People
Because it has formed many of the church's clergy, GTS has maintained a considerable influence on the life of the church.
Current notable professors include J. Robert Wright the St. Mark's in the Bowery Professor of Ecclesiastical History and David Hurd the Professor of Church Music and Organist of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd.
Notable alumni include:
- The Rev. James Lloyd Breck, a co-founder of Nashotah House and the founder of Seabury Divinity School
- The Rev. Jeannette Piccard, one of the "Philadelphia Eleven" who were the first women to be ordained in the Episcopal Church
- The Rt. Reverend Gene Robinson, 9th Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire and first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church
Many other notable figures, including a number of bishops, have graduated from the seminary.
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Famous quotes containing the word people:
“When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
“A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a people who mean to be free.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)