Alan Harre | |
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17th President of Valparaiso University | |
In office 1988–2008 | |
Preceded by | Robert V. Schnabel |
Succeeded by | Mark A. Heckler |
6th President of Concordia University, St. Paul | |
In office 1984–1988 | |
Preceded by | Gerhardt W. Hyatt |
Succeeded by | John F. Johnson |
Acting President of Concordia University, Nebraska | |
In office ? – 1983 or 1984 | |
Personal details | |
Born | June 12, 1940 Nashville, Illinois, United States |
Died | August 20, 2020 Seward, Nebraska, United States |
Spouse | Diane Mack |
Children | 3 |
Residence(s) | Valparaiso, Nebraska, United States |
Occupation(s) | pastor, professor, university administrator and president |
Academic background | |
Education | Concordia Senior College, Concordia Seminary, Presbyterian School of Christian Education |
Alma mater | Wayne State University (PhD) |
Thesis | Need to Achieve and Commitment as Factors in the Withdrawal of Males from the Lutheran Teaching Ministry (1976) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Concordia College Valparaiso University |
Alan F. Harre (1940–2020) was the seventeenth president of Valparaiso University, a post he held for 20 years from 1988 to 2008.[1] He was succeeded by Elizabethtown College alumnus, Mark A. Heckler. Harre was designated President Emeritus of Valparaiso University on July 1, 2008, and was voted one of Valparaiso University's 150 most influential people in history by 2009.[2] He was also the sixth president of Concordia University, St. Paul, from 1984 to 1988.[3]