b'Alumni 7GREETINGSW. Clay MacaulayGrace and peace to you!Our alums have gathered in a variety places in the late spring and summer,We hope you will come and join us for the Sprunt Lectures next May 68, and will continue to do so this fall. During the last week of April (2228), a2024, on our Richmond campus. The Sprunt Lecturer is Rev. Dr. John J. group of seven UTS grads gathered on Anna Maria Island, off the west coastThatamanil, professor of theology and world religions director for Union of Florida, for a week of continuing ed to celebrate 40 years since startingTheological Seminary in New York. seminary in 1983. Those attending included Agnes Norfleet Arney, KittyPlease continue to send news of your life, ministry, and alum gatherings Hahn Campanella, Helen Montgomery DeBevoise, Sally Campbell Evans,to me. We love hearing from you (see the web links below)!DC Grubb Horne, Kim L. Rodrigue, and Ellen Fowler Skidmore. They also met with Susan Forester DeWyngaert (D.Min.83) and Eugenia Gamble toA very pleasant fall season to you!talk about story and to explore their own faith journeys. Yours faithfully,At Montreat, members of UTS Class of 72 gathered in late May (2428) atW. Clay Macaulay (D.Min.85)William Black Lodge, as convened by Danny and Tita Massie, with DavidDirector of Alumni Development and Riitta Anderson. In early October (911), Union-PSCE alums from thecmacaulay@upsem.edumid-1990s will gather on the Richmond campus with former UTS Professor(804) 436-7471 (mobile and text) / (804) 278-4382 (study)Doug Ottati.MORE ONLINE For an up-to-date list of alumni notes: Visit our Alumni page: Email us:bit.ly/UPSem-Alumni-Notes upsem.edu/alumni alumni@upsem.eduAlumni Notes MEET ED MCLEODIN MEMORIAM Seminary Alum Will Help Pat Baxter (M.A.86, Th.M.03) with AdvancementJune 21, 2023Raymond C. Bell (B.D.60)May 26, 2023 EdMcLeodgraduatedfrom Joseph F. Condro (M.Div.69, D.Min.79) Union Presbyterian Seminary in May 23, 2023 1985, but his ties to the Seminary stretch back farther than that. John R. Goodman (M.Div.68, Th.M.69)August 8, 2023 Both of his parents graduated from Union in the 1950s.David A. Long III (D.Min.77) One of the most important May 3, 2023thingsItookawayfrom Humphrey Marshall (M.A.77) mytimeatUnionwasthe July 14, 2023wonderfulprofessors,says Geraldine Cottingim Richards (M.A.49) McLeod. But what I am most March 25, 2023grateful for are the relationships Peggy Fitch Witherspoon (M.A.56) I made with my professors and June 30, 2023 classmatesmany of whom I have still been in study groups ON THE SHELF with since we were in seminary. William Caruso (M.A.79) has a new book titled Out Franklin Road: The Oak Hill Home ofFriendshipsarethelasting Nashvilles First Presbyterian Church, published by First Presbyterian Church of Nashville,thing.TN, in 2023. Beginning during the French and Indian War, the book is the story of theMcLeod recently retired after congregations 60 acres of land, which at one time was part of a 1780s North Carolina Land Grant. Bill Caruso was the editor of Appointed to Serve: 100 Years of Memories,19 years as senior pastor of First published for the 2014 Centennial of the Assemblys Training School/Presbyterian SchoolPresbyterian Church in Raleigh. of Christian Education. He has also served three other William E. Thompson (B.D.61, Th.M.62, D.Min.92) authored In Stonewalls Long Shadow:churches in South Carolina. He James Powell Smith, Aide de Camp, which tells of Lt. James Smiths service on the staffsays he had been getting used to of Lt. General Thomas Stonewall Jackson in the CSA army. Smith (18371923) was aEd McLeod, D.Min. 85 graduate of Union Theological Seminary in Virginia (B.D. 1861). After the American Civilthe idea of retirement, but stillAdvancement AssociateWar, Smith served as a pastor of PCUS churches in Virginia and as editor of Centralwantedtomakeadifference. Presbyterian (a Presbyterian Church news journal). He approached Brian Blount last spring about doing some work for the Seminary, and the two developed CELEBRATIONS the idea of McLeod reaching out to friends of Union in North Carolina and Camille LeBron Powell (M.A.C.E./M.Div.02) earned her Doctor of Ministry degree fromSouth Carolina to encourage their support of the Seminary.Columbia Theological Seminary (Decatur, GA) in May 2023. She continues to serve asMy role is about staying connected with people who have been faithful pastor of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Tucker, GA. in the past and encouraging them to be faithful with their prayers and financial support, McLeod explains. I am familiar with a lot of churches in North and South Carolina, and I will be sharing my excitement about This list reflects notes received by the Alumni Office as of August 25, 2023. the new president and new developments on the horizon for an institution that means a lot me.UNION PRESBYTERIAN SEMINARY Sharon & Brook'