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Seminary Has New Faculty Dean

Deborah Flemister Mullen takes leadership position at Columbia Theological Seminary.

has named Deborah Flemister Mullen the dean of faculty and executive vice president.

She was installed during a March 26 ceremony at the seminary in Decatur.

According to the seminary press office, Dr. Mullen "is the first African-American woman to hold the position of chief academic officer at any of the ten seminaries of the Presbyterian Church (USA)."

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She came to Columbia in 2010 from McCormick Theological Seminary, where  she had been dean of masters level programs.

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