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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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Overland Park |
| Pam Chambers |
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Great Bend |
| Ardith Dunn |
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Moscow |
| Rick Fitzgerald |
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Duane Hansen |
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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 |
| Dr. Denis Knight |
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Wichita |
| Jana Mullen |
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Valley Center |
| Rodney Pitts |
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Cheney |
| Shelly Prichard |
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Wichita |
| Edwin Roberts |
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Overland Park |
| Dr. Becky Twietmeyer |
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Wichita |
| Executive Committee |
| Dr. John Lewis, Chair |
| Kelly Linnens, Vice Chair |
| Clifford Loesch, Treasurer |
| Rodney Pitts, Secretary |
| Pam Chambers |
| Ardith Dunn |
President’s Cabinet
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| Darcy Zabel, Interim President, Professor of English |
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B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.A., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., University of Connecticut. |
| Jim Allen, Director of CBASE Admissions |
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B.S.E., Emporia State University; M.S.Ed., Emporia State University |
| Hilary Aubey, Topeka Education Center & Northeast Region Director |
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B.A., Kansas State University; M.S. Friends University. |
| Ann Crane, Catalog/Systems Administrator, Chair of Staff Assembly |
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B.A., University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; M.A., Friends University; M.L.S., Emporia State University |
| Randall C. Doerksen, Vice President of Administration and Finance |
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B.S., EMBA, Friends University. |
| David Hofmeister, Dean of the Graduate School |
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B.S., Kansas State University; M.A., Political Science; Ed.D., University of Kansas |
| Heidi Hoskinson, Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs, University Registrar |
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B.A., Fort Lewis College; M.S., Central Connecticut State University. |
| Ryan Kerschner, Staff Assembly Chair, Technology Infrastructure Manager |
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B.S., Friends University |
| Jo Lobertini, Dean of College of Adult and Professional Studies, Assistant Professor of Cross-Disciplinary Studies |
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B.A., University of Tennessee, M.A., Ed.D. East Tennessee State University |
| Kevin Lyerla, Executive Director of Information Technology |
| Tracy Muirhead, Vice President of Institutional Advancement |
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B.A., University of Missouri-Columbia |
| Carole Obermeyer, Vice President of Student Affairs |
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B.S., Peru State College; M.Ed., University of Missouri-Columbia; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia. |
| Steven Peters, Dean of the College of Business, Arts, Sciences, and Education, Professor of Theatre |
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B.A. Ouachita Baptist University; M.A., Baylor University; Ph.D., Texas Tech University |
| Karyn Turla, Chair of Faculty Senate, Professor of Biology |
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B.S., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., University of Michigan. |
| Kelley Williams, Associate Vice President, Administration and Finance; Director of Human Resources |
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B.A., Midwestern State University; EMBA, Friends University. |
| Joe Zimmerman, Director of Athletics |
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B.S., Friends University. |
Teaching Faculty, Academic Administrators and Adjunct Program Directors
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Click here to access a Friends University Faculty and Staff Directory.
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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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