Torch, Summer 2001

Summer 2001 / TORCH 15 D r. Paul Dixon has been the president of Cedarville College (now Cedarville University) since 1978. He maintains an active preaching schedule as well as providing leadership to Cedarville’s faculty, staff, and students. A graduate of Tennessee Temple University and Temple Baptist Theological Seminary, Dixon spent 14 years as an evangelist before becoming president. He has earned an Ed.D. from the University of Cincinnati and received honorary degrees from Tennessee Temple and Liberty University. Dixon and his wife, Pat, have been married for 41 years. They have a son, Scott, (who is an assistant professor of Bible at Cedarville) and five grandchildren.