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J. Richard Chase (Ph.D., Cornell University) came to Wheaton College in1982 in 1982 after serving twelve years as president of Biola. He reinforcedWheatonreinforced Wheaton's commitment to its biblical foundations and oversaw a periodof period of significant growth relating to endowment, buildings, and academicprogramsacademic programs. He continually endeavored to attract to the College giftedstudents gifted students who could profit from its rigorous academic objectives andreligious and religious underpinnings, and he dedicated much of his eleven-year termto term to furnishing and providing funding for the administrative structuresand structures and procedures that would make the achievement of that goal possible. The College, higher education in general, and numerous national, state, and local organizations benefited from Chase's visionary leadership. Interestingly, Salmon P. Chase, an early trustee of Wheaton College and noted Civil War-era leader, was the great-great-uncle of J. Richard Chase. |
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