This evening, Dr. Richard
Zeile - an elected member of the State Board of Education - will speak about
educational policy and philosophy. Here are the details:
Time - 7:15 pm
Location - 342 Case Hall
P. S. Learn more about Dr. Z -
The Honorable Richard Zeile attended (1969-73) and taught at
(1977-81) Detroit Lutheran High West where his life was changed by the witness
and example of believing teachers and peers. He attended Valparaiso
University where he met his wife,
Barbara, with whom he has 4 (now adult) children, one of whom currently serves
with the U.S. Marines in Korea.
Rev. Zeile holds master's degrees from University of Michigan's Rackham School
(Ann Arbor), Harvard Divinity School (Cambridge, MA), and Concordia Theological
Seminary (Ft.Wayne, IN), as well as a Specialist's certificate in Educational
Administration from Wayne State University (Detroit), and a Doctor of Ministry
from Detroit's Ecumenical Theological Seminary where he wrote a thesis on
Detroit Lutheran school closings during the 1990's. After teaching at Lutheran
West, Dr. Zeile worked in social ministry for Lutheran Outreach of Ft.Wayne
(1981-82), vicared at First Lutheran Church
in Boston
focusing on campus ministry (1982-85), and pastored Christ Lutheran Church
& School of Maplewood, NJ (1986-91). He served as Headmaster and Associate
Pastor at Zion, Detroit
(1991-93), then at Redford Lutheran, Detroit
(1993-99). He helped organize Old Redford Academy
charter school (1998-2000), taught science briefly at Crockett
Academy (2000), and was Chaplain
Resident at Detroit's Sinai-Grace Hospital
(2001). He has served as Pastor & Headmaster at St.
John's Lutheran Church & School in Taylor since 2001. Dr. Zeile has written
curriculum for CPH, devotions for Portals of Prayer, My Devotions, and Higher
Things, and articles appearing in Lutheran Forum, Bride of Christ, Biblical
Archaeological Review, and Lutheran Education. He has taught as adjunct
professor of education at Concordia University, Ann
Arbor, since 2009. In 2010, citizens of Michigan elected Dr. Zeile to the State Board of
Education which chose him in 2011 to be Michigan's
representative to the National Association of State Boards of Education
(NASBE). Dr. Zeile's critique of public education policy ("Out of the Box"),
and advocacy of parental choice in education can be viewed on You-tube.