When I look back at the archived photos from the CE seminars, there are many people who I recognize and can recall their names. There are others not pictured whose names and faces I've forgotten. Unfortunately, the student participants are the ones most anonymous to me now simply because our encounter in most cases was for only three or four days at most.
The most prominent in my memory are the leaders and speakers. While Jim Bevis and Charles Shelton have sketchy current information about some of the leaders, we really have not heard from them first-hand. That's what I would like to accomplish in this cybersearch.
Here are some of the names:
- Jennings Davis was a dean at Pepperdine University at the time.
- Rick Rowland was a swimming coach at Pepperdine.
- Dudley Lynch was the editor of The Christian Chronicle and documented CE -- personally attending and reporting on the "inquisition" of CE at Freed-Hardeman College
- Wesley Reagan was a source of encouragement and inspiration time and again. Last I heard, he is a Methodist minister somewhere.
- Prentice Meador is currently minister of a large Church of Christ in Dallas.
- "Bud" Stumbaugh
- Rick Oster is affiliated with the Harding Graduate School in Memphis. He was a student at Texas Tech in CE days.
- Jim Reynolds is a lawyer and minister at a Dallas Church of Christ.
- Andrew Hairston was, I think, a lawyer and minister in a Church of Christ in Atlanta(?).
- Steve Franklin, a student then, is now reported to be a highly successful realtor in Atlanta.
- Walt Cabe was a student who jumped in to help with various seminars. I think he's shown in the photos (#79) of the telegram sent to the astronauts during the '68 seminar in Dallas.
- The McGehee Family who generously supported CE -- what news of the various members of the family?
There are many others whose names escape me. What a great thing it would be to find these and others, to hear from them and know something of their lives. I will ask Jim Bevis and Charles Shelton to suggest additional names and to fill in any details of participants and leaders they can.
If you know anything about those listed above or others who participated in CE in any way, please let me know or contact them and ask them to Comment here on the blog.
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