Campus & Community

Tiffany Steinwert, Samuel Clemence to be Honored at Hendricks Chapel Nov. 6

Tuesday, October 31, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

A former Hendricks Chapel dean and interim dean will be honored at a ceremony on Monday, Nov. 6, at 5 p.m. in the entryway of Hendricks Chapel. The University community is invited to attend.

A portrait of former dean Tiffany L. Steinwert will be unveiled and dedicated, and a plaque honoring former interim dean Samuel P. Clemence will be dedicated.

Steinwert, the sixth dean of Hendricks Chapel, served at Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity from 2010-15. She now is the dean of religious and spiritual life at Wellesley College. Her portrait will join a gallery that includes the first five deans of Hendricks Chapel: William H. Powers (1930-44); Charles C. Noble (1945-67); John H. McCombe Jr. (1967-80); Richard L. Phillips (1981-98); and Thomas V. Wolfe (1999-2008).

Clemence, Meredith Professor Emeritus in the  and recipient of the Chancellor’s Medal at the 2017 One University Awards ceremony, served as interim dean of the chapel from 2015-17. Hendricks interim deans James B. Wiggins (1980-81), Robert S. Pickett (1995-97) and Kelly N. Sprinkle (2008-2010) are also honored with plaques in the gallery.

The seventh dean of Hendricks Chapel, Brian E. Konkol, will be installed at a ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 4 p.m. in the chapel.