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The Maxims Research Retreat

Edith Beatty Biography forthcoming

Rebekah Dunlap has been a minister in the Unity Church for the past 23 years, and has pioneered three new parishes during that time. Reverend Dunlap is a prolific author and has co-authored the following books with Sir John Templeton: The Worldwide Laws of Life, Worldwide Worship, Prayers and Poem (to be published in June 2000), and Clams May Open, which is forthcoming from the Templeton Foundation Press. Reverend Dunlap resides in Colorado. She very much enjoys playing golf with family and friends and tending her beautiful flower garden.

Diana Van Lancker is currently Chair of the Speech and Hearing Department at New York University's School of Education. She was most recently the Benedict Distinguished Visiting Professor of Linguistics at Carleton College. For many years, Dr. Van Lancker was Professor of Neurology at the University of South California Medical School. She is a member of the editorial board of Brain and Language and her research interests include neurolinguistics, right hemisphere functioning, and aphasia.

Linda McKay serves as Director of CHARACTERplus for the Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis, Inc. The nation's largest community-wide initiative in character education, CHARACTERplus currently serves more than 250,000 students and 20,000 teachers in 34 public school districts. Ms. McKay is also the project manager for a federal grant that is extending CHARACTERplus across the state of Missouri.

Peggy Veljkovic was newly arrived at the John Templeton Foundation when she participated in the retreat. What an exciting way to begin work at the Foundation! Ms. Veljkovic coordinates the Laws of Life Essay Contest, the Foundation's oldest and most important character education initiative. A former teacher at the post-secondary level, she has taught the French language and culture in the United States and abroad.