Wheaton College Alumni Magazine Winter 2014

letter from the editor d ear Wheaton magazine, As your editor for the past 23 years, I can hardly believe that this will be our last issue together. After more than 30 years at Wheaton, I’ll be retiring. On the shelves in my office are bound copies of your every issue, beginning with your debut in January 1929 as the Wheaton Alumni Quarterly. What a history you’ve had. Article upon article has chronicled the life of the College and, in so doing, revealed information and insights about the church, cultures, and countries around the world. All this, simply by telling stories of Wheaton and its people! As one of your 26 editors over the last 85 years, what have I enjoyed about our relationship? Yes, I relish discovering those terrible typos before you’ve been published. I like putting together the puzzle pieces of words and images— and arranging them so that, I hope, they are meaningful and captivating. I haven’t minded the time, thought, and discipline it takes to produce you. But I must say, it’s exhilarating when I’m finished and you’re in the mail. What I have most appreciated, however, is getting to know alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff, and other friends. Together you and I mourned the loss of three alumni on 9/11; the untimely deaths of students, faculty, and alumni; and the passing of Wheaton stalwarts of the faith. We felt the heartbreak of an alumna devastated by divorce but full of hope in Georgia I. Douglass ’70, M.A. ’94 the Lord, and we wrote about a seriously ill alumnus who died before he Editor saw the article about him. We were inspired by alumni families who serve Christ overseas but whose names cannot be published without risking their lives. We learned about Professor Clyde Kilby’s 12 ways to live an abundant, joy-filled life and the 15 reasons why John Piper ’68 is thankful for Wheaton College. And we laughed at a student balancing on a slackline. We’ve traced the lives of alumni through Class News (where, we’re told, readers turn first!). For tw

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