Protect SMU Petition       To Learn How to Sign the Petition, Click on SIGN THE PETITION (left)    WWW.protectSMU.ORG THE PETITION We the undersigned express our objection to the prospect of the George W. Bush library, museum, and think tank being established at Southern Methodist University. As United Methodists, we believe that the linking of his presidency with a university bearing the Methodist name is utterly inappropriate. We urge the Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University and the South Central Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church to reject this project. Signed: BISHOPS Joe A. Wilson Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Georgetown, TX 78628 William Boyd Grove Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Charleston, WV 25311 Alfred W. Gwinn, Jr. Bishop The United Methodist Church Raleigh, North, Carolina 27605 C. Joseph Sprague Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church London, OH 43140 Joseph H. Yeakel Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Smithsburg, MD 21783 Hope Morgan Ward Bishop The United Methodist Church Jackson, MS 39205 Susan Murch Morrison, Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 Dale C. White Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Newport RI 02840 Judith Craig Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Powell, OH 43065 Kenneth W. Hicks Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Little Rock AR 72205 Calvin D. McConnell Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Portland, OR 97222 Jesse R. DeWitt Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Dexter MI 48130 Charles W. Hancock, Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Macon GA 31210 Alfred Johnson Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church New York, NY 10011 Rüdiger Minor Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Dresden, Germany Felton Edwin May Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Little Rock, Arkansas 72202 Leontine T. C. Kelly Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Oakland, CA 94612 Melvin G. Talbert Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Brentwood, TN 37027 Herbert F. Skeete Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Riverdale, NY 10463 Edsel A. Ammons Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Evanston, IL 60201 William W. Dew, Jr. Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Danville, CA 94526 Elias G. Galvan Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Marshall L. Meadors, Jr. Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Anderson, SC 29626 Neil L. Irons Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Mechanicsburg, PA 17050 Donald A. Ott Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Pewaukee, WI 53072 William B. Lewis Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church Edwardsville, IL 62025 Jane Allen Middleton Bishop The United Methodist Church Mechanicsburg PA 17050 Charles Wesley Jordan Bishop, Retired The United Methodist Church  Upland, CA 91784 Kenneth L. Carder Bishop, Retired Professor, Duke Divinity School The United Methodist Church Durham, NC 27713 PROFESSORS Dr. John B. Cobb, Jr. Emeritus Professor of Systematic Theology Claremont School of Theology Claremont, CA   Rev. Dr. William Bobby McClain Welsey Theological Seminary Washington, DC Rev. Deborah Appler Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible Moravian Theological Seminary Rev. Kristen Leslie, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling Yale Divinity School New Haven, Connecticut M. Douglas Meeks Professor of Theology and Wesleyan Studies Vanderbilt University Divinity School Nashville, TN 37240 Rev. Dr. WIlliam H. Casto, Jr. Professor Emeritus Methodist Theological School in Ohio Delaware, OH Diane H. Lobody Professor of Church History Methodist Theological School in Ohio Delaware,OH Elaine Robinson Associate Professor of Theology and Methodist Studies Brite Divinity School, TCU Fort Worth, Texas Randall Balmer Professor of American Religious History Barnard College, Columbia University New York, NY Margaret M. Mitchell Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature The University of Chicago Divinity School Chicago, IL Theodore Runyon Emeritus Professor of Theology Candler School of Theology Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322 David J. Lull Associate Professor of New Testament Wartburg Theological Seminary Dubuque, IA Helene Slessarev-Jamir Associate Professor of Urban Ministries Claremont School of Theology Claremont, CA Walter Wink Professor Emeritus Auburn Theological Seminary New York, NY Donald E. Messer Henry White Warren Professor of Practical Theology The Iliff School of Theology Denver, CO Rev. Wm. K. McElvaney Emeritus Professor of Preaching and Worship Perkins School of Theology Dallas, TX