Office of the Chancellor
Office of the Chancellor
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372
Phone: 910.521.6201
Fax: 910.521.6176
Email: allen.meadors
@uncp.edu
Location: Lumbee Hall, Room 406
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meet the chancellor
Dr. Allen C. Meadors is the fourth chancellor of UNC Pembroke. Chancellor Meadors came to UNCP from Penn State Altoona, where he served as chief executive officer and dean of that rapidly growing university.
The Van Buren, Arkansas native has a varied background that is deeply rooted in health care administration and education. As an Air Force officer from 1969 - 1973, he served in the Medical Service Corps as a health administrator. After his service commitment, he was a health care administrator for Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Topeka, Kansas. Later, he served as the assistant director of Health for Kansas City, Mo., and a health consultant involved in designing, developing, organizing, marketing and implementing health care programs in the Midwest and Western United States.
In 1977, Dr. Meadors was assistant professor and program director for Southern Illinois University. He recruited students and faculty, served as the students' counselor, coordinated with appropriate state and federal agencies and taught health management.
In 1982, Chancellor Meadors became associate professor and director in the Division of Health Administration at the University of Texas at Galveston. He left that position several years later to become the first executive director of the Northwest Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute in his home state of Arkansas. It was his responsibility to build this free-standing radiation therapy facility from the ground up. In his first year, more than $3.5 million was raised, and eight months later, the facility was debt-free.
Dr. Meadors returned to higher education as professor and chair of the Department of Health Administration at the University of Oklahoma, and later served as the dean of the College of Public Health at O.U. from 1989-90. In 1990, Chancellor Meadors became the first dean of the College of Health, Social and Public Services at Eastern Washington University. He also held the faculty rank of professor.
Prior to coming to UNCP, Dr. Meadors became the CEO and dean of Penn State Altoona. Under his leadership, enrollment increased, fundraising improved and intercollegiate sports revived. In fact, Penn State Altoona grew from the fifth largest to the second largest campus during his tenure.
His success as an educator and university administrator is the reason the UNC Board of Governors elected him Chancellor on April 9, 1999. Chancellor Meadors has written and spoken extensively on health care issues, and is a member of numerous professional and civic organizations.
Chancellor Meadors earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Central Arkansas. He went on to earn four master's degrees including the MBA, and received his Ph.D. in administration and education from Southern Illinois University. One of his last academic endeavors was to enroll in a computer sciences program at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California, where he earned an associates degree.
Chancellor Meadors has also earned certification as a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).
Dr. and Mrs. Meadors have two sons. Tyson is studying abroad in China and Jarrett is a student at Elon University. The Meadors are pleased to make their home in the Chancellor's Residence.
Updated: Wednesday, September 8, 2004
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