White named associate university chaplain

White

The Rev. Gary P. White, who earned a master of divinity degree at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School in 1995 with an emphasis in pastoral theology and care, began his duties July 17 as the newly appointed associate university chaplain.

"We are very fortunate to have Gary as a part of the University Chaplain's office," said Gay Welch, university chaplain. "He brings a wealth of experience in interfaith ministry, social service and commitment to higher education. He will work in areas of interfaith programming, values education, counseling and a wide variety of campus ministries."

White is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister. Prior to coming to Vanderbilt, he had been serving as coordinator of the Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Project in St. Helens, Ore. Before that, he was a coordinator of the Interfaith CARE Team program at Nashville CARES.

White, a West Tennessee native, double-majored in international relations and Russian language at the University of Memphis.

A private pilot and avid martial artist, he succeeds Mona Bagasao, who accepted a job as chaplain of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla.