Whitaker elected Anderson College president

ANDERSON, S.C. — Evans Whitaker has been elected as the 12th president of Anderson (S.C.) College. Whitaker, 42, has been vice president for university advancement at Belmont University in Nashville since 1996.

Whitaker received a unanimous vote from the college’s board of trustees at their fall meeting Oct. 18. He is expected to begin duties at Anderson in early December.

At Anderson, Whitaker succeeds Lee Royce, who resigned to accept the presidency of another Baptist institution, Mississippi College.