Lipscomb University - Backlog Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Batata tne § Bret coe Touees Bacon % Hs RALPH R. BRYANT RALPH NANCE Registrar Assistant to President Executive Secretary Alumni Association oe EXECUTIVE STAFF Managing the affairs of a growing liberal arts college such as David Lipscomb and dealing with the many problems of its students re- quires infinite patience and understanding. Lipscomb is fortunate in having a truly outstanding Executive Staff. Principal, Elementary School ROBERT H. KERCE Business Manager MACK WAYNE CRAIG Principal, High School

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VICE-PRESIDENT WILLARD COLLINS Willard Collins became vice-president of David Lips- comb College in 1946. He has participated in the Lipscomb Expansion Program launched in 1944, and is a widely known gospel preacher, religious writer, and educator. He is also on the editorial staff of the 20th Century Christian and the Gospel Advocate. Re- cently he became a member of the editorial committee of the Gospel Press of Lubbock, Texas, which is con- ducting a national advertising campaign urging a return to New Testament Christianity. He is well- known to radio and television audiences, having been chairman of the program planning committee for the “Know Your Bible” television program for two years and commentator for Lipscomb Chapel Singing broad- casts. An alumnus of Lipscomb, he has the B.A. and M.A. degrees from Vanderbilt University, and was re- cently elected to the national board of directors of the American College Public Relations Associations. He is married to the former Ruth Morris, also a graduate of Lipscomb, and they have two children, Carole and Corinne. DEAN J. P. SANDERS . Sanders became Dean of David Lipscomb Col- oes. in n 194, and under his guidance the academic pro- gram of Lipscomb was expanded from junior college to senior college level, until the college was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Dean Sanders has an unusually broad educa- tional background, having received the B.S. degree from Texas Christian University; the M.S. degree in chemistry from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, where he made one of the most brilliant records ever estab- lished by a graduate student; the B.D. degree from the Vanderbilt School of Religion; and the Ph.D. de- gree from the University of Southern California. He is a widely known evangelist, as well as a scholar and director, and has had a part in the beginning of two outstanding religious publications. He is married to the former Gloria Millay and they have three sons, Joel, Michael, and Ricky. Page 25

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS These are the Men Behind the Scene—the men who make the James R. Byers, Nile E. Yearwood, Lee F. Powell, J. E. Acuff, most important decisions and plans related to the work of David A. M. Burton, Harry R. Leathers, M. N. Young, I. C. Finley, Lipscomb College. A more dedicated and conscientious group Claude Bennett, and John W. High. of Christian gentlemen would be difficult to find. Left to right: A great responsibility lies in the hands of Lipscomb’s Executive achievements of this group. Left to right: Robert H. Kerce, Council—that of fulfilling the high purposes and goals of the Willard Collins, Athens Clay Pullias, J. P. Sanders, Margaret school. Many hours of work and discussion lie behind the Leonard, Mack Wayne Craig. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Page 27