RG 04. College Deans and Vice Presidents

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Academic Vice President and Dean of Faculty From 2011-2019. Chad Berry came to the office of the Academic Vice President and Dean of the Faculty in 2011 after serving five years as Director of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center and also serving one year as Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning through Service. Prior to coming to Berea in 2006, he was a member of the faculty at Maryville College.

Abstract In his forty-seven year association with Berea College, Charles Noble Shutt touched virtually every aspect of the college from the placement of closets in Draper building to the organization of the academic departments. His career encompassed the reign of three college presidents and weathered two world wars.  Shutt first came to the college in 1915 as a Latin and German teacher. He later taught history and English, and was known as the leading grammarian on the campus. In 1924, Shutt...

Abstract Christian F. Rumold started teaching (as a tutor) at Berea in 1904 and would later become professor of Chemistry and Physics.  He had previously received his LL.D and A.B from the Univeristy of Kansas. In the mid-1910s he would serve as the Acting Dean of the College Department. in addition to his work at Berea, Rumold went on to become a professor and administrator at the University of Kentucky, Kent State University in 1918, and Western Reserve University in 1931 where he received his...

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George Norton Ellis, three-year Professor of Latin, Dean of College Faculty, and Regent (during the absence of President William G. Frost) of Berea College.

Abstract Karl T. Waugh was born to missionary parents in Cawnpore, India, in 1879, and attended primary and secondary schools in both India and the United States. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan (1900) and Harvard (1906) and taught at Harvard before going on to teach at the University of Chicago and Beloit College. In 1917, Waugh joined the Army at the rank of Major and much of his work during this time focused on developing and implementing an intelligence-testing program to aid in recruit training...

Scope and Contents The papers of Kenneth Thompson is a small collection of records including biographical material, memoranda, materials from Thompson's tenure as both Dean of Men and Associate Dean, and records regarding the March on Montgomery (March 1965) including statements made by the College regarding students planning to attend the march.  Also included in the papers are a collection of Dean's Committee Meeting Minutes (1955-1958) and Thompson's records from his work with Pine Mountain Settlement...

Abstract Linda Strong-Leek was appointed the first Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion at Berea College on July 1, 2015. In this role, she works closely with the President and Dean of the Faculty, as well as all other Vice Presidents at Berea College, as they consider how to make Berea College more inclusive and welcoming for all members of the community. Since 2019, Dr. Strong-Leek has served as the Provost. In this capacity, she works with the directors of the Carter G. Woodson Center for...

Abstract Louis Smith came to Berea as an instructor in 1927 and served as the college's Dean of the Upper Division before serving as Dean of the College from 1947 to 1969. Charles Louis Smith (Louis Smith) was born on October 2, 1905 in Fayetteville, Tennessee. He was the second of four children to George and Edna Smith. Smith attended the Lincoln Central High School (which he referred to as the Rocky Knob of Hard Knocks and Slow Scholars) where he was involved in various activities....

Abstract Dr. Matthew Saderholm was appointed dean of faculty following a recommendation of the dean selection committee in May 2019. A 1992 Berea College graduate, Matthew Saderholm won a Fulbright Fellowship and spent a year studying physical chemistry and biochemistry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, Switzerland. He earned a doctoral degree in biological chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Carol Fierke’s...