Seminary Presidents
Four of the first presidents of SBC seminaries were graduates of Southern:
- Byron DeMent, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, class of 1900
- Sydnor Stealey, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, class of 1932
- Harold Graves, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, class of 1941 (1)
- J. Millard Berquist, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, class of 1942
(1) In 1952, Graves became the first new president elected after the institution came under SBC ownership in 1950.
–From The Tie, Spring 1994.