News Briefs: National history prize given to seminarian
? About the time Jane Donovan received her Master of Theological Studies degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in May, she received word that she had won the John Harrison Ness Prize for the best paper in United Methodist History. The General Commission on Archives and History presents the national award to a seminarian annually.
Donovan, who was on the Baltimore-Washington Conference Commission on Archives and History for many years before moving to Morgantown, W. Va., two years ago, is editor of the Northeast Jurisdiction?s Commission on Archives and History ?Bulletin.? She teaches religious studies at
Her prize-winning paper looked at Henry Foxall, 1758-1823, as a transitional figure between the first and second generations of Methodism. Foxall was a prominent lay person in the Baltimore Conference.
The Rev. Douglas Strong ?thinks I may be the first person from Wesley to win this award,? Donovan said. He, a conference Elder and professor at the seminary, won it when he was a graduate student at
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