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About the President
In July 2005, Dr. Miles McCall was elected as the 18th President of Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas. (www.lonmorris.edu). Lon Morris College is the oldest two-year college in the state of Texas, founded in 1854, and is affiliated with and supported by the Texas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. In his first year, Miles organized the college into six strategic business units, secured over 2 million dollars in private support, and created an innovative three year business plan. Dr. Miles McCall came to Lon Morris College as its eighteenth president with a distinguished career as a professor, administrator, writer and professional speaker. Prior to his appointment as President of Lon Morris College, Dr. McCall taught for almost 20 years at Stephen F. Austin State University as a Professor of Communication and Leadership Studies. He also served as a member of the graduate faculty. As a faculty member he was named the Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year and won the prestigious Teaching Excellence award for the College of Applied Arts and Sciences. He was instrumental in creating the Leadership Minor. In 1998, Miles became Vice-President for Alumni Affairs at Stephen F. Austin State University. As Vice-President, Miles initiated new programs to build campus tradition, participated in a leadership role for a successful 35 million dollar capital campaign, and helped secure the largest single cash gift in a bequest worth over 3.8 million dollars.
Miles is also an innovative professional speaker. Dr. McCall founded an organization called Generational Leadership.Com,(www.generationalleadership.com) which now works with businesses and organizations in an attempt to impact over one million people per year by challenging them to discover and further develop the communication and leadership character in families and individuals.
Dr. McCall has published dozens of articles in a wide range of professional journals. His story, "The Family Intersection" was featured in Where the Heart Is: Stories of Home & Family. In addition, his story, "My Loss Is YourGain: Parenting Lessons from Death" was featured in Reverse Mentoring: What My Students Taught Me. His training book entitled, The Power Parent: Taking Corporate Management Home, has generated sales in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Canada, and the United States. His most recent book, True Merit Character, was adopted by a national fraternity as a college aged training curriculum.
Miles earned his Ph.D. in the area of curriculum-instruction, training, and development at Texas A&M University. He has a Masters degree in communication and administrative services and a Bachelors degree in communication and psychology, both from Stephen F. Austin State University. He also attended graduate school at the University of Houston-Clear Lake City.
Miles has served with numerous civic organizations. Some examples include President of the Jaycees, United Way Vice President, Boys and Girls Club Director, Wesley Foundation Chairman of the Board, National President and Chairman of the Board for the National Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity (www.ato.org).
He is also a Director and currently serves as President of the Texas Lyceum Association (www.texaslyceum.org), an association of Texans whose purposes are to identify and develop the next generation of top leadership in the State of Texas, to educate its directors regarding major issues facing Texas, and to promote an appreciation of the responsibilities of stewardship of the values, traditions, and resources of Texas.
Miles is married to Jana Baker McCall and they have a daughter named Mallory and a son named Mason. They share time living at their lake home or farm in East Texas and spend time on their boat (a 30 trawler named Nautical Miles) while cruising the Gulf Coast.
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