David Roger Loope, Ph.D.^{[1, 2, 3]}

• Name	David Roger Loope
  Suffix	Ph.D.
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I111814	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Hollis Roger Loope,   b. 15 Nov 1930, Grainger County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Feb 2005  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Lois Styles
  Family ID	F40469	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Charlene Hodges
  Children	1. Alexander Christian Loope
  Family ID	F40470	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 7 Sep 2002. Helen Arline "Lena" McAndrew Styles obituary [S26] Berry Funeral Home, (www.berryfuneralhome.com), 20 Feb 2005. Hollis Roger Loope obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, The Courier - Old Dominion University, 2003. Assistant to the president, David Loope, begins duties David R. Loope, previously the coordinator of academic affairs for the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education in Columbia, S.C., joined Old Dominion Sept. 25 as assistant to the president. The position, last held by Ellie Costulis, will include assisting President Roseann Runte on a daily basis with scheduling, correspondence, and preparing talks and presentations. Loope said he also expects, at some point in the future, to represent the president’s office at certain functions. A native of Knoxville, Tenn., Loope, 39, earned his bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Tennessee, a master’s in English from Wake Forest University and a doctorate in higher education administration from the College of William and Mary. “My desire has always been and will always be about making a positive difference in the lives of individuals through higher education,” Loope said. “I think perhaps ODU does a better job of this than any institution with which I am familiar ... .” In his position with the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education since 1994, Loope coordinated academic program approval and modification processes at public institutions with regard to new degree programs, off-campus extensions and degree options. He also chaired committees and task forces on higher education issues and served as speechwriter for the commission chairman and executive director. Loope worked from 1991-93 as an education program analyst with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the American Association for Higher Education, Association for the Study of Higher Education and Phi Beta Kappa. Loope is an avid tennis player and reader, particularly of literature of the American South.