Crew-cut Jerry Brauer, 34, officially became the youngest head of a U.S. theological faculty last week. It was fitting that it should be at the University of Chicago, where young leadership is a tradition (William Rainey Harper was 35 when he became first president of the new university, ex-Chancellor Robert Hutchins took over at 30). As he moved in as the new boss of Chicago's Federated Theological Faculty, Midwesterner Brauer (from Fond du Lac, Wis.) immediately announced completion of a detailed 16-point program to revolutionize the seminary.
Highlights of his proposals: 1) extend the three-year Bachelor of Divinity course by another full...
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