125th Anniversary Lectures

The lecture is being presented by George Fox’s Office of the President and College of Business, and is the first installment of the university’s Reiten Lecture on Leadership Development. Nair guides Cambia Health’s Innovation Force as it inspires ideas from a variety of sources, selecting execution-focused concepts and starting them on the path to new businesses or concepts. He joined the company in 2004 as executive vice president and chief marketing executive accountable for product development, brand management, consumer-directed health systems/e-business, business intelligence and corporate performance management/planning for all four company health plans. Nair was so captivated by computer science that he left his homeland, Singapore, to study at the University of Oregon, where he earned his BS and MS degrees in the field of computer and information science. In the 35 years since, Nair has served in various executive leadership roles at Intel, Mentor Graphics and as president of two startups. His experiences have taught him that the basis for all transformation is personal. Nair is known to some for his marketing mind, reflected by the acknowledgment by the Marketing Leadership Council of the Corporate Executive Board as a 2009 Marketing Thought Leader. Others know him as author of three books in cost and performance management. His most recent book is Strategic Business Transformation.

Kreeft is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and author of more than 50 books. His most notable titles include Christianity for Modern Pagans, Fundamentals of the Faith, Making Sense out of Suffering, and The Philosophy of Tolkien.

Bill Cahoy is former dean of Saint John's Theological Seminary and director of the St. John's Lilly Community Fellowship Program. Cahoy presided over the project’s conception and development, and this is the premier event in the university’s second year with The Saint John’s Bible.

Dr. Jerry Root is an associate professor of evangelism and leadership at Wheaton College and teaches in the Christian Formation and Ministry Department. He has been studying C.S. Lewis since 1970. He has lectured on Lewis at 59 colleges and universities in nine countries and has preached or lectured in 24 countries

George Fox University: Quaker Beginnings as Pacific College is the fall installment of Ankeny’s three-part lecture series on the history of George Fox. He will discuss the original vision for the university, its founders and the college through the 1940s, focusing on Levi Pennington’s important presidency. Ankeny has been a professor for 15 years in teacher and administrator education programs. He has taught at Westminster College, George Fox and now Pacific University.