A. Duane Litfin was the seventh president

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 of Wheaton College

Wheaton College (Illinois)

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 in Wheaton, Illinois. He holds an undergraduate degree

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 in biblical studies

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 and a master's degree

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 in theology

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 from Philadelphia Biblical University

Philadelphia Biblical University

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 (then Philadelphia College of Bible). His two doctoral degrees are from Purdue University

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 (Ph.D., Communication) and Oxford

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 (D.Phil., New Testament). He came to Wheaton

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 in 1993 from Memphis, Tennessee

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, where he served the First Evangelical Church as senior pastor. Prior to that, he was an associate professor at the Dallas Theological Seminary

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. He also taught at Purdue University

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 and Indiana University

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. Litfin has authored several books and his writings have appeared in numerous journals and periodicals. His most recent book, Conceiving the Christian College (Eerdman's, 2004), explores his vision of the unique character of Christian institutions of higher education

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. A recent article in the SoMA review discusses some of the more controversial aspects of his tenure at Wheaton.

Litfin was succeeded as president on July 1, 2010 by Philip Ryken

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, formerly senior pastor of the Tenth Presbyterian Church

Tenth Presbyterian Church

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 in Philadelphia and 1988 graduate of Wheaton.