Paul R. Yoder Jr. Archives

Money does matter–so let’s talk about it

March 2, 2014Last updated July 2, 2014 by

Our numbers-focused alumni consider how to invest pension funds, what benefits employers can afford, whether a financial institution should offer a particular service, how much life insurance to recommend, and how

Much pain, one big gain, from being an African American student at EMU in 1962-63

January 23, 2014Last updated February 11, 2014 by Paul Souder and Bonnie Price Lofton

One foggy morning in late summer of 1962, a 17-year-old native of Washington D.C. arrived on the campus of what was then Eastern Mennonite College not knowing a soul. Grandison

Yoders Named “Philanthropists of the Year”

November 22, 2011Last updated December 7, 2011 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Carol and Paul R. Yoder Jr. trace their charitable impulses to their respective sets of parents. “My parents always tithed, plus,” says Paul, referring to giving more than the biblical

Harvard Hosts EMU Funding Strategy Meetings for New Science Facility

April 12, 2011Last updated January 6, 2016 by Andrea Schrock Wenger

BOSTON — Harvard Medical School provided the backdrop for a historic gathering intended to generate lead funding strategies for Eastern Mennonite University’s $30 million capital campaign to create new science

Former EMU Staffer Dies

December 2, 2005 by Jim Bishop

Paul R. Yoder, Sr., a long-time advocate for Eastern Mennonite University, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg. He was 89. A native of Elverson, Pa., Yoder,

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