Genetic Technologies with Marc Marenco

Dr. Marc Marenco is a member of the philosophy department at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. He teaches courses in bioethics as well as philosophy of religion, science and religion, and First Year Seminar. He took his first graduate degree from Yale Divinity School in 1983 (M.Div.) followed by a degree in philosophy from Oxford in 1992. (D.Phil.) With a colleague in biology (Lisa Sardinia) he was awarded a $257,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to work for two years with twenty-one religious communities in the greater Portland area in Oregon. The program was adapted for use by the Canadian Council of Churches. Marenco lives in Forest Grove with his wife, Ale, and their son, Paul. His wife is a molecular biologist. His son... is not. He is a fanatical longboard enthusiast and discovered in addition to dubstep he digs Chopin and Beethoven (alright... and Scott Joplin). Marenco also has a daughter, Dascha, who will graduate from Pacific University this year in International Business. Marenco looks forward to hosting an exchange student from Costa Rica soon.To learn more about Holden Village, visit: www.holdenvillage.org or to listen to more audio recordings visit: http://audio.holdenvillage.org