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Jean E. Garriott

1918 - 1999 Hymnal Number: 6 Author of "God of All Nations" in New Hymns for America Author of several DNAH biographical essays. =================== Jean E. Garriott (Mrs. Christopher T. Garriott) is a music teacher and church leader in Chevy Chase, Maryland. --New Hymns, Songs and Prayers for Church and Home, 1974. Used by permission. =================== Jean E. Garriott (Mrs. Christopher T. Garriott) is the wife of the minister of the St. Paul Community Church of Homewood, Illinois. She is a graduate of the Conservatory of Music, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois. During the past fifteen years, she has conducted music clinics in Massachusetts, Colorado, and Ohio for the International Convention of Community Churches. She is well-known in the Chicago area for her hymn programs, given as piano talks. Four of her poems have appeared in The Christian, international magazine of the Disciples of Christ. She is the mother of three sons, and takes an active role in the life of the church. --Ten New Hymns for the 70's, 1970. Used by permission.

Benjamin Caulfield

Hymnal Number: 4 Author of "O God, Wise Creator, Sustainer, and Guide" in New Hymns for America Pseudonym of William Watkins Reid, 1890-1983. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives

Dosia Carlson

b. 1930 Hymnal Number: 8 Author of "God of Eagles, God of Sparrows" in New Hymns for America Dosia Carlson (b.1930) is an inspiration to differently abled people. A bout with polio shattered her dream of being a missionary in China. After studying at Oberlin College she went on to seminary, was ordained, earned a doctorate at the University of Pittsburgh and served on the faculty of The Defiance College. She is founder of DUET, formerly Center DOAR (Developing Older Adult Resources) She lived at the Beatitudes Campus Lifestyle Community in Phoenix, AZ. Among her many awards are Arizona Woman of the Year and the Antoinette Brown Award for outstanding women clergy. She has published two collections of hymns. Her hymn "Egypt Under Pharaoh" is included in The New Century Hymnal (A.Clyde, Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 1995). Mary Louise VanDyke

William Watkins Reid

1923 - 2007 Person Name: William Watkins Reid, Jr. Hymnal Number: 2 Author of "America, How Great the Dream" in New Hymns for America William W. Reid, Jr. (1923-2007), after graduating from Oberlin College and Seminary and Yale Divinity School served for more than fifty years as pastor in the Wyoming Conference in rural and inner-city Methodist churches. He served on the Executive Committee of The Hymn Society of America. He was involved in social issues, serving as a councilman and county commissioner. His hymns are widely published in hymnals of many denominations. Mary Louise VanDyke =============================== William W. Reid, Jr. is pastor of the Methodist Church Circuit at Carverton, Pennsylvania. He previously served in a similar capacity at Camptown in the same State. He is a graduate of the Yale Divinity School and Oberlin College. He served during World War II in the Medical Corps and was held prisoner by the Germans for eight months. He is the author of several hymns including those in "Fourteen New Rural Hymns" and "Twelve New World Order Hymns" published by the Hymn Society. ----Fifteen New Christian Education Hymns, 1959. Used by permission. ================================ William Watkins Reid, Jr., is currently pastor of Central United Methodist Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Wyoming Annual Conference and has been active on its Social Concerns, Town and Country, and Evangelism boards, and on the Pennsylvania Council of Churches. ----Twelve New Lord’s Day Hymns, 1968. Used by permission. ================================ [Reid] is an executive committee member of the Hymn Society of America, and is the author of a number of hymns that have been published in hymnals in the United States, Canada, England, and in South Africa. As a council man he is concern with the ecology of Wyoming Valley (Penn. and N.Y.) and with the rebuilding of Wilkes-Barre after the disastrous flood of 1972. --16 New Hymns on the Stewardship of the Environment [Ecology] , 1973. Used by permission.

H. Glen Lanier

1925 - 1978 Hymnal Number: 14 Author of "Lord of Nations, God Eternal" in New Hymns for America Lanier, H. Glen. (Welcome, Davison County, North Carolina, December 12, 1925--September 9, 1978, Statesville, N.C.). Pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Thomasville, N.C. Received his A.B. degree from High Point College in 1945 and his B.D. degree from Duke University Divinity School in 1949. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives =========================== The author of some three hundred poems . . . Several of these poems have been published including one in the National Anthology of Poems of Colleges and Universities. --Five New Hymns for Youth by Youth , 1955. Used by permission.

Anastasia Van Burkalow

Person Name: Anastasia van Burkalow Hymnal Number: 11 Author of "Almighty God, Who Made the Things" in New Hymns for America Van Burkalow, Anastasia. Daughter and granddaughter of Methodist ministers, served as organist in a number of churches. Professor of Geology and Geography at Hunter College, New York City. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives ========================= Anastasia Van Burkalow is professor of Geology and Geography at Hunter College, New York City, and chairman of this department. As the daughter and granddaughter of Methodist ministers she has long had an interest in hymns and church music and has served as organist in a number of churches. She is a member of America's oldest Methodist Society, the John Street Methodist Church in New York City. She is chairman of the Hymn Origins Committee of the Hymn Society of America. --Fifteen New Bible Hymns, 1966. Used by permission.

Frances E. Weir

Hymnal Number: 7 Author of "O, We Who Love Our Land" in New Hymns for America Mrs. Frances E. Weir is a resident of Chevy Chase, Maryland, and is well-known as an author of poetry and prose. --New Hymns for America, 1976. Used by permission.

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Diane Owen Jordan

Person Name: Mrs. Moncrief Jordan Hymnal Number: 1 Author of "O God, Our Father, Ruler of All Nations" in New Hymns for America Diane Owen Jordan is the wife of the pastor of the Signal Mountain (Tennessee) Baptist Church, and is well known as a hymn writer. --New Hymns for America, 1976. Used by permission.

Hugh Clark Stuntz

1891 - 1991 Person Name: Hugh C. Stuntz Hymnal Number: 5 Author of "Thanks Be to Thee, O God" in New Hymns for America Dr. Hugh C. Stuntz, now living in Florida, is a former Methodist missionary in Montevideo, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Argentina, and more recently served for thirteen years as president of Scarritt College, Nashville, Tennessee. --New Hymns for America, 1976. Used by permission.