Conversations: Letter to the Editor

Dear G’burg friends,

Thank you for your consequential alumni magazine. I am really impressed, and I don’t say that lightly. So, I have written and shared my comments:

The Consequential Battle of Gettysburg from the 1960s to 2022!

As a graduate of G’burg in 1966, I am grateful for the 2022 winter magazine. It is true to its cover: it is consequential. You really caught my attention in four ways!

First, you capitalized on two famous presidents [connected to Gettysburg]: Abraham Lincoln and Dwight D. Eisenhower. With Lincoln’s description of America as “a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal,” I see consequential progress by the new position of Tracie Potts as The Eisenhower Institute’s new executive director. Wow! What a change from my junior year as vice president of my class when we campaigned for more Black students. It was a time when my friend Snuffy Parsons ’64 was a hero on the football field, but was called names as we walked across Stine Lake. Thank you for your articles that highlighted that women and people of all races are equal. (See Men’s Basketball Coach B.J. Dunne’s anti-racism talk.)

Second, it is consequential by the inclusive recognition to the work of Amanda Del Gaudio, director of the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center. This article echoes equality for people of all orientations.

Third, it is consequential in the personal stories on “How do we learn and grow through challenging situations?” Thanks for the inspiring words from Nicole Cesanek ’24, Munya Choga ’12, Economics Prof. Brendan Cushing-Daniels, Biology Prof. Véronique Delesalle, and College Life Vice President and Dean of Students Anne Ehrlich.

Fourth, it is consequential by the invitation, “We want to hear from you!” Here is the thoughtful request for alumni comments as well as for financial contributions. The two go hand in hand.

On a personal note, my education has been consequential in that I am embarking on a third book, “Growing the Lord’s Harvest in New Churches.”

The Battle of Gettysburg for A Consequential Education goes on!

Sincerely,
Rob Morrison ’66
(Dr. Robert W. Morrison, Pastor Emeritus of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church of Jackson, New Jersey)