, “`""• •DR IASI,1 V■II II I oining the faculty at Cedarille, he workedfrom 1955-61 t General Electric Company n Cincinnati as a mechanical nd nuclear engineer, designng and testing jet engines and rying to develop a nuclear owered airplane. From 19613, he worked at Batelle Meorial Institute in Columbus s a nuclear physicist analyz- • ingnuclearreactors.Dr.Wetzel made the switch to teaching at a time in his life when he was experiencing setbacks and disappointments and was searching for the direction God wanted him to take.It wasthen thatPsalm27:14becameavery important verse to him:"Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart. Wait,I say,on the Lord." Dr.Wetzel said,"I was being impatient; I had to realize that God didn't want my tithe,mytime,ortalentasmuch as He just wanted me." Dr. Wetzel felt God calling him to serve in some Christian ministry, and Pastor Bill Brock of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Columbus directed Dr. Wetzel's attention towards Cedarville College. Dr. Wetzel hasno plansforretirement. He said,"How do you retire from ministry? When I'm told that I've stopped being effective at myjob,that's when I'll step down. God called me here to Cedarville, and God will call me away." facutty menzge% ofge yea% 149
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