Necrology

The Rev. Harry T. Burke ’34
April 8, 2011

The Rev. Robert L. Bast ’47
February 7, 2024

The Rev. Dr. Charles
L. Winters, Jr. ’49
May 17, 2022

The Rev. William G. Frank, Jr.,
M.D. ’52
June 8, 2023

The Rev. Lorin A. Paull, Jr. ’53
December 5, 2009

The Rev. Gordon B. Davis ’54
February 10, 2020

The Rev. Robert Pollard III ’54
November 17, 2023

The Rev. Donald G. Stauffer ’54
January 30, 2012

Mr. T. Edmund Beck, Jr. ’55
March 22, 2021

The Rev. Dr. Thomas D. Bowers ’56
July 13, 2024

The Rev. Charles R. Butler ’56
February 22, 2023

Mr. James R. Gordon ’56
February 1, 1993

The Rt. Rev. Charlie F. McNutt, Jr ’56
October 25, 2023

The Rev. George H. Schroeter ’56
April 28, 2022

The Rev. P. Kingsley ’56
December 27, 2022

The Rev. Philip G. Porcher, Jr. ’57
September 7, 2023

The Rev. Walter E. Smith ’57
August 5, 2020

The Rev. Milton H. Murray ‘58
January 3, 2024

The Rt. Rev. John H. Rodgers, Jr. ‘58
November 23, 2022

The Rev. Alan B. Conley ‘59
December 19, 2020

The Rt. Rev. R. Stewart Wood, Jr. ‘59
July 30, 2023

The Rev. Nelson B. Hodgkins ’60
August 15, 2022

The Rev. William F. Myers ’60
March 1, 2021

The Rev. Harrison H. Owen ’60
March 16, 2024

The Very Rev. Robert
D. Schenkel, Jr ’60
November 2, 2023

The Rev. John F. Eberman ’61
January 17, 2016

The Rev. William
M. Duncan-O’Neal ’62
March 6, 2023

The Rev. J. William Flanders, Jr. ’62
November 15, 2023

The Rev. Canon Blount
H. Grant, Jr. ’62
February 4, 2024

The Rev. Dr. Roy C. Mercer, Jr. ’62
March 30, 2024

Mr. Robert S. Ripley ’62
May 27, 2018

The Rev. Edward N. Schneider ’62
March 23, 2021

Mr. David H. Pardoe ’64
March 28, 2024

The Rev. Frederick H. Dennis ’65
October 6, 2023

The Rev. James F. Fordham ’65
September 14, 2020

The Rev. Sidney J. Gervais, Jr. ’66
March 5, 2022

Fr. Thomas L. Jackson ’67
January 8, 2022

The Rev. Norman E. Griffith, Jr ’68
May 28, 2019

Mrs. Mary Lou Titus ’68
March 18, 2023

The Rev. David E. Bridgforth ’69
December 5, 2016

The Rev. Richard W. Townley, Jr. ’73
July 22, 2017

The Rev. Christopher M. Brdlik ’77
November 19, 2023

The Rev. Russell C. Burchard ’79
December 2, 2023

Mr. Joseph L. Manson ’79
August 13, 2020

The Rev. W. Donald ’80
May 12, 2021

Mr. J. Dickson Ferguson ’81
June 27, 2023

The Rev. James H. Fetterman ’81
November 4, 2023

The Rev. Nancy J. Noall ’81
March 12, 2024

The Rev. Kenneth O. White ’81
March 21, 2023

The Rev. Anne D. Monahan ’82
March 20, 2023

The Rev. C. Clayton Nelson, Jr. ’82
November 2, 2023

The Rev. C. Alfred Cole, Jr. ’84
March 27, 2023

Mrs. Juanita K. Csontos ’84
November 8, 2023

The Rev. Eugene Wise, Jr. ’84
July 11, 2023

The Rev. Lorene H. Potter ’85
May 25, 2023

The Rev. Barbara D. Parini ’88
January 30, 2024

The Rev. John M. DiLeo ’89
August 23, 2023

The Rev. Ann C. ’89
February 1, 2021

Dr. Anita D. Ogden ’89
July 12, 2020

The Rev. Dr. W. Scott Dillard ’93
September 27, 2019

Dr. Lee S. Ainslie, Jr. (H) ’98
October 22, 2023

The Rev. Kenneth S. Thom ’01
July 9, 2023

The Rev. William C. Anderson ’02
September 4, 2022

The Rev. Patricia M. Drost ’03
July 1, 2024

The Rev. Dr. Linda A. Hutton ’05
October 14, 2022

Mr. James R. Lowe, Jr. (H) ’05
February 18, 2022

The Rev. Gina Arents ’09
February 24, 2022

Dr. Brent W. Blackwelder (H) ’14
November 23, 2023

Dr. Herman F. Bostick (H) ’15
August 4, 2021

The Rev. Charles A. Sumners III ’67
March 3, 2024

The Rev. Charles B. Spigner ’85
May 27, 2024

The Rev Carla Thompson ’97
August 29, 2024

The Rev. Dr. Everett
C. Lees, D.Min. ’17

September 11, 2024

The Rev. Alwin Reiners ‘54
July 17, 2024

FEATURES

From the Dean

It was Paddy Cavanaugh (Class of 2023) who spotted a remarkable find at an antique store in Easton, MD. At the top of this framed ledger, we find the words “Monthly Report of Sick and Wounded Soldiers in U.S. Army General Hospital, at Fairfax Seminary, Va., for the week ending October 31, 1862, at 6 A.M.”

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Commencement 2024

We were delighted to confer degrees and diplomas on 53 students across our Master of Divinity, Master of Arts, Doctor of Ministry, Doctor of Educational Ministry, and Diploma in Anglican Studies programs at our 201st Commencement earlier this year.

A Bicentennial Retrospective

The Rev. Jonathan Musser ’17 reflects reflect on the ways VTS’ story has been told over the past 200 years and the omissions that exist in this narrative.

The Next Century of Service

The Very Rev. Ian S. Markham, Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary, looks ahead to the challenges the Church faces and how VTS will respond to them.

NEWS

The Ministry of Mitzi Budde

Mitzi Budde, D.Min, Head Librarian and the Arthur Carl Lichtenberger Chair for Theological Research, retires after 33 years. The Rev. A. Katherine Grieb, Ph.D., ’83, reflects on the profound impact she has had on VTS.

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Remembering Tom Bowers

The Thomas Dix Bowers Preaching Fellowship Fund was established at Virginia Theological Seminary on May 6, 2008, by family and friends of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Dix Bowers, VTS ’56.

Jerome Berryman

Ministering for Children

The Rev, Rode Molla, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, and the first Berryman Family Chair for Children’s Spirituality and Nurture at Virginia Theological Seminary, reflects on the legacy of the Rev. Jerome Berryman, D.Min.

A Shining Star of Love and Grace

Virginia Theological Seminary was honored to confer the Dean’s Cross for Servant Leadership on Ellen Wofford Hawkins in recognition of her deep faith and ability to bring sunshine into the lives of others.