Catalogue 2008 Book - Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

�SEMINARY ENDOWMENTS�
FACULTY ENDOWMENTS
The Mr. and Mrs. George T. Abell Faculty Endowment, established in 1980 by Mr. and Mrs. George T.
Abell of Midland, Texas.
The Allen-Johnson Chair of English Bible and Practical Theology, established in 1906 by Mr. J. W. Allen
of Edna, Texas, as a memorial to the Reverend Josephus Johnson, D.D., and to himself.
The Arkansas Chair of Greek, established in 1923 by the Synod of Arkansas. (A part of this was given by
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Leidy as “The John Wesley Knepper Memorial.”)
The Sarah C. Ball Chairs of Systematic Theology and Old Testament Languages and Exegesis, established
in 1902 by Mrs. Sarah C. Ball of Galveston, Texas.
The Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bolinger Faculty Endowment Fund, established in 1978 in memory of Mr. and
Mrs. John Corbin Bolinger by Mrs. C. N. Frierson of Shreveport, Louisiana.
The Jean Brown Chair of Homiletics and Liturgics, established in 1981 from the estate of Miss Jean Brown
of Hot Springs, Arkansas.
The W. C. Brown Chair of Theology, established in 1994 from the estate of Mr. W. C. Brown of Hot
Springs, Arkansas.
The Ruth A. Campbell Chair of New Testament, established in 2003 by a bequest from Mrs. Ruth A.
Campbell of Corpus Christi, Texas.
The Ara and Cherrie Carapetyan Faculty Endowment, established in 1999 by First Presbyterian Church
of Houston, Texas, to honor Mr. and Mrs. Ara Carapetyan of Houston, Texas.
The Mr. George H. Cummings Memorial Faculty Endowment, established in 1997 through a bequest in
the will of Mr. George H. Cummings of Austin, Texas.
The Dr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Currie Jr. Faculty Endowment, established in 1980 by members of Oak
Cliff Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas.
The Thomas White Currie Jr. Chair of American Church History, endowed in 2007. The fund was fi rst
established by the Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest and its funding completed through
gifts from numerous family members and friends honoring the memory of The Reverend Dr. Thomas
White Currie, Jr., who served Presbyterian congregations in Texas from 1941 until his death in 2005
and who wrote the 75th anniversary history of Austin Seminary.
The Robert J. Drueding Memorial Faculty Endowment Fund, established in 1978 by Mrs. Robert J.
Drueding of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Gifts given toward a Chair of Evangelism and Missions.
The Mrs. John B. Files Faculty Endowment Fund, established in 1977 by Mrs. Thomas B. Mann of
Shreveport, Louisiana.
The First Presbyterian Church of Shreveport D. Thomason Chair in New Testament Studies, established
in 1991 by the First Presbyterian Church of Shreveport, Louisiana.
The G. Archer and Mary N. Frierson Faculty Endowment Fund, established in 1976 by family and
friends.
The Rachel Henderlite Faculty Endowment Fund, established in 1990 by Mrs. Allen M. Early of Dallas,
Texas.
The Arthur Gray Jones Professorship, established in 1918 by the First Presbyterian Church of San Antonio,
Texas. Increased by the Synod of Texas in 1948.
The Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Joslin Faculty Endowment Fund, established in 1977 by Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Joslin
of Corpus Christi, Texas.
Toward the Charles L. King Chair, established in 1964 by the First Presbyterian Church of Houston,
Texas.
The Samuel A. King Professorship, established in 1918 by the First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Texas.
Increased by the Synod of Texas in 1948.
The John W. and Helen Lancaster Chair of Evangelism and Missions, established in 1990 by the First
Presbyterian Church of Houston, Texas.
The Mr. and Mrs. Paul Herbert Laverty Sr. Faculty Endowment Fund, established in 1978 by the Reverend
and Mrs. David A. Laverty.
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