Donald Roland Rickards

Background

Rickards, Donald Roland was born on April 21, 1929 in West Grove, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry Wesley and Claudia Gertrude (Satterethwaite) Rickards.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Columbia International University, 1959. Master of Arts, Hartford Seminary Foundation, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, Hartford Seminary Foundation, 1969.

Doctor of Ministry, Faith Evangelical Lutheran Seminary, Tacoma, 1981. Doctor Missions, Trinity Evangelical Division School, Deerfield, Illinois, 1988.

Career

Change agent, Arab World Ministries, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, 1950-1965; professor, Washington Bible College, 1967-1969; professor, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1969-1971; professor, Fort Wayne (Indiana) Bible College, 1976-1979; professor, Liberty U., Lynchburg, Virginia, 1981-1989; pastor, Fort Worth Bible Church, 1971-1976; pastor, Grace Baptist Church, Bakersfield, California, 1979-1981; president, Nashville Bible College, since 1990.

Achievements

• Donald Roland Rickards has been listed as a noteworthy college president by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • A religious topical index to the Qur'an

Membership

Member Evangelical Theological Society, Evangelical Professors Missions.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, model airplanes, languages.

Connections

Married Margaret L. Van Horn. Children: Donald Roland Junior, Valerie Catheryn Easton, Linda Claude Brown, Dale Harry.

Father:

Harry Wesley Rickards

Mother:

Claudia Gertrude (Satterethwaite) Rickards

Spouse:

Margaret L. Van Horn

child:

Dale Harry Rickards

child:

Valerie Catheryn Easton Rickards

child:

Linda Claude Brown Rickards

child:

Donald Roland Junior Rickards