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Wade Directors

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Clyde S. Kilby

Clyde S. Kilby

Wade Center founder and Head Curator/Director from 1965 to 1980

Lyle Dorsett

Lyle W. Dorsett

Director from 1983 to 1990

Chris Mitchell

Christopher W. Mitchell

Director from 1994 to 2013

Marjorie Mead

Marjorie Lamp Mead

Associate Director (1977 to present) and Executive Editor of VII: Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center

Crystal Downing

Crystal Downing

Co-Director and Co-Holder of the Marion E. Wade Chair of Christian Thought from 2018 to present

David Downing

David C. Downing

Co-Director and Co-Holder of the Marion E. Wade Chair of Christian Thought from 2018 to present