 Jackson,
Tenn. - Dr. Duane Litfin, president of Wheaton College, will deliver the
commencement address at 51ÉçÇø's spring graduation. The ceremony will be held on
Union's east lawn, Saturday, May 22, at 6 p.m. The university expects to graduate
approximately 400 students. Families and friends of spring graduates and the university
are invited to attend.
President of Wheaton since 1993, Litfin earlier served as senior pastor at First
Evangelical Church of Memphis. He has taught at Dallas Theological Seminary, Purdue
University and Indiana University. Litfin is the author of "Public Speaki ng: A
Handbook for Christians" and "St. Paul's Theology of Proclamation."
Wheaton College is a private, interdenominational Christian college located in Wheaton,
Ill.
Dr. Dellanna W. O'Brien, executive director of the Woman's Missionary Union, will lead
this year's baccalaureate service at 11 a.m. in the G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel of the
Penick Academic Complex.
For more information about Union's 1999 graduation ceremonies, please contact Nedra
Kanavel at (901) 661-5215 or news@uu.edu.
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