March 13, 2008
Source: The Chicago Tribune
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The incoming president of Elmhurst College is a lawyer, theologian and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
The college announced late last month that S. Alan Ray, an administrator at the University of New Hampshire, will replace Bryant Cureton on July 1 to become Elmhurst College's 13th president.
A native of Oklahoma, Ray is half Cherokee and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation by virtue of his mother's lineage.