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March 30, 1998

Southwestern (Texas) CEO named to III Presidents Council

Roy B. Shilling Jr., president of Southwestern University (Texas), recently was appointed to the Division III Presidents Council.

He represents Region 4, and his term expires in January 2002.

Shilling, who has been the president of Southwestern since 1981, previously served for 12 years as president of Hendrix College. He has served as a member of the board of directors of the American Council on Education, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the National Council of Independent Colleges and Universities, the Association of Texas Colleges and Universities, and the National Association of Schools and Colleges of the United Methodist Church.

From 1984 to 1989, Shilling served as president of the University Senate of the United Methodist Church, the accrediting body for the more than 120 United Methodist Church-related colleges and universities across the country.

In 1986, Shilling was selected as one of the 100 most effective college presidents in the nation in a study conducted by Bowling Green State University. In the summer of 1989, Shilling was one of 13 U.S. university presidents to participate in the second Japan-United States Conference of University Presidents, held in Kyoto, Japan.

In 1991, Shilling was selected as one of 12 U.S. university presidents to participate in "The Role of Higher Education in Building U.S.-European Relations," sponsored by the United States Information Agency and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Shilling also has taken a leadership role in promoting central Texas' economic development. In 1988, he was the recipient of the Owen Sherrill Economic Development Award, presented by the Georgetown, Texas, Chamber of Commerce.

A native of Enville, Oklahoma, Shilling earned a bachelor of arts degree from McMurray University, a bachelor of divinity degree from Southern Methodist University, and a master's degree in education and doctorate from Indiana University, Bloomington.