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Grand Canyon University, an institution owned and operated by the Baptist General Convention of Arizona, was approved by the Glendale session in 1946. Trustees were selected by the convention's executive board in March 1947, and the charter was received August 1, 1949. The first graduating class (1951) had six members. At the end of the first seven years the graduates numbered 115. It became fully accredited in 1952. The first president was Willis J. RAY. There were 123 enrolled the first year. In the summer of 1951, the college was moved to a permanent 160-acre campus at 3300 West Camelback in Phoenix. Leroy SMITH was then the president. Presidents of the college have been Willis J. RAY, Leroy SMITH, B. O. HERRING, Glen EASON and Loyed R. SIMMONS.
CALLIN, Robert T.
DAVIS, Martha M.
HUNTER, Elsie Marie
MARKS, Charles Fred
McDANIEL, Jack Edward
McFATRIDGE, James R.
MABEN, Clarice
NASH, Jack
WICKER, Maurice
ASH, Ralph W.
BAROODY, Wilson G.
BRUMBACK, Everett Warren
DAVIS, John H.
DAVIS, Robert Bruce
DICKEY, John E.
FLINT, Everett
GARDNER, Ralph L.
HELM, Donald D.
HUFFMAN, Norma P.
LAWSON, Glenn D.
LOCKHART, Charles T.
McCALL, Druie
McCORD, Denia Bell
PATE, Billie H.
POTTS, Charles T.
SEXTON, Jack D.
TENHARKEL, Esther
THOMSON, Richard J.
BAKER, Alice B.
BARBER, James L.
BARNES, Barbara Hawkins
BARNES, E. Richard
BURTON, Gloria Crowe
BUTLER, Lee N.
EVENSON, E. Darrell
EVENSON, R. Kenneth
FORREST, Daniel B.
GORRAIZ, Pete
GREER, Albert L.
GREER, Joseph B.
HARTLEY, Ledema Joan
HEISTAND, Vera Read
MAXON, Daniel S.
ROBINETT, Clarence Lee
QUAY, Robert M.
VAUGHN, Helen L.
VENABLE, Dick R.
WEAVER, Lucile
BARNES, Paul G.
BEASLEY, Robert D.
BOWEN, Ouida Sanders
BRADFORD, Morris L.
BRANCH, Eugene Charles
CARLISLE, Lana Butler
DAVIS, Billie Jean
ELKINS, Marion V.
FORREST, Nelson
GREEN, Harold L.
KELLEY, Norman C.
MERCADO, Richard L.
MILLER, Lou Ellen
NIX, Hollis Warren
PUFFER, Max D.
REED, Irvin Monroe
SCOTT, Don F.
SEAMSTER, Alvin M.
WARREN, Ross G.
WILLIAMS, Donna P.
BAKER, Jess H.
BAKER, Lavern E.
BENSON, Mary Katherine
DAVIS, Rex
DeVINNEY, Loreta Jeanette
FOSS, Wendell
GORE, Polly Ann
GORRAIZ, Bertha S.
HALL, Carnell N.
HAWKINS, Stanley Fred
HAYS, Robert E.
HILL, Edward P.
HILL, Robert N.
HUNTER, David Harold
JENKINS, Robert L.
JOHNSON, Lillian G.
LOWRY, William R.
MARTY, Helen M.
MASSART, Richard
MENEFEE, Jerry W.
NEIL, Jessa Martin
NELSON, Vivian A.
PATON, Flora Mae
PLAIN, Hazel Marie
RAMES, Sylvia V.
RISING, Jessie
RISING, Melvin
SHEWELL, William
SMITH, Owen R.
THOMPSON, Velma R.
TRUITT, Darrell K.
VAUGHN, Rose E.
WATSON, Richard A.
WHITE, Eleanor P.
WILSON, Ralph A.
ANTHONY, H. Brice
BAKER, Charles L.
BERG, Daniel George
BREEDLOVE, James Edwin
CARTER, James E.
CONATSER, Laura Jean
CROW, Bonnie Dale
DEAL, Melba Jo
DEAN, Patsy Jo
DEEMS, Larry O.
EICHLER, Donna L.
EVENSON, Mary Ann V.
GODFREY, Norman
GRAY, Sylvia Rester
GREEN, Gordon D.
GREEN, O. Joe
HAGAR, Elizabeth M.
HEARD, Bill G.
HOWERTON, John F.
HUGHES, Ray D.
JENNINGS, Lester E.
KOPKE, Jerald R.
LEVERETT, Roy C.
LONSBERRY, Clarence S.
MELVIN, Myra L.
MENDEZ, Frank
NEIL, Lois
NUNN, John B.
PHILLIPS, Robert N.
PIERCE, Lyle L.
PLACE, Ouida E.
RAMOS, Gilbert P.
RONSICK, O. Alvin
SANCHEZ, Richard C.
SHEATS, Kay B.
SMITH, Janice G.
STACKHOUSE, Charles R.
SUTTON, Billy Frank
SWEANY, Thomas M.
TCHERNESHOFF, Julia S.
TROW, William G.
WILLIAMS, Robert Lee
WORTEN, Marjorie
ARMSTRONG, Patricia
BAKER, Juanita M.
BAYNE, Annie Ruth
CARTER, Virginia J.
CLARK, Emma Jean
CLARK, Harold H.
COBB, Eloise P.
COOK, Lawrence
COPLEY, Patrick O.
CROW, Jerry Lee
DEAN, Howard S.
ELLIOTT, Ruth E.
ESTES, Robert B.
ESTILL, Wendall H.
FOLLMAR, A. Bert
FOWLKES, Melvin P.
GADDIS, Gilbert
GARRET, Grover A.
GORE, James T.
HARRIS, Annie F.
HEISTAND, Charles A.
JENKINS, Clarence R.
LAIR, Harry E.
OLIVER, Charles W.
OLIVER, Sandra D.
MALONEY, Thomas V.
MISENER, Milford G.
PARK, Frank D.
PEPPING, Leo
PETTIT, Robert
PHELPS, Clinton R.
PULLIAM, Frederick Cameron
SCHMALFUSS, Robert L.
SCHMIDT, Roger L.
SMITH, Harvey
SORENSEN, Lewis
STAPLES, Elaine M.
STEPHENS, Shirley A.
STEPHENS, William H.
TIMMINS, Carl E.
TRANTINA, Waverly
WALLENMEYER, Lee
WELCH, Dollie I.
WOODRUFF, Ross L.
Aldridge, Janet Allen
Alwine, Nevin S
Baker, Douglas Arnold
Baker, Patsy Reid
Bearden, George H
Belcher, Louis M
Belz, Frederick
Bigelow, James Wheeler
Bisbee, Charles M.
Boomer, Delma L.
Brazeal, Charles R
Conatser, David E
Conway, Hubert H
Dean, Thomas C
Deines, Robert C
Dickenson, Ben
Erzinger, Evalena B.
Eshelman, Edna Lois
Fagerlie, Ole Emery
Fields, Charles F
Heath, Donald G.
Henderson, Chandos O.
Howell, Banion C
Jackson, Priscilla
Jennings, Richard
Keener, Carrie E
Kolb, Geraldine C
Laird, Robert A
Lay, Diana F.
Lee, Charles E
Martin, Mildred
May, Otis Wilbur
McClanahan, Lee E.
Ramey, Glenn
Reid, James A.
Robinson, Howard H
Schireman, Jafra Mitzi
Shin, Jewel Kum Chong
Shugart, Edward S
Sorensen, Carole H
Traw, Katherine Ann
Tuggle, Caroline C
Tuggle, Robert E
Weingartner, Lucille P
Woodward, Charles E
AYCOCK, Ann B
BARRY, Chester O
BAYNE, Richard R
BOSTON, Marcia A
CANTRELL, Marie Gassler
CARRIER, Billie Kathryn
CHANDLER, Martha Jane S
CLONTS, Barbara
DAY, Ira F
DOWNEY, Robert E
ELDER, Ellamae T.
ENGLISH, W Ralph
EVANS, Willa Mae
FORD, Wyman David
GODSOE, Dorothy
GRAY, George W
HAMAN, Bennett P
HEATH, Cleta J.
HEGLER, William M.
HILL, Finetta P
HOLCOMB, Carolyn Sue
HOLDEN, Eddie Lee
HONAKER, Kitty T
HORTON, Troy
HUMPHREY, Sarah
HUNKE, Naomi
JUSTIN, Shirley
KINDRED, Charles F
LIVINGSTON, Fred J
LOWRY, Edward L
MAGRUDER, Marriana P
MARSHALL, Ina Marie
McCUTCHEON, Luther W
McLAUGHLIN, Patty L
McLEOD, Peter
MELLING, Elvo Dean
MEREDITH, Fannie Mae
MYERS, Joyce J.
NEWLON, Betty Joe
NEWVILLE, James H
OSBORNE, Mary S
PATTERSON, Gene
PEACE, Roy E
PROCK, Betty Jane
ROBERTS, Jacquelyn
SCHMIDT, Kaisa
SCHOPPENHORST, Carolyn
SHEETS, Margaret Diane
SMITH, Faye Ethelyn
STIVERSON Sharon K.
SWEENEY, John Arthur
TREZISE, Rose M
TUMLINSON, Thomas E
TURNER, Byron D.
UELTZEN, Dorothy
WALKER, Robert L
WILLIAMS, David E
WOOD, Ruth M
ZODY, Ruth
Adams, Charles Byron
Adels, Henry
Babcock, Vivian Mallette
Barker, Harry A.
Beatty, Leola M.
Beckman, Martha E.
Belcher, Donn B.
Billings, Marjorie J.
Boyd, George
Brewster, Adelaide T.
Brinkerhoff, Cordelia
Brown, Donald Lee
Buehring, Albert
Callin, Nancy G.
Chord, Paul
Crowl, Chester Wm
Daniel, Paula Jean
Edwards, Janette D.
Erzinger, E. Leroy
Eshelman, Donald Lee
Felsinger, Marthann Booker
Fields, Velma Jean
Fleming, Leonard W.
Glenn, C. Leon
Jackson, Patsy C
Kinzie, Charles F.
Kuffel, John W.
Leach, Judy M.
Lindsey, Jerry J.
Magruder, Ray
Martin, Gene C.
Mattson, Gary L.
McClure, Martha J.
McKee, C. Wayne
Melling, Louis Duane
Miller, Thurman G.
Moore, Willie Janice
Nix, Dewitt C.
Ramirez, Carmelo H.
Ruiz, Tommie Jean
Sandlin, Calvin G.
Smith, Mary Helen
Stephens, Archie L.
Stunell, Violet H.
Sullivan, Travis G.
Thomas, Joan Carol
Tipton, Lee O.
Tolliver, Robert
Walker, Marilyn H.
Wang, Johnny
White, William L
Wight, Muriel Hixon
Williams, David M.
Wootan, Wilford L.
Allum, Winnifred F.
Anaya, Alice Contreras
Arnolt, Fred M.
Aycock, Aleta Cooper
Aycock, Lloyd Dale
Baker, Alberta Scott
Baker, Leona F. Wood
Baker, Wilma Alberta
Beatie, Margaret G.
Belcher, William D.
Bland, Donna Lee
Bradley, Elizabeth
Buckner, Shirley
Buell, John
Coleman, Gerald P.
Colfer, Bette B.
Corkran, Van Frederick
Corne, Joseph A.
Daniel, Dennis O.
Duval, William H.
Embry, Thomas L.
Fitch, Dixie G.
Forster, Tabb
Frank, Nancy F.
Frank, Noel
George, Margaret J.
Goodson, Gail Hartman
Goodson, James L.
Grosbach, Gloria J.
Heard, James E.
Herring, Judy O.
Hudspeth, Billy John
Ingle, Frances June
Key, Merlyn L.
Kirk, L. Dean
Knaphus, Margaret O.
Lacey, Floyd E.
Lamb, Foster D.
Ledbetter, Joann Lee
Lee, Alice G.
Lepinski, Patty L.
Limperis, Leon
Lindsey, Benny
Lopez, Pete S.
Martin, Eulah D.
Martin, Harry G.
McKinney, Gola F.
Meck, Verlyne H.
Mendle, John J.
Miller, Everrett
Misenheimer, Ralph
Newhall, Celia C.
Perkins, Robert Thomas
Phillips, William S.
Pierce, Margaret M.
Pinkley, Evelyn B.
Pollard, Barbara R.
Pruett, Wayne L.
Rae, Diana Joan
Rains, Calvin H.
Rex, Sara C.
Richey, Myrna J.
Robinson, Harold E.
Ropp, Ethel Nadine
Ruble, Alva W.
Rummage, Robert G.
Sanders, Richard L.
Schwartz, Larry R.
Seiple, Joyce E.
Spooner, Linda Ann
Thorp, Patricia L.
Tidmore, Maynard Earl
Tipton, John C.
Ueltzen, John
Walters, R. Bruce
Wang, Nancy Hu
Warren, Harry R.
Weaver, Mahlon C.
Whatley, George A.
Wick, Jack Carl
Williams, Bill R.
Williams, George M.
Wood, Alvin
Adams, R. Leroy
Anaya, Jose A.
Anfinson, Dave
Armstrong, Myrtle Wilson
Bartell, John F.
Beatie, Richard L.
Bell, Barbara M.
Betsinger, Elda R.
Brooks, Viola Barnes
Buchik, Mary Elsie
Clayton, Bennie H.
Cobb, Barbara A.
Conner, Gerald A.
Conner, Jerry Jones
Corbin, Everett T.
Corbin, Mabel I.
Dibert, William H.
Evans, Sherrene Kay
Gage, Mary Lee
Gericke, Carol Zumwalt-Dian
Goletz, Albert F.
Green, James Allen
Hazelton, Kathernine E.
Hendricks, Melba C.
Hull, Keith D.
Kantola, Peggy R.
Knight, Stephan G.
Lambeth, James P.
Lambros, James J.
Lawson, Jeanene P.
Lowe, Vicki Marie
Manton, Jeanne P.
Martinez, Angela Michelle
McRevy, Mona J.
Mercer, Walter W.
Miller, Carolyn
Miller, Patricia Greer
Mulkey, John M.
Nix, Paul W.
Owens, Melvin Daniel
Owens, Melvin J.
Payne, Jeannine M.
Pomeroy, Irene K.
Pope, Harold Winfred
Ramer, Gary
Roberts, Mary Z.
Roberts, Xenia H.
Roseman, Carol L.
Rummage, Patricia
Sambrano, Ella M. Sisco
Sartain, Bennaneal M.
Stanley, Elna Floreen
Thomas, Alma Faye
Traber, Mary Florence
Watkins, Virgil T.
Watson, Barbara A.
Wood, Willard Lynn
Woods, Gary Don
Woods, Karen Kay
Bartell, Sherrie Bohrer
Bell, Cooper Cornelius
Blaisdell, Ethel M.
Bothwell, Don E.
Braughton, Wilbron Lyle
Brewer, Gerry Wayne
Bush, Patricia Ann
Campbell, Donald L.
Carlton, Maxine Rita
Cobb, Alfred J.
Crowe, Jerry Dean
Davenport, Howard B.
Dawson, Barbara Roden
Fawcett, Ann R.
Fetter, Robert D.
Forbes, Lorraine
Fox, Luther Doyle
Godsoe, Dorothy
Green, Charles S.
Harmon, ELdon L.
Harvey, Richard J.
Helmhout, Mary Owens
Herman, Phyllis J.
Hildebrand, Yvonne E.
Hinman, Belva L.
Hoehne, Marilou H.
Hoggan, Inella Mae
Hull, Daniel L.
Inglish, G. Ross
Johanson, Ross H.
Kearley, Gary M.
King, Eloise L.
Ledbetter, Lawrence Wayne
Lewis, Shirley S.
Lusher, Karen Louise
Martinez, Jorge Alberto
Mattson, Peggy
McCarthy, Karen Sue
McCloud, Lois B.
McLeroy, L. James
McTavish, Clifford J.
Mercer, Norma C.
Moreland, Evelyn L.
Neely, Charles A.
Oakes, Robert W.
Painter, Helen M.
Paulus, Bruce B.
Phillips, C. Harry
Phillips, Donald L.
Quass, David E.
Ragland, Fred A.
Reed, Robert L.
Rhea, Norma Sue
Rheaume, Ronald G.
Richards, Pamela B.
Riley, Augustus B.
Riley, Walter R.
Ross, Rosa Mae
Sanville, Theodore N.
Seymour, Robert Lee
Shipley, Lillian L.
Simmons, Paul
Smith, Lois Jean
Smith, Winona Junelle
Stearman, Helen I.
Toriyama, Yoshie T.
Vinck, Vicki C.
Walker, Emilie Ann
White, Lloyd D.
Wickham, Janet W.
Wiley, Genevieve L.
Wingersky, Florence Joy
Wright, Virginia Lou
CUNNINGHAM, Julie Schmidt
GERLACH, Faye S.
JACKSON, Jerry L.
LAMB, M. Jean
MANDERSON, Walter C.
MIERKEY, Mary Helen
MIERKEY, Patrick D.
OMURA, Takashi
REDDING, Mary L.
SCHILLING, George J.
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