Oral Roberts University - Perihelion Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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PRESlDENT'S PULSE The 41-member Board of Regents literally made earth-shaking deci- sions in its two meetings. After ap- proving the plans for graduate pro- grams in business, dentistry, law, medicine, and theology, the board voted to hold the groundbreaking ceremony on January 24, 1976. The board was also responsible for nam- ing the Worship Center, Christ's Chapelf, Says Chairman of the Board Lee Braxton, Being on the board makes us feel like we're part of his- tory in the making. I think every board member would say it is the highest honor to be a part of some- thing that is alive, going places, and blessing the world. Chairman of the Board Lee Braxton has been associated with Oral Roberts 22 years. .3 if The Oral Roberts University Board of Regents tance of the board. Unlike some Boards of Re Roberts and ORU As individuals and as a unit includes doctors lawyers businessmen, and a gents, these people have shown appreciation they have responded warmly to the student state senator Although their decisions affect interest, and a strong belief in President body the campus few students realize the impor-

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you get into the rhythm of it, like attracts likef, Excellence is what he's after in the concept of the educational pro- gram he projects for Oral Roberts University. Roberts stresses the f'Whole Man concept which en- compasses the mind, the body, and the spirit. The Whole Man con- cept isn't all that makes ORU what it is though. Robert J. Stamps, Campus Chap- lain, says, The secret to ORU is President Roberts. The miracle is the man, the genius is faith and then not substituting faith for hard work. Oral Roberts puts those two to- gether . . . weds them . . . makes them work. He is the hardest- working man I've ever known, at the same time he has a way of trust- ing God and believing Godf, God gave Oral Roberts the dream to build a school when it was finan- cially impossible for him to do so. Roberts has been termed as a man who has worked his way through the thorniest financial thickets, and he credits Lee Braxton, Chair- man of the Board of Regents and long-time personal friend, as having had a hand in the financial succes- ses which helped to build the Uni- versity. It's not just financial genius that paved the way for the University's growth. The miracle of the Univer- sity involves the concept that God gave President Roberts 29 years ago when he began the ministry, and that is the concept of Seed-Faith. Roberts has written several books which discuss this concept, he stresses it in his monthly magazine, Abundant Life, and the quarterly devotional, HDaily Blessing, and he preaches it on his weekly series of half-hour TV programs, Oral Roberts and You, and on his sea- sonal one-hour f'Contact! specials. f'You have to plant a seed to meet your need, says Roberts. And it works, What gave Roberts' ministry its impetus was the emphasis on God's healing power and the role of prayer and faith. I'd rather preach the gospel and pray for the healing of people than eat when I'm hungry. says Roberts. I dearly love to pray for people. The height of my joy is when I am touching a human being and saying a prayer for him. Though Roberts believes in heal- ing by faith, he also endorses heal- ing medical science. I believe every healing art is an instrument of God, he says. It is for this reason that Roberts announced the building of a medical school to be opened in the fall of 1978 as part of the Oral Roberts University academic pro- gram. Roberts feels the greatest ac- complishment ofthe 1975-76 school year was the decision to obey God in building the medical, dental, and law schools and seminary, digging the hole to get our faith going, and feeling the loving support of the en- tire family of ORU. We have begun and expect God to work through us to complete His master-plan, said President Roberts. And 1976 will be remembered as the year Roberts' admonition from God to 'stake My healing power to your generation took a giant step toward its fulfillment. The busy schedule of President Roberts does not stop him from having an occasional get-together with students. Administration!2l

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'SI quit, said Carl Hamilton, when he was a professor of English at another College, after a three- year stint of teaching. Hamilton. armed with two bachelor of art de- grees, one in theology and the other in English Literature, had become disappointed with the academic quality of that school, so he left. His decision to leave teaching was not a decision to abandon education. however. Hamilton was lead to work as manager of publications and editor of Abundant Life magazine. He stayed with Abundant Life until December 1962 when Oral Roberts suggested he pursue graduate studies. Hamilton then attended night school at the University of Tulsa and earned his master's de- gree in English, By January 1966. Hamilton had stepped back into teaching by join- of the ORU quarterly magazine. Outreach A year and a half later he was named associate professor and assistant dean of academic af- fairs. Then on January 26, 1968, the Tulsa Tribune printed the an- nouncement of Carl H. Hamilton as successor to Dr. John D. Messick as academic dean. The article ap- peared in the newspaper one day before Hamilton was to receive his doctor of philosophy degree in En- glish from the University of Arkan- sas. The newspaper quoted Dr. Mes- sick, Hamilton's predecessor. as saying, A person at this University must be compatible with its philos- ophy of educating man - intellec- tually. spiritually, physically. and socially. In the same article. Pres- ident Roberts said that Carl Hamil- ton was the one man on campus that all the faculty tof 79 membersb be- Upon being named academic dean, Dr. Hamilton planned to teach one course every semester. thus involving himself in teaching and at the same time help to shape the education of the whole man. Eight years later in November 1975, the Board of Regents named Dr. Hamilton Provost of the Uni- versity. He has also kept his title of Vice-President for Academic Af- fairs. As Provost. Dr. Hamilton supervises the development of the graduate schools of medicine. den- tistry, and law. as well as continuing to administratively supervise the undergraduate school and graduate business and theology schools. Little did Carl Hamilton know that the day he said. I quit. was not the end of a teaching career but the beginning of a career to revolu- tionize education. ing the ORU faculty as an assistant professor of English and was editor 2? '- fx .gf lieved was the right choice for the position. X , i E x X X I . if, Pigs' t His Q1 Nz., i Taking time OUT T0 FCl21X with fY1CHdS ilfld fish- the outcome of diligence and expertise in one Dr. Hamilton's busy schedule is filled with mg P0le5- DV- Hilmlllon and Dr- Volght Show of lheif mam' Skills. meetings concerning ORU's welfare. Administrationf23