2008 Orien B. Hendrix Distinguished Teacher
Richard Brewer
Dr. Richard L. Brewer is the 2009 recipient of the Orien B. Hendrex Distinguished Teacher Award. This award is presented annually to a faculty member who has been judged by the previous three years' graduating classes to be outstanding in both teaching ability and personal guidance. The Board of Trustees at Southwest Baptist University has designated this award in memory of former academic dean, Orien B. Hendrex. This is the second time that Dr. Brewer has been selected as the Orien B. Hendrex Distinguished Teacher.
Dr. Brewer has been part of the University faculty since 1982 and occupies the rank of full professor. He teaches numberous psychology classes and served as chair of the department of behavioral sciences from 1994-1998.
His clinical experience began at Quad-County Counseling Center in Princeton, Illinois. In 1986, he began an association at the Family Institute of the Ozarks, on a part-time basis and still maintains a part-time, private practice in Bolivar. Dr. Brewer is a licensed clinical psychologist health services provider, and is a member of the American Psychological Association.
He received an undergraduate degree in religious studies and psychology at Southwest Baptist College in 1978, a master of clinical psychology from Wheaton Graduate School in 1981, and a doctorate of clinical psychology in 1991 from Forest Institute of Professional Psychology.
Dr. Brewer has two married daughters, Kristin and Kara, and a son, the late Evan Brewer. Also he has three grandchildren: Hadley, Brady, and Maxwell. He and his wife Julie, reside in Bolivar and attend First Baptist Church.