Stephen Alan Ray

Background

Ray, Stephen Alan was born on August 26, 1956 in Oklahoma City. Son of Stephen Harold Ray and Dorothea Hodges.

Education

Bachelor summa cum laude, St. Thomas Seminary, 1978. Message Telecommunications Service, Harvard Divinity School, 1980. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1983.

Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1986. Juris Doctor, University California, Hastings, 1990.

Career

Associate Richards, Watson & Gershon, Los Angeles, 1990—1993. Private practice, 1994—1995. Staff counsel Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995—1996.

Director academy affairs Harvard Law School, 1996—1998, assistant dean academy affairs, 1998—2001, associate dean acad, affairs, 2001—2004, lecturer law, 2004. Vice provost academy affairs University New Hampshire, Durham, 2004—2006, senior vice provost, 2006—2008, affiliate associate professor of political science, philosophy and justice studies, 2004—2008. President Elmhurst College, Illinois, since 2008.

Lectr.theology Boston College, 1993-1995. Lecturer religion Harvard Divinity School, 1995. Advisory board Harvard Native American Progressive, trustee, Stoneridge Children's Montessori School, Beverly, Master of Arts, 2007-2008.

Achievements

• Stephen Alan Ray has been listed as a noteworthy college president by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome action committee, Boston, 1994-1996. Attorney volunteer Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome project Los Angeles, 1991-1993. Native American Advisory Committee on Repatriation, Peabody Museum, 1999-2002.

Member Cherokee Nation, Phi Beta Kappa, Law and Society Association.

Connections

Father:

Stephen Harold Ray

Mother:

Dorothea Hodges