1996 Miracle Yearbook

Photo by DaVor Dr.John Silvius has been a member of the Cedarville College faculty for nearly twenty years. Hejoined the faculty of the Department ofScience andMathematics as a professor of Biology in 1979following anappoint- mentto theAgriculturalRe- search Service of the U.S. Department ofAgriculture. He is probably best known professionally for his com- mitmentto Christianstew- ardship ofthe Creation. He originated and advises the Earth Stewardship Organi- zation on campus,serves as campusliaison withAuSable Institute in Michigan and has served as an instructor in the ARRIBA Field Biol- ogy program in Peru and Ecuador. Frustrated over the lack of college biology texts thatpresented theBib- lical account of Creation, Dr.Silviusauthored thetext, "Biology: Principles and Perspectives",nowin itssec- ond edition and the text is used in the general educa- tion biology course at Cedarville College. Dr. Silvius and his wife Abby reside just south of Cedarville on a woodlot he has transformed into some- what of a nature preserve. His son is a graduate of Cedarville and lives near Detroit. His daughter was recently married in June. Besides hisotherattributes, Johnisknownand respected in the community as a family man and as a man of high moral and ethical character. Dr.Silvius was honored by the student body in 1984 as the Cedarville College Faculty Memberofthefear. Hisfaculty colleagues have elected him to some of the most influential commit- tees on campus,including the Faculty Committee to the President, the Educa- tional Policies Committee and theTenure Committee. Dr. Don Baumann, his former department chair- man and faculty colleague says of Dr.Silvius,"He has demonstratedscholarlyand professional competence and, at the same time, shown theMind ofChrist' with his humble servant's attitude and love for people on campus and in his church. He has been a role model for me." He is serv- ing his fourth three-year term as deacoant Grace Baptist Church in Cedarville, serves on the Evangelism Committeeand chairs the Deacon Caring Ministry of the church. Dr.John Silvius can truly be referred to as a man with a servant's heart. Dr. Daniel E.Wetzel Mourdslitt) of no Earthdedication