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SIX YEARS OF
SUCCESSFUL
TEAMWORK
Written by Janet Ragland
Photography by Randy Mallory
AT LETU
Being a university president is a lot like
being a sports team captain. Team captains
are members of the team with significant
responsibility for strategy, leadership and
ensuring teamwork that gets results. Team captains
interact with game officials regarding rules, just
like university presidents interact with legislators
and other governing associations. They represent
the “team” wherever they go. Dr. Dale A. Lunsford
became LeTourneau University’s “team captain” in
2007 when he assumed the presidency. Here are
some of the leadership milestones of the first six
years of LETU’s sixth president.
In his first year as president
of LeTourneau University, Dr.
Dale A. Lunsford lived in an
apartment on campus during
the week, before his family
moved to Longview. He ate
meals with students in the old
Skipper Dining Hall, attended
YellowJacket athletic events, and
worshipped with students
on Sunday evenings at
praise services in Speer
Chapel.
That first year, he also traveled the United
States to meet alumni, trustees and friends of the
university. He listened intently to many stories
about the university founder, R.G. LeTourneau.
During those visits, he reinforced the steadfastness
of the university’s Christ-centered commitment and
assured that the school would continue to grow
in a way consistent with its heritage of faith and
ingenuity.
“Those first-year experiences gave me a clear
vision of our unique calling,” Lunsford said. “They
helped me see a God already at work at LETU, and
helped me set a course for seeking His will for things
to come.”
Claiming Every Workplace
in Every Nation as our
mission field, LeTourneau
University graduates are
professionals of ingenuity
and Christ-like character
who see life’s work as a holy
calling with eternal impact.
18 | NOW Magazine | Spring 2013