The Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes

JUL-29-97 07:47 FROM: THE MEMORIAL CHURCH ID:6174969166 PAGE 2 TAS THE MEMORIAL CHURCH HARVARD UNIVERSITY THE REVEREND PROFESSOR PETER J. GOMES Born in 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Plymouth, the Reverend Professor Peter John Gomes is an American Baptist minister ordained to the Christian Ministry by the First Baptist Church of Plymouth. Widely regarded as one of America's most distinguished preachers, he has served since 1970 in The Memorial Church, and since 1974 has been Plummer Professor of Christian Morals in Harvard University and Minister in The Memorial Church. He graduated in 1965 from Bates College with the A.B. degree, and in 1968 from the Harvard Divinity School with the degree of S.T.B. Professor Gomes holds honorary degrees from New England College, Waynesburg College, Gordon College, Knox College, Bates College, and The University of the South. He is an Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College, The University of Cambridge, England. Professor Gomes is a member of the Faculty of Divinity and of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard. His teaching and research interests include the history of the ancient Christian church, Elizabethan Puritanism, homiletics, worship, church music, and the history of the black American experience. Hc has fulfilled preaching appointments and addresses throughout North America and the British Isles, and has participated in the inaugurations of President Reagan and President Bush. His current book entitled The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart, published by William Morrow & Co., is a national bestseller. Professor Gomes serves as an Advisory Editor of Pulpit Digest, and on the Advisory Board of The Living Pulpit. IIe has published numerous articles and papcrs, and has presented lectures and colloquia widely throughout the United States and England. Professor Gomes is a Trustee of Wellesley College, and of the Roxbury Latin School. He is immediate past President of the Pilgrim Society of Plymouth. A sometime Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London, he has also served as Trustee of Bates College, of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), of the New England Conservatory, and of the Handel and Haydn Society. Professor Gomes's former affliations include service as Acting Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University, President of the Signet Associates, and Trustee of the Ella Lyman Cabot Trust.