new church life: november/december 2014
Committee, as Director of the Swedenborg Scientific Association, and as
President of the Swedenborg Foundation. He and his wife, Dr. Kristin
King, President of Bryn Athyn College, have six children and five
grandchildren.
Honored as Distinguished Alumni for Bryn Athyn College were:
• Dick and Sally Brickman, who graduated from the Academy
Secondary Schools in 1950 and 1952, respectively. Dick earned his
bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of
Illinois. After serving in the Army and marrying Sally, they settled
in Glenview, Illinois, where he started The Brickman Group with his
father and others. They were both active in the Glenview Society before
moving to Bryn Athyn, where Dick has served on the Academy and
General Church Boards. They have four children and 16 grandchildren.
Both are passionate about New Church education at the Academy
and the growth of the Church. They are also involved with Colonial
Williamsburg and have helped create internships there for the Academy
Schools.
• Bob and Karen Heinrichs. Bob graduated from the Boys School
in 1956 and Karen from the Girls School in 1959, and each attended
Bryn Athyn College for a year. Bob earned a BA in Developmental
Psychology and a BPE in Exercise Psychology and Sports Medicine in
Canada, where he was also a national champion in wrestling. He was
head wrestling coach at the University of Guelph – where he was just
inducted into their Hall of Fame – and at the University of Waterloo. He
taught high school for five years in Canada before coming to Bryn Athyn
College as Director of Physical Education and Athletics. Karen worked
in the Academy’s new Development Office. In 1992 they moved to
Colorado and started a log home business. In 2010 they moved to Oak
Arbor, Michigan, where Bob serves on the Board. He has also served on
the General Church Board and as President of the Bryn Athyn College
Alumni Association.
Honored as the Outstanding Volunteer for 2014 for the Secondary
Schools was Joy Asplundh Feerrar, (Girls School 1979), who earned her BS
from Bryn Athyn College and an MS in Education from Arcadia University.
She has taught in the Bryn Athyn Church School and also run a preschool
in her home. She has volunteered with the Cathedral Flower Committee,
the Bryn Athyn Thrift Shop and the Academy Secondary Schools Adopt-aDormie program. She is a constant supporter of the Secondary Schools and
provides countless photographs of school and athletic events. She is married
to Dr.