John A. Roush
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Higher education
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and currently the president of Centre College
Centre College
Centre College is a private liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky, USA, a community of approximately 16,000 in Boyle County south of Lexington, KY. Centre is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution. Centre was founded by Presbyterian leaders, with whom it maintains a loose...
. An Ohio native, Roush graduated from Kettering Fairmont High School and holds a bachelor's degree in English from Ohio University
Ohio University
Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus...
's Honors College (where he graduated summa cum laude) and a Master's and PhD from Miami University
Miami University
Miami University is a coeducational public research university located in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the 10th oldest public university in the United States and the second oldest university in Ohio, founded four years after Ohio University. In its 2012 edition, U.S...
. Dr. Roush began his career at Miami University as an assistant football coach, later to become Executive Assistant to the President in 1976. After Miami University, Roush joined the University of Richmond
University of Richmond
The University of Richmond is a selective, private, nonsectarian, liberal arts university located on the border of the city of Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia. The University of Richmond is a primarily undergraduate, residential university with approximately 4,000 undergraduate and graduate...
in 1982. John Roush became Centre College's 20th President in 1998. He is married to wife Susie.
Accomplishments at Centre College
Since Roush became president in 1998, Centre CollegeCentre College
Centre College is a private liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky, USA, a community of approximately 16,000 in Boyle County south of Lexington, KY. Centre is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution. Centre was founded by Presbyterian leaders, with whom it maintains a loose...
has: established the Brown Fellows Program, the Bonner Scholars Program, and the Centre Scholars Program; added 15 new endowed professorships; renovated several buildings on campus, including the Campus Center, Sutcliffe Hall, Stuart Hall, Ruby Cheek House (2009), the Norton Center for the Arts (2009), and Young Hall (2010); added several new buildings, including Cowan (2008), Pearl Hall (2008), and the Student Center (2009); completed several successful campaigns, including A More Perfect Centre, which raised nearly $170 million - some $50 million over the original goal; increased the enrollment significantly. http://www.centre.edu/web/glance/president/roushbio.html