Spero in Deo

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Spero in Deo is written by Douglas Neckers and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0997309601 (ISBN 10) and 9780997309607 (ISBN 13).

Calvin VanderWerf was the most transformative president in the history of Hope College, a small liberal-arts institution in Holland, Michigan. Spero in Deo: The Impact of Calvin VanderWerf is the biography of the man as he encountered the College at a crossroads in the turbulent 1960s. During the seven short years Cal was president, Hope dealt with war, race, generational conflicts, church influence, and political agitation. Against enormous odds, he caused Hope College to reach for, and many ways particularly in the sciences achieve, its highest potential. Calvin VanderWerf's foundational training was as an organic chemist, and he was the first Hope administrator with a scientific background. Spero in Deo also provides a comprehensive look, from documents of the day, at the way the VanderWerfs guided Hope College into a future nearly overwhelmed by scientific discovery.