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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.
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