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Dr. Silas McCormick selected as
Eighth President at Lincoln Christian University
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 [October 11, 2019]
The Lincoln Christian University Board of Trustees is pleased to
announce the unanimous selection of Dr. Silas L. McCormick as the
8th President of the University. He will take office on June 1,
2020, and will succeed Dr.Don Green, who has served as President
since 2014.
McCormick has served the University as Executive Vice President
since June 2018. Prior to that time, he served as Vice President of
Enrollment and Marketing as well as twice serving as the
University’s Chief Academic Officer.
McCormick has nearly 20 years of experience in higher education
across a wide variety of institutions and organizations including
the University of Illinois, The Ohio State University, Southern
Illinois University, Millikin University, and the Illinois Board of
Higher Education. He is also a licensed attorney and an ordained
minister.
McCormick received his Bachelor of Arts (Christian Education) from
Lincoln Christian University; his Master of Education and Doctor of
Philosophy (Higher Education Administration) from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his Juris Doctor (Law) from The
Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law.
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He has also completed coursework at Lincoln Christian Seminary as well as
Harding School of Theology in Memphis, Tennessee.
A succession team made up of Trustees, Faculty, and Staff, was drawn not only to
McCormick’s experience, but also his passion for its future. “I am often struck”
McCormick says, “by what seems to be growing skepticism outside the church and
growing superficiality within. The next generation of Christian leaders must not
only be biblically and theologically grounded, but also committed to justice,
kindness, and humble service. I can’t think of anyone better positioned than LCU
to provide this kind of holistic education, nor a time it was any more needed
than today.”
McCormick, his wife Anna, and their two children live in Sherman, Illinois, and
attend Lakeside Christian Church in Springfield. To learn more visit
www.lincolnchristian.edu.
[Cindy Popejoy
Executive Assistant to the President
Lincoln Christian University]
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