Mendenhall concluding Columbia Seminary presidency

Returning to Texas in summer of 2009

by Genie Hambrick
Director of Communications
Columbia Theological Seminary

DECATUR, GA — Laura Mendenhall announced Oct. 8 that she will conclude her tenure as president of Columbia Theological Seminary at the end of the 2008-2009 academic year.

Mendenhall and her husband, Chuck, will return next summer to Texas to be with family. She also intends to continue her ministry as senior philanthropy advisor for the Texas Presbyterian Foundation, an agency for the Synod of the Sun.

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