          |
| Southwestern alumni luncheon
slated June 16 in Atlanta's Omni FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary alumni will honor five distinguished alumni award recipients and hear a progress report from seminary President Kenneth S. Hemphill during their national alumni luncheon June 16 at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta. O.S. Hawkins, Annuity Board chairman and national alumni association president, will preside at the luncheon, which begins at 12:30 p.m. in the Barrington and Liberty halls. Distinguished alumni for 1999 are Charles Bryan, former Foreign Mission Board senior vice president for overseas operations and FMB area director for Middle America and the Caribbean; Guinell Freeman, educational director at First Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Fla., for 43 years; Robert Hamblin, retired vice president of the Home Mission Board; Felix Gresham, retired director of admissions and dean of students at Southwestern; and Jack Terry, vice president of institutional advancement and former dean of the school of religious education at Southwestern. The Omni Hotel is located in the east end of the CNN Center, one block from the Georgia Dome where the Southern Baptist Convention will be held. To order tickets, send a check for $15 per person to Jennette Briggs, director of alumni relations, Southwestern Seminary, P.O. Box 22480, Fort Worth, TX 76122. Make checks payable to Southwestern Seminary. For more information, call (817) 923-1921, ext. 7260. |
