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Mrs. Cheney Appointed Executive for Program

Diocesan Press Service. June 24, 1974 [74180]

NEW YORK, N. Y. -- Mrs. Ruth Gordon Cheney has been appointed by Presiding Bishop John M. Allin to be Executive for Program on the staff of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church, effective immediately.

Mrs. Cheney has been a member of the staff of the Executive Council since 1963, serving first in the department of Christian education, and since 1970, as a resource specialist on the staff for the ministry with youth.

Prior to coming to the Council staff, Mrs. Cheney was associated with the department of Christian education of the Diocese of Washington for 10 years. In addition to specializing in youth work for the diocese, she served as chairman of the youth and young adult division of the Washington Council of Churches.

From 1941 to 1945 she was employed by the federal government as assistant chief and later chief of the telegraph office of the War Production Board, and for the following seven years she served as research expert for the U.S. Department of State.

Her publications include Transition: An Overview of 12-14 Year Olds in the Church, a planning manual for parishes (Seabury Press, 1967), and High Wall? Low Wall? No Wall, a resource book on reconciliation for junior highs and their leaders (Friendship Press, 1969).

Mrs. Cheney has been chairman of the U.S. Screening Committee of the International Christian Youth Exchange and secretary of its board of directors. She represents the Executive Council in many ecumenical events, experiments, and development of educational resources related to you.

(NOTE: A photograph of Mrs. Cheney is enclosed: # 74180).