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Pat Robertson

chancellor university president broadcasting executive

Pat Robertson, religious broadcasting executive, university president and chancellor. Ordained minister Southern Baptist Convention, 1961-1987. Candidate for Republican nomination for President United States, 1988. Member National Religous Broadcasters (board directors 1973—2006), Kentucky Colonels.

Background

Robertson, Pat was born on March 22, 1930 in Lexington, Virginia, United States. Son of A. Willis and Gladys (Churchill) Robertson.

Education

Bachelor, Washington and Lee University, 1950. Juris Doctor, Yale University, New Haven, 1955. Master of Divinity, New York Theological Seminary, 1959.

Doctor of Theology (honorary), Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1983.

Career

Founder, Chief Executive Officer, chairman Christian Broadcasting Network, Virginia Beach, Virginia, since 1960. Host 700 Club, since 1968. Founder, chancellor, president Regent University (formerly Christian Broadcasting Network University), since 1977.

Founder, chairman Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Inc., since 1978. Founder, president The Christian Coalition, since 1989. Founder, president, chairman The American Center for Law and Justice, since 1990.

Founder, chairman International Family Entertainment, Inc., 1990-1997, Asia Pacific Media Corporation, since 1993. Chairman Starguide Digital Networks, Inc., since 1995, Porchlight Entertainment, Inc., since 1995. Board directors United Virginia Bank, Norfolk.

Member President Task Force on Victims of Crime, Washington, 1982. Served in United States Marine Corps, 1950-1952.

Achievements

  • Ordained minister Southern Baptist Convention, 1961-1987.

Works

All works

Membership

Candidate for Republican nomination for President United States, 1988. Member National Religous Broadcasters (board directors 1973—2006), Kentucky Colonels.

Connections

Married Adelia Elmer. Children: Timothy, Elizabeth, Gordon, Annual.

Father:
A. Willis Robertson

Mother:
Gladys (Churchill) Robertson

Spouse:
Adelia Elmer

child:
Elizabeth Robertson

child:
Annual Robertson

child:
Timothy Robertson

child:
Gordon Robertson