PROFILES OF ABILITY AND CONVICTION
A life well-spent honors teaching ‘back then’ and for generations AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST and
philosopher William James said, “The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” Herbert E. Chinworth ’42x has used his life well. Building on his own MC experience, Chinworth served on a landing craft for the U.S. Navy during World War II, earned a master’s degree in chemical engineering and then climbed The Dow Chemical Company ladder to supervise its catalyst plant in Ludington, Mich. All along his journey, Chinworth never forgot his Manchester education. Like generations of Manchester students, he studied with faculty who stoked his curiosity and stretched his mind. When the College issued a donor challenge to build a new Science Center, Herb and Arlene Chinworth saw an opportunity. They honored one of Herb’s mentors, chemistry Professor Harry R. Weimer ’29, by funding a wing in his name. They didn’t stop there. In the spirit of “Science is a Verb” (an active verb) in the Manchester vernacular, the Chinworths also funded a high-tech laboratory and classroom equipment for hands-on learning. The couple’s generosity stretches to an endowed scholarship and gifts to the Pathways program – and in remembering the “peas and carrots” annual sustenance of The Manchester Fund. At Commencement 2012 this spring, the College awarded its “dear friend” Herb Chinworth an honorary Doctor of Science degree “in recognition of life of ability and conviction and a life used well.”
Connections fo Tom Hurst ‘73 of McPherson, Kan., is director of service programs for McPherson College. He was the 2011 Kansas Community Engagement Professional of the Year of Kansas Campus Compact, which funds and facilitates higher education service learning and civic engagement. Kent Zimmerman ‘74 of Vandalia, Ohio, was Sinclair Community College’s 2011 Innovator of the Year for co-creation of a course for adjunct instructors that helps them learn moreeffective teaching methods and move to Lecturer II status sooner. Zimmerman is a professor of communication. Nolan Long ‘78 of Dayton, Ohio, is associate professor of music at Sinclair Community College in Dayton.
BY MELINDA L ANTZ ’81
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