 Meet
Curt Scarborough
Dr.
Curt Scarborough is the designer and writer of the FreeWay and
Peacemaker curricula. He is the former president of FreeWay
Foundation. Dr Curt was born in Benton, Illinois in 1935. The son of
a coal miner, he earned undergraduate and professional degrees
from Southern Illinois University and Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary, and a Ph.D., Communications, from Columbia Pacific
University.
Dr.
Scarborough ministered in churches in Illinois, Texas, and
Missouri for 21 years before joining the Christian Civic Foundation
(CCF) in 1975 as director of education. He was promoted to
president of CCF in 1983, continuing as CEO of FreeWay Foundation
when it was created in October, 2001 from the merger of CCF
with DATE (Drug Alcohol Tobacco Education, Inc.), which also
did business as "FreeWay Project". He retired as
President of FreeWay Foundation in 2007.
FreeWay
Foundation provides addiction- and violence-prevention programs
and materials to secular audiences (public schools and community
organizations) and Christian-based audiences (churches and
other private groups). Dr. Scarborough also serves as
Chancellor
of FreeWay Foundation’s educational affiliate, Pillsbury
College & Seminary, offering distance-learning
bachelor's, master’s and doctoral degree programs for mid-career
ministers.
Additionally,
Dr. Scarborough has served in many civic and volunteer roles,
including as executive director of the American Council on
Alcohol Problems. He has authored more than 40 books, including
FreeWay curricula (6 volumes), Peacemaker curricula (3 volumes),
and Personal & Practical Bible Study materials (5 volumes).
For many years he wrote a weekly column, "Drug Quiz,"
which was syndicated in more than 2,400 newspapers throughout
the U.S. Hundreds of his essays, feature articles, and short
stories have been published in national monthlies and scientific
journals.
Curt
and his wife, Ruthann, make their home in St.
Charles, Missouri. They are the proud parents of two married
children, grandparents of seven grandchildren, and devoted
caregivers to a rescued retired racing greyhound named
Dolly.
Dr.
Curt Scarborough
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