Larry Geraty
| Lawrence T. Geraty | |
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| 2nd President of La Sierra University | |
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In office 1993–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Fritz Guy |
| Succeeded by | Randal Wisbey |
| President of Atlantic Union College | |
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In office 1985–1993 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1940 |
| Residence | Riverside, California |
| Alma mater |
Pacific Union College Adventist Theological Seminary Harvard University |
| Profession | Professor College administrator |
| Religion | Seventh-day Adventist |
Lawrence "Larry" T. Geraty (born 1940) is an American academic who served as the second President of La Sierra University in Riverside, California. He completed his undergraduate education at Pacific Union College, a liberal arts college in California's Napa Valley, and received a doctorate in biblical studies from Harvard University. Geraty comes from a family of scholars, his father was also a professor who went on to lead a number of colleges.
In addition to leading La Sierra University Geraty has been President of other colleges, including the American Schools of Oriental Research, and worked as an archeologist and history professor. In 2007 he was recognized as "Citizen of the Year" by the local Chamber of Commerce in his adopted town of Riverside, California. He was also honored in a speech by Rep. Ken Calvert in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Geraty was born to missionary parents in 1940. With his family he lived in China, Burma, Hong Kong, Lebanon, England, Germany, France and Israel. His family also lived in the United States in California, Maryland, Michigan and Massachusetts. He has a brother, Ronald Geraty, a graduate of Loma Linda University's School of Medicine in 1971, and a sister, Kathleen Geraty.
His father, T.S. Geraty, worked as an educator and missionary. As a youth Geraty learned from his father's diverse roles as President of Middle East College, now Middle East University in Lebanon, as a missionary in China, a professor at Andrews University in Michigan, Associate Education Secretary for the General Conference and editor of the church's education journal. His mother, Hazel Geraty, was an elementary school teacher who taught at J.N. Andrews. School in Maryland and Ruth Murdoch Elementary School in Michigan. Geraty attended San Pasqual Academy in the late 1950s, a now defunct Adventist High School in San Diego County, California.
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