{{short description|American academic administrator (born 1961)}} {{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = | name = Barry H. Corey | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- Use only if different from full/othernames --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|11|28|mf=y}} | birth_place = Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | region = | nationality = | period = | occupation = | title = President of Biola University | boards = <!-- Board or similar positions extraneous to main occupation --> | known_for = | spouse = Paula | children = 3 | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | era = | language = | discipline = Biblical studies<!-- Major academic discipline - e.g. Physicist, Sociologist, New Testament scholar, Ancient Near Eastern Linguist --> | sub_discipline = <!-- Academic discipline specialist area - e.g. Sub-atomic research, 20th Century Danish specialist, Pauline research, Arcadian and Ugaritic specialist --> | movement = <!-- Should match the idiologial movement or denomination (for religious), "school" of thought etc. (e.g. "Anglican", "Postmodernist", "Socialist" or "Green" etc. --> | education = Evangel University (BA)<br />Boston College (MA, PhD) | alma_mater = <!-- will often consist of the linked name of the last-attended higher education institution. --> | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = 1992 | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = <!--Only those with WP articles--> | main_interests = | workplaces = Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary<!--full-time positions only, not student positions--> | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influences = <!--Must be referenced from a third party source--> | influenced = <!--Must be referenced from a third party source--> | awards = <!--Notable national level awards only--> | website = | footnotes = }} '''Barry H. Corey''' (born November 28, 1961) is the eighth and current president of Biola University, located in Southern California.<ref name='biola bio'>{{cite web | url = http://offices.biola.edu/president/leadership/president/ | title = Biola: President Barry H. Corey | accessdate = 2010-11-07| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100927233821/http://offices.biola.edu/president/leadership/president/| archivedate= 27 September 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status=live}}</ref> Corey became Biola's president on July 1, 2007, succeeding Clyde Cook, who retired after serving as Biola's president for 25 years.

==Early life== Corey was born on November 28, 1961, in Massachusetts. Corey received a B.A. in English and biblical studies from Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri, in 1984. In 1988, he received an M.A. in American Studies with a concentration in literature and religious history from Boston College. Corey received a Ph.D. from Boston College in curriculum, instruction and administration (a higher education program) in 1992.<ref name="biola1"/>

==Career== Corey served as the vice president for development at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, where he led all external relations and fundraising programs including a $54 million capital campaign.<ref name="biola1">{{cite web|author=Michele Hughes |url=https://offices1.biola.edu/president/leadership/president/ |title=The Office of the President &#124; President « Biola University |website=Offices1.biola.edu |date=2007-07-01 |accessdate=2016-04-06}}</ref> He subsequently served as its vice president/chief academic officer, and academic dean.<ref name="biola1"/><ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Passages |magazine=Christianity Today |date=July 1, 2007 |volume=51 |issue=7 |page=14 }}</ref>

An ordained minister, Corey served from 1993 to 2000 as pastor of The Greek Evangelical Church of Boston’s English congregation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Newell |first=Jason |url=https://magazine.biola.edu/article/07-fall/new-president-new-century/ |title=New President, New Century « Biola Magazine |website=Magazine.biola.edu |date=2014-12-09 |accessdate=2016-04-06}}</ref> When Corey was appointed president of Biola in 2007, he was the first president to come from outside the staff ranks of the university.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hsu |first=Tiffany |date=February 28, 2008 |title=Biola evolves but stays the same |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-feb-28-me-biola28-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 21, 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life== With his wife Paula, Corey has three children: Anders, Ella and Samuel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.talbot.edu/sundoulos/summer-2008/lead-article/ |title=Talbot School of Theology › Sundoulos |website=Talbot.edu |date= |accessdate=2016-04-06}}</ref> He has completed two Boston Marathons, one in 2004 and one in 2006.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/214633093.html |title=Biola University Selects Its Eighth President |publisher=Christian Newswire |date=2007-07-01 |accessdate=2016-04-06}}</ref>

==Works== *{{cite book |author1-last=Corey |author1-first=Barry H. |title=Love Kindness: Discover the Power of a Forgotten Christian Virtue |location=Carol Stream, IL |publisher=Tyndale House Publishers |date=2016 |isbn=978-1-4964-1157-0 |oclc=914195612 }} *{{cite book |author1-last=Corey |author1-first=Barry H. |author2-last=Moore | author2-first=Russell |title=Make the Most of it: A Guide to Loving your College Years |location=Carol Stream, IL |publisher=Tyndale House Publishers |date=2020 |isbn=978-1-4964-3658-0 |oclc=1119061782 }} *{{cite book |author1-last=Corey |author1-first=Barry H. |title=The Treasurer: A Biography of Herbert Stewart Gray (1899-1994) |publisher=Westbow Press |date=2025 |isbn=979-8-3850-2599-2 |oclc=1498895173 }}

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