Dr. Robert B. Sloan Jr. is the president of Houston Baptist University and previously served as the president and chancellor of Baylor University, where he was a member of the faculty and the founding dean of George W. Truett Theological Seminary. Dr. Sloan has published extensively and has pastored churches throughout Texas and beyond. He is the recipient of numerous awards and has also held membership in a number of professional societies, including the Society of Biblical Literature, the Southwest Biblical Seminar, the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, and Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas.
Dr. Sloan serves on the Board of Directors of the Houston Symphony and the Greater Houston Partnership, in addition to his leadership roles on the boards of Memorial Hermann Healthcare Systems—Community Relations, Houston Christian High School, Marketplace Chaplains USA, and Orphan Outreach. He and his wife, Sue, have seven children, two daughters-in-law, four sons-in-law, and seventeen grandchildren.