Philip Ryken

Dr. Philip Graham Ryken is the eighth president of Wheaton College, where he studied English literature and philosophy. Dr. Ryken earned a Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary and a doctorate in historical theology from the University of Oxford. He preached at Philadelphia’s historic Tenth Presbyterian Church from 1995 until his appointment at Wheaton in 2010.

President Ryken has published more than 50 Bible commentaries and other books. He has served as a board member for The Gospel Coalition, the Lausanne Movement, and the National Association of Evangelicals. He and his wife Lisa have five children – all Wheaton alums – and two granddaughters.