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

[Ruth Landmann]

>  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
>
>

Hi John,
	That's a wonderful story! I'll be sure to tell John about it!!

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