Lipscomb University president to attend White House policy briefing on Iraq

Dr. L. Randolph Lowry, president of Lipscomb University, will participate in a Thursday, Sept. 9, White House policy briefing on Iraq.

 

Lowry, an internationally recognized expert in conflict resolution, is one of 40 faith-based leaders and scholars invited to discuss specific national issues with National Security Council officials.

 

As founder of the Institute for Conflict Management at Lipscomb and the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., Lowry is particularly suited to provide valuable perspective on national policy in Iraq.

 

“The Yellow Ribbon Program, providing free tuition to eligible military veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, has been one of our most beneficial programs on campus. So I am honored to further expand Lipscomb’s involvement in national issues through this opportunity to meet with White House and NSC officials,” said Lowry. “Faith leaders in America have a great deal of insight and valuable experience we can share with our political leaders and military veterans.”

 

Lowry has worked in conflict management around the world. His consulting and training practice includes work for the legal community in The Netherlands, the introduction of mediation in India through a grant from the Asian Development Bank, training for judges in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as consultation with lawyers for Freshfields, an international law firm in Asia. 

 

He is an annual visiting faculty member at Vermont Law School and City University of Hong Kong. He has also taught at Shantou University, in Beijing, China; Bond University in Gold Coast, Australia; Hamline University; and the University of Modena in Modena, Italy.

 

Lowry earned degrees in political science and public administration from Pepperdine University. He received his juris doctor degree from Hamline University, in St. Paul, Minn. In 1986, Lowry joined the law school faculty at Pepperdine and established a new international academic program in, at that time, the emerging field of dispute resolution.

 

Lowry became Lipscomb University’s 17th president on Sept. 26, 2005. In the past five years at Lipscomb, he has overseen a successful $40 million investment initiative, the establishment of 20 new graduate programs and a 33 percent growth in overall enrollment.