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Former SBU President Dr. Charles Chaney passes away

Former Southwest Baptist University President Dr. Charles Leonard Chaney.Former Southwest Baptist University President Dr. Charles Leonard Chaney passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2016.

“It was a pleasure for me to get to know Dr. Chaney when I came to SBU,” said SBU President Dr. C. Pat Taylor. “He had a sincere commitment to Christian higher education and served our University well during the 1980s. He always was encouraging to me and very supportive of our mission at SBU.”

Chaney became Dean of the Courts Redford School of Theology at SBU in February 1981. In July 1983, he became Vice President for Academic and Religious Affairs and continued to fill the role of Dean. He was elected President of the University in 1983 and served until 1986. He then returned to the position of Dean of the Courts Redford School of Theology, in which he served until 1988.

In lieu of flowers, the Chaney family requests memorials be made to Southwest Baptist University noting either The Marie Chaney Endowed Library Fund (and/or) The Charles & Fannie Chaney Scholarship Fund. Memorials should be made payable to Southwest Baptist University with the chosen fund noted in the memo line.