| |
The Rev.
Dr. Lynne Godard Alcott Kogel
(Mrs. Ross Timothy Kogel)

Lynne Godard Alcott Kogel, a native of St. Charles,
Illinois, is the daughter of William DeMilt Acott, Jr.
and Lois Mellander. She is married to Ross Timothy
Kogel, and has three children, Kristin Kogel Gedeon,
Gretchen Alcott-Kogel Costello, Ross William Kogel
Dr. Kogel is an academician of the highest order. She
initiated her studies in 1962 at Le Torrent, Château
d’Œx, in Switzerland, studying French Language and
Literature. She then received her B.A. in Sociology from
the
University of California, Los
Angeles;
an M.A. in Humanities from
Wayne State University;
a M.Div. from
McCormick Theological Seminary;
an M.A. in Near Eastern Studies at the
University of Michigan;
and a Doctor of Ministry from
McCormick Theological Seminary.
Dr. Kogel is an ordained Presbyterian minister. During
her career, Dr. Kogel served as a Seminary Associate,
Campus Minister and Interim Minister in the Presbytery
of Detroit; an Associate Professor of Biblical Studies
and the Director of Seminary Life at the Ecumenical
Theological Seminary in Detroit; and as Adjunct Faculty for
Humanities Studies at both Macomb Community College and
Wayne State University.
Memberships
*
Society of Mayflower Descendants
* Society of Colonial Dames in America
* Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford
* National Huguenot Society
* Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States
of America
* Baronial Order of Magna Charta
* Order of the Merovingian Dynasty
*
Descendants of the Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of the
Kings of Britain
*
Society of the Descendants of Colonial Clergy
* Flagon and Trencher
Authorships
Gabriele Boccaccini, Beyond the Essene Hypothesis:
The Parting of the
Ways Between Qumran and Essene Traditions. (Editor
and publication
assistant. See acknowledgements in Preface.) Grand
Rapids: William B.
Eerdmans, Publisher, 1999
“Hierapolis,” “Hyrcanus,” “Lydia (place),” “Masada,”
“Menelaus.”
Eerdmans
Dictionary of the Bible.
ed. David Noel Freedman, Grand Rapids:
William B. Eerdmans, Publisher, 2000
Reviewer for the 2006 sixth edition of Culture and
Values: A Survey of the
Humanities, Alternate Volume, for Thomson Wadsworth
Corporation.
Acknowledgement appears in the Preface to the seventh
and following
editions
“Contagious Spirituality: Four Stories and a Sonnet,”
The Healing Power of
Spirituality. vol.1, ed. J. Harold Ellens, Santa
Barbara, California:
Praeger, 2010
Other Notes
Dr. Kogel is a member of the Society of Biblical
Literature; the American Academy of Religion; American
Schools of Oriental Research; the Presbytery of Detroit;
and is listed in Who’s Who in American Women
(1999-2003).
She
enjoys telemark skiing and ski mountaineering, as well
as sailing (Jeanneau 49DS). She is an avid yachter, and
currently holds membership in the Grosse Pointe Yacht
Club; Great Lakes Yacht Club; Little Current Yacht Club;
Great Lakes Cruising Club; and the Detroit Athletic
Club. She is, additionally, an avid photographer and
travels extensively.
|