President
Philip Ryken
President from 2010 to Present
Dr. Philip Graham Ryken '88 was appointed Wheaton’s eighth president in 2010. His strategic priorities for the College have included promoting liberal arts excellence, globalizing a Wheaton education, deepening ethnic diversity, strengthening spiritual formation, and enhancing music and the arts. Previously Dr. Ryken served as the senior minister of Philadelphia's historic Tenth Presbyterian Church. An English literature and philosophy major during his undergraduate years at Wheaton, Dr. Ryken earned a master of divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary and a doctorate in historical theology from Oxford University. He has published more than 50 books and Bible commentaries and lives next door to campus with his wife Lisa (Maxwell) Ryken, who also graduated from Wheaton in 1988. The Rykens have five children, including two Wheaton alums and two current Wheaton students, and two granddaughters.
Billy Graham Scholarship Program Coordinator
April McLaughlin
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