{"id":47270,"date":"2020-09-24T15:11:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T19:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=47270"},"modified":"2021-09-15T13:34:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T17:34:28","slug":"in-celebration-of-professor-emeritus-john-horst-jr-a-man-for-all-seasons-and-beloved-of-emu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/in-celebration-of-professor-emeritus-john-horst-jr-a-man-for-all-seasons-and-beloved-of-emu\/","title":{"rendered":"In celebration of Professor Emeritus John Horst Jr., a &#8216;man for all seasons&#8217; and beloved of EMU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>John L. Horst Jr<\/strong>. <strong>&#8217;60<\/strong>, emeritus professor of physics and a passionate and much-beloved supporter of Eastern Mennonite University, died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 at the University of Virginia Medical Center. He was 82.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over a 44-year career at Eastern Mennonite College and then Eastern Mennonite University, Horst gained a reputation as a \u201cdedicated and valued colleague in the Science Center\u201d with an excellent knowledge of his field, said Professor Emeritus <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/professor-alumnus-joe-mast-helped-bring-emu-digital-age\/\">Joseph Mast &#8217;64<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Equally known for his deft expertise in wider subjects, Horst was a \u201cRennaissance man,\u201d Mast said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a faculty member able to teach courses across a wide range of disciplines, John was an invaluable asset to EMU,\u201d said Professor Emeritus <strong>Millard Showalter &#8217;62<\/strong>. \u201cWithout a doubt, John L. Horst will be remembered as a \u2018Man for all Seasons.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/John-Horst-5-1024x697.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/John-Horst-5-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/John-Horst-5-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/John-Horst-5-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/John-Horst-5-1536x1046.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/John-Horst-5.jpg 1957w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>John L. Horst Jr. was active in the Astral Society and directed the planetarium.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Horst\u2019s wide-ranging intellectual interests &#8212; from physics and mathematics to music and history &#8212; challenged, amazed and entertained in many venues, from classrooms to faculty lounges and in later years, at Sabbath evening Bible studies and other events at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In later years, he shared his love of music as the host of WEMC\u2019s \u201cMostly Mennonite, Mostly A Capella\u201d and in compiling and writing liner notes for nine CDs from the \u201cMennonite Hour\u201d music archives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Horst also contributed to the conceptualization of pictorial histories in prominent locations that have served to educate campus visitors, and regular denizens, too. (An athlete throughout his life, Horst appears in one photo, wearing No. 77 on the Smith Literary Society basketball team.) <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/tour-eastern-mennonite-university-emeritus-professor-john-horst-60-helped-preserve-share-campus-history\/\">Take a tour with John in this article.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am forever grateful for his initiative and leadership in the creation of the athletic history display on the first floor of the Commons, which would not have happened if he had not brought the idea and did most of the research,\u201d said Director of Athletics <strong>Dave King<\/strong> <strong>&#8217;76<\/strong>, who also has vivid memories of sitting in an interdisciplinary studies course (better known as IDS) as an undergraduate and watching Horst\u2019s visible delight as he taught about baroque music.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In retirement, Horst and his wife, <strong>Joan Graybill &#8217;66<\/strong>, lived adjacent to EMU. He was an almost daily presence on campus, where he\u2019d power walk and do wall push-ups in the University Commons (at certain times of the morning, one knew to take a wide turn around the corners), then stop by the Athletic Department (and other places, too) for a visit. King says he\u2019ll miss those chats, as will many of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/John-Horst-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47277\" width=\"193\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/John-Horst-6.jpg 599w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/John-Horst-6-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><figcaption><strong>(EMU Archives)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Park View Mennonite Church will host a live-streamed memorial service Saturday, Sept. 26, at 2&nbsp; p.m. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pvmchurch.org\/johnhorst\">www.pvmchurch.org\/johnhorst<\/a> for the link. His family will be present but the service will not be open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Horst is survived by his wife, Joan; his son, Michael Horst and wife, Stephanie, of Dover, Pa.; daughter Grete Horst Johnson and husband, Christopher, of Newport News; five grandchildren, Caleb, Luke and Daniel Horst, Emily and Sarah Johnson; and by a sister, Rachel Witmer and husband, James, of Alliance, Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memorial contributions may be made to the Valley Brethren and Mennonite Heritage Center, PO Box 1653, Harrisonburg, VA 22803 or to WEMC FM radio station, 1200 Park Road, Harrisonburg, VA 22802.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memories and condolences shared below in the comments will appear publicly. They will also be shared with the family.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Connellsville, Pa., to the late John L. Sr. and Emma Zimmerman Horst, John Horst Jr. grew up in Scottdale. His lifelong love of music began early: at Scottdale High School, he sang in a male quartet that reached state-level competition. Horst\u2019s reputation as a vocalist preceded him: <strong>Wilmer Lehman<\/strong> <strong>&#8217;57<\/strong>, who is four years older than John, remembers attending Music Week at Laurelville and hearing<strong> J. Mark Stauffer<\/strong> <strong>&#8217;38<\/strong>, who led EMC\u2019s choirs, \u201crave\u201d about the teenager\u2019s wonderful deep bass voice. The two would meet again at EMC in 1956, when Lehman was a senior and Horst a freshman &#8212; and then become colleagues. Lehman, professor emeritus of mathematics, retired in 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At EMC, Horst earned a degree in mathematics and music. He then completed graduate work in physics education at the University of Virginia, as well as additional graduate work in music. He taught at Eastern Mennonite High School for three years and then moved to the college, where he spent 37 years as an associate professor of physics and mathematics. Among other responsibilities, he was the planetarium\u2019s director. [<a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/planetarium-vesper-heights-suter-science-center-exposes-generations-starry-skies\/\">Read more about the Astral Society and the planetarium.<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/Shen1981-1-718x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47282\" width=\"366\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/Shen1981-1-718x1024.jpeg 718w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/Shen1981-1-210x300.jpeg 210w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/Shen1981-1-768x1096.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/Shen1981-1.jpeg 918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Professors Wilmer Lehman, Del Snyder, Millard Showalter, Joe Mast, and John Horst with a computer drawing of Menno Simons, 1981.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He was passionate about teaching. EMU records capture a few examples of his professional development activities. In 1969, he was selected to participate in a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded six-week summer institute for professors teaching nuclear physics at Vanderbilt University. The next summer, he represented EMC among 19 colleges and universities at a selective summer institute focused on making physics courses meaningful to non-physics majors. Three weekend conferences were also part of the commitment; in return, Horst secured a $1,000 NSF grant for laboratory equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Showalter remembers that Horst developed and often taught a special course for biology and business majors who needed to take physics but were lacking in \u201cthe knowledge of the essential concepts of differential and integral calculus, concepts which are very helpful in the study of physics,\u201d Showalter said. \u201cHis class, titled \u2018Elements of Calculus,\u2019 aimed to \u201cdispel the phobia of calculus as an \u2018impossible\u2019 course.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/John-Horst-4-1024x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/John-Horst-4-1024x720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/John-Horst-4-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/John-Horst-4-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/John-Horst-4-1536x1079.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/John-Horst-4.jpg 1890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>John Horst is the smiling mathematician at right. \u00a0Emeritus Professor Joe Mast thinks the person to the left is a student, &#8220;possibly in an upper level physics class.&#8221;\u00a0At our request, Mast also scrutinized the work on the board: &#8220;The equations could be related to relativistic physics, the effects of time dilation when the velocity reaches speeds approaching the speed of light.&#8221; In the spirit of our scientist John Horst, we welcome any more hypotheses. Note 9\/15\/21: Richard Bowman identifies this as the derivation of one of Maxwell&#8217;s equations in a course on electricity and magnetism<\/strong>.&#8221; <strong>Bowman and classmate<\/strong><strong> Claire Bange were the first two physics major grads in 1970<\/strong>. <strong>(EMU Archives)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Roman J. Miller<\/strong>\u2019s first memory of Horst is one of gracious hospitality. The new faculty member arrived to teach at EMC in the summer of 1985 with plans to stay in an inexpensive hotel room as he located a more permanent residence. Horst offered him use of his family\u2019s summer cabin out in the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn our trans-departmental discussions and debates in the faculty lounge over the years, I was often stimulated by John Horst&#8217;s broad interests in life far beyond physics and math, which he very capably taught,\u201d said Miller, who after retiring in 2016 as emeritus professor of biology, often saw Horst at VMRC events. \u201cHis love of music and reflections on a wide range of historic and religious happenings enlarged my world.&nbsp; I appreciated so much his warm friendship and his openness to conversation about the state of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Horst\u2019s love of learning, teaching and science was present in the classroom even after retirement.&nbsp; \u201cA few times, John was a substitute teacher in my physics classes and I keenly remember that he was fond of examples over lectures,\u201d said <strong>Braydon Hoover \u201811<\/strong>, director of development and annual giving. \u201cNo matter how often he conducted a physics experiment, his face would light up like he was an undergrad experiencing it for the first time, himself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoover also remembers singing next to Horst and his clear joy in sharing music together at the doctoral defense of <strong>Ben Bergey \u201811<\/strong> (now a music professor at EMU).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout his life, Horst was a vocal performer and composer. He also composed works for piano, synthesizer and carillon. At Park View Mennnonite Church, where he was a member for nearly 55 years, Horst sang in the choir. He also sang in the Mennonite Hour Men\u2019s Quartet for seven years; in the Men\u2019s Chorus and Mixed Chorus in the 50\u2019s and 60\u2019s; and with several community choirs, most recently the Valley Collegium Musicum.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around EMU\u2019s Centennial year, Horst worked on a compilation &nbsp;CD of EMC\/EMU\u2019s greatest choral and orchestral hits. Members of EMU\u2019s marketing and communication department fondly remember his visits to the Anderson House office during those months, when he would work his way around to each and every desk, greeting everyone, sharing ideas for articles about campus history, handing over type-written or hand-written remembrances or attending to various to-do items related to the CD.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>With thanks to Wilmer Lehman, Joe Mast, Roman Miller and Millard Showalter for sharing memories and stories. You are most welcome to do the same in the comment box below. We&#8217;ll make sure they are passed along to his family.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John L. 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