Houston Christian University announced the sudden passing of University President Robert B. Sloan Jr. July 3. Sloan died of a massive stroke. He was 77. Sloan served as president of HCU for two decades, beginning his tenure on Sept. 1, 2006.
From 1995 to 2005, Sloan served as the 12th president of Baylor University, leaving his position as founding dean of Baylor’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary. Sloan also previously served as chancellor of Baylor University in 2005 and 2006.
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Sloan was born in Coleman in 1949 and graduated from Cooper High School in Abilene in 1967. He attended Baylor University from 1967 to 1970, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in 1970.
After serving on the faculty of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth from 1980 to 1983, he joined Baylor’s Department of Religion in 1983. He became the inaugural George W. Truett Chair in Evangelism in 1990 and was appointed dean of Truett Seminary in 1993.
In February 1995, Baylor’s Board of Regents selected Sloan to succeed Herbert H. Reynolds as president of the university. In August 2006, he was named the third president of Houston Baptist University and was inaugurated on the HBU campus that November.
Sloan is survived by his wife, Sue Collier of Cisco, seven children. They also have 26 grandchildren.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Faith Pratt and originally published by Baptist Standard.
