J. Bradley Creed was elected the fifth president of Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C., on Jan. 2 by the university’s board of trustees.
Creed currently is provost and executive vice president and professor of religion at Samford University in Birmingham. Before his appointment at Samford, he served as dean of George W. Truett Seminary at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Creed received a bachelor of arts in religion from Baylor, graduating cum laude. He earned his master of divinity and doctor of philosophy degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He pursued further study in Harvard University’s Management Development Program and in the Spanish language program at Academia Hispano Americano in Mexico.
Creed has led multiple transformational initiatives during his time at Samford, including the launch of the College of Health Sciences in 2013.
Samford President Andrew Westmoreland said, “It has been an honor to work alongside Dr. Creed. … His positive contributions to the academic environment of the campus will be cherished for decades to come.”
Creed and his wife, Kathy, have been married since 1980 and have three children: Caitlin Elizabeth (1987–2007), Charles Vernon and Carrie Grace.
Creed will take office as president of Campbell on July 1.
(Campbell University)
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