Lloyd Cline Sears (1895–1986)

Gospel preacher and teacher at Harding College (University). Dr. Lloyd Cline Sears, Dean Emeritus of Harding University, died Nov. 17, 1986. He was Harding's Dean and chairman of the department of English from 1924 until 1960 when he retired as Dean. He continued to teach English until 1964.

After a year of high school he entered Cordell Christian College, where he was influenced greatly by J. N. Armstrong, the school's president.Dr. Sears held degrees from Cordell, University of Oklahoma, University of Kansas and University of Chicago. He was considered a Shakespearean scholar and was the author of five books, including "The Eyes of Jehovah," a biography of James A. Harding, his wife's grandfather for whom Harding University is named; and "For Freedom," a biography of J. N. Armstrong. He had been a minister of the church since 1910 and served as an elder at the college church. He was active in civic and professional organizations and had received numerous honors, including Harding's Distinguished Alumnus of 1966. --- Gospel Light, Dec. 1986, 190.