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new president
Date: May 16, 1997
Disciples News Service
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Contact: Clifford L. Willis
Email: CWillis@oc.disciples.org
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     INDIANAPOLIS (DNS) -- The chief executive of
a 10-college consortium of liberal arts
institutions has been called as the next president
of the Division of Higher Education in the
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

     The Rev. Dennis Landon, Bethany, W. Va., was
called to the new post May 5 by the DHE board of
directors. He begins the new assignment July 1. 

     Landon currently is executive director of the
East Central College Consortia. He has headed the
education group, which has schools in Ohio, West
Virginia and Pennsylvania, since 1990.

     Board members "are convinced that we have
chosen the person most qualified to lead this
division," said the Rev. Max Jones, Granbury,
Texas. Jones, who chairs the DHE board, is pastor
of First Christian Church, Granbury.

     In addition to his background in higher
education, Landon also has served pastorates in
Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Active in his local community, he has been a
member of the Bethany Town Council and served as
an acting municipal judge. 

     He holds a bachelor's degree from Columbia
University, New York City. He earned master's
(1973) and doctoral (1986) degrees from the
University of Chicago Divinity School.  

     Dennis and his spouse, Lana, have one
daughter. Lana is a professor of English at
Disciples-related Bethany College.

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