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The University was founded in 1898 by the Society of Friends (better known as the Quakers) who operated the University until the 1930s.
Governance of the institution was then turned over to an independent Board of Trustees.
Eldon Alexander |
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Garden City |
Craig Bay |
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Wichita |
Marilyn Brown, LCMFT |
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Harrisonville, Missouri |
Pam Chambers |
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Great Bend |
David Depew |
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Wichita |
Ardith Dunn |
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Moscow |
Duane Hansen |
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Wichita |
Leatha Hein |
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Valley Center |
Dr. Kevin Hoppock |
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Valley Center |
Dr. Denis Knight |
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Wichita |
Dr. John Lewis |
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Andover |
Kelly Linnens |
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Hillsboro |
Dr. Cliffton Loesch |
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Wichita |
Jana Mullen |
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Valley Center |
Shelly Prichard |
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Wichita |
Edwin Roberts |
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Overland Park |
Dr. Becky Twietmeyer |
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Wichita |
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Trustee Emeritus |
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Carl W. Sebits |
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Cheney |
Executive Committee |
Dr. Darcy Zabel, President (Interim) |
Dr. John Lewis, Chair |
Kelly Linnens, Vice Chair |
Clifford Loesch, Treasurer |
Duane Hansen, Secretary |
Pam Chambers |
Ardith Dunn |
President’s Cabinet
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Dr. Darcy Zabel, Interim President, Professor of English |
Bill Allan, Dean of the College of Business, Arts, Sciences, and Education (interim), Professor of Psychology |
Hilary Aubey, Topeka Education Center & Northeast Region Director |
Mark Britton, University Registrar |
Julia Capps, Vice President of Finance (interim) |
Dr. Stephen Eaves, Division Chair of Fine Arts - CBASE |
Dr. Joan Gallagher, Vice President of University Relations |
Dr. David Hofmeister, Dean of the Graduate School; Interim Dean CAPS |
Heidi Hoskinson, Vice President for Academic Affairs (interim) |
Kevin Lyerla, Executive Director of Information Technology |
Steve Neu, Staff Assembly President |
Dr. Carole Obermeyer, Vice President of Student Affairs |
Brandon Pierce, Senior Executive Director of CBASE Admissions & Financial Aid (interim) |
Gary Rapp, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs |
Dr. Cecil Riney, Assistant to the President for Fundraising |
Dr. Patrick Sehl, University Chaplain & Director of Campus Ministries |
Deb Stockman, Vice President of Enrollment Management, Marketing and Communications (interim) |
Dr. Preston Todd, Assistant Dean of CBASE |
Dr. Karyn Turla, Chair of Faculty Senate, Professor of Biology |
Kelley Williams, Vice President, Human Resources, Information Technology, Institutional Effectiveness |
Joe Zimmerman, Director of Athletics |
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Teaching Faculty, Academic Administrators and Adjunct Program Directors
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Robert Leroy Brightup, Emeritus |
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A.B., Friends University; B.D., Nazarene Theological Seminary; Th.D., Iliff School of Theology. |
C.G. Chacko, Emeritus |
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B.A., Azusa College; M.A., San Diego State College; M.S., University of Oregon. |
Brenda Cain, Emerita |
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B.S. Pittsburg State University; M.E.Ed.S, Wichita State University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota. |
G. Robert Dove, Emeritus |
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B.S., M.S., Pittsburg State University; Ph.D., Kansas State University. |
Gretchen Eick, Emerita |
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B.A., Kalamazoo College; M.A., Northwestern University, Ph.D., University of Kansas. |
Vivian Fleming, Emerita |
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A.B., Friends University; M.M.E., University of Oklahoma. |
John P. Freedlun, Emeritus |
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B.S., Ph.D., Kansas State University; M.S., Wichita State University. |
Harold Friesen, Emeritus |
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B.S., M.S., Mankato State University; Ed.D., Oklahoma State University. |
Willard Dale Goodrich, Emeritus |
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B.A., M.S., Wichita State University; Ed.D., University of Arkansas. |
Wayne L. Howdeshell, Emeritus |
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B.A., Friends University; M.A., Wichita State University; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University. |
Marilyn Jones, Emerita |
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B.S., Wichita State Unviersity; M.S., Emporia State University. |
Ann Marie Miller, Emerita |
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B.M., Oberlin College; M.M. New England Conservatory. |
Philip Nagley, Emeritus |
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Curator of Museum; B.S., Wilmington College; M.A., Columbia University; Honorary Doctorate in Humanities, Friends University. |
Raymond S. Nelson, Emeritus |
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B.Th., Trinity Seminary and Bible College; B.A., M.A., University of Minnesota; Ph.D., University of Nebraska. |
Cecil J. Riney, Emeritus |
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B.M., Friends University; M.M.E., University of Kansas; D.M.A., University of Southern California. (Lewis M. and Selma M. Miller Distinguished Professor of Music.) |
Elizabeth G. Ross, Emerita |
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A.B., Mt. Holyoke College; M.S.W., The University of Oklahoma; M.B.A., Wichita State University. |
Al Saber, Emeritus |
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B.S., University of Isfahan, Iran; M.S., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma. |
Kjersti Swanson, Emerita |
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A.B., Friends University; M.S., University of Oklahoma. |
David Weber, Emeritus (Posthumous) |
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B.M., M.M., University of Cincinnati; D.M.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City. |
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