Arthur entered Poly in the fall of 1949 and received the Joseph Dana Allen Award at graduation in 1953. 在普林斯顿大学, 亚瑟是医学院预科生, 但是换了专业, and graduated in 1957 as a religion major and went to Harvard to earn a PhD in History and Philosophy of Religion with a concentration in early Christianity.
亚瑟继续在奥罗拉的威尔斯学院教授宗教, NY for 38 years (1962 to 2000) and also served concurrently as Director of Planned and 领导 给 for the last 17 of those years. 退休后, Arthur continued to serve as Special Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives for six years; then for six years on the Wells Board of Trustees, 并担任计划捐赠咨询委员会主席. 他现在担任名誉受托人.
Arthur’s 60+ years of volunteer service in Aurora included three years as a Boy Scouts scoutmaster; the Board of Directors of the United Way of Cayuga County; Charter Member and Chair of the Board of Cayuga 社区 College Foundation, where he initiated an annual giving program; Chair of the Planned and 领导 给 Committee of the Cayuga 社区 Hospital; 12 years on the Board of Directors of the Rothko Chapel in Houston; and, 自1996年以来, 在华盛顿特区的美国方式人民委员会任职.
亚瑟写道, 编辑, 或翻译了10本宗教书籍和多篇宗教文章, 包括退休后写的四本书.
亚瑟打过网球和高尔夫球, 但他最大的爱好是旅行, 访问了48个州和108个国家. 也许是最幸福的, for the last 23 plus years Arthur has shared almost everything with his partner Dimitrios Dimopoulos.
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