Arthur Lichtenberger Fellowships Established
Diocesan Press Service. April 2, 1973 [73088]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Board for Theological Education of the Episcopal Church has announced the establishment of the "Arthur Lichtenberger Fellowships," which will enable men and women of special merit and promise to study for a "trial year" in an accredited seminary.
The fellowships are named in honor of one of the former leaders of the Episcopal Church, the late Rt. Rev. Arthur Lichtenberger, who was Presiding Bishop from 1958 until his resignation for ill health in 1964. Bishop Lichtenberger died in 1968. Permission was granted by Mrs. Lichtenberger for the use of her husband's name for the fellowships.
Three fellows are now studying under the new program, which is a modification of the Rockefeller program, the Fund for Theological Education.
David E. Giles of Blacksburg, Va., a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, began his studies at Harvard Divinity School this spring and is also doing some work at the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass. Miss Marcia Martin of Jericho, Vt., who graduated from Kirkland College, Clinton, N.Y., and James R. Pugh of Halliard, Ohio, a 1972 graduate of Kenyon College, Gambler, Ohio, are studying at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge.
All expenses of each fellow are paid for the trial year -- about $6,500 each -- and the fellows have no ecclesiastical attachment to a bishop. The Board has indicated that it has funds for the program for the next triennium.