Patrick Ferry
Patrick Ferry | |
|---|---|
| Presses o Concordia University Wisconsin | |
| In office August 1997 – Juin 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | St. John's College (B.A.) Concordia Theological Seminary (M.Div) University o Colorado Boulder (Ph.D) |
Patrick Ferry is a American academic administrator an pastor, servin as the presses o Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon, Wisconsin, fae 1997 til 2021. The heicher education institution is affiliatit wi the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS).
Life[eedit | eedit soorce]
Ferry stairtit his career at Concordia University Wisconsin as a professor o history in 1991. Afore that, he wis a educator fur the University o Wyoming i the 1990-1991 schuil yeir, the Lutheran campus pastor fur the University o Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming, fae 1989 til 1991, an the assistant pastor at Wheat Ridge Lutheran Church in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, fae 1987 til 1989.[1]
In July 2019, Ferry published his first buik, a memoir cried Faith in the Freshman: A Story of Hopes and Hoops that recoonts his formative years, includin his time as a basketbaw player at whit he describit as ane o the worst college basketbaw programs in the kintra, St. John's College in Winfield, Kansas, the airly formation o his Lutheran faith; an his experiences as a father an college presses.[2]
In September 2020, Ferry tauked anent his intent tae retire fae Concordia University Wisconsin in Juin 2021 efter 30 yeirs o service, 24 as presses.[3]
Education[eedit | eedit soorce]
Ferry earned his bachelor's degree fae St. John's College in Winfield, Kansas in 1981. He completit his M.Div. fae Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1987. He earned a Ph.D. in European history fae the University of Colorado Boulder in 1996 anaw.[1]
Ferry is the boord chairman fur the Lutheran Educational Conference of North America an a memmer o the boord o the Wisconsin Foondation o Independent Colleges. Ferry alsae is the vice presses o the Concordia University System o the LCMS.[1]
Religious affiliation[eedit | eedit soorce]
Ferry is a memmer o Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a pastor o the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.[1]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ a b c d "Biography for President Dr Patrick Ferry". Concordia University Wisconsin. Archived frae the original on 2 Mairch 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
- ↑ Staff, BizTimes (18 November 2009). "Concordia president authors memoir". BizTimes - Milwaukee Business News (in Inglis). Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ↑ Magness, Cheryl (2 November 2020). "Ferry to retire as CUW president". Reporter (in Inglis). Retrieved 5 December 2020.