The student body at Bluffton College, especially those willing to wrestle with the rigors of a “John Unruh course,” encountered an inspiring lecturer and mentor. Faculty colleagues knew him as a talented teacher and creative leader in the daunting task of curriculum reform, then a huge and all-consuming priority for the college. John made an enduring impact on all who had the unique opportunity to cross his path.
That same house offered a welcome and secluded enclave for the hard-working John Unruh. John and his wife, Ellie, built a new home in a stand of woods on the edge of Bluffton, a move that suggested to many that their tenure at Bluffton might indeed be long term. And, for a modest salary, John was willing to accept a formidable teaching load and myriad faculty committee assignments, even as he worked tirelessly on his dissertation. He brought a matchless enthusiasm for both teaching and scholarship. The Bluffton College community indeed took pride in the fact that John had taken up residence in their midst. Prior to his death, the name of John Unruh was often mentioned as a bright light in a new generation of historians in Mennonite higher education.
While at Bluffton, John joined a worthy tradition of historians, which included C. His tenure proved to be all too brief, ending abruptly with his death in January 1976, a victim of brain cancer. came to Bluffton College as a fulltime member of the history department in 1967. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children. For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. As for man, his days are like grass as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
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