Lee College - Vindauga Yearbook (Cleveland, TN)

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ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL LAUD VAUGHT Dean of the College OLLIE J. LEE Associate Dean of the College DAVID PAINTER Director of Business and Finance •- H c j i : • y i IIP ill ' I 22 ACADEMICS

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Front row: Robert Fisher, chairman; Cecil Brown; John B. White; Bobby G. Ross; S. Lane Sargent; Arthur W. Hodge. Back row: Fred Swank, B. Kenneth Jones, Don Medlin, H. Bernard Dixon, Kenneth W. Adams, Darrell Rice. Not pictured Lorenzo Walker. The Lee College Board of Direc- tors is the Legislative body of men who determine the school policy. These men have had to make many administrative decisions which have and will affect the lives of students. The Board of Directors are as follows: Dr. Bobert Fisher, State Overseer of the Churches of God in North Georgia (acts as Chair- man of the Board). Pastors Ken- neth W. Adams of Norman, Okla- homa; Bobby Boss of Charlotte, North Carolina; S. Lane Sargent of Middletown, Ohio; and Fred Smithfield, North Carolina; Don Medlin, Don Medlin Company, Metro-Caruthersville, Missouri; Lorenzo Walker, James L. Walker Beal Estate, Naples, Florida; and John White, Attorney, West Palm Beach, Florida. Also on the Board is the Bever- end Darrell Bice from Atlanta, Geor- gia. He serves the church as the Project Coordinator of the Love Atlanta Project. Dr. Cecil B. Knight acts as liaison between the Board of Directors and the Church of God Executive Swank of Monroe, Michigan; six Committee. He serves the church businessmen: H. Bernard Dixon, an entreprenaur from Cleveland, Tennessee; Cecil Brown, President, Cecil Brown Company, Kennesaw, Georgia; Arthur Hodge, President of McAlpins Department store in Magee, Mississippi; B. Kenneth Jones, Deacon- Jones Pontiac Buick, as Second Assistant General Over- seer. These men meet with Dr. Paul Conn and the Administration Coun- cil during the school year. Each member of the Board possesses a great deal of individual devotion to Lee College and its students. They want to insure the smooth opera- tion of the college, and they work behind the scenes to see that this is possible. The Beverend Doctor Bobert Fisher, Chairman of the Board of Directors this year, has prayerfully and dutifully led these men to what has been one of the most success- ful and optimistic years in the history of this college. Our Board of Directors is always having to stay one step ahead of the crowd and planning for the future. They have done this with the utmost success and it is evident that they will continue to do so. Lee College owes a great deal of thanks to these men for their undy- ing love and sacrificing devotion to us. We want to say a well-deserved thank you for the work that has been done and the love that has been shown. ACADEMICS 21

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CHARLES BEACH Director of Christian Services Beach named Layman of Century Proclaimed as Layman of the Century, Dr. Charles Beach, Director of Christian Services at Lee College, was presented the Centennial Award for Christian Excellence at the Church of God General Assembly in Adanta last August. This first award of its kind was given to Beach by the Office of Lay Affairs and the Layman ' s Board of the Church of God. The Stephen Award, as it will be called in the future, will honor the Church of God ' s outstand- ing layman of the year. The award is named for Stephen of the New Testament who was a layman. Beach was chosen for his 40 years of lay min- istry and his service to the Office of Lay Affairs, which is directed by Leonard Albert. Mr. Beach has had the greatest impact on the growth and development of the lay ministry of the Church of God in its first 100 years, said Albert when he presented the award. Of the Church ' s 100 years, Charles Beach has labored for 40 of those as an outstanding layman of the church. DANNY MURRAY Director of Institutional Advancement A 1975 graduate of Lee, Murray returns to his alma mater as a staff member for the third time. Previously, he served as Admissions Counselor from 1975-79, where his primary duties were within the recruitment sector of the Admissions Office. He traveled with a small ensemble for the Lee Singers to many churches, seminars and camps to recruit prospective Lee students. From 1979-85, he served as Minister of Music at the North Cleveland Church of God. In 1985, he returned to Lee College to serve as Director of College Promotion. In this capacity, he worked with the Institutional Advancement Office and was a vital part of the success of the Cletus Benton Memorial Fund, which raised over $60,000 for the Lee Business Department. Murray ' s position with Bill Gaither Ministries included extensive travel and promotion of several of today ' s well-known contemporary gospel artists including Sandi Patti, the Bill Gaither Trio and Larnelle Harris. He secured concert halls in over 43 major cities in such places a New York ' s Radio City Music Hall and Adanta s Omni Coliseum. . a J ACADEMICS 23