Newsmakers, November 2017
RETIRED
Harding University President Bruce McLarty, left, visits with Don Meredith, who is retiring after 49 years of service.
Don Meredith, after 49 years of service as head librarian and professor at Harding School of Theology in Memphis, Tenn.
The HST library is one of the premier Southern theological libraries, and under his leadership it has expanded to 147,000 volumes, added nearly 50 percent to its size since 2006 and entered the modern world of digital media.
ACCEPTED
Abby deSteiguer
Abby deSteiguer, 2017 alumnus of Oklahoma Christian University, into the prestigious Master of Science in Global Mental Health program, jointly run by King’s College and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
APPOINTED
Katie Beth McCarthy
Katie Beth McCarthy, as executive director of the Alabama Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers. McCarthy earned her law degree at Faulkner University after receiving her master’s in counseling and bachelor’s in communication from Freed-Hardeman University.
NEW PULPIT MINISTERS
Ralph Bryant, Lake Havasu Church of Christ in Arizona. Andrew Hill, Westside Church of Christ in Bakersfield, Calif.
