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34 NEWS NOTES BIOLA CONNECTIONS ❁ SPRING ’07
News & Notes
Tom Doyle (’79) is pictured here (right) with L. Paul Bremer, the former U.S. ambassador to Iraq,
in Saddam Hussein’s palace and former office. Doyle visited Iraq during a recent missions trip.
Read more about him in the “Where Are They Now?” section on page 32.
1960s
David (’66) and Nancy (Fields, ’65) Coats recently
started teaching at Hopi Mission School on a
reservation in Arizona. They are job-sharing the
4th grade and also teaching art and music. It is
turning into quite a challenge after semiretirement
for a few years. Life on the reservation
is a lot like their teaching in Yemen and Venezuela.
There is indeed a mixture of the old and the new,
isolation from others, and a definite resistance to
the gospel among the Hopi people. They said, “We
are learning a lot.” Missionaries have been on the
reservation for over 100 years, but there is still no
Hopi pastor. They ask for prayer that God will open
the people’s hearts!
Joe (’69) and Ruth (Gregg, ’67) Coney live in the
Atlanta, Ga., area. Joe has served with Crown
Financial Ministries in the ministry advancement
department for 18 years, and Ruth teaches gifted
children in a public school. They have two grown
children, with one on the mission field in Croatia.
They also have six grandchildren.
1980s
Rev. Bob Fritch (’81) has gone on part-time staff
with a Christian ministry called Victorious Christian
Living International in Phoenix, Ariz. Bob does
discipleship training with the organization.
revbfritch@cox.net
Deborah L. White (’81) earned a Ph.D. from the
University of Oklahoma last October. She works
for the University of Oklahoma as an instructional
designer and teaches part time for Mid-America
Christian University in Oklahoma City, Okla.
dlw@ou.edu
Randy (M.A. ’87) and Jan (Peterson, ’76) Kent are
missionaries with Global Outreach Mission in Alsace,
France, pastoring a French church. This is their 18th
year living overseas. kentsfrance@yahoo.com
1990s
Darren (’90) and Cheryl (Speight, ’91) Macdonald
are pleased to announce the adoption of Svetlana,
age 11. Originally from Penza, Russia, Sveta joins
Emily (10), Maggie (8) and Trevor (3).
Chad (’95) and Kendal (’95) Owens are serving as
Wycliffe missionaries in Papua, New Guinea, as an
information technology specialist and elementary
school teacher. Their children, Calvin (5) and Sydney
(7), attend school in Ukarumpa and live with their
parents on campus as they help support the Bible
translation work. owens@gimpel.tv
Dana Turell (’95) was promoted
to vice president at
CAWOOD, a marketing agency
in Eugene, Ore. In her new
position, Dana, formerly an
account manager, will launch
an interactive marketing initiative,
as well as supervise
and manage accounts. She is also vice president of
communications for the southwest Oregon chapter of
the American Marketing Association and serves on
the board of the Emerald Executive Association.
2000s
Joseph J. Mellema (’02) recently joined the Law
Offices of Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP, based in
Wilmington, Del. Joseph serves as an associate in the
firm’s Intellectual Property Law Group, based in the
Los Angeles office. He earned a B.S. in physical
sciences from Biola, a B.S. in electrical engineering
from the University of Southern California and a J.D.
from Loyola Law School.
Marriages
Charise (Davis, ’91) married John Cole on July 15,
2006.