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During its February 26th meeting in Clinton, Presbyterian College welcomed three new members to its Board of Trustees and approved four faculty promotions.
Robert H. Hopkins of Rock Hill, Richard P. Spencer of Atlanta, Ga., and Reverend Dr. Arlene Wallace Gordon of Sunrise, Fl. accepted invitations to join the college’s trustees.
Hopkins is a 1964 graduate of PC and the retired district administrator for U.S. Rep. John Spratt. In 1976, he earned a hospital management certificate from Duke University and received his MBA from Winthrop University in 1980.
A member of Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church in Rock Hill, he has served on PC’s Board of Visitors, and the local boards of the Red Cross, the Two County Speech and Hearing Center, and the Chamber of Commerce. Hopkins and his wife, Cathie, have three children – sons Robert Christopher Hopkins and Jonathan Frederick Hopkins and a daughter, Catherine E. Garside, who graduated from PC in 1996.
Spencer graduated from Princeton University and the University of Georgia School of Law. He is the president of R.P. Spencer Co. of Atlanta and was an attorney with Finley and Buckley, P.C. He also served as director of operations for Gleneagles Capital Management LLC.
A member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Spencer has served on PC’s Board of Visitors and is the son of former PC trustee J. Kyle Spencer. He and his wife, Mary, have three children.
Gordon received her M. Div. from San Francisco Theological Seminary and her D. Min. from United Theological Seminary. She has served as executive presbyter of the Presbytery of Tropical Florida since 2003.
Since 2001, Gordon has served in the H. Eugene Farlough, Jr. Chair on the board at San Francisco Theological Seminary and, since 2000, has served on the Board of the East Jefferson Business Association in Detroit. Gordon has one son, Donny Edward.
During the same meeting, the Board of Trustees approved four faculty promotions.
Dr. Roy B. Campbell has been granted lifetime tenure and promoted to the rank of associate professor of history. Campbell earned his B.A. from Wingate University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Florida State University. He has been teaching at PC since 2002.
Dr. Ronnie A. Davis has been granted lifetime tenure. Davis earned his B.M. from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas and his M.M. and D.M.A. from the University of Kansas. He came to PC in 2002 from Oklahoma Baptist University, where he was associate professor of organ.
Dr. Troy R. Nash has been granted lifetime tenure and promoted to the rank of associate professor of biology. Nash earned his B.S. from Lander University and his Ph.D. from Clemson University. He has been teaching at PC since 2002.
Dr. James J. Thompson has been granted lifetime tenure and
promoted to the rank of associate professor of religion and philosophy. Thompson earned his A.B. from Princeton University, M.Div. at Union Theological Seminary, and Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. He has been teaching at PC since 2003.
posted by Stacy Dyer '96
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