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  Christopher Mitchell

  Theologian
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Christopher Mitchell
Theologian
Christopher Mitchell, Theologian, (1951 – 2014) was the third director of the Marion E. Wade Center from 1994 to 2013, and the first holder of the Marion E. Wade Chair of Christian Thought at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. Mitchell was also the Consulting Editor for VII: An Anglo-American Literary Review (now VII: Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center). Prior to coming to Wheaton College he served as a missionary and pastor. He has published several articles including “C.S. Lewis and Authentic Discipleship,” Knowing and Doing (C.S. Lewis Institute, Spring 2011 Issue.) Mitchell received his M.A. from Wheaton College, and a Ph.D. from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, where his concentration was Historical Theology with a focus on Jonathan Edwards.
 
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  Allan Josephson

  Physician
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Allan Josephson
Physician
Allan Josephson, MD, Physician, is Professor and Chief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Department of Pediatrics with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He is the lead author of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s practice parameter on The Assessment of the Family and has served as the chair of the Family Committee of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is recognized nationally and internationally for his work in religion, spirituality and psychiatry. He recently received the Oskar Pfister Award from the American Psychiatric Association, given to an individual for significant achievement in the study of psychiatry and religion.
 
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  Thomas S. Monaghan

  Entrepreneur
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Thomas S. Monaghan
Entrepreneur
Thomas S. Monaghan, is an American entrepreneur who founded Domino's Pizza in 1960. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and owned the Detroit Tigers from 1983 to 1992. He established the Mater Christi Foundation, better known as the Ave Maria Foundation, to focus on catholic education, media, community projects and other charities in 1983. Monaghan dedicated his time and considerable fortune to Catholic causes. A champion of the pro-life movement and other Catholic teachings "to combat the nation's 'moral crisis'", Monaghan has spent hundreds of millions of dollars promoting them. 
 
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  John Lennox

  Professor
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John Lennox
Professor
Dr. John C. Lennox is Professor of Mathematics (emeritus) at Oxford University and an internationally renowned speaker on the interface of science, philosophy, and religion. He regularly teaches at many academic institutions, is Senior Fellow with the Trinity Forum and has written a series of books exploring the relationship between science and Christianity. He holds a number of advanced degrees, including a PhD from Cambridge University. His acclaimed books include Cosmic Chemistry: Do God and Science Mix?; 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity; and A Good Return: Biblical Principles for Work, Wealth, and Wisdom. John and his wife have three grown children and nine grandchildren.
 
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  Henry F. Schaefer

  Professor
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Henry F. Schaefer
Professor
Henry F. Schaefer, is the Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Center for Computational Chemistry at the University of Georgia, GA. He is a professing Christian and speaks on topics such as the relationship between faith and science. He is a five-time nominee for the Nobel Prize, and one of the most highly cited scientists in the world being the author of more than 1500 scientific publications, with a large majority appearing in the Journal of Chemical Physics and the Journal of the American Chemical Society
 
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  Armand M. Nicholi

  Physician
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Armand M. Nicholi
Physician
Armand M. Nicholi (1928-2017), Physician,  was a clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital. His clinical work and research focused on the impact of absent parents on the emotional development of children and young adults. He was the editor and coauthor of the classic The Harvard Guide to Psychiatry (3rd edition, 1999). He was also a founding board member of the Family Research Council. 
 
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  William D. Walker

  Professor
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William D. Walker
Professor
William D. Walker (1923 - 2010), Professor, was a prominent experimentalist and theorist in elementary particle physics.  He attended Rice University in Houston, obtaining his degree in Physics in 1944. As an officer in the US Navy working on far-infrared detection until the end of World War II. He then went to graduate school at Cornell University, where he did research on cosmic-ray physics and obtained his Ph.D. in 1949. After teaching briefly at Rice, at the University of California, Berkeley and at the University of Rochester, in 1957 he accepted a teaching position at the University of Wisconsin Madison (served as Chairman from 1964 to 1971.) He left for Duke University in 1971 (again served as Chairman from 1975 to 1981.)
 
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  Constance Kalbach Walker

  Scientist
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Constance Kalbach Walker
Scientist
Constance Kalbach Walker, Scientist, served as the senior research scientist (retired) at Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Physics Department at Duke University in NC. She is one of the pioneers in the study of preequilibrium nuclear reactions. Constance became a Christian in 1975 and has been interested in the relationship between the findings of science and the message of the Bible since. She authored, along with her late husband William Walker, The Heart and Hand of God: Perspectives on Christianity and Science.