Carthage. Susan
Stevens et al. eds. Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series
59 (2005), 379-97.
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Various book reviews and articles in specialized
encyclopedias
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Specialization:
Late Antiquity, a field which
includes the late Roman Empire, early Medieval Europe, the rise of Islam, and
the early Byzantine Empire.
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Courses taught:
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Humanities 101 (Civilization)
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World History I, World History II
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Ancient World, Medieval Europe
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Modern
Europe, Rise of Christianity
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Byzantium and Islam, Ancient Historiography
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Medieval Intellectual History, Latin I
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Organizations advised: Phi Alpha Theta History
Honorary, The Classics Society.
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Recreational interests:
Coin and antique
collecting, international traveling (he and his wife have visited more than 20
countries), American roadtrips (he, his wife, and a one year old daughter once
did a 9600 mile, six-week excursion) and reading books with his daughters (Hobbit
and Greek myths told for children are the current favorites).
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Interesting historical fact: In the thirteenth
century the majority of the world’s Christians lived outside of Western Europe,
spread across the Middle East and Central Asia. These Christians, largely
forgotten after their decimation by the Mongols, live on today as the Assyrian
Christians in Iran, Iraq, and parts of the U.S. and Canada.
Jon David Wyneken,
Associate Professor of History
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Education:
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BA, History (Cum
Laude), Humboldt State University, 1996
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MA, American
History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1999
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Certificate,
Contemporary History, Contemporary History Institute
at Ohio University, 2007
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Ph.D., Modern
European History, Ohio University, 2007
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Awards:
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Student Award,
Favorite Faculty Member, College of Theology, Arts,
and Sciences, Concordia University - Portland, OR,
2005, 2007, 2008
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Baker Peace Studies
Foundation Fellowship, 2003-2004
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Selected Publications:
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"Memory as
Diplomatic Leverage: Evangelical Bishop Theophil
Wurm and War Crimes Trial, 1948-1952," Kirchliche
Zeitgeschichte [Contemporary Church History],
Volume 19, Issue 2, 2006.
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Specialization:
Modern Germany, International Relations of the Twentieth
Century, Modern Russia/Soviet Union, Modern Asia.
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Courses taught:
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Modern Asian
History
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Foundations of
History
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Humanities 101
(Civilization)
- 2oth Century Russia
- Modern German History
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Organizations
Advised: At Concordia University, he
advised "One Voice" club, dedicated to action on and
awareness of the global HIV/AIDS and extreme poverty
crisis.
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Recreational interests:
Travel, cooking, international films, and all sports
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Interesting historical fact:
Some of the biggest events in German history have
occurred on November 9th: its surrender in World War I in
1918, the Nazi's "Beer Hall Putsch" in 1923, the
Kristallnacht program of 1938, and the fall of the
Berlin Wall in 1989.
Andrew Mitchell,
Assistant Professor of History
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Education:
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BA, History,
Hillsdale College
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MA, History, The
Ohio State University
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Ph.D., History, The
Ohio State University
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Selected Publications:
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“Una nueva
perspectiva sobre la Guerra dels Segadors: en
búsqueda de la ‘limpieza de fe,’” in Actes del 5è
Congrés d’Història Moderna de Catalunya. Identitats,
Conflictes, Representacions (Facultat de Geografia
i Història, Universitat de Barcelona: Diputacío de
Barcelona, 2003), vol. II, pp. 367-372.
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Specialization:
Early modern Europe, Military history, Spanish history
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Courses taught:
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Humanities 101
(Civilization)
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Renaissance/Early-Modern Europe
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History of Spain
- Humanities 302
(Modern
Civilization in International Perspective)
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Recreational interests:
Reading, playing the piano and tuba, watching
college and professional football
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Interesting historical fact:
The rivalry between Michigan and Ohio had its roots in
the legendary Toledo War of 1835-1836. Before Michigan
could become a state, it needed to have its borders
clearly defined, especially between current states such
as Ohio and Indiana. Trouble emerged over a strip of
land leading west from Toledo which was claimed by both
Michigan and Ohio (with Toledo leaning towards joining
Michigan). State militias were called out several times
over the two years, but the only known casualty was
caused by Ohioan Two Stickney (his older brother was
named "On") who stabbed a Michigan sheriff venturing too
far "south of the border." President Andrew Jackson forced
Michigan to cede its claim and the state was then
compensated for its "loss" by receiving the Upper
Peninsula. This war was long forgotten by residents in
both states until the 1960s, when Ohio State coach,
Woody Hayes, decided to make something out of it in
order to inspire his team, and the rest, as they say, is
history.
Mary E. Cameron,
Adjunct in Geography
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Education:
- B.A., History,
Allegheny College, 1972
- M.S. in Library Science,
University of North Carolina, 1984
- Ph.D. Geography, University
of North Carolina, 2001
- Specialization: Cultural/human
geography, environmental issues and problems, human-environment interactions,
world regional geography, historical geography, landscape and environmental
perception and place meaning, population geography, political geography,
economic and urban geography
- Courses taught at GCC: World
Geography
- Courses taught at other colleges:
Methods of Analysis for Environmental Science; Environmental Exposures & Health;
Environmental Justice; Assessing and Evaluating Environmental Problems; Culture
and Environment; Discover Geography; Environmental Problems; Third World
Nations; World Regional Geography; Introduction to Geography; Lesser Developed
Regions; Historical Geography of the United States; Population Geography;
Geography of U.S. and Canada
- Recreational interests:
Local
history, canal history, hiking, house remodeling, knitting, sewing, gardening,
local theater (acting and stage crew)
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Interesting historical fact:
The opening of the Erie Canal on October 26,
1825 was heralded across the land and back by a relay of cannon blasts.
Cannons, many taken out of storage from the War of 1812, had been strategically
located at towns along the canal and Hudson River, each one within earshot of
the next. It took the cannonade less than two hours to signal from Buffalo to
New York City; it took the first canal boat, the Seneca Chief, nine
days to complete its one-way journey from Buffalo to New York City harbor.
Symbolizing the "Marriage of the Waters" between the Great Lakes and the
Atlantic, a cask of Lake Erie water was ceremoniously emptied into the New York
harbor.
Jason R. Edwards, Associate Professor of Education and History
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Education:
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B.A., History,
Asbury College, 1992
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M.A. History,
University of Kentucky, 1994
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Ph.D., History and
Philosophy of Education, University of Kentucky, 2003
- Awards:
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Selected Publications:
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Ask the Professor: What Freshmen Need to
Know
co-authored by Dr. Timothy D. Holder and
published by Greyhound Books, April
2008.
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“Fundamentalism and Freedom in the
American Public School Classroom” in
Church and State Issues in America Today. Praeger Press, 2007.
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Editor of
Education Well an online educational
policy newsletter
- Several historical
papers on American education presented
by the Center for Vision and Values.
- Numerous columns and
reviews published in newspapers and
journals across the nation
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Specialization:
Agrarian philosophy,
American educational history, Southern history, cultural/worldview analysis
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Courses taught:
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Humanities
101 (Civilization)
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Humanities 302 (Modern Civilization from
an International Perspective)
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Foundations of Education I
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Foundations of Education II
- Issues of Education
Seminar
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United
States History I
- Faith and American
Education
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Organizations advised:
The Fugitives (Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Chapter); Debate Team
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Recreational interests:
fishing, travel,
University of Kentucky basketball, fantasy football, bowling, cards
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Interesting historical fact:
Beginning with William Henry Harrison in 1840, every
United States president elected in a year that ended in
zero died in office. This grim streak lasted until
Ronald Reagan who was elected in 1980. Besides Harrison,
the list includes Abraham Lincoln (1860), James Garfield
(1880), William McKinley (1900), Warren Harding (1920),
Franklin Roosevelt (1940), and John F. Kennedy (1960).
John A. Sparks, Dean for the Alva J. Calderwood School of Arts and
Letters and Professor of Business and Professor of History
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Education:
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B.A., Economics Grove City College,
1966
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J.D., University of Michigan Law School.
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Admitted, State Bars in Michigan and
Pennsylvania
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Awards:
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Grove City College Professor of
the Year, 2001
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Jack Kennedy Memorial Alumni Achievement Award,
2002
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Selected Publications:
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“Education Means Emancipation: Poverty and
Schooling,” Center for Vision & Values Poverty Conference, 2006
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Editor, Is Capitalism Morally Bankrupt?
(Grove City College Press, 2000)
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“Educational Rebirth in Wilkinsburg: The Turner
School Initiative” for the Allegheny Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1996
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“If We Don’t Get Our Share,” in
Clichés of
Politics, Mark Spangler, ed. (The Foundation for Economic Education, 1994)
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“Private Property, Non-ownership and the Third
World,” in Man of Principle, John W. Robbins and Mark Spangler, eds.
(Grove City College Press, 1992)
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“Biblical Principles and Business Law,” in
Biblical Principles & Business—the Practice,
Richard C. Chewning, ed.
(NavPress, 1990)
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“Pennsylvania Education in the 1990s: The Need for Choice and
Substance,” in Leading Pennsylvania Into the 21st Century: Policy
Strategies for the Future, Don E. Eberly, ed. (The Commonwealth Foundation,
1990) Editor, The Infant Formula Feeding
Controversy (Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 1985)“The Legal Standing of Gold—Contract v. Status,”
in Gold Is Money, in Hans F. Sennholz, ed. (Greenwood Press, 1975)
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Thirty-five articles and
reviews in the following publications: The Journal of Christian
Reconstruction; The Presbyterian Layman; Discipleship Journal; Engage Social
Action; The Freeman; The University Bookman; Food Policy; Private Practice;
The St. Croix Review; Pennsylvania Outlook, Quarterly Review of Business;
Allegheny Institute Occasional Paper.
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Specialization:
U.S. Constitutional History
and Educational Policy
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Courses taught: U.S. Constitutional History I,
U.S. Constitutional II, and Business Law
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Organizations advised: Pre-law advisor and
Advisor to Law Society.
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Recreational interests:
Golf, walking, swimming
and gardening
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Interesting historical
fact: The first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court was John Jay, who also
authored several of the Federalist Papers. He resigned that position to run to
what was then a more prestigious post--Governor of New York.
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