Background
Nease, Stephen Wesley was born on January 15, 1925 in Everett, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Floyd William and Madeline Anzelette (Nostrand) Nease.
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Stephen Wesley Nease
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, Brown U., 1946; Th.B., Eastern Nazarene College, 1947; Doctor of Divinity, Eastern Nazarene College, 1966; Master of Education, Boston University, 1956; postgraduate, Harvard Division School, 1946-1948.
Career
Ordained to ministry, Church of the Nazarene, 1951; pastor, East Side Church of the Nazarene, Newark, Ohio., 1948-1950; dean men, instructor religion, Eastern Nazarene College, Wollaston, Massachusetts, 1950-1953; director development, Eastern Nazarene College, Wollaston, Massachusetts, 1953-1966; president emeritus, Eastern Nazarene College, Wollaston, Massachusetts founding president, Mount Vernon (Ohio) Nazarene College, 1966-1972; president emeritus, Mount Vernon (Ohio) Nazarene College president, Bethany (Oklahoma) Nazarene College, 1973-1976; president, Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missoury, 1976-1980; president, Eastern Nazarene College, Wollaston, Massachusetts, 1981-1989; education commissioner, Church of the Nazarene, 1989-1994; executive director, Capital and Endowment Development, Mount Vernon, Ohio., since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Connections
Married Dorothy Christine Hardy, June 17, 1946. Children: Linda Carol Nease Scott, Floyd William II, Stephen Wesley Junior, David Wayne, Melissa Jo Nease Wallace.
