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Baylor regents remove president over failure to unify factions: John Lilley, president of Baylor University, has been fired for failing to "bring the Baylor family together," says Howard Batson, chair of the university's board of regents. The regents voted July 24 to remove Lilley from office, effective immediately, during their summer meeting in Grapevine, near the Dallas-Fort Worth...; Tags: Baylor University, board, president; Research articles 2008-08-26
The Life of Pat Neff: The Land, The Law and The Lord: The Life of Pat Neff: The Land, The Law and The Lord. By Dorothy Blodgett, Terrell Blodgett, and David L. Scott. Austin, TX: Home Place Publishers, 2007. 383 pp. My older brother, Harry, and his wife Nelda, both graduated from Baylor University a decade before I did. I remember...; Tags: Baylor University, president, Texas; Research articles 2008-03-22
Evangelical society president quits, returns to Catholicism: A Baylor University scholar serving this year as president of the Evangelical Theological Society shocked colleagues by returning to the Catholic faith of his youth and college years. Francis Beekwith, associate professor of church-state studies at Baylor, announced last month on his Internet blog that he was resigning as...; Tags: Baylor University, Blogging, church, INTERNET, president, youth; Research articles 2007-06-12
Sloan to head Houston Baptist: Houston Baptist University trustees have elected Robert Sloan, former president of Baylor University, as president of the 2,300-student school. Sloan, who assumes the new post this month, most recently was chancellor of Baylor, the largest Baptist university in the world, after serving in Waco as the school's president from...; Tags: Baylor University, president, Quality, Strategy; Research articles 2006-09-05
Are campuses becoming battlegrounds?: SAN FRANCISCO -- Universities are in a tug of war pitting traditionally powerful professors against a new generation of business-savvy presidents hired to control costs, boost research and make classes more relevant in a global economy. Last month's resignation of Harvard President Larry Summers after a faculty mutiny is...; Tags: Baylor University, Entrepreneurship, Harvard, president, professor; Research articles 2006-03-22

William Underwood, currently interim president of Baylor University , will be the next president of Mercer College . Mercer, like Baylor, is an IHE with ties to the Baptist Church: William Underwood, currently interim president of Baylor University Texas, will be the next president of Mercer College (Ga.). Mercer, like Baylor, is an IHE with ties to the Baptist Church. Like Baylor, Mercer has worked in recent years to strike a balance between church influence and academic independence.; Tags: Baylor University, Mercer, president; Research articles 2006-01-01
Baylor selects alum as new president: After fits and starts, Baylor University's search for a new president ended with the choice of Baylor alumnus John M. Lilley, 66, president of the University of Nevada, Reno, and previously president for 21 years at Penn State-Erie. Lilley was elected November 3 by the regents at Baylor, the...; Tags: Baylor University, CAREER, president; Research articles 2005-11-29
Libraries: One Last Pitch: President George W. Bush is close to deciding where he'll build his presidential library. In Washington this week, four Texas universities will make final pitches to a selection committee led by Don Evans, a longtime Bush friend and former Commerce secretary, and Marvin Bush, the president's brother. Finalists include the...; Tags: Baylor University, Bush, MARKETING, president, Texas; Research articles 2005-11-21
Contrary to expectations, Baylor University regents emerged from their September 9 meeting without a new president for the 160-year-old Baptist school, and interim president Bill Underwood announced he had removed his name as a candidate for the president: * Contrary to expectations, Baylor University regents emerged from their September 9 meeting without a new president for the 160-year-old Baptist school, and interim president Bill Underwood announced he had removed his name as a candidate for the president's position. "I had never wanted to be the long-term president of...; Tags: Baylor University, president; Research articles 2005-10-18
Bush library hopefuls have stacked up: WACO, Texas -- Baylor University has proximity to President Bush's beloved ranch. Southern Methodist University has a garden dedicated to alumna Laura Bush. Midland College is in the town where they married. Texas A&M has the prospect of a father-son pairing. Arlington has the Texas Rangers, the baseball team Bush...; Tags: Baylor University, Bush, president, Texas; Research articles 2005-08-15
Remarks honoring the Baylor University 2005 NCAA women's basketball champions: July 20, 2005 The President. Congratulations. Welcome. I thought I'd have my picture with you, and then we'll go into the Oval Office. It is my honor to welcome some highly successful women from the neighborhood. [Laughter] First, I want to congratulate the coach. She's--obviously knows what she's doing....; Tags: Baylor University, president, women; Research articles 2005-07-25
Baylor University: * Baylor University regents elected law professor Bill Underwood interim president unanimously on a first ballot and reelected chairman Will Davis of Austin, who predicted that the university could have a permanent president by September 1. The presidential search committee is ahead of schedule to replace President Robert Sloan, who...; Tags: Baylor University, president; Research articles 2005-05-31
Baptists' Baylor U. names interim chief: WACO, Texas AP -- The regents of 14,000-student Baylor University named law school professor William D. Underwood as interim president of the world's largest Baptist campus as of June 1. He succeeds Robert B. Sloan Jr., president since 1995, who resigned in January to become university chancellor without...; Tags: Baylor University, president, professor; Research articles 2005-05-07
We are among the many who have been watching with great interest Baylor University's effort to become a top-drawer research university under the all-encompassing lordship of Christ.(While We're At It)(Brief Article): We are among the many who have been watching with great interest Baylor University's effort to become a top-drawer research university under the all-encompassing lordship of Christ. The vision is called "Baylor 2012" and has been pressed these past ten years by Robert B. Sloan, who...; Tags: Baylor University, president, Strategy, vision; Research articles 2005-05-01
Baylor's Sloan steps down to chancellor: Baylor University President Robert Sloan will step down June 1, ending one of the stormiest periods in the school's 160-year history. Admitting he was a "lightning rod" while pushing for ambitious growth at the Waco, Texas, campus, Sloan said he willingly accepted the post of chancellor. Baylor's board of...; Tags: Baylor University, chancellor, president; Research articles 2005-02-22
Names: It's Your Business James F. Otten Gianfranco Pezzino Betsey Litscher James F. Otten, D.D.S., of Lawrence, was one of 18 practitioners selected worldwide to serve on the Lead Visiting Faculty at the Pankey Institute for Advanced Dental Education in Key Biscayne, Fla....; Tags: agent, Baylor University, director, FINANCE, Government, Insurance, president, Regulations, SALES; Research articles 2005-02-13
While we're at it.(The public square: a continuing survey of religion, culture, and public life): * When I spoke at ceremonies marking the inauguration of Robert Sloan as president of Baylor University some years ago, I noted that atheist faculty members who support the idea of a Christian university are less of a problem than devout Christians who don't (see FT, ...; Tags: America, Australia, Baylor University, Bush, Canada, Church, Dallas, directive, identity, New York Times Co., president, Sun Microsystems Inc., survey, women; Research articles 2004-11-01
While we're at it.(The public square: a continuing survey of religion, culture, and public life): * When I spoke at ceremonies marking the inauguration of Robert Sloan as president of Baylor University some years ago, I noted that atheist faculty members who support the idea of a Christian university are less of a problem than devout Christians who don't (see FT, ...; Tags: America, Australia, Baylor University, Bush, Canada, Church, Dallas, directive, identity, New York Times Co., president, Sun Microsystems Inc., survey, women; Research articles 2004-11-01
Favorite son? Well, not everyone's: CRAWFORD, Texas -- And you think the country is polarized? The folks at Security Bank, the Yellow Rose and the Red Bull (souvenir shops, not bars), and the Fina filling station where farm elders commune over coffee at dawn in the "Room of Knowledge," are strongly for President...; Tags: Baylor University, Bush, Government, INTERNET, president, SALES; Research articles 2004-10-13
Dissident group says it has votes to oust president of Waco, Texas, university.: By Holly K. Hacker, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 20--A group seeking the ouster of Baylor University President Robert Sloan predicted Monday that it will happen this week, when the Board of Regents meets in Waco. ...; Tags: Baylor University, Dr., president; Research articles 2004-07-20