Larry Führer

Learning . . .

"If we teach you to learn and give you an appetite for learning we will have succeeded in our work together." Milo A. Rediger, Ph. D.

    These word of the academic dean of my Taylor University, my undergraduate college, fell on my ears as a freshman our first-week of orientation, but ring in my ears decades later. He succeed. These skills laid a foundation for appropriating an extraordinary array of material. Mastery of concepts demanded by a fast-changing world. Mastery required to meet a broad range of interests and client needs.

    Graduate education has helped me build upon that liberal arts foundation, too. Intellectual development, advanced research skills, self-directed learning, up-dating concepts and practitioner methods, and a broadened and deepened knowledge have been constructed naturally on that foundation.

    To all of those contributing to my journey as a "learner," "THANKS!"

CAPELLA UNIVERSITY
School of Education and Professional Development

Admitted for Ph.D. studies

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

MS in Business, 1966*

Emphasis in Marketing & Institutional Development    *Course work & thesis completed Research: Private Liberal Arts College Development (North Central Association, 66) (Findings led to creation of Presidential Services in 1966.)  

BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY

MBA - 1988 Emphasis in finance and management information systems

MSMOB - candidate Concentrations in organizational development & management and organizational behavior

Certificate in Quality

Research & writing: The President's Role in a World of Change.  

WHEATON COLLEGE GRADUATE SCHOOL

MA in Mission & Intercultural Studies, candidate Comprehensive exam passed with "distinction" 1997

Research & writing: Re-awakening America's Spiritual Values: Preparing the Church for Mission in the 21^st Century  

TAYLOR UNIVERSITY

AB - 1961

Majors in Biblical Literature, Psychology & Philosophy Comprehensive exam in Biblical Literature