Vice President
Born just outside Llanelli in 1922, D Byron Evans gained double degrees in Philosophy and Welsh Language/Literature, before training to become a Congregational minister at Memorial Theological College, Brecon and gaining his post-graduate BD. Having taught in several state schools, as well as extra-mural lecturing for the Universities of Aberystwyth, Birmingham and Nottingham, he became Head of Religious and Moral Studies at Eaton Hall College for Teacher-training, Retford. It was during this phase of his life that Byron initiated two projects for disadvantaged children, for which he was awarded the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal.After further degrees at Masters and Doctoral levels, Byron was appointed Dean of Geneva Theological School, later to become Greenwich School of Theology. In 1997, the School was accredited by the Open & Distance Learning Quality Council and later in the same year formal co-operation was initiated between GST and Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (later to become North-West University). In 2001, North-West University conferred on Byron the ThD (Honoris Causa) .
Married to Peg, Byron has a son, a daughter and five grandchildren, who are his constant delight.