A Journey of
Remembrance
and
Celebration of Life
ACPE National Office
Arabella Young
Died November 2008
 ACPE Conference Manager for many years
 2006 Recipient of the Helen Flanders
Dunbar Award
 Retired after the 2006 Annual Conference
in Tampa, FL
 Wife of the late ACPE Supervisor Don
Young
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East Central Region
Benjamin Preston Bogia
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Died November 2009
Retired as CPE Supervisor from the University of
Kentucky
Previously served as an Institutional Chaplain and
CPE Supervisor in the:
 South Central Region at the Boys Industrial
School in Topeka, KS, and
Mid-Atlantic Region
Regional Director in the South Central Region in
the early 1980's
Ordained in 1959 by the Presbyterian Church
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Mid-Atlantic Region
John Constello
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Died March 2010
Director of Chaplaincy at Wake Medical Center
Prior to this he served at the Triangle Chaplaincy
Program in Raleigh, NC, and Pamona State Hospital
Served as parish pastor, institutional chaplain,
seminary professor, administrator, and conference
presenter, as well as in the U.S. Navy
One of the first CPE Supervisors in the Lutheran
Church Missouri Synod and co-founder of Pan
Lutheran Ministries
Ordained by the LCMS in 1957
North Central Region
Wilbur Hughey
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Died December 2008
In his final position he supervised CPE part-time
at the Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moine and
the Genesis Medical Center in Davenport, IA
Prior to this he served as CPE Supervisor at:
 Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines,
Iowa, and
 in Anna, Illinois and Harrisburg, Illinois
Served in the U.S. Air Force
Ordained in 1953 by the Disciples of Christ
James Frank Mossman
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Died January 2010
Served as CPE Supervisor at Hastings State
Hospital
Retired from CPE to become a pastoral counselor
at Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota and
opened a private counseling practice
Still attended North Shore continuing education
events in the North Central Region on occasion
Ordained by the Lutheran denomination and was
part of the original Lutheran Advisory Council
George P. Polk
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Died January 2010
Served in the Advocate Health Care System, then the Evangelical
Health System in the North Central Region
Director of Pastoral Care / CPE Supervisor at Advocate Bethany
Hospital
Previously served as CPE Supervisor in the:
 Eastern Region in New York, and
 Mid-Atlantic Region in Virginia and Washington, D.C.
One of the first African-American CPE Supervisors and first
African-American to be nominated for President of ACPE
Founding member of the ACPE Racial Ethnic Minority Task
Force, predecessor to the Racial Ethnic Multicultural (REM)
Network
1994 Recipient of the NCR’s Distinguished Service Award
Ordained by the United Church of Christ, active in parish ministry
Donald Schmauz
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Died October 2009
Chaplain and CPE Supervisor to the Mendota
Mental Health Institution in Madison, from which
he retired in 1966
Previously served as Chaplain / CPE Supervisor at
the Wisconsin School for Boys at Wales
After retiring from ACPE, he became a master
psychotherapist and healer, educating therapists
and clergy
Ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1960,
served as a parish priest as well
John Rea Thomas
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Died November 2008
Chaplain and CPE Supervisor in various hospitals for over
30 years, retiring from Mendota Mental Health Institute
Previously served as Chaplain and CPE Supervisor in:
 Cook County, Univ. of Illinois, and Univ. of Wisconsin
Hospitals, and
 the Southwest Region at Austin State Hospital in TX
Chaplain in the U.S. Naval Reserve and numerous parishes
Part-time Regional Director of the North Central Region
from 1967 until elected President of ACPE in 1979
Ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1944, honorably
retired in the PCUSA and as Captain in the U.S. Naval
Reserve
Carl Kahrs Mattson Towley
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Died January 2009
Supervised last unit at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND
Previously served as CPE Supervisor in the:
 South Central Region as Director of the VA CPE Program
in Kansas City, MO, and
 Northeast Region as Director of Pastoral Care at
Berkshire Medical Center in MA
Created the Berkshire Religious Resource Center to train
students in the field of Clinical Pastoral Education
Served two parishes in Wisconsin before serving in the U.S.
Army as a chaplain in for 22 years, retired as full Colonel
Ordained in 1958 by the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran
Church
Northeast Region
Leicester R. Potter, Jr.
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Died July 2009
Chaplain at Boston Medical Center for 39 years
Director of Pastoral Care and Education at Boston
University
Member of Quincy Community United Methodist
Church
Member of Masons-Scottish Rite 32nd Degree,
Rural Lodge, Quincy, MA
Ordained by the United Methodist Church
Pacific Region
Gerald Walcutt
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Died April 2010
CPE Supervisor at Sharp HealthCare, San Diego Hospital
Association for many years
Canon for Pastoral Care at St. Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego, CA
Previously served as a CPE Supervisor in the:
 Southwest Region at San Antonio State Hospital,
 Mid-Atlantic Region at Community Methodist Church, then
 Pacific Region in a number of institutions prior to Sharp
Very active in the Pacific Region leadership
Ordained by the Methodist Church, then to the priesthood by the
Episcopal Church in 1969
Memorial Eucharist to be held today, April 24, at St. Paul's
Cathedral in San Diego, CA
South Central Region
Joan Fleming
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Died February 2010
As CPE Supervisor, developed CPE program at Saint
Louis University Hospital
Previously served as CPE Supervisor and developed CPE
programs in:
 St. Louis, MO at St. Joseph Hospital and St. Louis State
Hospital, respectively, and
 the Mid-Atlantic Region at St. Joseph Hospital in WV
Prior to CPE she worked as a teacher and principal for 23
years in schools in southern MN and served in several
parishes
Entered the Sisters of Saint Francis Order in 1938
Arthur M. Lucas
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Died January 2009
Director of Spiritual Care and CPE Supervisor at Barnes-Jewish
Hospital in St. Louis
Prior to this he established hospital chaplaincy and ethics
programs, as well as the Samaritan Counseling Center, at
Heartland Health Center, St. Joseph, MO
Helped found professional chaplaincy in Latvia and Kenya
National consultant and trainer for U.S. Navy Chaplains
Co-edited with Larry VandeCreek, The Discipline for Pastoral
Care Giving: Foundations for Outcome Oriented Chaplaincy
(2001)
Very active in leadership roles in ACPE and APC
Received the 2009 ACPE Helen Flanders Dunbar Award
Ordained by the United Methodist Church in 1976
Southeast Region
Don Cabaniss
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Died May 2009
Supervised programs of CPE at Central State in
Milledgeville, GA and at Georgia Baptist in
Atlanta until his retirement
Consultant to the Department of Corrections, State
Board of Pardons and Parole, and the Georgia
Building Authority
Certified in 1966 as a CPE Supervisor by the
Southern Baptist Association of Clinical Pastoral
Educators
Daniel C. DeArment
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Died June 2009
Last supervised part-time at Tampa General and at Florida Hospital
Previously served as CPE Supervisor at Presbyterian in
Philadelphia for 25 years in the Eastern Region
Under his tenure, Presbyterian was instrumental in founding
numerous CPE programs, and was one of the first to explore
creative accreditation innovations, such as Satellite Centers
Served ACPE as Chair of Standards and Accreditation, and ran for
ACPE President in 1987
Became ACPE's first International Committee Chair
2008 Recipient of the ACPE Distinguished Service Award
Named Emeritus Supervisor by the Eastern Region, which he twice
served as Regional Chair
Ordained by the Presbyterian Church
Herbert W. Hillebrand
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Died December 2008
Last served as CPE Supervisor in Miami, FL
Previously served as Hospital Chaplain and CPE
Supervisor in the:
 Mid-Atlantic Region at Washington, D.C. General
Hospital,
 East Central Region at the University of Michigan
Hospital, Ann Arbor, and
 Southwest Region at Oral Roberts City of Faith,
Tulsa Oklahoma
Also served at Wakari Hospital, Dunedin New Zealand
Ordained by the United Church of Christ
Marilyn Mayse
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Died November 2008
Last served as CPE Supervisor at Florida Hospital in
Orlando, FL
Previously served as CPE Supervisor at:
 Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, AL, and
 Shand’s Hospital in Jacksonville, FL
Very active in the Southeast Region, holding numerous
leadership positions over the years
One of the early women ordained in the Southern Baptist
Church
Holy orders were then conferred on her as priest in the
Episcopal Church in 1992
Ralph Graham
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Died January 2009
Retired from a distinguished thirty-year ministry
as a CPE Supervisor within the Federal Bureau of
Prisons
In 1981 he became the Executive Project Director
of the American Protestant Correctional Chaplains
Association
Ordained in the American Lutheran Church,
which later became part of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America