132 met both the Dean and the Head of the Philosophy Department. Although, he was offered a teaching position in the Philosophy Department, Dr . Pauley ,,.,_,._ -....,;;;- --- - -- -- declined) to accept a posi t f on at th~~--Universi ty of Rhode Island. On a third trip to California when Dr. Pauley and his family were on vacation, he met Dr . Chase President of Biola. After returning to Rhode Island, Dr. Pauley received a letter from Dr . Hanunond, concerning the pos- sibility of his coming to Biola. The Pauleys, sensing God's leading him to serve in a Christian School, began to pray about the matter . In December, 1975, he was contacted by a "Search Com.rnittee," which was looking for a replacement of Dean as Dr . Crawford was advancing to a new position with the School . After an interview in January, 1976, Dr. Pauley was approved for the position and began his duties as the eighth Dean of Biola in the fall sem- ester of 1976. He resigned from the position in the summer of 1978, and returned to the Boaton area . Dr. Masakazu Iwata, the ninth Dean of Biola and the last to hold the title of Dean of Biola College, was born in October 1919, in San Fernando, California, to Japanese immigrant parents. His father, who cru~e to America in 1898 and sent for his mother, a "picture bride," who arrived in 1910, worked in a large nursery in the San Fernando Valley. Later he had his own business raising vegetables and melons for the local market and for over- seas shipment. His mother was converted from Buddhism, and his father later becru~e a Christian through the witness of a Japanese Christian evangelist . Consequently, their five children attended Sunday School of an Oriental Missionary Society founded by Japanese Christians . Dr. Iwata attributes any success he has had as a Christian and as an educator to the three-fold influence of his parents. In the spiritual realm DR. MASAKAZU IWATA
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