Th
e
S
love
r
-
Sou
th
wes
tern
Lectur
es
hips
This
l
ec
ture
shi
p
se
ries
represents
the
joining
of
an
endowment
given
by
the
German
Mission
Confe
re
nce
to
S
outhwes
tern
Universi
ty
and
an
endowment
left
by
the
late
Reverend
Geor
ge
S.
S
lover
,
D
D
.
Ea
ch
of
thes
e
endowments
was
given
originally
to
establish
annual
lectureships.
S
ince
1978,
the
y
have
bee
n
combined
to
pr
ovide
one
lectureship
a
year
in
the
area
of
values
and
s
ocia
l
que
sti
ons.
HIST
OR
Y
AND
GOVERNANCE
S
outhw
es
ter
n
U
nive
rs
ity
is
the
descendant
of
four
of
the
earli
e
st
institutions
of
higher
learning
in
T
exa
s.
T
he
fore
runner
of
the
Univers
ity
,
Ruters
vi
lle
College,
was
chartered
by
the
Republic
of
T
e
xa
s
in
1840,
making
it
the
fir
st
college
in
what
was
to
become
the
state
of
T
exas.
T
he
thr
e
e
othe
r
c
olle
ge
s
founded
by
pioneer
Methodists
and
united
in
one
central
college
in
Ge
or
ge
town
in
1873
w
e
re
W
e
sl
eyan
College,
char
tered
in
1844;
McKenzie
College
,
1848;
an
d
Soule
Unive
rs
ity
,
1856.
When
the
five
M
e
thodi
st
Conferences
of
T
exas
located
the
central
institution
in
G
e
or
ge
tow
n
it
w
a
s
known
as
T
exas
University
.
In
1875,
that
name
wa
s
ceded
to
the
state
of
T
exa
s
a
nd
the
pre
sent
name,
S
outhwes
tern
University
,
adopted.
S
outhw
es
ter
n
U
nive
rs
ity
is
governed
by
a
50-member
Boar
d
of
T
rustees
consisting
of
repr
es
enta
tive
s,
bot
h
lay
and
cler
gy
,
fr
om
the
s
ix
current
Annual
Conferences
of
the
United
M
ethodi
st
C
hurc
h
in
T
e
xas
,
trus
tees
elected
at
l
ar
ge,
and
two
recent
graduates
of
the
University
,
ele
cte
d
by
st
udents
.
T
he
bis
hops
in
char
ge
of
the
Annual
Conferences
of
the
United
Methodist
Churc
h
in
T
e
xa
s,
the
pr
es
ident
and
presi
dent-
el
ect
of
the
Ass
o
cia
tion
of
Southwe
s
tern
Unive
rs
ity
A
lumni,
and
the
pres
ident
of
the
University
ar
e
ex
-of
ficio
members.
The
truste
es
fr
om
t
he
indi
vidual
Conferences
are
nominated
by
the
University
and
elected
by
the
respective
Annua
l
Conf
er
enc
e.
T
r
ustees
at
l
a
r
ge
are
elected
by
the
Board
of
T
rustees
of
Southwestern
and
confir
me
d
by
the
A
nnual
Conference
in
which
e
ach
resides.
Elected
trustees
,
other
than
student
tr
ust
ee
s,
s
er
ve
te
rm
s
of
four
years
.
Student
trustees
serve
ter
ms
of
two
years.
S
outhw
es
ter
n
ha
s
had
14
presidents
and
three
interim
presidents
since
it
was
esta
blished
in
Ge
or
ge
tow
n.
The
y
were:
Fr
a
ncis
Asbur
y
Mood,
1873–1884;
John
W
esley
Heidt,
1885–1889;
J
ohn
How
e
ll
M
cL
ea
n
,
1889–1897;
Robert
S
tewart
Hyer
,
1898–191
1;
Charles
M
cT
yeire
Bishop,
191
1–1922;
P
aul
W
h
i
tfield
Horn,
1922–1924;
Jame
s
Samuel
Barcus,
1924–1928;
King
V
ivion,
1928–1935;
J
ohn
W
illiam
Ber
gin,
1935–1942;
John
Nelson
Russell
Score,
1942–1949;
W
illiam
Car
ringt
on
Finc
h,
1949–1961;
Lawrence
Dur
wood
Fleming,
1961–1981;
Roy
B
.
Shilling,
Jr
.,
1981–2000;
a
nd
Ja
ke
B.
S
chr
um,
2000–present.
F
a
culty
mem
bers
John
Howell
M
cLean,
John
R.
Al
l
en,
R
andol
ph
W
ar
d
T
ins
ley
and
W
illiam
B.
Jones
each
ser
ved
as
interim
presidents
during
change
s
i
n
admi
ni
strations.
THE
CAMPUS
S
outhw
es
ter
n
U
nive
rs
ity’
s
campus
has
been
called
one
of
T
ex
as’
most
beautiful
and
best-
pla
nne
d
coll
ege
fa
cilities
.
Locat
ed
in
a
residential
area
on
the
eastern
edge
of
Geor
getown,
the
mor
e
t
han
30
buil
dings
situated
on
700
acres
create
a
beautiful
and
conducive
environment
for
li
ving
and
l
ea
rning.
T
h
e
A
d
m
i
n
i
s
t
r
a
t
i
o
n
B
u
i
l
d
i
n
g
,
c
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m
p
l
e
t
e
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n
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w
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s
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t
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r
a
n
t
s
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r
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m
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l
l
e
n
F
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u
n
d
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t
i
o
n
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f
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o
u
s
t
o
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l
o
w
i
n
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t
h
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f
i
c
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c
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c
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m
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c
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,
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t
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a
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n
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a
n
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s
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,
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d
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n
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.
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