More 35mm slides

The Manrow Building (better known as the League Building)

The tearing down of Davis Hall in 1965 after the finishing of Chatlos-Davis behind it

The constructing of the Robb Gymnasium in January 1980

Dr. Woodrow Kroll and Dr. Walter Schlundt in 1981 after Dr. Kroll became president

Here are a couple more pictures from the 35mm slides I have been transferring to digital format. These show from the late 1950s through the early 1980s.

Happy Birthday Dr. Kroll

Today (Tuesday, October 21, 2008) is Dr. Woodrow Kroll's Birthday. Dr. Kroll graduated from PBTS in 1965 and was president of the school from 1981 until 1990. Happy Birthday Dr. Kroll. Hope you had a great day!

Dr. George D. Miller resigns from presidency

Photo by Corey Adams Theologue 2007

The day before graduation 2007 Dr. George D. Miller III submitted his registration to the Board of Trustees. The Faculty and Staff learned of the registration a few days before Christmas in 2007. I did not want to post anything about it until it was made official. Today (Friday, January 11, 2008) both our Davis College website as well as the Press and Sun Bulletin had an article about the registration. And while I know whom the next president of the college will be a formal announcement has not been made public yet. I will post about that on Monday or Tuesday when that "official" announcement has been made.

The press release from www.davisny.edu reads:

In the May 2007 meeting of the Board of Trustees, Dr. George D. Miller III, president of Davis College, announced his resignation that will lead to the implementation of a transition plan and his leaving the presidency of Davis College.

Dr. Miller has held numerous positions at the College since 1981 and was appointed president in the spring of 1998 serving in that position for the last ten years. During his tenure, the College received regional accreditation with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and changed the institution’s name from Practical Bible College to Davis College. Dr. Miller has also helped develop numerous campus renovation projects and new academic programs, expanded financial support bases for the College, diversified the Davis College community, created additional recruitment markets, initiated numerous off campus teaching sites, and integrated the College with its local community more than ever before.

Though he announced his resignation, Dr. Miller will remain at the College until June 2008 to assure a professional transition beneficial to the College.

Just yesterday (Thursday, January 10, 2008) I was able to do an interview with Dr. Miller and so many of the details above will go into much more detail when I finish a write-up based off of the interview. Dr.Miller graduated from PBTS in 1972 and he returned to work under Woodrow Kroll in 1981 and served as Intern-President between Dr. Kroll and Dr. Linebaugh. He served during the Linebaugh administration also. In fact he has been serving at this college for 27 years. Now God has called him and his wife Elaine to a new journey.

I will keep this blog updated as more about this is made "official" and public. I also hope to do an interview with the 9th president of the college in the near future.

New series in the works (3 part series of the Presidents)

A new series is in the research phase that will come hopefully by Christmastime of this year. It will be a three part series on the 3 most recent presidents of this PBTS, PBC, Davis College:

Dr. Woodrow M. Kroll (class of 1965) Administration (1981-1990)
Dr. Dale E. Linebaugh (class of 1949) Administration (1991-1998)
Dr. George D. Miller III (class of 1972) Administration (1998-present)

I hope to send letters out to each of the presidents by the end of the summer or early fall to start the interview process.

The interviews will be about their time as students at PBTS and their favorite memories of PBTS (similar to some of the other interviews that I have done on the site)

How PBTS prepared them for their jobs before becoming president of PBTS, PBC, Davis. Highlights of their administration. Funny stories that have happened.
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As I said this is just in the research stage and the final interviews will not be on the blog until December.