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AMERICAN BAPTIST NEWS SERVICE 
Office of Communication  
American Baptist Churches USA 
P.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851 
Phone: (610)768-2077 / Fax: (610)768-2320 
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Richard W. Schramm, Director 
 E-mail: richard.schramm@abc-usa.org

Crandall to Lead World Mission Support

 Robert J. Crandall, an experienced education 
administrator and fund-raising executive who has served at 
several American Baptist-related schools, has been named 
associate general secretary for World Mission Support of 
American Baptist Churches USA.
 The appointment, effective Feb. 7, 2000, was announced 
by American Baptist Churches USA General Secretary 
Daniel E. Weiss.  Crandall will succeed Dr. Robert H. 
Roberts, who is retiring Jan. 31.
 For the past year Crandall has been vice president for 
advancement for Jerusalem University College in Israel.  
Operating out of its North American office in Rockford, 
Ill., Crandall has led all fund raising at the school.  He 
also has been a fund-raising consultant for American 
Baptist-related Bacone College, Muskogee, Okla., and other 
institutions. 
 Previously Crandall served as director of major gifts 
at Jesuit High School in Sacramento, Calif. , from 1995-
1998.
 He was an administrator at Bacone College from 1991-
1995, first as director of development and later as 
executive vice president.  Among other accomplishments 
during that time he raised $9.5 million in a campaign with a 
$7.3-million goal.
 At the University of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, S.D., 
another American Baptist-related school, he served from 
1984-1989 as executive director of development.  In that 
position he raised $8.38 million in the school's $7.1-
million Century 2 Fund Campaign goal and increased the 
school's endowment by 178 percent.  He previously served as 
director of admissions at the university from 1976-1977. 
 Crandall holds a B.A. degree in psychology and history 
from the University of Sioux Falls and an M.A.T. in 
education from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn.  
He is a Ph.D. candidate in leadership and philanthropy at 
Union Institute in Cincinnati. 
 He has been a member of the National Society of Fund 
Raising Executives, the American Baptist Churches USA Public 
Relations Association and the National Council of Planned 
Giving, among other organizations.
 In announcing the appointment, Weiss commended 
Crandall's "extensive experience and proven accomplishment 
in fund raising and development."  
 "Bob Crandall's commendable work in, and obvious 
commitment to, American Baptist-related institutions have 
prepared him very well to assume his new responsibilities," 
Weiss said.  "I believe he will provide the inspiration and 
motivation for the kind of successful denomination-wide 
stewardship necessary to meet the challenges in a new 
millennium of witness in Christ's name."

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