PRESIDENTIAT
UPDATT,
Sping 2004
To Hopc CollegeAlumDi, Parentsand Friends:
Dcan of the Chapcl
Mrny of you havc beeneagefo learnwho (hc nex( deanof the chapcI will bc al Hope College. Our serrchbas
ondcd.and I am very plcascd10sharcwith you that lhc Rcv.Trygvc D. Johnsonwill begjn his appoinhcDt al Hope
in Januify 2(X)5. in the intcriln.Trygve will be working towardthc conrpletionofhis doctoratcin lhcology wilh
(prcaching)
cmphasis
oDhonriletics
rnd imtLgintltion
rt St.AndrcwsUniversityin ScotlaDd.
The scarchcoomrittee,which I chrircd. cngrgcd in { (hoft}u8hDationalscarchand recomnrended
thlJhiing ol thc
Rev.Johnson. I acccplcdthis .ecomnrcndation
rnLl solght lhe rpprcval of our Truslccs,who enthusiastically
endoNedhis appoinlmcDl.
Intercslingly,
I huvcbccDserchingfin a dcanol lhc ch pel sincc1999. My llrsl scrrchlcd lo the hiinliTrygvc as
chLrplain
rt No(hwcslclnCollctle.Hc wasnry laslappoin0nent
belbrclcavingNo(hwcslcrD
1()lssurnc(hc
prcsidcncy.rt Hopc. ln I scDso.I havc hircd llygvc (wicc but havc yct {o work a singlc Lhy wilh hinrl I In cagcf l
Trygvc is a p(xluct ol thc ltclbnllcd Chu|ch in Anrcficr, luviDg gfown op in F-irstltclbrmcd Churchol Oak Hitfbof,
W sh.,glirdualcd
Mrslcr ol Divinily al WcslcmThcologicalSenrinary.Hc hrs hckl iDlcrnshipsrt'l'hifd Rclbnrcd ClhurchiD Hollllllcl,
Mich.,BcfkshireMcdioalCcntcrin Pittslield.Mass..rnd thc chtplaiD's
olliceal HopeCollcgc.Hc wrs chaplainirDd
adjunctpn)lessofal Nofthwcstcmli)r thfeeyeatsbefinc cmba iDg on bis doct(nl sfudicsrt Sl. Andrcws. Thc
comnittcc w|s lookinli lbr r pcrsoDwith the mind ol I scholar.lhc hc rl ol a pastot.ilnd thc couragcol a lcadcr I
rnr conlidcnl thirt we havefbund sucha pcNoD.
Try8vc s wilc, Kristen.is alsocomplc(irg her doc(nill sludiesin thcologya{ St. Andrewsllnivel.sity. Wc wclconc
both ofthcm to our comDuni(y.
Library Award
Last ycar Hope receiveda very prcstigiousraDkingin the a/.S Nenr anr./tyor.LlR?.rrl collegeguide for having rhc
tbunh bcsl undergradurteprogramin researchimd crertive activity.bchindonly the Universityof Michigan,Mll
and Stanfod. An awrfd of similar signilicancewas bestowedthis pastmonth on rhe Goldolt lrndMargarefVan
Wylen Library al Hope. The AssociationofCollege irndReseafchLibraricsselectedHope as the recipientofits 20M
"Excellenccin AcademicLibrariesAward." The ACRL honorsone collcgelibrary,one comrnunitycollegelibrary,
and one univcrsilylibftry erch year Thrcc of the llrst live recipientsof fhc collegeawardhilve beenfrom the Greaf
LakesCollegesAssocialion,an acrdemicconsordumof 12 prcstigiousliberal artscollegesoi which Hope is a
This is a specialnationalfribule 1()longtimeHope library directorDavid Jensenand his staff for theh seNice(o
studenls,laculty,staff,and thc local commurity.
Each P€rson is Cift€d
On a vcry cold Sundayeveningin January,Marlie and I were walking to the cathering when we noticedsteamrising
ftom the basementof GravesHal1. Therewas little doubtthat this was not llolmal. As T ran to reDonthe Droblem.I
noticedthat Dave DuBois of our physicalplan1slafTwas alreadythere. Hc had beenalefteJ hy our computersystem
that all was not well in the boiler room at Gmves. I watchedhim c efully open the basementdoor dnd walk into the
boiler room, only to retreatbecauseofthe extremeheal. He simply said on his way out, "I know what thc ploblem is.
l'11have it fixed soon." I had no clue what was the matter.but Dave did. And, he had it fixed plomptly.
This incidenlwas a good reminderfor me that Cod hascreatcdall ofus with differcnt gifts and abilities. I could
neverdo whal Drve does. Nor, in [ac1.could I do whal mosl peopledo on campus. Each student,faculty,and staff
memberhrs specialgills thal togelhermake a placelike Hope function so well. The oldcr (and hopefullywiser) I get,
thc more I realizehow importanlarc the contributionsmadeby all ofus in Cod's kingdom.
Intercollegiate Sport
After the winter sport season.Hope once again leadsthe Colnmissioner''s
Cup mce fbr spoftssupremrcyilr the
Michig:ln IntercollegiateAthletic Associrtion. Hope haswon chanpionshipsthis year in fbotball. goll, men s and
womeD'ssoccer.men's and wonren'sswimmiDg.and meD'sb.rskelb1l.
The nren'sHope-Calvinbasketballganreshavebeentelecastin wesleD MichigaDfin many ye rs. Iror thc last livc
yean, therc hrve beensatellitebrn?dcasts
throughoutthe country whereHope and Calvin dumni grther logcthcr
Thisyuu:it was Hope s turn to presentthe lelevisionhalllime show.which I was g ehrl to hosl. lntcrspcncdwith
Iny conrmcntswcrc campLrs
sccncs showingstLrdcnts
in laboratodes,classfoonrs.
and othef carnpus?rctivities.The
tcxt of nry halliinrc talk is as follows:
Thisis NveryexcitingtiDreLobert Hote. Mrnie rnd I ieel$ pililegedto be$1c to seNcourd/r tut?t (l!ti^A
with$ n ny hlcnlcdcollcnSucs.
thisimportant
timcin hcrhistory.T()parlncr
{[rnnri.rnd liicndsin thiscndc!'vor
is vctyspcci{1.
llofc s Drlssnnr
is 10(lclivcltu cxccfli(nHlcducrrlonNl
crpcicncein x.Nring.Chrislirncnvnunncrl.NlypcNonrl
p|ssi(nr.
$uredhy n) n)rry.is ibr Flopeto bcrr thcsarne
tinrecxccptnnrNl
rcrdenricrlly
rnd vihnntlyChristiur.Ay
(n s grrccrnd diligcn(elli)( wc dr rblcto rchicvcthis.
sl!dcn( is ltrilyourslmding.
1on.ci$kcdJcrcmylliclc. ourSlrdcnlCongrcss
prrsi(lcnr,
whalhc likcdbcnrboul
l k)pc.Wilhoulhcsilrli(nr
hc rplic(l. l k)vcl lopcbccrtrsc
l nrsfr ndc(lhy y) Inrfy l|lonlcrl oflc whobuikl nrc
'
uprtrd|lrrkcnrcbcrrcrrhrnI orheNisewouldbc.
'lb p('spc.rivoslidctrls,l crn sry
wirbcxecllcnec
in
wilh itrrclfily il youwnnrlo b. pol ol r gnnd{radilnD,
r&|cnlics.$1Pcn'i1yinc()cudc!LN|rclivilics.rndcxeePti(nu|ilyinchris1ianl:lilhanchII!clcldcvcl)pI]cnl
con)cto lk)pe. llopc Collcgc I placeto lcrDr,a f[cc l()g(,w. r phcc k) lo!c. a phcc to bcconrcrll lhrt Cod
i t n e r ( l sl b f y o u r o b e . H o p cs i l l I ' o s i r i v e l yi n l l u c n eyeo u rl i t c t i r rr i n r ed l ( l e r c m i r y .
Thrnk yo!. nn, lbr hcingr il'ntci l plrtrcr $ilh lhc .rtlcgc rhruuh your atnurl, canrprign.ttndcstatcphn gilis.
Our cumnr crpirrl crmprigi, Lerutie!: A Viln,t d I|t)p., is ncrri'rgns conrplclnr witl cvcry iftlicNlionth|l sc will
excecdour goNlof{i105nriuioD.Mrjor initialivcs inclrdeendowmenrlbrsludcnlscholarships,
thc ncw Science
Ce reroccupiedrhis pr( i rll. canrpusdevelopnrer includingespec
ially rheMdrrhi Miller Centertbr Global
rbr iitercollegiatcspon. We b!'ild brildi gs so thatstudenhandticulty
Cornunicatiotr.anddle DevosFieldhouse
! r e a b l er , )p e r l i n r n! r r h cv e r yh i g h c \ L
1e!ch.
Thc scicnccfuciliry.ib. exrDple,will cmblc Hopclo rct.in ns lcry lotiy reptrration
in nnde+ftdurtcscicncc.Lrst
ycar HopcwNsrukcd tbnnh in thc nationamongdlcollcgcs od unilcrsiticstbf lhc qnrliry ofits oticDrcplicNled
colhbotutilc progumsin undcryrrdurtcrcsedchrnd crc{live rctivily. Hisloricdly.HopcrcccivcsmorcNltiondl
ScienceFoundrriongutrls rhln any orherlibcrulds collegein Lhecounrry.Likewisc.rheDevosFieklhousewill be
buili io thatHopewill never,everlosero Calvinagainll
Firdly, I wrrt Io thark you tbr uplifiinglhe collegein your pmyeN.The challergeslbr privatebighefeducationd e
rcal. But, wc arc coDiidc.tof tbc fulurc bccauscofcod s blcssingsin the pan Nndthc wondcdirlsupponrcceiled
iron rhosewho love Hope.
A brief wod rbonl the gaDre.HopeCalvir baskerballisoneof the e€at rivahiesinall of intercolleliatespof. I
hopcllut by now wc arcfd ahead,but cvcna singlcpointat lhc cnd ofthe gamewill dol
We che.ishfte opponunilyto competewith CalvinCollege-an insrirurionwe hol(lin suchvery highesreen This
is intercollegiate
spona1i1sfinesr-spon wheredisciplinedeftbrl is recognized.
skillful play is applauded.
sportsnranship
is integralto competilior,deftal is buoyedby bope,and victoryis gracedby humility. May itever be
so tbr participanhmd spectatoBalikel
l'm so pleased that Hope won this gamel!
That's What Hope Prof€ssors Do
Our only grundson'snameis JoeBultman, the sameas my father's. Joeis now threeyearsold and loves sportsof all
kinds,especiallybaseball.Ttwas no su.prisedudng this pastChrishas season,when visiting his matemal
grandparents
in Iowa, that Joewanted1()go to the local lark to run the baseson a balmy Decemberday When his
parenislooked up from watchingJoe'stwo-yearold sister Jenn*^, they discoveredthat Joeh,rdexerciseda headtirst
slide into the mud ai home plate- Our sonMatt's initial question1()him was, "What are you doing,Joc?" To which
he replied,"That's what ball playeNdol"
Hope profcssorsare similarly expectedto do cetain things- And.l am so pleasedwith the commitmentwith which
they do them. Our expectalionis that they will teacha11hecutting edgeoftheir disciplineswhile bringing.l Chrislian
perspcctiveto their cl:lssrconN.We cxpectthat they will do superbscholarship,oflentimescompetingwith scholars
l.rge nnd small acrossthe countrylbr researchdollars involving collaborativcwork with students.
of institLrtions
we
expect
thal lhey will carefor students.lrcatingthem as individu?rlswilh gifts to be nu(ured and
Finally,
dcveloped.
This is the heat of whal wc do at Hope. It b.ings purposeand meaniDgto our work l am so pleasedwilh thoscwho
tcach,with thosewho lcarn.and with thosewho thcililatcihe citical iiterface bctwccntcachirg and ledmjngCoaching Award
Hope CollegealumnusRon Schippcr'52 rcceDtlyreceivcdonc ofthe most pr€stigiousawardsin all ofsport. Coach
Schipperw s the fccipicnt of the "Amos Alonzo St.rggAward" for his renark1blecoachingcarcerat CenlralCollcge
iD Pe1l4k)wr. Thc awardhonorsthose"whose scrviccshavebeenoulstandingin the advancemenlofthc bcst
and was cited lor his
iDtercstsof fix)tball." Ron coachedfiDtb ll lor 36 years,woD two nationxlchampionships,
ol young mcn who would maketheir mark for good iD l:lmily, church.
unw veing commitmcntlo thc devclopDrenl
Other rccipientsof this lwarl includeoo ching lcgcndsPilul w. "Bear" Bryant (Alabam.r),woody Httycs(Ohio
Slalc).and Bo Schcnbcchlcr(Universityol MichigaD). Cct"linly Ron Schippcrhas.ioincdone ol lhc Dlos!clile
gfoupsol coirchcsin the his(r] ol intercollcgialcspoftThis itwardrcmindcdme ol how fbrlunntcthc thfcc RCA al1llirrcdcollcgeshavc beenin what Inosl cctainly would
bc lcrncd a goldenefa ol lix)tball li)r thcscinstifutions.The coachingcareersofRon SchipperalCenftll. Ray Smidt
al Hopc, and Laffy Korver Northwcslernparallcledeochother For 25 ye^rs,Ray Smith guidedthc football
li)1unesof thc HopeCollegeFlying Dutchncn and becanlelhe wi ringestcoachin the hisrcry of thc MIAA.
Amcicr's oldestathleticconl-erence.No onc clse is even close. Duing Ihat fime. Ray's teamswon nine conterence
chrmpionships. During the salneperiodof time, Larry Koryer compileda recordof 212-77-6whilc coachingthe
No hwcstcmCollegeRed Raidersto lwo nationalchampionshipsin Division II ofthe NationalAssociafionof
lntcrcollegiateAthlelics.
As exceptionalas the recordsofthese threemen havebeen,I suspectthat every playerand coachfiom their teams
would saythey are eveDbelterhumanbcings. Theirconcem for the devclopmentofthe whole peNon-mind. body.
and spirit nrarkedeachol their caree$.
On a rel$ed note,while allendingthe NCAA conventionthis p^st Januaryin Nashville.Tenn.,I allendedthe awafds
speeches
by awardrecipients.As l lhumbedthrough
dinner It w.ls a very eno{ional eveningfilled with acceptnnce
'48
was
the program,I notedwith considerablepride the namesof threeHope Collegealums. Dr Donald G. Mulder
one ofthe initial five silver anniversaryawardrecipientsin 1973fof his exceptionalmedicalcareerduring the 25
'52 was listedas a
yearssincehe slarredin basketballand basebaltat Hope Collegc. Also, Dr. FredrickA. Yonlonan
sih,eranniversaryrecipientin 1977for his distinguishedcarecrin the intervening25 yearssincehe starredin fbotball
ilr Hope. Fin^lly, Dr KcnnethJ. Weller'48 was the first chair ofthe Division III Presidenls'Council.servingduring
his disringuished 22 year career as president of Central College. Ken was an athlete and coacb at Hope, and also
servedas Drofessorand chair of the deDanmentofbusinessand economicsnnd assistantto PresidentI'win J. Ltrbbers
'1? befori assumingthe presidencyof Centralin 1972.
H€r'e We Go Again
Michigan Govemor Jennifer Granholm has once again taken aim at the Michigan Tuition Grant-the primary
resource for needv studentsattending independent colleges in Michigan-as a cosl cutting measurein these difficult
economictimesin the stnte. You will @callthat the MichiganTuition Grantandother aidsfor studentsattending
privatecollegeswerealsounderthe lcife just oneyearago.
Morc than 1,000Hope studentsarc recipientsof this awardandin total rcceiveapprcximately$1.25million in aid
eachyear. You can be surethat we will be fightin8 the eliminalionof this programtfuoughtheAssociationof
IndependentCollegesandUniversitiesof Michiganand our friendsin the MichiganLeglslature.
WhenGov.Granholmproposedcliminatingthis and otheraidsto pdvatecollcgestudenlsa yearago,I thought
perhapsshehadrcceive.dbadadvicefrom her advison. Now I realizcthat sheis philosophicallyopposedto any
publjcaidfor students
privatecolleges.Michiganstudents
privatecolleges,
attending
attending
of cou$e,savethe
publiceducation
for all stLrdents*needy
stateenormous
sumsof moneyeachyeiubecause
or not-is so heavily
going
subsidized
in piul to stemthe"braindrain"oftheir students
by thestate.Statesoffertuitiongrantsto students
{o privatecollegesin otherstates,
whercthetendency
is to remainupongrdduation.Onceagdn we arepreparcdto
pouranenornousamountof energyinto si:rving
thisprcgramExpecting the Exceptional
Thi-lconcluding story I sharcwith pemissio!1.'eadGr ilis year duringa luncheondatewilhRonald '64 andBarb
Hartgerik, Barbsharcdwith mea veryDreaningtul
slorywhichI suspect
wjll touchyou ils muchrs it did me. The
experience
ledtheirson,Kevin,to saythat,'Thepeopleat Hopebelievedin me longbeforeI believedin myself."
Duringhis earlycollegeexperience,
Kelin lackedconlidence
in himselt,his ability,andhis future.As a concerned
mother,BarbcalledKevins'sadvisor,Prolessor
HerbDershem,
andaskedIbr his assislance.
Herb'srcsponsc
was,
"As I begincachdayof tcaching,
I prayfor cachstudcntthatI will tcachthatdayby namc.Now I'll know
spccifically
whatto prayfor in Kevin'scase."Theslory,oI course.hasa wonderlulending.Kcvin graduated
from
professional
Hopcin 1998andis now a highlysuccessful
in thefield of computer
science.
Joinmc in cxpcclinglhecxccptional
at Hopc. Togethcr,
by God'sgraccandwith diligcnlcffort,wc canmakca big
diflcrcnccl
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