Bryn Athyn College Alumni Magazine Spring/Summer 2017 | Page 31

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ALLEN BEDFORD
GOODWILL
ITSELF
By Angella Irwin
I
n July 2017, Allen J. Bedford, Ph.D., (BA ’89)
will start a yearlong sabbatical. Having been
accepted into the American Academic Lead-
ership Institute’s Executive Leadership Academy,
he will spend a good portion of his time studying
administrative systems in small colleges and how
they put best practice into action on their cam-
puses. A good fit for his love of problem solving
and operations, this program will stimulate his
voracious curiosity and result in valuable sugges-
tions for Bryn Athyn College. As customarily fol-
lows a sabbatical, Allen will present his findings
upon his return. Allen’s exploration will continue
to build upon a legacy that he has been creating
for over 20 years — a legacy of trustworthy infor-
mation gathering, careful collection and analysis
of data, and knowledgeable, informed contribu-
tions to an institution he believes in.
Since 2010, Allen has been the chief academic
officer (CAO) and academic dean at the College.
Twenty years before that, in 1990, he started his
career here as a lecturer in chemistry and, over
time, filled numerous positions on the faculty
and in the administration. He moved from lectur-
er, to assistant professor, to associat