Administration@Campbell

Dr. Jerry M. Wallace
President

Dr. Jerry M Wallace

Dr. Jerry M. Wallace was named the fourth president of Campbell University in May 2003 following the retirement of longtime president Dr. Norman Adrian Wiggins. Wallace, who was vice president for Academic Affairs and provost from 1984-2001, served as assistant to the president in 2001 and was the James R. Coates Professor of Religion and Society in the Campbell University Divinity School during the 2002-2003 school year.

A native of Rockingham, North Carolina, Wallace earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Government from East Carolina University. An ordained Baptist minister, Wallace received the Bachelor of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest. He also pursued graduate studies in Sociology and Higher Education Administration at North Carolina State University where he earned the Master of Science and Doctor of Education degrees.

Wallace joined the Campbell faculty in 1970 as an adjunct professor of Sociology. He assumed full-time employment at the University in 1975 as chairman of the Department of Religion and Philosophy and Tyner Professor of Religion. He was appointed dean of the College and director of Graduate Studies in 1981 and vice president for Academic Affairs and provost in 1984.

As the James R. Coates Professor of Religion and Sociology, Wallace taught undergraduate and graduate courses in religion, education, and sociology.