Speaker Information

Dr. Daniel R. Chamberlain - President (Houghton College)

    BA, Upland College, 1953; MA, California State College at Los Angeles, 1957; EdD, University of Southern California, 1967.

    "President Daniel Chamberlain, who was inaugurated in 1976, was asked to deliver the Founders’ Day address (2001) and was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters degree during the ceremony.

    (Dr.) Chamberlain has chaired more than 20 college evaluation teams, authored numerous articles for educational and religious periodicals, and serves on the boards of many higher education councils. In 1986 he received the Corning Glass Works Higher Education Leadership Award. He is also listed in several Who’s Who anthologies. In 1987 Chamberlain received the Distinguished Alumnus award from Messiah College (Pa.), where he served as dean from 1968-76."

 (Excerpt taken from a Houghton College web site news release, click here for the complete text of the release.)

Dr. Richard K. Eckley - Associate Professor of Christian Ministries (Houghton College)

    BS, United Wesleyan College, 1980; MDiv, Asbury Theological Seminary, 1983; ThM, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1985; PhD, Duquesne University, 1998. (Additional biographical information can be found on the Houghton College Religion and Philosophy web site.)

Dr. Carlton D. Fisher - Professor of Philosophy; Associate Academic Dean (Houghton College)

    BA, Marion College, 1974; MA, Western Kentucky University, 1978; MA, PhD, University of Notre Dame, 1980, 1984. (Additional biographical information can be found on the Houghton College Religion and Philosophy web site.)

Dr. Lee Haines - General Superintendent Emeritus, The Wesleyan Church

Rev. Maxine Haines

    She (Rev. Maxine Haines) was ordained in 1950 side by side with her husband Lee M. Haines. They served as co-pastors twenty years in four congregations.

    Lee taught in the Religion Department at IWU from 1970-1980. Maxine earned her master's degree in 1984, producing a book, based on her research project, This Ministry We Share, which dealt both with the lay spouses of ministers and with women who were credentialed ministers. She continued to minister and travel with her husband as he served as General Secretary of Education and the Ministry (1980-88) and then General Superintendent of the Wesleyan Church (1988-2000). Their co-ministry at IWU and in denominational leadership led to their reputation as supporters of women in ministry. They authored articles in The Wesleyan Advocate and lessons in adult Sunday school curriculum. Maxine was invited to conventions and gatherings to share her encouragement and insights with women in ministry. Lee, with the full support of the other General Superintendents, encouraged denominational officers and district superintendents to employ women in the ministry and addressed the concern at the leadership summit at Branson, Missouri in 1998, and again in the Pastoral Letter to the General Conference 2000. (Selection taken from the web site of The Wesleyan Church.)

Dr. David W. Holdren - General Superintendent, The Wesleyan Church

    Dr. Holdren, the newest General Superintendent of The Wesleyan Church and Houghton Baccalaureate speaker of 2000, recently returned to the Houghton College board in his new capacity. (Additional biographical information can be found on the Wesleyan Church web site.)

Dr. Kristina LaCelle-Peterson - Assistant Professor of Religion (Houghton College)

    BA, Houghton College, 1982; MDiv, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, 1987; MPhil, PhD, Drew University Graduate School, 1992, 2001. (Additional biographical information can be found on the Houghton College Religion and Philosophy web site.)

Dr. Jo Anne Lyon - Executive Director of World Hope International; Houghton College Board of Trustees

    Dr. Lyon, Executive Director and founder of World Hope International, Inc., serves on the Board of Evangelicals for Social Action and the Houghton College Board of Trustees. She is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and holds a Master’s degree from University of Missouri at Kansas City and honorary doctorates from United Wesleyan College and Southern Wesleyan University. The author of many articles, Dr. Lyon has also traveled worldwide offering education, training, and hope for many underdeveloped countries.

Dr. Timothy Nichols - Director of Career Services (Houghton College)

    BA, Houghton College, 1981; MS, SUNY College at Buffalo, 1983; PhD, University of Buffalo, 1997. (Additional biographical information can be found on the Houghton College Career Services web site.)

Dr. Carl Schultz - Professor of Old Testament (Houghton College)

    BRE, Malone College, 1952; BA, Houghton College, 1953; MA, Wheaton College, 1954; PhD, Brandeis University, 1973. (Additional biographical information can be found on the Houghton College Religion and Philosophy web site.)

Dr. Paul W. Shea - Director of Off-campus Programs; Assistant Professor of Religion (Houghton College)

    BA, Houghton College, 1969; MDiv, DMiss, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1973 , 1994. (Additional biographical information can be found on the Houghton College Religion and Philosophy web site.)

Dr. Douglas M. Strong - Professor of History of Christianity (Wesley Theological Seminary)

    Dr. Strong is a Houghton College alumnus, and currently a professor at Wesley Seminary. Dr. Strong's area of expertise is American Church History, with specialties in the abolition movement and the western New York region.

Dr. John R. Tyson - Professor of Theology (Houghton College)

    AB, Grove City College, 1974; MDiv, Asbury Theological Seminary, 1977; MPhil, PhD, The Graduate School Drew University, 1980, 1983. (Additional biographical information can be found on the Houghton College Religion and Philosophy web site.)

Dr. J. Michael Walters - Professor of Christian Ministries; Preacher in Residence; Director of Ministerial Education (Houghton College)

    BA, Circleville Bible College, 1972; BA, Houghton College, 1986; MA, Asbury Theological Seminary, 1974; MA, St. Mary's University, 1980; DMin, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1991. (Additional biographical information can be found on the Houghton College Religion and Philosophy web site.)