CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The board of trustees of Grand View College, Des Moines, Iowa, elected Kent L. Henning, 41, of Kenosha, Wis., president Nov. 19. Grand View College is a four-year liberal arts institution, one of 28 colleges and universities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Henning will assume his new responsibility in January 2000.
Henning has been vice president for college relations at Carthage College in Kenosha since 1991. Carthage is also affiliated with the ELCA.
He previously served as assistant vice president for advancement at George Mason University, Fairfax, Va., from 1990-1991; as director of development and director of annual giving and alumni relations at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, Durham, N.C., from 1986 to 1990; and he was assistant director and later, director, of the Wartburg Design for Tomorrow, Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, from 1980 to 1986.
"Kent Henning was chosen for his strength in fund raising and college development and advancement, for his belief in the importance and value of colleges such as Grand View, and for his enthusiasm," said=20 Charles S. Johnson, executive vice president, DuPont, Wilmington, Del.,=20 and chair of the Grand View Board of Trustees.
Henning said he was drawn to Grand View for a number of reasons.
"Throughout the search process my respect for Grand View College grew, and grew significantly," he said. "I met with scores of individuals who are very talented and dedicated to the college and its future. It will truly be an honor to serve one of our Lutheran colleges as its president."
"I look forward to joining the Grand View community as well as to becoming part of the Des Moines community," Henning added. "I fully expect to work hard, spend long days on campus, travel countless miles off campus and make many new friends. I have every reason to believe Grand View's future is bright."
Henning, a native of McGregor, Iowa, has a master of business administration degree from Duke University and a bachelor of arts degree from Wartburg College. Henning and his wife Carole have two daughters, Audrey, 9, and Julia, 6.
Henning succeeds Thomas W. Thomsen, who resigned last spring to become president of Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn. Robert Vogel, retired president of Wartburg College, has served as interim president=20 since May.
***Sandra F. Maurer is director of college relations at Grand View
College.
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