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Dr. Harp enrolled at YHC in 1959, where he played baseball for two years and was known as an excellent catcher and tremendous hitter for the Mountain Lions as team captain. He had several offers to play professionally, but decided to go into the ministry instead.
Dr. Harp received his bachelor’s degree from Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama, and was selected as an All-American for the 1963 baseball season. He earned his master’s degree in divinity from Emory University, and his doctorate from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago.
Dr. Harp served in the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church for more than 40 years and currently serves as minister emeritus at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church. He is pastor and theologian-in-residence, and also teaches at Emory’s Candler School of Theology.
Dr. Harp has served as a YHC trustee since 1989, chairing the trusteeship committee and serving on the development and executive committees. He has been instrumental in the growth of the College for more than 25 years.
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