Record #:

39387

Author(s):

Reich, Brooke

Abstract:

Dr. Christopher White, a Georgia native, holds a BA in Mathematics and English from Mercer University; Master of Divinity degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in religion from Emory University. He was the first US citizen to be awarded the honorary Doctorate of Musical Arts from the prestigious Moscow State Conservatory of Music in Russia for his support of music and the arts in higher education. He left Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, NC as president and founder of M. Christopher White School of Divinity and came to Chowan College in 2003. He began a campaign to turn Chowan College around, make it successful and eventually getting it named Chowan University.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 9 Issue No. 2, April-May 2017, p50-52, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

White, Christopher, Dr. (Chowan University); Chowan College--Presidents