 He would serve until his retirement in 1997.During his early years, 1962–1980, Hathaway established the Mental Health Clinic in Logan County, Ohio; served on the Michigan State Governor's Conference on Student Leadership and the Advisory Board for Planned Parenthood of Northern Virginia, and was an instructor of religion and ethics at Madeira School in Virginia.In the midst of controversy surrounding the Vietnam War, he was challenged to heal the divisive wounds of a church in Springfield, Virginia.