Background
Shana, David Charles Le was born on November 15, 1932 in Lucknow, India. Son of Newman John and Gwendolyn Beatrice (White) Le Shana. came to the United States, 1949. Naturalized, 1958.
(Two groups of Friends exist in California today as a resu...)
Two groups of Friends exist in California today as a result of the Great Awakening in Quakerism, that period of revivalism during the latter third of the nineteenth century which radically transformed the society of Friends. The one, Pacific Yearly Meeting, continues in the heritage of joel Bean's reaction against the "new techniques" and the "new Doctrines" of revivalism. (from inside front cover)
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Shana, David Charles Le was born on November 15, 1932 in Lucknow, India. Son of Newman John and Gwendolyn Beatrice (White) Le Shana. came to the United States, 1949. Naturalized, 1958.
AB, Taylor University, Upland, Indiana, 1953. Master of Arts in Education, Ball State University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, University Southern California, 1967.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), George Fox College, 1982. Doctor of Education (honorary), Taylor University, 1996. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Western Evangelical Seminary, 1996.
Ordained to ministry Friends Church, 1953. Pastor Ypsilanti (Michigan) Friends Church, 1953-1954. Director public relations, chaplain Taylor University, 1954-1961.
Pastor 1st Friends Church, Long Beach, California, 1961-1967. Member staff George Fox College, Newberg, Oregon, from 1967, acting president, 1967—1968, executive vice president, 1968—1969, president, 1969-1982, president emeritus, since 1996. President Seattle Pacific University, 1982-1991, president emeritus, since 1991.
President Western Evangelical Seminary, Portland, Oregon, 1992-1996, president emeritus, since 1996. Minister Pacific Northwest Conference of Free Methodist Church. Board directors Council Indiana Colleges, 1971-1980, chairman, 1976-1978.
Chairman commission higher education National Association Evangelicals, 1973-1975. Chairman Oregon Indiana Colleges Association, 1971-1972, 81-82. Member Southern California Radio and television Commission, 1963-1967.
Board directors Christian College Consortium, chairman, 1984-1986. Member fact-finding group to Bangladesh, 1972. Member advisory board Oriental Missionary Society.Internat.
Board advisory Latin American Mission, 1984-2002, Friends Center, Azusa Pacific University, since 1986. Member capital campaign committee Taylor University, 1995-2000. Board directors Northwest Christian Community Foundation, since 1999, Westlake Home Owners Association, KWI Foundation, 1984-2000.
(Two groups of Friends exist in California today as a resu...)
Board directors Oregon Indiana College Foundation, 1969-1982, 92-96, George Fox College Foundation, 1971-1982, Herbert Hoover Foundation, Oregon, 1975-1982, Indiana Colleges of Washington, 1982-1991, Washington Friends of Higher Education, 1982-1991, Latin American Mission, 2002-2006, Significant Living, 2002-2006. Board associates Pacific Science Center, 1989-1992. Member Washington Gives Leadership Council, 1989-1992, member education commission States Task Force on State Policy and Indiana Higher Education, 1986-1989.
Trustee CRISTA Ministries, 1982-1988, 90-96, board directors, since 1982. Chairman board Christian College Coalition, 1991. Trustee Azusa Pacific University, 2003^.
Member National Association Evangs. (board directors 1980-1999, chairman theology committee 1992-1994).
Married Rebecca Ann Swander, June 8, 1951. Children: Deborah Lynn, James David, Catherine Ann, Christine Joy.