Fall 1986 Curriculum Vitae

One of the tasks I have given to myself is to form some kind of understanding of my past and the person who has walked through that past. We are certainly the product of parents, family of origin and individual experiences but we also have our own unique engine or bundle of desires and inclinations that are tweaked, cultivated, ignored or celebrated throughout life. In order for me to know myself, then, I here put online my resume at age 34. This tells the reader not only what I had done by age 34, but it also tells you what I chose to remember or think was important about my professional life. When combined with a number of other markers, such as the photo in this essay or the essay entitled the pleasures of memory, this vita gives a basic understanding of skills, desires, ambitions at formative stages of my life. I put this resume together almost exactly 25 years ago (today is January 10, 2012 and the resume/vita is dated December 15, 1986).

CURRICULUM VITAE (LATE FALL 1986)

William R. Long Department of Religion Reed College, Portland OR. Home was 8180 Cedar St. Portland Oregon. And, my phone number in those years, well before cell phones, was (503) 292-9534.

EDUCATIONAL:

1982 Ph. D. Religious Studies, Early Christianity, Brown Univ. (Advisor: Prof. Horst R. Moehring. Title: "The Trial of Paul in the Book of Acts: Historical, Literary and Theological Considerations").
1980-81 Evangelisch-theogisches Seminar, Universitat Tubingen, West Germany.
1977-80 Ph. D. Candidate, Department of Religions Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI.
1974-77 M. Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts.
1970-74 B.A., Brown University, Religious Studies.

HONORS:

1985-86 Recipient of Vollum Junior Sabbatical Award (Full Yr.)
1980-81 DAAD Scholarship for Study at Tubingen with Martin
Hengel and Peter Stuhlmacher.
1977-80 University Fellowships, Brown University.
1978-80 Teaching Fellowships, Department of Religious Studies, Brown University
1977 Phi Alpha Chi, Gordon-Conwell.
1977 Summa cum Laude, Gordon-Conwell.
1975-77 Greek Instructor, Gordon-Conwell.
1974 Honors Graduate, Brown University. Thesis: "The Concept of Messiah in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs" (Advsor: Professor Ernest S. Frerichs).
1971-74 University Scholarships, Brown University.
1970 National Merit Scholar, Menlo-Atherton HS (CA).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES

1982- Assistant Professor of Religion and Humanities and Chair, Department of Religion, Reed College, Portland, OR

Courses Taught:

Religion 211: Introduction to Religious Studies
Religion 341: History of Religion of Ancient Israel
Religion 353: The Emergence of Earliest Christianity
Religion 312: Reformation Theology
Religion 326: The Social World of Early Christianity
Religion 426: Asceticism, Martyrdom and Contemplation in the Religions of Late Antiquity
Religion 363: Religion in America
Religion 322: Theories of Myth
Humanities 110: From Homer to Dante (entire year course)

1986- Chairman, Board of Directors, Portland Community College, Portland, OR ($77 million budget, 900 full-time employees, 2200 part-time employees, serving more than 60,000 students of all ages each year).

1986 Chairman, Friends of Portland Community College. Organizer of campaign that won a new $22,000,000 tax base for PCC. Managed an organization that recruited more than 700 volunteers, raised $35,000 and canvassed 100,000 households in the greater Portland area. The tax base won by a 54%-46% margin--which was the same margin by which the College lost the previous year when it asked voters for a $3.5 million operating levy.

NON-REED TEACHING EXPERIENCE. IN ORDER, SINCE SEPTEMBER 1982 (when I began teaching in Portland)

1982 Oct-Nov. "New Testament Portraits of Jesus," Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, Portland OR.
1983 Jan-Feb. "Jesus in the Gospels," St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Portland.
1983 June. "Running the Race with Determination: Studies in the Book of Hebrews," College of Idaho, Caldwell ID (Summer Conference)
1983 July. "Thinking Biblically About the Future," Lewis & Clark College, Portland (Cascades Summer Conference)
1983, Sept-Oct. "Studies in the book of Hebrews," Moreland Presbyterian Church, Portland.
1983, Oct. and Nov. As Adjunct Professor of New Testament and Theology, San Francisco Theological Seminary: "Reformed Theology" (30 Hours).
1983 Oct. 28. "Preaching Advent," for San Francisco Theological Seminary, Portland (6 Hours).
1984 Jan. "Studies in American Christianity," Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, Portland.
1984 Feb. "Classics of Jewish and Christian Spirituality," Congregation Neveh Shalom, Portland OR.
1984 Mar-Apr. "Classics of Christian Spirituality, "Rose City Park Presbyteirn Church," Portland OR.
1984 Mar-Apr. "Between Malachi and Matthew," Bethany Presbyterian Church, Portland OR.
1984 July. "Establishing a Reformed Identity," Lewis & Clark College (Cascades Summer Conference).
1984 Sept. "Between Malachi and Matthew," Calvin Presbyterian Church, Tigard OR (6 Hours).
1985 Jan. "Planning for the Future--Resources From Our Heritage," Calvin Presbyterian Church, Tigard OR (3 Hours).
1985 Jan. "Preaching Lent," San Francisco Theological Seminary, Portland OR, Paulist Center (9 Hours).
1985 Jan-Feb. "Between Malachi and Matthew," First Presbyterian Church, Vancouver WA
1985 Jan-Feb. "How Do You Spell Presbyterian?" Valley Community Presbyterian Church, Portland OR.
1985 Apr-May. "Portraits of Jesus," Bethany Presbyterian Church," Portland OR.
1985 Oct. "Topics in American Christianity," Moreland Presbyterian Church Getaway, Aldersgate Conference Center, Turner OR (5 Hours).
1985 Nov-Dec. "Between Malachi and Matthew," St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Portland OR.
1986 Jan. "Between Malachi and Matthew," Valley Presbyterian Church, Portland OR.
1986 Jan. "Preaching Lent," Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, Portland OR (6 Hours).
1986 Jan-Feb, "Topics in American Christianity," Calvin Presbyterian Church, Tigard OR.
1986 Feb-Mar. "Studies in the Book of Hebrews," First Presbyterian Church, Vancouver WA.
1986 Feb-Mar. "How Do You Spell Presbyterian?" Rose City Park Presbyterian Church, Portland OR.
1986 May. "Classics of Christian Spirituality," Columbia Presbyterian Church, Vancouver WA.
1986 Sept-Oct. "Between Malachi and Matthew," First Presbyterian Church, Portland OR.
1986 Oct-Nov. "What Should Presbyterians Believe?" Valley Presbyterian Church, Portland OR.
1986 Nov-Dec. "The Historical Jesus," First Presbyterian Church," Portland OR.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

PAPERS/SEMINARS

1981-85 Luke-Acts Seminar, Society of Biblical Literature.
1983 Feb. Paper, "Haenchen, Hengel and the History of Earliest Christianity," Northern Oregon AAR/SBL.
1983 Apr. 22. Paper, "Luke's Knowledge of Paul's Letters," SBL Northwestern Region, Seattle WA.
1983 May Lecture, "Scholarly Approaches to the Study of Acts," Lewis & Clark Colege, Portland OR.
1983 May 24. Lecture, "Acts and the History of Earliest Christianity," Linfield College, McMinnville OR.
1983 Dec. 30. Paper, "The Paulusbild in the Trial of Paul in Acts," Luke-Acts Seminar, SBL, Dallas TX.
1984 Apr. 28. Paper, "The Future of American Christianity," SBL Northwestern Region, Missoula MT.
1984 Summer. Seminary Participant. National Endowment for the Humanities, Reed College. Planning for a new Humanities course.
1983-85 General Secretary, Northern Oregon American Academy of Religion.
1986 Oct 19. Paper, "How to Pass a Tax Measure," delivered at the annual meeting of the Association of Community College Trustees, San Diego CA.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES, REED COLLEGE

1983- Chair, Department of Religion.
1982-85 Search Committe Member, Positions in Jewish History, Modern Religious Thought, History of Christianity
1983- Senator, Community Senate.
1983-84 Secretary of the Division of Philosophy, Education, Religion and Psychology.
1983-84 Faculty Clerk/Recorder.
1984-85 Chair, Division of Philosophy, Education, Religion and Psychology.
1984-85, Chair, Community Senate

PUBLICATION ACTIVITY

1. "A Flawed Argument," Monday Morning, May 10, 1983, p. 10f.
2. "Radical Ruling Casts Shadow on Religions," Oregonian, June 3, 1983.
3. "The Paulusbild in the Trial of Paul in Acts," in SBL Seminar Papers, 1983, 87-105.
4. "The Theological Accountability of the Pastoral Ministry," Monday Morning, August 1984, 15f.
5. "The Future of American Christianity," Sweet Reason, Oregon Essays 3 (Oregon Committee for the Humanities, 1984), 44-48.
6. "Martin Hengel's Contribution to the Study of Early Christianity," Religious Studies Review (forthcoming).
7. Review of A Late Friendship, Pacific Theological Review (1985).
8. Review of Robert Maddox, The Purpose of Luke-Acts, Journal of Biblical Literature 103 (1984), 484-86.
9. "On Moral Education in the Public Schools," Catholic Sentinel, April 25, 1986.
10. "The Future of the Presbyterian Ministry," Monday Morning, May 5, 1986.

PUBLIC ACTIVITIES

ORGANIZATIONS

1982 Dec. - Ordained Minister, Presbyterian Church (USA).
1983 Mar.- Board of Directors, Institute for Judaic Studies, Portland OR
1983- Adjunct Professor, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo CA.
1983-84 Program Committee, City Club of Portland.
1983-84, Chair, Study Committee, "Principals in the Portland Public Schools," Schools for the City.
1984-85, Chair, Diversion Task Force, Appointed by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners.
1984- Oregon Graduate Center Associates.
1985- Board of Directors, Portland Community College (elected position).
1985- Adjunct Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena CA.
1985 Senior Editorial Writer, The Oregonian (during my 1985-86 sabbatical from Reed College).
1985- Board of Directors, Oregon Council on Crime and Delinquency.
1985- Program Committee, World Affairs Council of Oregon.
1985- Post-secondary School Committee, Washington County Business-Education Compact.
1986- Board of Directors and Member of the Executive Committee, Portland Community College Foundation, Portland OR.

ADDITIONAL PUBLIC APPEARANCES AND PRESENTATIONS

1982 Dec. Panelist and Moderator, "Apocalyptic Literature and Nuclear War," Conference on Facing It (sponsored by the Oregon Committee for the Humanities), Northwest Service Center, Portland OR.

1983 Jan 27. Television Commentator, "Religious Schools in Portland," Front Street Weekly (KOAP-TV).

1983 Mar 19-21. Workshop Leader, "Creation and Evolution: The Nature of Religious and Scientific Knowledge," The Collins Lectures (Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon), Portland OR.

1983 Oct. Television Commentator, "Religions and Cults," Front Street Weekly (KOAP-TV).

1983 Oct 7-9 Theological Consultant and Speaker, "Megatrends and the Future of Religion," conference with Mike Annison of the Nesbitt Group, Colton OR.

1983 Oct 23-24. Lecture Series, "The Wandering People of God," St. Helens Presbyterian Church, St. Helens OR.

1984 Jan 12. Presentation, "The Climactic First Century," A Jewish-Christian Relations Primer. Sponsored by the Jewish Education Association (2 Hours).

1984 Feb 10. Lecture, "Essential Tenets of the Reformed Faith," Presbytery of the Cascades meeting, Eugene OR (videotaped for regional and national distribution).

1984 Feb 29. Panelist, "Coping With Disaster on a Universal Level," Mittleman Jewish Community Center, Sponsored by the Oregon Committee for the Humanities.

1984 Mar 18. Presentation, "Humanities, the Mission of the College and the Public Interest," Address to the Griffin Society, Reed College, Portland OR.

1984 Apr 9. Panelist, "The Shape of the New Lectionary," spnsored by the Evangelical Women's Caucus, Warner-Pacific College, Portland OR.

1984 Jun 7. Lecture, "Mary in the New Testament: A Protestant Perspective," The Mariological Society of America Annual Conference, The Grotto, Portland OR.

1984 Oct 10-11. Two Lectures, "John Calvin and His Contribution to Christian Faith," Pastor's Conference, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Ocean Shores WA.

1984 Oct 26-27. Panelist, "Handling Controversial Subjects: Religion and Politics," Oregon Press Women conference, Newport OR.

1984 Oct. Radio Commentator, "Religion and the Public Schools," The Second Cup, KBOO-FM, Portland OR.

1984 Nov. Television Commentator, "Prayer and the Public Schools," In My Opinion (KGW-TV).

1985 Feb 14. Lecture, "Religion and Violence," Reed Women's Committee, Reed College, Portland OR.

1985 Mar 15. Presentation, "Citizen Advocacy for Juveniles," Western States Juvenile Services Conference, Portland OR.

1985 Mar 24. Television Commentator, "The Ethical Implications of Transplants and Implants," What's Right? (KATU-TV), Portland OR.

1985 Apr 11. Lecture, "The Church and Public Policy," Vancouver Council of Church Pastors, Vancouver WA.

1985 Apr 14. Television Commentator, "Scarcity of Medical Resources," What's Right? (KATU-TV), Portland OR.

1985 Oct 6. Lecture, "The Bishops Pastoral Letter on the Economy," event sponsored by the Dalles Council of Churches, The Dalles OR.

1985 Dec 7. Presentation, "Is There Anything Christian Left in Christmas?" Valley Men's Breakfast, Valley Presbyterian Church, Portland OR.

1986 Jan 23. Lecture, "The Cults: What They Are and Why They Are Attractive," Congregation Neveh Shalom, Portland OR.

1986 Feb 16. Lecture, "Thinking About the Future, Religious and Moral Values," Westminster Presbyterian Church, Portland OR.

1986 Apr 4, "The Cults: What They Are and Why They Are Attractive," Broadmoor Women's Association, Portland OR.

1986 Apr 13. Lecture, "Government Intervention in Churches," Westminster Presbyterian Church, Portland OR.

1986 May 18. Commencement Address, "From a Pacific Past to an Uncertain Future," Pacific University, Forest Grove OR.

1986 May 20 and Nov. 4. Won the Democratic nomination for State Representative for the Oregon Legislature from the Raleigh Hills-Beaverton Area and then lost the General Election.

Pulpit Supply (one time preaching) Kenilworth, Mt. Scott Park, Parkdale, Clatskanie, Aurora, St. Helens, Yachats, St. Mark, St. Andrew, Emanuel (West Linn), Westminster (Portland), Valley, Milwaukie, Rose City Park, Newport, First (Vancouver WA) and Columbia (WA) Presbyterian churches.

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