Neil Albert Salonen
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Neil Albert Salonen is president of the University of Bridgeport. He was a president of the U.S. Unification Church from 1972 to 1980, and has been a leader of Unification Movement projects since that time. Previous to his American presidency of the Unification Church, he was president of the Unificationist organization Freedom Leadership Foundation.[1]
[edit] Education
Salonen attended Cornell University before dropping out to join the Unification Church. He graduated from the University of the State of New York with a BA in political science in 1980. He subsequently did graduate work at the George Washington University.[2]
[edit] Recent work
In 2002, Salonen was selected to serve on the President's Leadership Group, "a body of higher education presidents and chancellors who have declared their commitment to student substance abuse prevention."[3]
By 2005, enrollments in the University of Bridgeport had risen 22%, and had expanded its graduate programs, since Salonen took office.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Neil Salonen became acting president of HSA-UWC in December 1972 Michael L. Mickler (1993). A History Of The Unification Church In America, 1959-74 - Emergence of a National Movement
- ^ Welcome to The New President Neil Albert Salonen.
- ^ University of Bridgeport President Neil Salonen to serve as a national leader in Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, University of Bridgeport press release, March 22, 2002.
- ^ Featuring Neil Albert Salonen in The American Chiropractor, July 30, 2005.
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