Austin Presbyterian
Theological Seminary is honoring John F. Anderson, a 1953 graduate
of the seminary, and his wife, Nancy, by naming the first phase
of a new generation of student housing the John F. and Nancy
Anderson House. Anderson, Moderator of the 122nd General Assembly
(1982) of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S., has made many
contributions to the church throughout his more than sixty years
of ordained ministry.
Upon completion Anderson House will allow more students and
their families to interact with each other and to live on Austin
Seminary’s campus.
“Austin Seminary is not only training the mind, it is
getting people to work together,” Anderson says. “A
minister has to be, above everything else, a people person.
If you haven’t learned the give-and-take that allows you
to appreciate different ideas and views of life, you have really
missed something important.”
Austin Seminary President Theodore J. Wardlaw stresses that
seminary education is not just about information, but is also
about formation. “Virtually every square inch of this
twelve-acre campus is potentially a classroom,” Wardlaw
says.
“I always felt sorry for the fellows who lived off campus,”
Anderson says. “Even though they were part of the community,
they missed something very important. I learned as much by listening
to the other students in dormitories as I did by listening to
the professors.”
—Shannon Neufeld, associate for public relations,
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary |
