Acknowledgements and Note

Special thanks to the following persons who assisted and inspired me in various ways:

Walter Sawatsky, Professor of Church History and Mission, AMBS, thesis advisor

Gayle Gerber Koontz, Professor of Theology and Ethics, AMBS, second reader

Dennis Stoesz, Archivist, Mennonite Church USA Archives, Goshen, Indiana

Leonard Gross, Friend and retired archivist, MC USA Archives, Goshen, Indiana

Joe Springer, Curator, Mennonite Historical Library, Goshen, Indiana

Mary Klassen, Director of Communications, AMBS

The late J. Howard Kauffman

Interview participants

Family and friends, especially my companion and spouse, Gale Hess

Note: Full transcripts of the interviews conducted for this project will be deposited at the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania and at the Mennonite Church USA Archives, Goshen, Indiana.