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Alan Harre

American academic administrator (1940–2020)

Alan Harre

17th President of Valparaiso University
In office 1988–2008
Preceded by	Robert V. Schnabel
Succeeded by	Mark A. Heckler
6th President of Concordia University, St. Paul
In office 1984–1988
Preceded by	Gerhardt W. Hyatt
Succeeded by	John F. Johnson
Acting President of Concordia University, Nebraska
In office ? – 1983 or 1984

Personal details
Born	June 12, 1940 Nashville, Illinois, United States
Died	August 20, 2020 Seward, Nebraska, United States
Spouse	Diane Mack
Children	3
Residence(s)	Valparaiso, Nebraska, United States

Occupation(s)	pastor, professor, university administrator and president

Academic background
Education	Concordia Senior College, Concordia Seminary, Presbyterian School of Christian Education
Alma mater	Wayne State University (PhD)
Thesis	Need to Achieve and Commitment as Factors in the Withdrawal of Males from the Lutheran Teaching Ministry (1976)
Academic work
Institutions	Concordia College Valparaiso University

Alan F. Harre (1940–2020) was the seventeenth president of Valparaiso University, a post he held for 20 years from 1988 to 2008.^[1] He was succeeded by Elizabethtown College alumnus, Mark A. Heckler. Harre was designated President Emeritus of Valparaiso University on July 1, 2008, and was voted one of Valparaiso University's 150 most influential people in history by 2009.^[2] He was also the sixth president of Concordia University, St. Paul, from 1984 to 1988.^[3]

Early life and education

Alan Frederick Harre was born on June 12, 1940, in Nashville, Illinois, to Adolph and Hilda Harre. He attended St. Paul's College in Concordia, Missouri and graduated in 1960. He received his bachelor's of arts degree in 1962 from Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He received his master of divinity degree in 1966 from Concordia Seminary in Clayton, Missouri. In 1967, he received a master's of arts degree from the Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia.^[4] He then attended Wayne State University.

Works

Thesis

Harre, Alan F. (1976). Need to Achieve and Commitment as Factors in the Withdrawal of Males from the Lutheran Teaching Ministry (PhD). Wayne State University. OCLC 3509638.

Books

Harre, Alan F. (1984). Close the Back Door: ways to create a caring congregational fellowship. Speaking the Gospel Series. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House. ISBN 978-0-570-03932-7. OCLC 10348718.

References

^ "Valparaiso University 150th Anniversary: University Presidents: Alan Harre". Archived from the original on 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
^ "Top 150 Most Influential Valpo People". Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
^ "CSP Mourns the Passing of Former President Alan Harre". Concordia University, St. Paul. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ Kaden, Kenneth P. (1993). A Century of Service: A Centennial History of Concordia College, St. Paul (PDF). Concordia College. p. 145.