44. Richard Donald Nye⁸ Dickinson (Phebe Abigail⁷ Naylor, William⁶, Joseph⁵, Charles⁴, James³, Joseph², George¹) was born in MA 1 August 1929. He died 24 May 2008.

He married Nancy Leland Stone 26 November 1955 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Richard was a graduate of the American International College, earning his master's degree in education there in 1952. In 1960 he earned a Ph.D degree in social ethics from Boston University. He served as president of Christian Theological Seminary (CTS) from 1986 to 1997. Prior to becoming president, he was the academic dean of CTS from 1974 to 1986. He was the first minister of the United Church of Christ to lead this seminary of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Dickinson served on the WCC staff in the 1960s, when he wrote the sociological report that was published by Oxford University Press as The Christian College in Developing India. He later wrote the WCC publications Poor, Yet Making Many Rich in 1983 and Economic Globalization: Deepening Challenge for Christians in 1998. He was deeply involved in the process leading up to the AGAPE document.

Richard Donald Nye Dickinson and Nancy Leland Stone had the following children:

• 86 i. Elizabeth Stone⁹ Dickinson was born in Attleboro, MA 31 March 1960.

• 87 ii. Richard Donald Nye Dickinson was born in Delhi, India 11 December 1962.

• 88 iii. Edward David McCree Dickinson was born in Geneva, Switzerland 6 March 1968.

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