September 2008 

Ties to Presbyterian Seminaries Still Strong

Though Austin College no longer is considered a school for preparing only ministers, many of today’s graduates seek a life of ministry in the Presbyterian Church and beyond.  

Austin College Alumni in Seminary as of Fall 2008
* Denotes former Austin College Sallie Majors Religious Life Interns 

AUSTIN PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (Austin, Texas)

• *Kristin Austin ’07
•  David Lee Hulsey ’04
•  Emily Richardson Owen ’05
• *Robert Quiring ’06
• *Shane Webb ’07

GORDON-CONWELL SEMINARY (Boston, Massachusetts)

• Carrie Lewis ’99

HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

• Aaron White ’04

PACIFIC SCHOOL OF RELIGION (Claremont, California)

• Steven Lee ’04

LOUISVILLE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (Louisville, Kentucky)

• *Josh Robinson ’00

PERKINS SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY (Dallas, Texas)

• *Adam Spore ’07

SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (Fort Worth, Texas)

• Stephen Fleisher ’06
• James Covey ’06

UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (Richmond, Virginia)

•  Jennifer Mitchell ’06
• *Noel Rathbun ’02
• *Krista Welch ’06

• *Cameron Allen (Austin) ’04
• *Rev Sarah Demarest Allen (Austin) ’03
   Associate Pastor for Youth and Family Ministry
   First Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas
•  Mary Blacklock (Princeton) ’04
• *Rev. John Brantley (Austin) ’00
   Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Port Lavaca, Texas
•  Rev. Chris Campbell (Austin) ’00
   Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Greenville, Texas
•  Rev. Matthew Crownover (Perkins) ’96
   Chaplain, Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas
• *Brian Dees (Austin) ’05
• *Kurt Esslinger (McCormick) ’02
• *Seth Finch (McCormick) ’05
•  Sarah Lien Finnerty (Union/PSCE) ’93
   Director of Youth and Family Ministry
   Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
   New York
•  Sloane Franklin (Princeton) ’01
•  Rev. Lara Gentry (Union/PSCE) ’02
   Pastor, Belspring Presbyterian Church
   Belspring, Virginia
•  Rev. John Gibson (Austin) ’89
   Pastor, Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church
   Pea Ridge, Arkansas
•  Rev. Cheri Vandivort Harper (Louisville) ’94
   Director of Admissions
   Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
   Louisville, Kentucky
•  Rev. Tanya Eustace Huber (Austin) ’01
•  Anne Jernberg (Harvard) ’02
   Pastoral Resident, Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas
•  Rev. Cate Locke (Candler) ’00
•  Mary Newberg (Columbia) ’01
•  Amy Allen Parker (Brite) ’95
   Director of Children’s ministries,
   First Presbyterian Church, Ft. Worth, Texas
•  Rev. Jack Peebles (Princeton) ’99
   Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Yakima, Washington
•  Rev. Camille LeBron Powell (Union/PSCE) ’98
   Associate Pastor, Second Presbyterian Church
   Little Rock, Arkansas
•  Erin Reese (Union, New York) ’99
• *Leslie Bethell Roper (Columbia) ’01
• *Bill Searight (Columbia) ’01
• *Sarah Cooper Searight (Columbia) ’01
•  Rev. Stacy Smith (Union, New York) ’01
   Lake Fellow in Ministry, Second Presbyterian Church
   Indianapolis, Indiana
•  Valerie Stern (Perkins) ’95
•  Amy Summers-Minette (Columbia) ’02
   Associate Pastor, Covenant Presbyterian Church
   Staunton, Virginia
• *Amy Poling Sutherlun (Princeton) ’00
   Associate Pastor, First Presbyterian Church
   Huntington, West Virginia
• *Joshua Sutherlun (Princeton) ’00
•  Rev. Aaron Teter (Austin)  ’91
   Associate Pastor, Mattituck Presbyterian Church
   Mattituck, New York
•  Marianne Bishop Turner (Columbia) ’93
•  Rev. Brandon Wert (McCormick) ’96
   Associate Pastor, Southside Presbyterian Church
   Tucson, Arizona
• *Leigh Wisner (Austin) ’01
   Associate Pastor, First Presbyterian Church
   Norman, Oklahoma       

September 2008 

Feedback?

•  Audrey Burnett ’07 (Presbyterian Church USA Volunteer in Mission, Guatemala)
•  Jenna Carl ’07 (Presbyterian Church USA Young Adult Volunteer, San Antonio, Texas)
•  Janet Chester ’95 (Director of Christian Education, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Sherman, 
   Texas) (Presbyterian Church USA Young Adult Volunteer –Guatemala)
•  Michael Harper ’94 (Director of Youth Ministries, Second Presbyterian Church, Louisville,
   Kentucky)
•  Cary Hendricks ’98 (Youth Ministry, Bloomington, Illinois)
•  Kate Hudson ’07  (Jesuit Volunteer Corps, San Jose, California)
•  Eddie Newton ’08 (Children’s Ministry Intern, Project Transformation, Dallas, Texas)
• *Britton Travis ’03 (Director of Youth Ministries, Second Presbyterian Church, Little Rock,
   Arkansas)
• *Katy Walters ’07 (Director of Junior High Ministries, Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, Dallas,
   Texas)

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