President: Dr. Roger Parrott
Dr. Roger Parrott is one of America’s most experienced presidents - serving over 33 years. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in Higher Education Administration. Dr. Parrott is a third-generation College president and was one of America's youngest college presidents first elected at age 34. He has served on various boards and was Chair of the 2004 Forum for World Evangelization hosted by the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. Dr. Parrott is the author of The Longview: Lasting Strategies for Rising Leaders. His newest book will be released in January 2022, “Opportunity Leadership: How To Stop Planning And Start Getting Results.” His wife, MaryLou, earned her Ph.D. in English and teaches at Belhaven, specializing in Shakespeare and classical literature. They have two adult children who graduated from Belhaven.
E-Mail Dr. Parrott at president@belhaven.edu.
Background stories and further information about Dr. Parrott:
EDUCATION
| Ph.D. | University of Maryland, 1979 | |
| Major: | Higher Education Administration | |
| Dissertation: | A Comparison of Faculty Members' Reported Professional Activities, and the Work Load Desires of College Presidents for Faculty Members in Five Liberal Arts Colleges of the Church of the Nazarene | |
| M. Ed. | University of Maryland, 1978 | |
| Major: | Education Administration | |
| Thesis: | The Educational, Financial, and Social Costs and Benefits of Adult Education within the Structure of the University, Four-year College, and Junior College | |
| B.A. | Eastern Nazarene College, 1976 | |
| Major: | Psychology | |
PROFESSIONAL
| Belhaven University President |
1995 - present; Jackson, Mississippi |
| Sterling College President |
1989 - 1995; Sterling, Kansas |
| Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization United States Director |
1986-1989; Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Mid-America Nazarene College Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the MANC Foundation |
1980-1986; Olathe, Kansas |
| Church of the Nazarene Pastor |
1973-1980 |
CURRENT AND FORMER BOARD SERVICE |
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