Tom

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Education
Occupation Retired University Professor & President/Seminary Dean
Location Oak Harbor, Washington, United States
Introduction Born in Detroit, MI, married to Michele, have 3 grown children & 3 grandchildren, graduated from Wayne St. U. (Detroit), Fuller Sem. (MDiv), Princeton Sem. (ThM), & Duke U. (PhD). We've lived & worked in MI (26 yrs), CA (3), NJ (1), PA (2), NC (3), SD (19), OR (11), and WA (10). I've worked as a college & seminary teacher, dean, & as a university president in SD, OR and WA, and I spent a few years as a pastor in PA, MI, and SD. In 2008 we semi-retired & moved to Coupeville, WA on Whidbey Island, & in 2017 to Oak Harbor, WA. I've authored 3 books and several articles.
Interests Baseball, spirituality, writing, teaching, walking, reading, golf, travel
Favorite Movies The Lord of the Rings series, the Harry Potter series, Field of Dreams, The Natural, The Star Wars series
Favorite Music Pandora.com; classical, especially Mozart; Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor
Favorite Books See my blog about this. Fiction authors: Wendell Berry, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, P.D. James, Elizabeth George, and John Updike.