Meiburg receives honorary degree

     Dr. Albert Meiburg, leading authority on Pastoral Theology, received the Honorary Doctor of Divinity at Campbell University’s graduation exercises on Monday, May 14. Meiburg, who delivered the baccalaureate address on Sunday, is Senior Professor of Pastoral Care at the Campbell Divinity School. He resides in Raleigh.

     A 1947 graduate of Clemson University, Meiburg earned Bachelor of Divinity and Doctor of Theology degrees from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He continued his education pursuing post-doctoral studies as a Visiting Scholar at the Union Theological Seminary in New York. He served as a research associate in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Louisville, earned a Specialist in Aging Certificate from the University of Michigan and held a Visiting Scholar appointment at Regents Park College, University of Oxford.

     Meiburg served as pastor of Belmont Baptist Church in Belmont, Ky., prior to pursuing a professional career in higher education. Among numerous areas of responsibility, Meiburg served as a professor and academic dean at Wingate University, as associate director of the department of Pastoral Care at North Carolina Baptist Hospital and as dean of the faculty and professor of Pastoral Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (18 years). He joined the Campbell Divinity School faculty in 1998.

      Meiburg is the author, co-author and editor of numerous books, scholarly articles, essays and book reviews.

     Photo Copy: Dr. Albert Meiburg, Senior Professor of Pastoral Care at Campbell University, delivers the baccalaureate address at the 121st. graduation exercises.Photo by Bennett Scarborough.