Elizabeth Raid (left) chats with Dr. Burton Yost, professor emeritus of religion at Bluffton University, and his wife, Elnore, on Homecoming Saturday, Oct. 1, at Bluffton.

Raid, a 1966 Bluffton graduate, holds a copy of her biography of her late father, "Howard Raid: Man of Faith and Vision," which was published recently by Pandora Press.

The Newton, Kan., resident returned to her alma mater on its Homecoming weekend for a launch of the book.

Howard Raid was a professor of economics and business at Bluffton from 1947-79, as well as an entrepreneur, Mennonite historian and ordained minister.