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Biola's former Los Angeles building: under construction (top) and complete in 1916 (bottom): It was demolished in 1988, after damage in a 1987 earthquake. [2]Biola University was founded in 1908 as the Bible Institute of Los Angeles by Lyman Stewart, president of the Union Oil Company of California; [3] Thomas C. Horton, a Presbyterian minister and author; and Augustus B. Prichard, also a ...
On May 20, 2010, Biola officials held a ground breaking ceremony for Phase One and it was officially dedicated on October 14, 2011. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Phase Two will demolish Myers Hall, which is nearly 50 years old, and replace it with a state-of-the-art 57,798-square-foot (5,369.6 m 2 ) building, providing 17 classrooms, 53 academic offices, a ...
Barry H. Corey (born November 28, 1961) is the eighth and current president of Biola University, located in Southern California. [1] Corey became Biola's president on July 1, 2007, succeeding Clyde Cook , who retired after serving as Biola's president for 25 years.
Cook served on the Biola board of trustees from 1980 to 1982 when he was invited by a unanimous vote of the board to assume the seventh presidency of Biola University on June 1, 1982, succeeding outgoing president J. Richard Chase. Cook served for seven years on the board of directors of the Christian College Coalition, and one year as its chair.
J. Richard Chase (1930–2010) was the sixth president of Biola University in California from 1970 to 1982 and the sixth president of Wheaton College in Illinois from 1982 to 1993. Early life and education
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Lyman Stewart (July 22, 1840 – September 28, 1923) was a U.S. businessman and co-founder of Union Oil Company of California.Stewart was also a significant Christian philanthropist and cofounder of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (now known as Biola University).
Rich Buhler (July 17, 1946 – May 7, 2012) was an American evangelical Christian radio talk show host, writer, and pastor. He held honorary doctorates from Biola University and Trinity College of Graduate Studies.