DR. TERRY CROSS

Dean, School of Religion
Professor of Systematic Theology

Dr. Terry Cross joined Lee’s faculty in 1997 and became Dean of the School of Religion in the summer of 2002. Prior to his work at Lee, Cross was a pastor for twelve years and a high school teacher of Latin and history. He has been listed in Who's Who Among American Teachers and was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award at Lee in May 2000 and the Excellence in Scholarship Award in May 2001.

Cross graduated from Lee in 1978, earning the first of several degrees. He later received the MA in Church History and the MDiv in Theology from Ashland Theological Seminary (Ohio). From Ashland, he moved to Princeton Theological Seminary, where he received the ThM in Doctrinal Theology and the PhD in Systematic Theology (1991).

Cross and his wife, Linda, have one daughter, Tara. Aside from golf, tennis, and racquetball, he enjoys genealogy and Latin.