The president of Southeastern University in Florida was chosen today to succeed former Oral Roberts University leader Richard Roberts.
Jan. 28, 2009 -- The president of a once-struggling Assemblies of God college that tripled its enrollment and transitioned to become a university has been named the new president of Oral Roberts University (ORU).
Mark Rutland, Ph.D., who also helped a Florida megachurch reduce a $15 million debt, will succeed former President Richard Roberts, who resigned in November 2007. The announcement was made Wednesday at a press conference in Tulsa, Okla., after a vote by the ORU Board of Trustees. Rutland is currently president of Southeastern University, an AG college in Lakeland, Fla.
