Cedarville Magazine, Fall 2015

by Mark Womack ’82 I don’t personally know many people who have a building named after them. I doubt anyone sets out in life with that honor as one of their ultimate goals. However, I do know this ... If your name is on a building, you’ve influenced people in some incredible fashion. Period. Such people like Don Callan, or “Coach” to many of us, are difference-makers in their own special way. And, so reads the plaque upon entering the Callan Athletic Center, which I see nearly every day upon heading to my office: “In grateful recognition of the Christian testimony and faithful service of Donald E. Callan as a coach, missions leader, athletic director, professor, department chair, and dean at Cedarville University.” And those titles? Amazingly, he held five of them at one time during his career on campus, which began in 1960. Aman raised out of humble beginnings in southern Indiana, he is still crafting a lasting legacy to match the Bible verse attached to the very building named in his honor. “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also” (2 Tim. 2:2). I’ve had the privilege to play for him, win championships with him, travel internationally with him, broadcast with him, receive counsel from him, pray with him, and, most importantly, call him a close friend. 8 | Cedarville Magazine