For Immediate Release Contact: Barbara K. Laskin
November 3, 2003 Doug Stone
(651) 696-6203

Macalester Faculty Member Honored at Hendrix College

St. Paul, Minn. - Calvin J. Roetzel, the Arnold H. Lowe Professor and a member of Macalester College's Religious Studies Department, was recently honored at Hendrix College with a distinguished alumnus award. Roetzel received a bachelor's degree from Hendrix College with honors in 1952.
Roetzel teaches Biblical studies and Christian origins at Macalester. He is the author of numerous books and scholarly articles and has lectured nationally and internationally. His book, His Paul: The Man and the Myth, was selected by the Biblical Archaeology Society as "Best Popular Book Relating to the New Testament, 1997-1998."

Hendrix College, located in Conway, Ark., and founded in 1876, is a residential, undergraduate liberal arts college with an enrollment of about 1,100.
Macalester College is a private liberal arts college with a full-time enrollment of 1,851 students. Macalester is nationally recognized for its commitment to academic excellence, internationalism, diversity and service to society.

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