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Homer Austin Kent Jr. (August 13, 1926 – September 30, 2020) taught from 1949 to 1999 atGrace Theological Seminary andGrace College inWinona Lake, Indiana. While there he taughtNew Testament and Greek and was Dean of the Seminary from 1962 to 1976 when he became President of Grace College and Seminary until 1986. He has also taught around the world in Israel, France, Central African Republic, Hungary and around the U.S. Not only is he an educator, but he is also authored many books and Bible commentaries.[1][2]
Homer was born inWashington, D.C., on August 13, 1926, and lived there until he was 14 years of age. At the age of 14, he moved to Winona Lake when his father, Homer A. Kent Sr., accepted a job atGrace Theological Seminary. He received his bachelor's degree fromBob Jones University and received post-graduate degrees (M.Div, Th.M, Th.D) atGrace Theological Seminary. He married Beverly Page in 1953 in her hometown of Long Beach, CA. They had three children, Rebecca Anne (1955) who married Gary Woolman, Katherine Ruth (1959) who married Mark McCarthy, and Daniel Arthur (1964) who married Lisa Jones. They also have six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. In 1999, a residence hall, named Kent Hall, was built atGrace College and named in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Kent. He died on September 30, 2020, in Winona Lake, Indiana.
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| Preceded by | President ofGrace Theological Seminary 1976–1986 | Succeeded by |
