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Dale Grotenhuis

1931 - 2012 Harmonizer of "KOMT, VERWONDERT" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Dale Grotenhuis (b. Cedar Grove, WI, 1931; d. Jenison, Mi, August 17, 2012) was a member of the 1987 Psalter Hymnal 1987 Revision Committee, and was professor of music and director of choral music at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa, from 1960 until he retired in 1994 to concentrate on composition. Educated at Calvin College; Michigan State University, Lansing; and Ohio State University, Columbus; he combined teaching with composition throughout his career and was a widely published composer of choral music. He also directed the Dordt choir in a large number of recordings, including many psalm arrangements found in the 1959 edition of the Psalter Hymnal. Before coming to Dordt, Grotenhuis taught music at Christian high schools in Washington and Michigan. Under his direction, the Dordt College concert choir participated in annual tours that took members throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. He loved the church and the music of the church. His favorite song was "All Glory Be to God on High". Bert Polman (last two sentences from Joy Grotenhuis, daughter-in-law)

Margaret House

Translator of "Come, in Adoration" in E. A. C. C. Hymnal

Klaas Hart

1906 - 1977 Translator of "Come and Stand Amazed, You People" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Klaas Hart, 1906-1977, was a Reverend in the Gereformeerde Kerk in the Netherlands. He was first the Reverend in Oostwold, then in Velp (1941-44), then in Utrecht after WWII (1946-1953). He then moved with his wife, Wilhelmina Fonds (1908-1995) and their seven children to Canada, where he had churches in Peterborough, Wallaceburg and Ingersoll. Before studying theology, he studied literature and had a life-long interest in poetry, and therefore an interest in hymns and their translation into English from Dutch. During World War II, he was part of the Dutch Resistance movement. Elinor Hart, granddaughter