Fuller Theological Seminary

===Presidents===
Fuller has had six presidents over its over 70-year history. The founding president, [[Harold Ockenga]], remained in Boston and served as president ''in absentia'' from 1947 to 1954. He described his role to Charles Fuller as recruiting faculty and setting the curriculum, which did not require his active presence in Pasadena.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Awakening the evangelical mind : an intellectual history of the neo-evangelical movement|last=Strachan, Owen.|isbn=9780310520795|location=Grand Rapids, Michigan|oclc=907181035|year = 2015}}</ref> His successor and protege [[Edward John Carnell]], a Baptist theologian and apologist, took over the post in 1954 but resigned in 1959 under failing health.<ref name=":0" /> Ockenga resumed his ''in absentia'' leadership until 35-year-old [[David Allan Hubbard|David Allen Hubbard]], a Baptist Old Testament scholar and member of Fuller's third entering class, became Fuller's third president in 1963.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2017|title=COLLECTION 0150: David Allan Hubbard: Presidential Papers, 1947–1996|url=https://digitalcommons.fuller.edu/findingaids/3|journal=Fuller Seminary Archives and Special Collections}}</ref> Hubbard served for 30 years and led the seminary through both substantial growth and significant controversy.

Hubbard was succeeded by Reformed philosopher and theologian [[Richard Mouw]], who served as president of Fuller from 1993 to 2013. In 2006, a ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' article labeled him as "one of the nation's leading evangelicals".<ref name="Kang">{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/2006/dec/02/local/me-beliefs2 | title=Aiming to Clarify the Meaning of a Loaded Word |author=Kang, K. Connie| date=December 2, 2006| work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | access-date=November 20, 2009 }}</ref> In July 2013, [[Mark Labberton]] became the Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair of Fuller. Labberton, a [[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian (USA)]] pastor, had previously served Fuller as director of the Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute of Preaching since 2009. He retains his position as Lloyd John Ogilvie Associate Professor of Preaching alongside the presidency.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Labberton Faculty Profile|url=http://www.fuller.edu/faculty/mlabberton/|publisher=Fuller Theological Seminary|access-date=July 9, 2013}}</ref> Mouw remained at Fuller as Professor of Faith and Public Life until 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard J. Mouw Faculty Profile|url=http://www.fuller.edu/faculty/rmouw/|publisher=Fuller Theological Seminary|access-date=July 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127024059/http://www.fuller.edu/faculty/rmouw/|archive-date=November 27, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kucinski|first=Matt|date=June 4, 2020|title=Richard Mouw comes home to Calvin|url=https://calvin.edu/news/archive/richard-mouw-comes-home-to-calvin|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Calvin University|language=en}}</ref> In October 2021, Labberton announced his retirement.<ref>{{Cite web|last=NEWSWIRE)|first=Fuller Seminary (GLOBE|title=Fuller Seminary Begins Presidential Transition|url=https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/news/fuller-seminary-begins-presidential-transition/article_9903c0cc-d005-51c7-947b-05205ecb5e95.html|access-date=2021-10-23|website=The Bakersfield Californian|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Fuller Seminary Begins Presidential Transition|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fuller-seminary-begins-presidential-transition-213000723.html|access-date=2021-10-23|website=finance.yahoo.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

David Goatley became the sixth president in January 2023.<ref name="fuller.edu">{{cite web | url=https://www.fuller.edu/posts/fuller-seminary-names-david-emmanuel-goatley-as-sixth-president/ | title=Fuller Seminary Names David Emmanuel Goatley as Sixth President &#124; Fuller Seminary | date=12 September 2022 }}</ref> He is the first African American to occupy the role. David is a missions executive and former administrative executive at [[Duke University]].<ref name="fuller.edu"/>