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I the Library, Summer Session, Media Center, and others. In June, 1984, the responsibilities of the office were broadened beyond the realm of academic affairs including co-curricular affairs as we1l"- as-student affairs. Because of t~e wide range of responsibilities of the office, the title was changed to that of Provost, which in American Universities means a high adrninistrati\ office in charge of stric.tly educational activities. Dr. Fischer is the first to hold this new title. For some time Biola had considered improving the Collegiate Program, developed in the late 1930's, which offered the bachelor degree in Theology; Christian Education, and Music. In 1944 the name was changed to The Bible Theological Seminary of Los Angeles, differentiating between it and the three-year General Course. The program was later strengthened with the ad- dition of a fifth year as a requirement for the bachelor degree. The final step in improving the program was the adoption of a three-year graduate course, with graduation from a four-year college as a prerequisite for ad- mission. These plans were approved in 1951, and the first students were admitted to the new program in the fall semester of 1952. Thus, Talbot Theological Seminary, born some forty-four years after the Bible Institute of Los Angeles began •. The new school required a new position, Dean of the Seminary, for two reasons: the duties of the Dean of the College were already too numerous for one man; and the Seminary was to be on a graduate level, with its em- phasis in the areas of Theology, Biblical Studies, and related subjects. Although the College and Seminary operate under one Board of Directors, in some ways they are two different entities~ Nevertheless, in many ways they complement each other, and share faculties. B. THE DEANS OF TALBOT THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
DR. CHARLES LEE FEINBERG
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