In this clip, Bill Roberts '63 P'96 talks about a life-changing experience at the Chapel in the spring of 1962.
At Wesleyan, Bill studied History. He went on to receive his Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary. Bill Roberts was the minister of the First Church for twenty years, and went on to work for KMPG and Prudential before beginning his own consulting firm. He has written two books: Initiation to Adulthood: an Ancient Rite of Passage in Contemporary Form (1982), and Crossing the Soul’s River: A Rite of Passage for Men(1998).