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A NEW ERA DAWNS: . NAUGURATIO Pianist-composer Dave Brubeck and former Chicago mayor .lane Byrne joined noted lecturers from the fields of religion and economics on a series of programs celebrating the inauguration of Samford Llniversity's new president, Dr. Thomas E. Corts, Sun- day-througlvWednesday. Nov. 6-9. Also participating in the four-day event were Dr. John Heller, former Yale University medical professor and author of the book REPORT ON THE SHROUD OF TURIN1 Dr. Donald Ratajc- Yak. nationally known economic forecaster from Atlantag and Dr. Gerhard Claas. general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance. Dr. Corts was formally installed as Samford's 17th president on Wednesday, Nov. 9, during an ll a.m. program in Wright Fine Arts Center at Samford. Dr. Claas, a German pastor who was elected to head the BWA in 1980, delivered the major address. Inauguration Week began Sunday, Nov. 6, with a lecture by Dr. Heller. a key member of the scientist team that investigated the Shroud of Turin in 1978. Dr. Heller. whose book on the Shroud was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection last June. discussed the exhaustive study made on the relic which many believe to be the burial shroud of Jesus. The scientist team tackled the question of how the image ofa face was formed on the Shroud. Dr. Heller answered questions from a panel of religion news editors on Monday, Nov. 7, at 10 a.m. in Wright Fine Arts Center. Dr. Ratajczak, who has earned a national reputation for accura- cy in his economic forecasts for such bodies as the Joint Economic Committee ofthe US. Congress, spoke Monday, Nov. 7, in Wright Fine Arts Center. His talk focused on A1abama's economic future. Mrs. Byrne, who served as Chicago's first woman mayor during 1979-83, spoke Tuesday, Nov. 8, in Wright Fine Arts Center. A former Commissioner of Consumer Services ofChicago, she imple- mented numerous budgetary reforms during her tenure as mayor which reduced Chicago's accumulated debt by more than S100 million. Brubeck, a popular musician who has become an influential force in contemporary sacred music in recent years, performed with his Quartet and the Samford Festival Chorus on a program entitled f'An Evening with Dave Brubeck Tuesday, Nov. 8, in Wright Fine Arts Center. The musician-composer has been critically acclaimed by church musicians for such works as To Hope: A Celebration, his most recent work, and his oratorios based on the life and teachings of Jesus, Beloved Son and The Light in the Wilderness? Dr. Claas, from Wetter, Germany, was elected to head the BWA at the 14th Baptist World Congress in Toronto, Canada, three years ago. The Alliance is a worldwide fellowship of 127 Baptist conventions and unions from 90 countries dedicated to strengthen- ing international cooperation among its 30 million members. ' llctipltf
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ai I I - 'K' s X , Q x 'gif 57 i 1' i e . Dr. Corts and his many responsibil- ities as President of Samford University.
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