Taylor University Chapel

Dr. Lowell Haines, Former President, Taylor University, Indianapolis, IN

Paul Lowell Haines served as the 31^st president of Taylor University.

Haines is a 1975 alumnus of Taylor and served on Taylor’s administrative staff from 1977-1987, rising to the position of Vice President for Student Development before leaving Taylor to attend law school at the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) in 1987. 

Haines joined the law firm of Baker & Daniels in Indianapolis (now Faegre Baker Daniels), where he served for 25 years – the last 17 of which as a partner in the firm. His legal practice grew to include the representation of dozens of colleges and universities throughout the United States and around the world.

In addition to his degrees from Indiana University and Taylor University, Haines holds a Master of Arts In Student Personnel Administration in Higher Education from Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana), and a Doctor of Education from the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).

Haines has served on the Board of Trustees of Taylor University since 2003. Haines also has served on the board of trustees for the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), in Washington, D.C., and on the boards of the Christian College Consortium, the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation, the Independent Colleges of Indiana, and the Crossroads League Athletic Conference.

Haines’ wife, Sherryl Ann, is an artist and served as an art teacher in public and private schools for 30 years. Haines and his wife are parents to one daughter, Hannah Elizabeth.