Hockey coach to receive Masters of Divinity degree

A Pennsylvania religious seminary will bestow an IU biology professor with a three-year Master of Divinity degree Friday, according to a press release.\nProf. Richard Holdeman, also IU's club hockey coach, is to be honored 7:30 p.m. Friday by the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh. \nHoldeman is an associate pastor of the Bloomington Reformed Presbyterian Church and will be chairman of the board of trustees for the RPTS beginning in July.\nPresident of the Seminary, Jerry O'Neill knew Holdeman when O'Neill was a pastor at a Columbus, Ind., church.\nHe praised Holdeman's knowledge as a pastor and a leader.\n"He is gracious and able to work with diverse kinds of people," O'Neill said. "He's very well respected on the board and will be a natural leader for the board"