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North Park Announces Presidential Candidates
CHICAGO, IL (April 21, 2005) - North Park University today announced the names
of three finalists in the school's presidential search process. The
announcement came after a series of meetings with candidates by North
Park's presidential search committee. The candidates are: Kurt
Geisinger, academic vice-president, University of St. Thomas, Houston,
Texas; Jonathan Heintzelman, vice president for advancement, Loyola
University, Chicago; John E. Phelan, Jr., president and dean, North Park
Theological Seminary, Chicago.
The three candidates and their spouses are scheduled to visit North
Park's campus next week. After the visits, the search committee-made up
of seven board members, two faculty members, and two students-will make
a recommendation to the North Park Board of Trustees. If the trustees
affirm a candidate during their May meeting, the candidate's name will
be forwarded to the Executive Board and the Covenant Annual Meeting for
approval.
President Glenn Palmberg, a member of the search committee, said he was
delighted with choice of candidates and impressed with their
qualifications and their commitment to the mission of North Park. All
three support the unique role that North Park plays as a distinctively
Covenant institution.
"While there are many things that connect people in the Covenant,"
Palmberg said, "North Park has a vital role to play in that process."
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FINALISTS
- Kurt F. Geisinger is vice-president for academic affairs and
a tenured professor at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, where he
oversees programs with 125 full-time faculty members and approximately
5,000 students. Prior to assuming his current position in 2002, he was
academic vice-president at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York; dean
of arts and sciences for State University of New York at Oswego; and
chairperson of the department of psychology and director of the doctoral
program in psychometrics at Fordham University. He holds an A.B. from
Davidson College, an M.S. from the University of Georgia and a Ph.D.
from the Pennsylvania State University. He is a member of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
- Jonathan R. Heintzelman has been vice-president for
advancement at Loyola University since 2002. He recently led a $40
million campaign for the new Life Sciences Center for Education and
Research and serves on the president's cabinet. Prior to that, he spent
twenty years at Northwestern University, where he was associate director
of development, director of development, and director of planned giving
and major gifts.
He holds a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law, where he
served on the Law Review editorial board and practiced law for several
years. A North Park graduate, he was the school's assistant director for
admission from 1973 to 1976. He is a member of Libertyville (Illinois)
Covenant Church.
- John E. Phelan Jr. is president, dean, and professor of
biblical literature at North Park Theological Seminary, a position he
has held since 1996. He was previously executive director of Covenant
Publications; pastor of First Covenant Church in Salina, Kansas, and
Coral Springs (Florida) Covenant Church; and dean of students and
assistant professor of biblical literature at the seminary. He was
ordained by the Covenant Church in 1983 and holds a bachelor's degree
from Trevecca Nazarene College, a master's in biblical studies from
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a Ph.D. in religious and
theological literature from Northwestern University. He is a member of
Northwest Covenant Church in Mount Prospect, Illinois, and a columnist
for The Covenant Companion.
For more information, including the candidates' C.V., please visit
www.northpark.edu/presidentialsearch.
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