Background
Kappelle, Susan Elizabeth Vande was born on February 9, 1949 in Buffalo. Daughter of Walter Pandrich Hutton and Barbara Tiger Murphy.
Kappelle, Susan Elizabeth Vande was born on February 9, 1949 in Buffalo. Daughter of Walter Pandrich Hutton and Barbara Tiger Murphy.
Bachelor, St. Lawrence University, 1970. Master of Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1975. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Waynesburg College, 1988.
Doctor in Ministry, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 1995.
Campus chaplain Trenton State College, New Jersey, 1974—1975. Pastor Mount Chestnut Presbyterian Church, Butler, Pennsylvania, 1975—1980, 4th Presbyterian Church, Washington, 1982—2009, Laboratory Presbyterian Church, Washington, since 2009. Director Washington Presbytery Academy, Eighty-Four, 1980—1982.
Moderator Synod of Trinity, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, 1987—1988. Board president Presbyterian Media Mission, Pittsburgh, 1998—2000. Director Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, since 2003.
Pastor Laboratory Presbyterian Church, since 2009. Institutional review board Washington Hospital, since 1998. Chairperson Washington County Health Partners, 1999—2001.
Board directors Resurrection Power Board, since 1999.
Married Robert Peter Vande Kappelle, November 30, 1974. Children: Robert Peter Junior, Sara Elizabeth.