KENNETH C. KENNARD Ph.D.

I followed Dr Kennard to ISU when I learned he had been a professor at Wheaton College before becoming an agnostic. Probably more than a little arrogant, I decided to test my faith under the tiutilage of someone who once believed as I did but then concluded God was unlikely.

During a course on Kierkegaard, Dr Kennard challenged us, his students (and later me in private) that our faith was little more than a Kierkegaardian leap of faith - we could not prove the existence of God; He...

Ken was my friend and mentor from the time I arrived on the faculty at ISU to the time he retired. I have many fond memories of him.

We will miss Ken's quiet wisdom and good humor. He was a dear, sweet man, unassuming, kind and optimistic. He built a lasting legacy at Illinois State.