[Oe List ...] An old colleague of Joe's

[JTresise at aol.com]

Hi Ruth:
 
Judy may also want to jump in here as she may have more memory of  
conversations with John about the Ecumenical Institute and his  familiarity/association 
with it.  
 
I don't personally know anything about John Dodson's association with the  
Ecumenical Institute before JWM, but he was a Chaplain at the University of  
Nevada Reno's "Religion and Life Center"  when Judy took her first Director  of 
Christian Education position at St. John's Presbyterian Church (1969 -  1971).  
She had just graduated  with her Master's in Christian  Education from San 
Francisco Theological Seminary.  John may have been  influential in Judy and I 
taking our first RS-1 and The Odyssey in San  Francisco.  Judy will remember 
better then I.  I know for sure that  John and Sue were our introduction to my 
best friend now, Jim McCormick an art  professor, his wife then Sandy and 
several others associated with the University  Community.  I remember a 
conversation over dinner with Judy one night about  how oppressively conservative Reno 
was and how it was going to be a real  struggle for us to stay here.  Not many 
days after that, Judy met John  Dodson who subsequently introduced us to a more 
liberal faction in  town.  As I remember, Judy's association with John and 
the Center was  a major reason we were able to survive in Reno as long as we did 
back  then. LOL I have fond memories of both John & Sue.
 
John Tresise
 
 
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