Who’s Who
The following people were interviewed by the authors and
graciously provided information and insight into the leadership
of Billy Graham.
David Aikman, former reporter, Timemagazine; author, Great
Souls: Six Who Changed a Century
John N. Akers, special assistant to Billy Graham; CTI board
member
Lon Allison, director, Billy Graham Center, Wheaton College
Leith Anderson, pastor, Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie,
Minnesota; former president, National Association of
Evangelicals
Cliff Barrows, program director, Billy Graham Evangelistic
Association (BGEA)
Gerald Beavan, early BGEA board member; charter board
member, Christianity Today International (CTI)
George Bennett, former treasurer, Harvard University; board
member and treasurer BGEA
George K. Brushaber, president, Bethel University
Russ Busby, photographer, BGEA
Howard Butt, founder, Laity Lodge and the H. E. Butt
Foundation; early BGEA board member; charter board
member, CTI
Joel Carpenter, provost, Calvin College; former director,
Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals
Robert E. Cooley, president emeritus, Gordon-Conwell
Theological Seminary
John Corts, former president, BGEA