David Samuel Dockery | |
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Born | |
Known for | Chancellor of Trinity International University; Former President of Union University |
Spouse | Lanese (nee Huckeba) |
Children | three sons |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Alabama-Birmingham, Grace Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Texas Christian University |
Alma mater | University of Texas (PhD) |
Thesis | An Examination of Hermeneutical Development in Early Christian Thought and Its Contemporary Significance (1988) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Biblical studies |
Institutions | Trinity International University |
David Samuel Dockery (born October 28,1952,Tuscaloosa,Alabama) is the President of the International Alliance for Christian Education. He is also Distinguished Professor of Theology and on April 19,2023 was elected the 10th President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. [1] Formerly he served as Trinity International University's 15th president. [2] He was elected to that presidency on February 28,2014.
Prior to his time at Trinity he served as the 15th president of Union University,which U.S. News &World Report has listed among the top tier regional institutions in the South each since 1997. [3] Dockery is author or editor of more than 35 books,including:Renewing Minds,Southern Baptist Consensus and Renewal,Biblical Interpretation Then and Now,Theologians of the Baptist Tradition,and the Holman Bible Handbook. His articles have been published in Touchstone,Books &Culture,Christianity Today,and numerous other publications. In addition,he has contributed chapters or articles to more than 40 other publications. [4]
He was elected to Union's presidency on December 8,1995,and the university increased in student enrollment from 1,975 in the fall of 1996 to 4,259 in the fall of 2012,representing 15 consecutive years of increased enrollment. [5]
Quotations from Dockery have appeared in The Washington Post,The Boston Globe,The Christian Science Monitor,Christian Post,The Dallas Morning News,The Fort Worth Star-Telegram,The Washington Times,The Tennessean,The Commercial Appeal (Memphis),The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,The Birmingham News,The Courier-Journal (Louisville),The Baltimore Sun,The Chronicle of Higher Education,Religion News Service,Bloomberg.com,Forbes.com,Fox.com,and several denominational publications,among others. [6]
He has been interviewed on several national networks:CNN,NBC,ABC,MSNBC,FOX,and numerous local/regional television channels;along with national radio interviews on ABC,FOX,NPR,Moody,Salem,AFR,and others. [7]
In addition to his leadership of the IACE,Dockery has served as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. [8] He also served as Chair for the Consortium for Global Education [9] and on the boards of Christianity Today International [10] and the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association,among other local and national entities.
On January 15,2013,Dockery announced he would begin the transition process from university president to the role of university chancellor. [11]
Dockery was formally installed [12] as president of Trinity International University on October 23,2014. In his first year at Trinity,Dockery led work on a new strategic plan called "Heritage and Hope:Trinity 2023", [13] which the Board of Regents passed unanimously on February 27,2015.
Dockery and his wife,Lanese,have three married sons and eight grandchildren. He and Lanese have traveled to the various regions of the United States and Canada,as well as to Europe,Latin America,Asia,Africa,Australia,and the Middle East. [14]
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