This outline was among Michael's papers. It ended in 2009. I (Maureen) have added 2010-2014.
Michael Prewitt
Born: May 21, 1944
Parents: Joe and Charlotte Prewitt
(dad from Martinsville, Ind. state champ basketball teams 1936-38, cf. Hoosiers)
(mom from small town Illinois, Astoria, Canton, Springfield, finally hit the big time in Wilmette, outside Chicago, New Trier H.S.)
both on to DePauw University, met and married hastily after December 7, 1941; father, naval officer in Pacific theatre, WWII
I was raised in Mansfield, Ohio, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Eagle Scout, Sports, Student Council, Presbyterian youth groups)
College (History and Philosophy at DePauw), BA with honors, 1966
Peace Corps, Ethiopia, 1966-68 (founder and editor, The Ethiopian Student)
Editor, VISTA (domestic Peace Corps) Magazine, Washington, D.C. , 1968-69
1968-72: Fled to Key West, Florida, drove a truck, dove for lobsters, started an ACLU chapter, writer of novels (unpublished, thankfully), travel books, pamphlets, journalism
Founder and editor, Solares Hill, community newspaper (still publishing)
Left Key West, 1972: moved to Pittsburgh to be with my father at end of his life
1972-73: First 9-5 job: Ketchum Communications, PR writer
1974: Princeton, NJ: to work for Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, TV show for children
1975-79: Freelance writer, photographer, graphic designer: Smithsonian, American Heritage, Horizon, Exploring
1979-2004: founder, Chairman, Dana Communications; marketing, advertising, public relations: key clients: AT&T, Pacific Bell, US WEST, Dow Jones, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, State of New Jersey (public issue communications), Berlitz, Hunterdon Medical Center, American Lung Association, Johnson & Johnson, Bristol Myers Squibb
1992-99: M.Div student, Princeton Theological Seminary (degree May, 1999)
2004: Ordained as Minister of Word and Sacrament, Presbyterian Church (USA)
Addendum by Maureen Prewitt:
2004-2009: Founding pastor, Montgomery Ministries, Montgomery Twp, NJ
2004-2010: Doctor of Ministry, Columbia Theological Seminary (May, 2010)
2008-2012 Chaplain, 95th Infantry Division, US Army, Iron Men of Metz
2009: Interim Training, Presbyterian Church USA (Nov, 2009)
2009: Founder Saint Albans Communications, Philadelphia, PA (marketing, advertising): clients: The First Tee, OnCard Media, Sowers Field
2009-2010: Interim Assoc. Pastor of Caring Ministries, Noroton Presbyterian Church, Darien, CT
2010-2012: Interim Pastor and Head of Staff, Calvin Presbyterian Church, Cumberland, RI
2011-2012: Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation: Spiritual Guidance Program
2012-2014: Home in Philadelphia for surgery and treatment at the University of Pennsylvania for Glioblastoma Multiforme. Clinical vaccine trial at Duke. Rehab at Good Shepherd/Penn Partners. Home hospice through Penn Care at Home/Caring Way/Wissahickon Hospice. Daily physical care by Bayada Nursing CNAs and HHA’s.
Husband of Maureen Mulhern Prewitt (Labor and Delivery RN and full-time Project Manager for several NIH funded studies in Oncofertility at the University of Pennsylvania); father of Joseph, 30, (composer of electronic music, DJ, software developer, web designer: http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/14281-hustle/); Catherine, 27 (Penn, ’09, writer, singer-songwriter, Volunteer and Student Intern Coordinator WXPN radio; founder "The Art Commons" https://theartcommonsphiladelphia.squarespace.com/vision); Christopher, 24, (American Boychoir School ’05, artist in glass, metal, wood, photographer, painter, singer, composer)
Throughout his adult life, Michael served many community organizations: He was an elder in the Hopewell Presbyterian Church, and the revivor and Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 71 Hopewell; He served as a marketing expert on the boards of the SilverBay YMCA of the Adirondacks and StonyPoint Conference Centers, The American Boychoir and Hopewell Planning Board. He advised the New Church Development committee of the PCUSA and helped to launch Sower's Field a church planting consultancy. He launched many far-reaching social programs such as the Safe Haven program, now national, to curtail baby abandonment, the Communities of LIght project for Womanspace, the Montgomery Healthy Communities program and Active Parenting groups in Montgomery NJ, Noroton CT and Cumberland RI. He was an active member of the Montgomery Rotary.
In the last months of his life, Michael was surrounded by his immediate and extended family, enjoying their company and graciously receiving their care. His three children were nearby, and Michael looked on in delight as they pursued various creative projects in their respective niches of the Philadelphia arts community. The day after he returned home to hospice care, Michael gave his daughter Catherine away during her wedding to Austin Ricketts in our family's living room. Michael loved being alive, was grateful for each moment, and repeated that he felt "held by God" through his last days. He was a man of deep, abiding joy and peace, who finished well.