Who’s Responsible

From left: Mary Strey (vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty), David Timmer and Mark Putnam (Central College president).

In February, David Timmer was installed as the Dr. Jacob ’25 and Gela ’27 Schnucker Sessler Chair in Philosophy and Religion. During the ceremony, Timmer, center, was publicly honored by Mary E.M. Strey, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty, and Mark Putnam, president. Timmer also gave a short speech on his research on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor, theologian and anti- Nazi conspirator. Timmer explored Bonhoeffer’s role confronting the Third Reich around the theme of responsibility.