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Union Theological Seminary
National Catholic Reporter, March 7, 2008
Tags: Manhattan, scholar, Yale University
Serene Jones, a feminist scholar at Yale Divinity School, has been named the new president of Union Theological Seminary, a flagship institution of liberal Protestantism. Jones, 48, is the first woman to head the 172-year-old nondenominational seminary located in upper Manhattan. Her presidency also represents a generational shift: Jones succeeds 74-year-old Joseph C.
Hough Jr., who is retiring after serving nine years in the post. Jones will begin her duties July 1.
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