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Larry Parsons Appointed Interim Dean
released: 03/17/04

Professor Larry R. Parsons has been appointed interim dean of West Virginia Wesleyan College by President William R. Haden, effective May 3, 2004. Dr. Parsons, the long-time chorale director and professor of music, has taught at Wesleyan since 1968. Dr. Jeff Abernathy, current dean of the College, accepted a dean position at Augustana College in Illinois and will leave at the end of the school year.

“I am very grateful to Larry for accepting this important leadership role for our College,” stated President Haden. “He brings a distinguished history of faculty leadership and personal institutional commitment to this position.”

Dr. Parsons, a resident of Bridgeport, received his A. B. degree in music from Kansas Wesleyan University. His graduate degrees are from Southern Methodist University (M.S.M.) and the University of Illinois (D.M.A.). Dr. Parsons directs Wesleyan’s Concert Chorale, Concentus Vocum, and Wesleyan Singers. He is also the founder and director of the Larry Parsons Chorale, a group of singers from across West Virginia who perform a mixture of traditional and contemporary literature. In 2000, Dr. Parsons was awarded outstanding performing artist in West Virginia through the Governor’s Awards for Culture, History, and the Arts.

Currently, Dr. Parsons is faculty chair and chair of the College’s Strategic Planning Steering Committee. During this interim deanship, he will continue to lead the College’s strategic planning effort and direct the Concert Chorale.