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Johnson of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts established the Episcopal Chaplaincy at Tufts University at the request of students, and appointed Reverend Matthew Lawrence as Chaplain.<\/li>\n<li>1990 Tufts University Chaplain, Reverend Scotty McLennan (Unitarian Universalist), and Protestant Affiliates led Protestant worship services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1992 Reverend Steven Bonsey (Episcopal) was appointed the first Associate Protestant Chaplain recognized by Tufts University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1995 Reverend Daniel Karanja (Episcopal) was appointed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1996 Reverend Miriam Acevedo-Naters (Episcopal) was appointed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2001 Reverend Steven Bonsey was reappointed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2003 Reverend Laurie Rofinot (Episcopal) was appointed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2004 Reverend Chris Fike (Episcopal) was appointed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2005 Reverend Laurie Rofinot was reappointed, followed by Reverend Barbara Asinger (United Church of Christ).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2007 Reverend Jeffrey VonWald (United Church of Christ) was appointed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2009 Reverend Kerrie Ilarthan (United Church of Christ) was appointed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2011 Rachael Pettengill (Episcopal) was appointed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2014 Chanta Bhan (Episcopal) was appointed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2016 Reverend Daniel Bell (Episcopal) was appointed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>We are thankful for the help provided by Tufts\u2019 Digital Collections and Archives in offering us this invaluable look into our past.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Tufts University no longer affiliates with a particular religious tradition, it was founded by members of a Protestant denomination, the Universalist Church, in 1852, and even had its own divinity school until the 1960s.&hellip;&nbsp;<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/protestant\/history\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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