{"id":48304,"date":"2021-01-28T14:52:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T19:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=48304"},"modified":"2021-02-02T10:32:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T15:32:05","slug":"in-memorium-dr-samuel-l-horst-professor-emeritus-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/in-memorium-dr-samuel-l-horst-professor-emeritus-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: Dr. Samuel L. Horst, professor emeritus of history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Samuel L. Horst, professor emeritus of history at Eastern Mennonite University<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Samuel L. Horst,<\/strong> professor emeritus of history at Eastern Mennonite University, died Jan. 6, 2021, at the age of 101.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horst taught history at EMU for nearly 28 years: from 1949-1951, 1954-1967, and from 1972 until his retirement in 1984. His Mennonite faith shaped his life and scholarship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full obituary can be read here<\/a>. A virtual memorial service will be livestreamed at pvmchurch.org\/samuelhorst<\/a> on Feb. 13 at 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memories and condolences shared in the comment box below will be also shared with the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Berks Co., Pennsylvania, native, Horst was a conscientious objector from 1939-1945 during World War II, working in Grottoes, Virginia, on soil conservation; in Shenandoah National Park; at Greystone Park State Hospital in New Jersey; and in California as a forest firefighter. [EMU Professor Marti Eads<\/strong> helped to interview Horst about his experiences for the Veterans History Project. View the transcript and video.<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horst was a member of the class of 1949 at EMC. He finished his degree at Goshen College and returned to teach American government at Eastern Mennonite High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gerald R. Brunk<\/strong> was one of his students at EMHS \u2013 he has distinct memories of learning about \u201cthe powers of the government” in Horst\u2019s class \u2013 and then later became his colleague in the history department at EMC. (Brunk is now also an emeritus faculty member.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horst taught American history and political science, Brunk says, and led popular field trips to Washington D.C. He related well to colleagues and students alike, \u201calways very congenial and easy to relate to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horst was one of several EMC professors who joined the local chapter of the Virginia Council of Human Relations, a biracial organization that sought to improve interracial relations through support of educational programs, school desegregation, fair employment practices and other related issues. He and fellow professor John Lapp<\/strong>, according to EMU history professor Mark Sawin<\/strong>, were \u201cmajor players in Harrisonburg’s \u2018Concern Movement\u2019 that pushed the city schools to desegregate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among several scholarly contributions about Mennonites and U.S. military history was his Mennonites in the Confederacy: A Study in Civil War Pacifism<\/em> (Herald Press, 1967). The research sought to explore \u201c\u2018a unique situation\u2019 that had not been adequately written about,\u2019\u201d he said in a 1984 Bulletin <\/em>article<\/a> chronicling his career at then EMC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1977, he earned his PhD at the University of Virginia, writing his dissertation about the education of blacks in Virginia during the Civil War. Nearly 20 years later, he would contribute more on this topic, editing the diaries of a young Mennonite educator in the Lynchburg area in a volume titled  \u201cThe Fire of Liberty in Their Hearts: The Diary of Jacob E. Yoder of the Freedmen’s Bureau School, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1866-1870\u201d (Virginia State Library, 1996),<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As co-author of Conscience in Crisis: Mennonite and Other Peace Churches in America, 1739-1789 <\/em>(Herald Press, 1979), he and two other historians explored the responses of peace churches and their members to a series of military conflicts in Pennsylvania. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In retirement, Horst was active in local and Mennonite historical societies, continued to teach a research course, and remained connected to the history department and colleagues at EMU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sawin and colleague Professor Mary Sprunger<\/strong> each recall warm welcomes from Horst on their arrivals to Harrisonburg as new faculty members. Though retired by that time, he still made near-daily visits to the breakroom in the Suter Science Center for popcorn and conversation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sprunger benefited from his tutelage about \u2013<\/strong> and a driving tour featuring \u2013 the history of Mennonites in the Valley. Sawin says Horst was a \u201cwealth of information\u201d as he familiarized himself with Valley history in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor Sam, history wasn’t about the past, it was about the present and the future–it was an active discipline that pushed for change,\u201d Sawin says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horst was also an exemplar to both professors of active scholarship and engagement in retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 In 2004, Horst co-authored with Edsel Burdge Jr. the 900-page Building on the Gospel Foundation: The Mennonites of Franklin County, Pennsylvania and Washington County, Maryland, 1730-1970<\/em>  (Herald Press).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, at age 100, he returned to campus for a special history and political science alumni event during Homecoming, where he visited with professors and chatted with some former students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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