Milt Nieuwsma ’63

Milt Nieuwsma ’63 of Holland, Michigan, authored a new book, Miracle on Chestnut Street: The Untold Story of Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence, published in December. It is intended especially for teens and young adults. Milt previously created—including conducting research for and writing—the Inventing America: Conversations with the Founders trilogy filmed at Hope from 2014-17, which has been shown nationwide on PBS. He also wrote a companion book for the series that was published in 2020. The executive producer of the series was Darell Schregardus ’63.