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Bill Ramsay and Rose Moore came to Berea College, Kentucky in 1948. They were seventeen years old. In four years they would marry and in eighteen more years, with a family of six children, move bac...view moreBill Ramsay and Rose Moore came to Berea College, Kentucky in 1948. They were seventeen years old. In four years they would marry and in eighteen more years, with a family of six children, move back to Berea. Born during the Great Depression, Rose came from a small farm family in East Tennessee and Bill grew up in a steel town in Pennsylvania and then on a small farm in Georgia.
After military service and graduate school, they settled in Oak Ridge, Tennessee where Bill worked for the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. Rose helped establish a childbirth education program in Oak Ridge and became active in the national movement, serving on the board of the International Childbirth Education Association. Both were involved in the struggle for civil rights. Rose also taught literacy to children and adults.
In 1965, Bill and colleagues started community development internship programs, and they coined the term service-learning which has been adopted by programs across the country. They moved to Atlanta to expand service-learning at the Southern Regional Education Board. Rose became a certified Laubach Teacher Trainer.
Moving to Berea College in 1970, Bill served as Dean of Labor and as a Vice President. Rose organized a host family program for international students. Bill was involved in the formation of NSEA, the National Student Employment Association, and served as president in 1988-89, He served on the Berea school board and, later, as president of the board of Pine Mountain Settlement School.
Throughout their years they were active in church. Primarily, they were a family. They enjoyed their children, watching them grow, marry, and have children of their own. With 22 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren as of January 2018, they are assured that their legacy of family values and Christian service will continue beyond their time.view less