May 23, 2001
Hesston College has announced
plans to name its baseball field after Evan Oswald, an alumnus and
former athletic director and coach, of Glendale, Ariz.
Originally from northeast Ohio,
Oswald attended Hesston College in 1946-48 and graduated from Goshen
(Ind.) College in '51. He earned a master's degree in physical education
and coaching from the University of Illinois in '57. Oswald came back
to teach at Hesston College from 1951-71. During his years of service
at Hesston College he helped build the athletic/P.E. program.
He and his wife, Martha (Duerkson),
married in 1952. Following their twenty years at Hesston College,
they moved to the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona where they
worked at Navajo Community College for 14 years. Martha and Evan then
began work at Glencroft Retirement Community. Evan retired in 1995
and the two of them now volunteer in numerous activities. They live
in Arizona.
Oswald Field will be named during
Hesston College's annual Homecoming/Alumni Weekend celebration, Sept.
21-23.