Arthur Lichtenberger Fellows for 1974-1975 Named
Diocesan Press Service. April 15, 1974 [74109]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Three students have been named by the Episcopal Church's Board for Theological Education as 1974-75 fellows in its Arthur Lichtenberger Fellowship program. The program, a modification of the Rockefeller program, enables men and women of special merit and promise to study for a "trial year" in an accredited seminary.
Chosen for the 1974-75 fellowships are: Frank Spruill Alexander, Atlanta, Ga.; George Marvin Caldwell, Berkeley, Calif.; and James Edgar Liggett, Jr., Houston, Tex.
Mr. Alexander, 21, is a native of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and received his B.A. degree in religion in December, 1973, from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, he was the recipient of a John Motley Morehead scholarship at the university. He is an Episcopalian and has served as vestryman since 1972.
Mr. Caldwell, 22, received his B.A. degree in government from Cornell University in 1973 and expects to receive his M.A. degree in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, in June, 1974. An Episcopalian, he attended Cornell with an American Foreign Service Association scholarship in 1969-70.
A graduate of the University of Houston in 1971 with a B.A. degree in philosophy, Mr. Liggett, 24, is a native of Bartlesville, Okla. He attended the university with scholarships from Phillips Petroleum Co. and the University of Houston, and was a teaching fellow in philosophy at the university for two years.
The fellowships, established in 1973, 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.
All expenses of each fellow are paid for the trial year and the fellows have no ecclesiastical attachment to a bishop.