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For Immediate Release
RE: Lacey appointed to serve on NAICU board
Lacey appointed to serve on NAICU board
January 4, 2008
Dr. R. Alton Lacey, Missouri Baptist University president, has been selected to serve on the board of directors for the largest association of private colleges and universities in America.
Dr. Alton Lacey
The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities is the leading national association representing private higher education, serving as the unified voice of nearly 1,000 independent college and university presidents, and specialized, state, and regional association executives.
“Dr. Alton Lacey was selected by his peers because of his expertise in the field, proven leadership, and commitment to America’s college students,” said NAICU President David L. Warren. “He assumes his responsibilities at a time of great challenge and transformation for American higher education.”
Members of NAICU’s board of directors set the association’s agenda on federal higher education policy; actively encourage support of NAICU priorities and initiatives; and oversee the association’s financial administration. Lacey will serve a three-year term.
NAICU member institutions enroll nine of every 10 students attending a private college or university in the United States. NAICU membership will ratify Lacey on Feb. 6 in Washington, DC.
About Dr. Lacey: Dr. Alton Lacey has been President of Missouri Baptist University since 1995. He has earned degrees in chemical engineering (B.S.-Louisiana Tech University), religious education (M.A.-Southwestern Seminary) and psychology (Ph.D. - SWBTS) and has done postgraduate work at the Harvard Institute for Educational Management.
Lacey is past President of Independent Colleges and Universities of Missouri, (ICUM) and current member and past Chair of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities. He is a member of the Committee on Transfer and Articulation for the Coordinating Board of Higher Education in Missouri and also serves on the Boards of the Rossman School and the United Way of Greater St. Louis.
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