Dr. Roger Parrott is one of America’s most experienced presidents.

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 and His wife, MaryLou, earned her Ph.D. in English and is a Professor at 91茄子. They have two adult children who graduated from 91茄子.

Email Dr. Parrott at president@belhaven.edu.

Background stories and further information about Dr. Parrott:

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Welcome Message from 91茄子 President, Dr. Roger 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

91茄子
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


  • Treasurer and Facilitation Committee Member

  • Chair, 2004 Forum for World Evangelism
    Treasurer and Administrative Committee member
    Planning Committee member for Lausanne III in 2010

  • Board Chair

  • Board Member
  • (including term as chair)
  • Jackson Medical and Education District, (including term as chair)
  • International Festival of the Arts
  • Andrew Jackson Council -
  • University Club of Jackson
  • Metro Jackson

Verse of the Year

Go and make disciples of all the nations ... And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

Matthew 28:19-20

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