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Dr. Dale A. Lunsford as of February 1, 2021 is the Chancellor of LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas.
Lunsford earned both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees from the University of Tulsa. He earned his PhD in Business Administration from Oklahoma State University and did post-doctoral work as a visiting scholar at the University of Texas at Austin.
Prior to his appointment at LeTourneau University, Lunsford served as vice president for student affairs and extreme relations at the University of Texas at Tyler. He worked at UT-Tyler for eight years. Before that, he worked for 12 years as a faculty member and administrator at the University of Tulsa, where he was associate dean and director of undergraduate programs for the College of Business Administration. He also was a business professor and published several research studies and served as editor of a marketing education journal. He co-hosted a popular "Business World" radio program for seven years on a National Public Radio affiliate in Tulsa.
Lunsford has written op-eds for the following publications:
Lunsford has provided in-depth interrogations for the following:
Longview is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and county seat of Gregg County; a small part of Longview extends into the western portion of neighboring Harrison County.
LeTourneau University (LETU) is a private, interdenominational evangelical Christian university in Longview, Texas. Founded as LeTourneau Technical Institute in February 1946 by R. G. LeTourneau with his wife, Evelyn, the school initially educated veterans returning from World War II. Total annual enrollment is nearly 3,000.
St. Edward's University is a private, Catholic university in Austin, Texas. It was founded and is operated in the Holy Cross tradition.
Northeast Texas is a cultural and geographic region in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Texas. Geographically centered on two metropolitan areas strung along Interstate 20—Tyler in the west and Longview/Marshall to the east, the areas of Mount Pleasant, Sulphur Springs, Paris and Texarkana in the north primarily along Interstate 30, and Jacksonville and Palestine to the south are also major cities within the region. Most of Northeast Texas is included in the interstate region of the Ark-La-Tex.
Tarleton State University is a public university with its main campus in Stephenville, Texas. It is a founding member of the Texas A&M University System and enrolled over 14,000 students in the fall of 2020.
Alvin O. "Bud" Austin was the fifth president of LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas from 1986 to 2007. Since July 2007 he has held the role of University Chancellor, in accordance with the wishes of the Board of Trustees.
Robert Gilmour LeTourneau, was born in Richford, Vermont, and was a prolific inventor of earthmoving machinery. His factories supplied LeTourneau machines which represented nearly 70 percent of the earthmoving equipment and engineering vehicles used by the Allied forces during World War II, and more than half of the 1,500-mile (2,414 km) Alcan Highway in Canada was built with LeTourneau equipment. Over the course of his life he secured nearly 300 patents relating to earthmoving equipment, manufacturing processes and machine tools.
Westmont College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Montecito, California. It was founded in 1937.
The University of Texas at Tyler is a public research university in Tyler, Texas. Founded in 1971, it is a part of the University of Texas System.
East Texas Regional Airport is an airport located in Gregg County, Texas. The airport is just South of the city of Lakeport, and is 9 mi south of Longview. Its IATA identifier GGG comes from its prior name, Gregg County Airport. The airport is used for general aviation and military training; it has scheduled flights to Dallas/Fort Worth on American Airlines/American Eagle.
KYKX is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Longview, Texas, United States, the station serves the East Texas area. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media LLC, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC, and features programming from Fox News Radio. The current studio locations of KYKX are at 4408 North US Highway 259 in Longview and 210 South Broadway Ave., Suite 100 in Tyler. Its transmitter is located north of Longview.
Abilene Christian University (ACU) is a private Christian university in Abilene, Texas. It was founded in 1906 as Childers Classical Institute.
LeTourneau Engineering Global Solutions (LEGS) is a non-profit initiative based in Longview, Texas, focused on bringing innovative, extremely low cost, high-quality prosthetic technology to people in developing nations. The focus of LEGS technology is its M1 Knee, a polycentric knee joint that meets international standards and can be manufactured locally for as little as $15 USD.
LeTourneau Technologies, Inc. was an American manufacturer of heavy construction equipment founded by R. G. LeTourneau. In 2011, the company was acquired by Joy Global.
Ider University is a private institution of higher education in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Dr. David O. Dykes is Pastor Emeritus and the former Senior Pastor of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas. He is also the author of several Christian books. Under his leadership Green Acres became "one of the leading churches in America," according to president of the SBC Executive Committee Morris Chapman.
Gregg Hotel is a former hotel in Longview, Texas, built in 1930 and demolished in 1995.
KARW was a radio station broadcasting at 1280 kHz AM in Longview, Texas, United States, between 1948 and 1994. The station was last owned by Pine Tree Media, Inc.
Rod Mabry is an American academic most well known for being the third president of The University of Texas at Tyler for 18 years. Previously, he was the dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Tulsa. Dr. Mabry is also known for the creation of the New Millennium Vision, a 10-year strategic plan for UT Tyler to become a major university. During his time as president, student enrollment increased to nearly 10,000 students. In 2017, Mabry received the East Texas Area Council of Boy Scouts Distinguished Citizen Good Turn Award. Education
Michael James Wing, commonly "Mike Wing", is an American author of Talking With Your Customers: What They Will Tell You About Your Business, convicted of wire fraud and implicated in other scandals, and a sports coach.