SOUTH CAROLINA
Greenville News
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Stephen Pettit replaces Dr. Stephen Jones, who for health reasons announced in December he would end his nine-year tenure as BJU’s president at the end of commencement May 9.
On Saturday, longtime evangelist Stephen D. Pettit Sr. will take over the helm of Bob Jones University, the first president of the institution not named Jones.
Pettit replaces Dr. Stephen Jones, who will end his nine-year tenure Friday due to health reasons.
Jones announced his resignation in December, which in turn launched a months-long search for a new president to lead the school founded in 1927 by Bob Jones Sr.
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