Join the Rotary Club of Dunwoody this Friday at the Dunwoody Country Club at 7:15 am or grab your coffee or tea and join us on Zoom at 7:15 am to hear from Stuart Gulley, President of Woodward Academy. Just follow the Zoom link - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86202979419.

Frank Stuart Gulley, Ph.D., became the seventh president of Woodward Academy on July 1, 2009. President Gulley came to Woodward Academy from LaGrange College, where he served as president for 13 years. An ordained minister of The United Methodist Church, he also served in several administrative capacities at Emory University from 1986 until 1996, including the position of Associate Vice President for University Development and Church Relations.

A native of Nashville, Tennessee, President Gulley graduated from Vanderbilt University with a B.A. in Modern European History, cum laude, in 1983. After Vanderbilt, he attended Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, from which he earned the Master of Divinity degree, magna cum laude, in 1986. He completed the Doctor of Philosophy in Higher Education degree at Georgia State University in 1999, which he began while working full-time at Emory University. He is the author of a book, “The Academic President as Moral Leader: James T. Laney at Emory University, 1977-1993,” published by Mercer University Press in 2001.

President Gulley’s community involvements include The Rotary Club of Atlanta and College Park First United Methodist Church. He serves on the boards of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta Aerotropolis Alliance, the Atlanta Airport West Community Improvement District, the Atlanta Area Association of Independent Schools, and the Georgia Independent School Association.

President Gulley met his wife, Kathleen Crenshaw Gulley, when both were master’s degree candidates at the Candler School of Theology. They are the parents of adult children Andrew and Matthew.

Woodward Academy is the largest college-preparatory school in the Continental U.S., with an enrollment of approximately 2,700 students. Established in 1900 as Georgia Military Academy, Woodward is the oldest independent school in Atlanta. For the last seven years, Woodward has consistently ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Top Workplaces program, out of 150 of Atlanta’s top companies. President Gulley has three times received the highest honor in the special award category for leadership in large organizations.