Noteworthy Members

Bill Alsentzer, J.D.

Is a 1966 graduate of the Duke University School of Law, following which he engaged in litigation practice in Wilmington, Delaware until 1979, was General Counsel from 1979 to 2000 for a major hospital and healthcare system headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, and is currently a consultant and legal counsel in private practice in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area. Mr. Alsentzer serves as legal counsel for AzOSA.  He is admitted to the State Bars of Arizona and Delaware and is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the Federation of Defence & Corporate Counsel.

 

 

 

 

 

Kevin Anderson, Ph.D., Microbiology

Received his PhD from Kansas State University in Microbiology. He then undertook postdoctoral studies in the National Institute of Health at the University of Illinois, and then became a professor of Microbiology at Mississippi State University. As a Professor at Mississippi State he taught graduate level molecular genetics and served as the major professor for several doctoral and masters students. He later than joined the U.S. Government and served as a research microbiologist for the United States Department of Agriculture before accepting his current position as Director of the Van Andel Creation Research Center in Chino Valley AZ. Dr. Anderson has published over 20 papers in technical microbiology journals, and is listed in several “Who’s Who” of science and technology. He currently is the editor-and-chief of the Creation Research Society Quarterly. (Please visit the Van Andel Creation Research website to see what Kevin Anderson and the other scientists are currently doing.) www.creationsearch.org

 

Jim Clarke, B.S., Geology, M.S., Engineering

A graduate of NAU and ASU. Jim is a practicing Geologist here in the Valley He is currently speaking about the deception of unifornitarianism and how it has spread through out our public School systems and today’s society. It is the underlying doctrine of evolution that is so widely accepted throughout today’s world. “Geologically speaking Uniformitarianism states that geologic processes operate uniformly or constantly with time, this has been used by the evolutionists to establish an old earth and is considered on of the main pillars of the theory of evolution. Jim uses scientific evidence from the Grand Canyon and Mt. St. Helen’s to identify the flaws with the theory of Uniformitarianism and to show that the Grand Canyon was likely formed by catastrophic processes in accordance with the Genesis account.” Any Questions for Jim can be answered by contacting Jim Clarke at geology@azosa.org

 

 

Terri Clarke, J.D.

A graduate of Arizona State University (B.S. and J.D.), Terri Clarke was a prosecutor for over 17 years. During that time, Ms. Clarke tried over 85 felony cases to Arizona Superior Court juries and lectured at national, state, and local seminars to law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and community groups about criminal justice topics. She was also adjunct faculty at Glendale Community College and taught courses in the “Detective School” program.

 

 

 

 

 

Norm Crawford, B.S. Aerospace Engineering, M.S. Aerospace Engineering/Orbital Mechanics.

Mr. Crawford has been employed at Honeywell for past 20 years as an engineer working in Thermodynamic and Mechanical Modeling. He previously worked at TRW with flight and targeting systems for ballistic missles. He resides in Oro Valley near Tucson with his wife and children.

 

 

 

 

 

Guy Forsythe

Guy Forsythe;  Is a retired High School Teacher from Ohio, He and His wife Cindy have a Creation Science Ministry in Sedona AZ. Crying Rocks Ministry is a Creation Science Ministry that mails out a four page full color newsletter to the Sedona Area and parts of Phoenix in total about (10,500) every two months. Please visit their site www.cryingrocks.org and sign up for one of the newsletters. Guy and Cindy do a good job of presenting the truth of God’s word using science.

 

 

 

R.L. David Jolly, M.Sc

Former Research Coordinator, Creation Museum Content Team, Museum Division, Answers in Genesis Ministries; Attended ICR Graduate School from 1994-96 and received his Masters Degree in Biology in 2000. Co-founded AzOSA in 1995 along with Wally Mueller. Started Barashith Ministries in 1995 and spoke locally in Arizona and California. In 1996, accepted the position of assistant to Ken Ham at Answers in Genesis and moved his family from his beloved Arizona to northern Kentucky. In 2005, Dave moved from Ken Ham’s assistant to the museum department to serve as the research coordinator with the museum content team. This team is responsible for all of the teaching in the Creation Museum, including over 50 videos and all of the signs and text found throughout the Museum. Now Dave has retired from Answers in Genesis and is business for himself and publishes regularly on http://creationrevolution.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph Kezele Jr. M.D.

Joseph Kezele studied the sciences and music at the University of Arizona, while earning his B.A. in Russian in 1971, and his M.D. in 1975. He then completed a Pediatric Residency before beginning the practice of Emergency Medicine for 23 years in the Phoenix area, as a diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is now retired from the practice of medicine, serves as President of AzOSA, is Assistant Professor of Biology at Arizona Christian University in Phoenix and teaches Creation Science Evangelism at Black Mountain Baptist Church.

 

 

 

 

Russ Miller

Spent 18 years developing a nationwide firm. A church trustee and theistic evolutionist at the time, he saw a creation speaker in 1998. Russ says,” there are 3 types of folks; those that make it happen; those that watch it happen; and those that don’t know what just happened.” He gave away his business and begun Creation Evolution Science Ministries (CESM) which shares Godly edifying, life changing information thru dynamic presentations… www.creationministries.org (It’s a fantastic site please enjoy.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Riddle, B.S., Mathematics, M.A., Education

As a former world-class athlete in the decathlon, Mike holds a degree in mathematics and a graduate degree in education. He has been heavily involved in creation ministry for more than twenty years, and has gained such a good reputation as a speaker, that he is often a keynoter at many meetings, including various home school conferences.
Before becoming involved in creation ministry, Mike was a US Marine (rising to the rank of captain). Mike tells us that his goal with AiG is to have the Marines’ famous Latin motto semper fi (“always faithful”) be applied to his ministry of traveling around America (and overseas) to proclaim the creation/gospel message (and thus fittingly fulfilling the Apostle Peter’s command to be faithful in being “ready always to give an answer” – I Peter 3:15). In his professional life after military service, Mike worked for many years in the computer field with Microsoft (yes, he has met Bill Gates).
Mike told us that while he conducts dozens of layperson meetings each year, “my primary passion is to train the trainers—the teachers and pastors—to be able to defend the Christian faith, and then have them teach others. I see it being done through teaching workshops here at AiG’s new headquarters and elsewhere, such as the possibility of web-based, distance learning instructional courses, as well as written materials. We need to be equipping more Christians to uphold their faith and to evangelize more effectively in these challenging times.”

As a speaker, hosting Mike will be even more “cost efficient” for churches (and other groups) who may want to hold an exciting AiG meeting. You see, his wife Lesley will be serving AiG as a volunteer, and will join Mike at most of his events as AiG’s on-site representative (whose salary we don’t have to pay, and thus hosts only have to take care of her travel expenses).

Ken Ham, AiG–USA president, encourages supporters to have their church leadership contact AiG to have Mike come out and impact their churches and communities with the creation/gospel message: “Mike is a dynamic and passionate speaker, with a wealth of experience in creation ministry. He already has a phenomenal reputation, and brings another exciting dimension to the AiG outreach—including his ability to produce curriculum for many age ranges. Mike’s a great speaker and curriculum developer.”

Mike became a member of AzOSA in June of 2006.

 

Frank Sherwin , B.S. Biology, M.S., Zoology

A former college instructor, Frank is now a speaker as well as an author and co-author of ICR Acts & Facts articles and several books. He was co-author for the book, The Human Body: An Intelligent Design and author of The Ocean Book. 

Frank Sherwin received his Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado , in 1978. After several years as an Emergency Medical Technician for a municipal fire department, he attended graduate school at the University of Northern Colorado where he studied under one of the foremost parasitologists in America . In 1985, Frank obtained a Master’s Degree in Zoology and published his research in the Journal of Parasitology.

From 1987 to 1996, Frank taught a variety of biology, nursing, and premedical courses at Pensacola Christian College . Frank left PCC to engage in creation ministry full time, a vocation in which he has been actively participating in through seminars, debates, and radio broadcasts since 1979.

Frank Sherwin and his wife, Jan, reside in the Dallas area. He and Jan have three daughters and a son. Frank is on staff full time at the Institute for Creation Science, and may be contacted at fsherwin@ICR.org.

 

 

Mark Sinclair, Ph. D. Meteorology

A native of New Zealand, Mark started his career as a weather forecaster, including some time in Antarctica, before moving to the U.S. to attend graduate school. He received his Ph. D. in Meteorology from the US Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California in 1985. He is currently Professor of Meteorology at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona. He is a member and occasional Bible teacher at Open Door Baptist Church in Prescott Valley. He and his wife Nancy reside in Dewey-Humboldt and have five children.

 

 

 

 

Tom and Paula Vail

Live in Phoenix, AZ and operate Canyon Ministries, which offers Christ-centered white water rafting trips through the Grand Canyon. Tom has been a rafting guide in the Canyon since 1980 and is the author of “The Grand Canyon, A Different View”; which is selling off the shelves at the Grand Canyon Gift Shop in the Visitor’s Center. Tom and Paula’s message about the Canyon is this. Does the Grand Canyon support the Word of God? Tom presents the evidence found in the Grand Canyon that supports and upholds The Word of God.   More can be found out on their website. www.CanyonMinistries.com