John

Wer. S t e t t n e r

this month is known for his experience in the parish O URas a"man" counseling pastor, as a teacher in a theol.ogical school, and as an educational administrator. In the performance of his professional roles the image that comes through most clearly is that of the counseling pastor. His teaching is directed toward the knowledge and skills that will assist students and pastors to be more adequate in their ministries of care and counseling. His administrative function as the dcan of students had at its core the pastoral care and nurture of students. He has been a strong interpreter of the necessity of a strenuous program of care and counseling in the curriculum of theological education, and will continue to be an asset in re-shaping an educational program in seminaries in this country that will include appropriate training of clergymen in pastoral counseling. John was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1922, a son of a first-rate cellist. He received his B.A. from Ohio State University in the field of Clinical Psychology. His further education was at Yale Divinity School (B.D.), University of Chicago (M.A., Religion and Personality), and Iliff School of Theology (Th.D., Psychology). During World War II, John served in an infantry division of the United States Army, spending eighteen months in Europe. He is an ordained minister of the United Presbyterian Ihe MAR Church. Before coming to McCormick Thcological Seminary in 1957, he served on the staff of Of t h e the First Presbyterian Church of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and as Counseling Minister at the ~1~ 0 N T H First Presbyterian Church of Evanston, Illinois. He and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, have two children, Elizabeth Ann and James Roy.

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My Lai, kneeling with a snarl on his face, pumping bullets into every villager in sight? What would Dr. Neumann have done for them? What could we do for these, our alter egos? A't least we are aware, after reading this book, of the demonic forces involved. --CAROL MURPHY

field of the behavioral sciences. Publications of the Weyerhaeuser Program from colloquia include: The Attthoritar-

ian Personality and Mass Movements, Myth and Modern Man, The Church anvl Mental Retardation, and The Church and Community Psychiatry.

These were published as issues of "The McCormick Quarterly." This program has now developed into a larger program of instruction through increased support from the Foundation. John has been relieved of his duties as dean of stuMAN OF ]'HE MONTH dents. He is now a full professor of (Continued from page 4) pastoral care and counseling, and diThe areas of research for his ad- rector of the Weyerhaeuser Program. vanced degrees continue to engage him. A new S.T.M. program has been deHis master's thesis was in premarital veloped in cooperation with the Chicago counseling, carried forward under the Institute of Pastoral Care (Dr. Randirection of Granger Westberg and dall Mason, director, and his staff), Seward Hihner. His doctoral thesis, and with other theological schools in under the guidance of John M. Vay- the Chicago area. This program of hinger, was a study of older candidates graduate study may present the opporfor the ministry. An essay of his on tunity for a new ecumenical dimension "How to Set Up a Church Counseling of pastoral education in Chicago. John is a member of the Board of Program" appeared in the October, Directors of the Presbyterian-St. Luke's 1956 issue of PASTORAL PSYCHOLOGY, and was later published in The Minis~ Hospital in Chicago. He was a charter ister's Consultation Clinic, edited by member of the Academy of Religion and Mental Health, and serves as a member Simon Doniger. It has been my happy privilege to be of the executive committee. He assisted associated with John as a friend and in the creation of the Chicago Institute faculty colleague for the past ten years. of Pastoral Care, and continues to serve I have had .occasion to observe his on its board. teaching, his scholarly growth, and his All of us who are engaged in the field leadership in the school and community. of education for the pastoral ministry One evidence of his vision and un- will look forward to John Stettner's folding leadership is the program in pas- contribution to the thought and practoral care and counseling developed at tice of care and counseling in the parish McCormick with the aid of grants from and related institutions. We will enthe Weyerhaeuser Foundation. Course courage his experimentation and his reofferings were expanded, counseling porting to us what may benefit our teachservices increased, and scholarships pro- ing and counseling in the future. vided for students to engage in clinical ----MARCUS J. PRIESTER pastoral education in hospitals and other Dean agencies in the midwest. Also resources McCormick Theological Seminary were brought to the campus from the Chicago, Illinois

Writer, and member of the Society of Friends Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

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