President Of Lutheran World Relief To Speak At Muhlenberg Baccalaureate Service
Kathryn F. Wolford, president of Lutheran World Relief, will speak to the Muhlenberg College Class of 2003 at its Baccalaureate service, Sunday, May 18, 10 a.m., on the College Green.Wednesday, March 12, 2003 03:07 PM
Kathryn F. Wolford, president of Lutheran World Relief, will speak to the Muhlenberg College Class of 2003 at its Baccalaureate service, Sunday, May 18, 10 a.m., on the College Green.
Wolford has served as president of Lutheran World Relief since 1993. Previously, she served as the first Caribbean regional representative of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA/Church World Service (NCCCUSA), based in the Dominican Republic, before being named program director for Latin America at Lutheran World Relief in 1991.
Wolford is a member of the U.S. Agency for International Development Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid and serves on the boards of the Lutheran Community Foundation and Women’s EDGE. She has penned articles on Latin America and land mines for “The Christian Century” and has been selected one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women by the Baltimore Daily Record. She holds a B.A. from Gettysburg College and masters degrees in public policy studies and religious studies, both from the University of Chicago.
Senator Arlen Specter will give the Commencement address at 2 p.m. on May 18. He and Wolford, along with Amadou Makhtar Diop, Ph.D., technical director for the Rodale Institute’s global programs, and Howard Weitz ’74, M.D., director of clinical cardiology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, will receive honorary degrees during the Commencement ceremony.
