Nov 21, 2024  
2015-2016 Academic Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Board of Trustees, Cabinet and Faculty


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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.

Board of Trustees

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Mr. Michael Bankston    
Mr. Craig Bay   Wichita
Mrs. Marilyn Brown, LCMFT   Harrisonville, Missouri
Mrs. Pam Chambers   Great Bend
Mr. David Depew   Wichita
Mrs. Kim Dugger Attwater    
Mrs. Ardith Dunn   Moscow
Mrs. Lynn Ghormley    
Mr. Duane Hansen   Wichita
Mrs. Leatha Hein   Valley Center
Dr. Kevin Hoppock   Valley Center
Dr. Jace Hyder    
Dr. Denis Knight   Wichita
Dr. John Lewis   Andover
Dr. Cliffton Loesch   Wichita
Mrs. Jana Mullen   Valley Center
Mr. Edwin Roberts   Overland Park
     
Trustee Emeritus    
Carl W. Sebits   Cheney

 

 
Executive Committee
Dr. Amy Bragg Carey
Dr. John Lewis, Chair
Dr. Denis Knight, Vice Chair
Dr. Clifford Loesch, Treasurer
Mr. Duane Hansen, Secretary
Mrs. Pam Chambers
Mrs. Ardith Dunn

President’s Cabinet

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Dr. Amy Bragg Carey, President
Ken Faffler, Vice President of Enrollment Management
Dr. Joan Gallagher, Vice President of University Relations
Dr. Jasper Lesage, Vice President for Academic Affairs & AVP Academic Affairs (interim)
Dr. Carole Obermeyer, Vice President of Student Affairs
Dr. Patrick Sehl, University Chaplain & Director of Campus Ministries
Kellie Williams, Vice President of Administration
Open, CFO/Vice President of Finance

Teaching Faculty, Academic Administrators and Adjunct Program Directors

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Click here to access a Friends University Faculty and Staff Directory.

Emeriti Faculty

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Robert Leroy Brightup, Emeritus
  A.B., Friends University; B.D., Nazarene Theological Seminary; Th.D., Iliff School of Theology.
C.G. Chacko, Emeritus
  B.A., Azusa College; M.A., San Diego State College; M.S., University of Oregon.
Brenda Cain, Emerita
  B.S. Pittsburg State University; M.E.Ed.S, Wichita State University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
G. Robert Dove, Emeritus
  B.S., M.S., Pittsburg State University; Ph.D., Kansas State University.
Gretchen Eick, Emerita
  B.A., Kalamazoo College; M.A., Northwestern University, Ph.D., University of Kansas.
Vivian Fleming, Emerita
  A.B., Friends University; M.M.E., University of Oklahoma.
John P. Freedlun, Emeritus
  B.S., Ph.D., Kansas State University; M.S., Wichita State University.
Harold Friesen, Emeritus
  B.S., M.S., Mankato State University; Ed.D., Oklahoma State University.
Willard Dale Goodrich, Emeritus
  B.A., M.S., Wichita State University; Ed.D., University of Arkansas.
Wayne L. Howdeshell, Emeritus
  B.A., Friends University; M.A., Wichita State University; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University.
Marilyn Jones, Emerita
  B.S., Wichita State Unviersity; M.S., Emporia State University.
Ann Marie Miller, Emerita
  B.M., Oberlin College; M.M. New England Conservatory.
Philip Nagley, Emeritus
  Curator of Museum; B.S., Wilmington College; M.A., Columbia University; Honorary Doctorate in Humanities, Friends University.
Raymond S. Nelson, Emeritus
  B.Th., Trinity Seminary and Bible College; B.A., M.A., University of Minnesota; Ph.D., University of Nebraska.
Cecil J. Riney, Emeritus
  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
  A.B., Mt. Holyoke College; M.S.W., The University of Oklahoma; M.B.A., Wichita State University.
Al Saber, Emeritus
  B.S., University of Isfahan, Iran; M.S., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma.
Kjersti Swanson, Emerita
  A.B., Friends University; M.S., University of Oklahoma.
David Weber, Emeritus  (Posthumous)
  B.M., M.M., University of Cincinnati; D.M.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City.

 

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