Bryan College - Commoner Yearbook (Dayton, TN)

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14 • Administration • 14 Is •I •a Mayme S. Bedford, Ed.D. Academic Dean Vern A. Archer, B.S. Treasurer Celesta Beachy Secretary to Academic Dean i Kenneth Epp, Th.M. Director of Student Services Ken Epp meets Raydell James as Mayme Bedford looks on. Stuart C. Meissner, B.A. Director of Advancement

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13 • Administration • 13 Bryan ' s Fifth President Dr. Kenneth G. Hanna, president Karin Traylor, secretary to the president On October 4, 1986, Dr. Kenneth G. Hanna became Bryan ' s fifth president at the Inaugural Service held in his honor. Dr. Hanna was elected by the Bryan board of trustees shortly before the homegoing of President Mercer. He was introduced to the college community at the fifty-third annual commencement, Saturday, May 10. Dr. Hanna received his undergraduate degree at Bryan in 1957. He went on to Dallas Theological Seminary, where he earned his master ' s degree and a doctorate. He joined the Winnipeg Bible College and Theological Seminary in 1963 and served as their registrar for three years. In 1966 he was elected president, a position he held for the next thirteen years. Under his leadership the school grew from sixty students to over four hundred students on a brand new campus. He joined Moody Bible Institute in 1980 as vice president and dean of education. In this capacity he has been responsible for all educational administration, which includes day school (1300 students), evening school (2500), the school of missionary aviation (65), graduate program started in June 1985 (250 applicants), and Keswick Christian School in St. Petersburg, Florida (700). He has been married to Mary for thirty-two years. In fact, they had been married only three weeks before he came to Bryan as a student.

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15 • Administration • 15 Bryan ' s Trustees (left to right): Front Row: Elinor Fox, John Bruehl, Jess Cook, Mimi Simmons, Rosalie de Rosset, Al Page, Robert Benson. Middle: J. Wesley McKinney, Morris Brodsky, Layne Roberts, Jim Barth. Back: Earle Stevens, Marble Hensley, Mark Senter, Howard Park, Earl Marler, C. Barry Whitney, Don Efird, Richard Davis, Ian Hay, Lewis Llewellyn. Not pictured: William D. Black, John Cammenga, Ben Purser, John E. Steffner, Sr., C.P. Swafford. 3 8 Many difficult decisions are under consideration. The trustees put their heads down to the task set before them.