Philip J. Schubert is the eleventh and current

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, Abilene,

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. Schubert's appointment was publicly announced on February 12, 2010, and he formally took office June 1, 2010, succeeding

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. Schubert's

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celebration took place in the Fall of 2010.

Early career

Before joining Abilene Christian University in 1993, Schubert worked as an

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for Arthur Andersen & Co. in

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. His time at ACU began in the Student Financial Services department as a director. On October 19, 1998, Abilene Christian University named him the chief financial officer after five years of employment.

Education

Schubert received his

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in accounting from Abilene Christian University in 1991,

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from

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in 2006, and Ed.D from the

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in 2009. His

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was entitled ''"Assessing the correlation between longitudinal changes in U.S. News & World Report Collegiate Rankings and the broader institutional experience from 1999 to 2007"''.

Personal life

Schubert attends Highland Church of Christ in Abilene. In 2014, Schubert and his wife of 22 years divorced citing
irreconcilable differences
" Schubert is currently married to Brooke Owen Schubert and is the father of three children from his first marriage. Schubert had two older brothers who also attended ACU: David and Kelly Schubert. His father, Joe D. Schubert, Ed.D., was a dean of students at

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in the late 1960s and a well-known

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in the

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, including Bammel Road Church of Christ in

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, which was the first congregation to collect over $1 million in a single Sunday special contribution.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schubert, Phil Living people Abilene Christian University alumni American members of the Churches of Christ Fuqua School of Business alumni People from Abilene, Texas Academics from Dallas Presidents of Abilene Christian University University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education alumni Year of birth missing (living people)