Lee College - Vindauga Yearbook (Cleveland, TN)

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DR. PAUL CONN PRESIDENT OF LEE COLLEGE I am quite aware of how difficult the job is. My first thought is the fear that maybe I can ' t cut it. But if hard work and prayer will get it done, then by the grace of God I will get the job done. ' ' — Dr. Paul Conn The theme of this yearbook, The Rites of Passage, is best exemplified by President Charles Paul Conn. Now in his first year as President, Dr. Conn has risen from the ranks of the faculty to his present position, and is the first Lee College President to have done so. As a 17-year member of the Lee College family, Dr. Conn has made an immediate impact as President. One way to illustrate the dynamic quality of his first year is to reprint the following article which first appeared in the February 24, 1987 issue of the CLEVELAND DAILY BANNER. Lee College made significant changes in 1986 in areas including leadership, aca- demics and goals. Perhaps the most significant was the appointment of Dr. Paul Conn to serve as the eighteenth president of the college. Rising from the ranks of the faculty to lead his alma mater, this Cleveland native has brought a new kind of spirit of enthu- siasm and vigor to Lee, which is the only fully-accredited, full-gospel four year lib- eral arts college in the eastern United States. Conn was appointed last July after the election of then president Lamar Vest to the Executive Committee of the Church of God at the denomination ' s centennial Assembly held in Atianta. By unanimous vote of the Board of Directors, Conn was elevated from the vice-president ' s posi- tion after serving there throughout Vest ' s presidency. Born and raised for much of his child- hood in Cleveland, Conn is a graduate of Bradley Central High School. He gradua- ted from Lee College in 1967 and returned in 1971 to begin a psychology major in the new Behavioral and Social Sciences department. In 1984, President Vest called on Conn to serve as his Vice-president for Institutional Advancement, a new office which he would direct beginning on Janu- ary 3, 1985. In addition to a new president, there have also been many faculty, administra- tion and staff changes. Eight new faculty members joined the Lee College family last fall. Receiving the most new teachers was the Bible and Christian Ministries department. Lee lost three of its veteran professors in Luther Painter, Elmer and Beatrice Odom as they retired last year from that department. To fill these vacancies, James Bowers, Dr. Wilfredo Estrada and Bill Simmons were recruited to the Lee faculty. Bowers is an Assistant Professor of Christian Education. Estrada, former president of the Pentecostal Bible College in Puerto Rico, is Associate Professor of Bible. Bill Simmons joins the faculty as Assistant Professor of New Testament. Teaching part-time in the department is Dr. Joe Jackson, Assistant Professor and Student Affairs Counselor in the Special Services department. The communication program gained two new teachers in Dan Stone and Dr. Kathaleen Reid-Nash. Stone is a 1981 Lee graduate who joined the faculty as an Instructor in Communication. Dr. Reid- Nash, with a specialized background in mass communications, is an Assistant Pro- fessor of Communication. The Pentecostal Resource Center also added two faculty members. Athena Stone is Instructor and Reference Librarian, while Dr. Clyde Root is an Associate Professor and Special Collections Librarian in the Dixon Research Center. 18 ACADEMICS