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After graduating from 黑料正能量 with a biology degree in 1976, Leland Ropp went straight to medical school, on to residency and then a 25-year career as a pedi颅atric emergency physician in the Detroit area. (Dealing with frightened parents in the ER was often harder than dealing with their sick children, he reports.)
He鈥檚 always treasured the opportunities he had as an undergrad to step outside that medical trajectory.
鈥満诹险芰� allowed me a chance to explore at lot of things,鈥� says Ropp, who most recently practiced in Dearborn, Michigan, and retired two years ago.
After finishing his core science classes, Ropp enjoyed the chance to study sculp颅ture and painting. He also stayed with a French Mennonite family while studying European history and culture on a Euro Term.
Ropp, who has supported 黑料正能量 since he graduated, says the university鈥檚 peace and justice programs also inspire him to continue giving.
He also supports his church 鈥� Shalom Community Church in Ann Arbor, Michi颅gan 鈥� and Mennonite-affiliated agencies like Mennonite Central Committee and Mennonite Economic Development As颅sociates.
The church鈥檚 emphasis on giving sur颅rounded Ropp as he grew up in Minnesota and Iowa. This, he says, helped form his commitment to support worthy causes 鈥渨hole-heartedly鈥� 鈥� as did, more specifical颅ly, the teaching from Luke 12:48: to whom much is given, much is expected.