Chicago Theological Seminary Commencement
May 16, 2008 By Development
Chicago Theological Seminary, founded in 1855 will hold its Commencement on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at Hyde Park Union Church.
Since its founding, the Seminary has been a strong witness for justice and peace in both church and society. This year’s honorary degree recipients continue that tradition.
CTS will present Mr. Howard Campbell Morgan, a prominent civic leader, with the degree of Doctor of Laws. Mr. Morgan is responsible for establishing Citibank’s expanded operations in Chicago. Both before and since his retirement after forty-one years in leadership positions at Citibank, he has worked diligently on many not-for-profit boards to advance human rights and religious understanding. He is the immediate past chair of the Chicago Theological Seminary Board of Trustees. Mr. Morgan currently serves as a trustee of The Court Theatre in Chicago; Openlands Project, an environmental and conservation organization; Interfaith Youth Core, a group that teaches young people about interfaith religious understanding through community service; and as Life Trustee of Lincoln Park Zoo. He is also a co-author and editor with his brothers, Drs. John and Richard Morgan, of the book In the Shadow of Grace, about the faith of their grandfather, Rev. Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, judged one of the ten greatest preachers of the twentieth century by The Christian Century.
In addition, the seminary will present Dr. James Cone, noted theologian, with a Doctor of Divinity. Professor Cone is the Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and he is an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Cone has received numerous honors in his outstanding career. He is the author of eleven books and over 150 articles. He has lectured at more than 1,000 universities and community organizations. He is best known for his ground-breaking works, Black Theology and Black Power (1969) and A Black Theology of Liberation (1970). These pioneering works are often taught at Chicago Theological Seminary as well as many other colleges, universities and seminaries, as are Dr. Cone’s other excellent works, especially God of the Oppressed (1975) and Martin & Malcolm & America (1991). His work has had profound influence both in the United States and around the world on the fundamental task of theology and the role of the theologian.
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