Dr. Bob Brower was inaugurated as the 14th president of Point Loma Nazarene University on Friday, April 17, 1998.

Before being elected to the presidency at Point Loma, Brower was CEO of Nazarene Publishing House where he was responsible for the leadership, planning, direction and operation of NPH and its four trade-name companies (Lillenas Publishing Company, Beacon Hill Press, WordAction Publishing and Casa Nazarena de Publicaciones.)

Before his position at NPH, Brower was vice president for Institutional Advancement at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kans. from 1989-1995 and was responsible for financial development efforts, church relations, public relations, special events and publications. He was dean of innovative education and graduate studies and professor at MANU from 1986-1989 and developed programs in management and human relations, master of education, and master of business administration. He was also associate academic dean from 1983-1986, director of Title III programs, and professor of communications from 1979-1983. He was previously director of Title III, admissions and an assistant professor at Trevecca Nazarene University from 1974-1979.

He earned the Ph.D. in organizational and interpersonal communication at the University of Kansas in 1986, the M.A. in communication from the University of Cincinnati in 1973 and the B.A. in speech and English from Trevecca Nazarene University in 1972.