Aware 1979 no.4

              NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF
GARRETT-EVANGELICAL
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
FALL 1979
Seminary in Evanston with Evangelical
Theological Seminary, formerly located in
Naperville, Illinois. Dr. Northtelt was the
chief architect of this union, which
brought together two century-old institu-tions.
The result was a new institution
that has proven to be both academically
strong and financially successful.
Dr. Northfelt holds numerous leader-ship
positions within the United Meth-odist
Church and in theological educa-tion.
Before becoming president of the
seminary, he served the church in vary-ing
capacities, including 23 years in pas-toral
appointments in the states of Wash-ington
and Illinois. He served as superin-tendent
of both the Rockford and
Chicago Northern Districts of the North-ern
Illinois Conference of the United
Methodist Church. Five times the confer-ence
elected him to represent it at Gen-eral
Conference.
President Merlyn W.Northfelt
Announces Retirement
Dr. Merlyn W. Northfelt, president of
the seminary, has announced his retire-ment,
effective not later than December
Andersons Create
Scholarship Endowment
CORLISS AND CATHERINE ANDERSON, both
life trustees, have contributed $100,000
for the establishment of an endowed
scholarship fund in their names. Mrs.
Anderson was elected to the board in
1970 and Dr. Anderson in 1971, serving
as chairman from 1971 to 1975. Dr. An-derson,
who was honored for his service
to the seminary with a doctorate of
humane letters, has been a financial
consultant to a number of businesses
and organizations. He also holds a B.S.,
M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Il-linois.
He was professor of finance at
Northwestern University and chairman of
the finance department in the university's
graduate school of managment. The
Andersons make their home in Barring-ton,
IL.
31, 1980, or earlier if his successor has
been elected before then. He has served
as president since 1970.
William Y. Hutchinson, Chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the seminary, in ac-cepting
Dr. Northfelt's decision to retire,
said, "Merlyn Northfelt has provided
Garrett-Evangelical Seminary with indis-pensable
leadership during one of the
most crucial periods in its long history.
He will be remembered with honor and
affection as long as the seminary exists.
On behalf of the trustees I extend to him
our profound gratitude."
Hutchinson stated that a search com-mittee
consisting of representatives of
the trustees, faculty, student body, and
alumni has been appointed to seek out
and screen candidates for the presi-dency.
A major accomplishment of Dr. North-felt's
administration was the successful
merger in 1974 of Garrett Theological
DR. MERLYN NORTHFEL T, G-ETS' presi-dent,
in acknowledging the gift, re-marked,
"The Andersons believe the
single most effective way lay people can
improve the effectiveness of the ministry
is to support theological education. In
addition to this impressive single gift,
they have consistently given generous
annual gifts to the school."
Trustee Gifts for
Library Addition
Two other trustee families have made
leadership gifts toward the construction
of the new library addition.
JOHN AND PHYLLIS TITTLE, have commit-ted
$100,000. Mr. Tittle, chairman of the
board from 1975-78, is a senior partner
of Stein, Roe, and Farnham. He has con-tributed
generously in service and funds
in respect for the memory of his father,
Ernest Fremont Tittle, who was for many
years minister of First UMC, Evanston. A
life trustee, Mr. Tittle remains active in
the governance of the school.
WILLIAM AND WINIFRED HUTCHINSON are
providing $200,000 for the library addi-tion.
Mr. Hutchinson, president of Conti-nental
Scale Corporation, became presi-dent
of the G-ETS board in 1978.
Dr. Northfelt commented, "The Hutch-insons
' and the Tittles both realize the
importance of an excellent library to
support theological education at the
seminary and have been much involved
in the development of plans for the addi-tion
over the last several years."