03 Oct Anthony Blair Installed as President of Evangelical Seminary

Anthony Blair was officially installed as president of Evangelical Seminary on Friday, September 30, 2011. Bishop Phil Whipple attended the ceremony to represent the United Brethren church.

Blair is an ordained United Brethren minister and former UB pastor and conference superintendent. Blair served the past 14 years at Eastern University in St. David’s, Pa., as a professor and dean of the graduate school.

Evangelical Seminary, located in Myerstown, Pa., was founded in 1953 and now has about 150 students from a couple dozen denominations. There are 12 fulltime or part-time professors. Blair graduated from Evangelical Seminary in 1991, and has been an adjunct instructor there the past two years.

In addition, Blair holds degrees from Messiah College (1986), Huntington University (1989), Shippensburg University (1993), Temple University (1999), and George Fox Evangelical Seminary (2005).

Two other UBs have served as president of Evangelical Seminary: Bishop Emeritus Ray Seilhamer and Kirby Keller.