Dr. Jerry B. Cain speaks during the Golden Corridor Community Prayer Breakfast at Judson University in Elgin, Ill., on Wednesday, May 4, 2011. | Sun-Times Media~File Photo
University president Jerry Cain (left) joins the applaud for former U.S. President George W. Bush during the World Leaders Forum at Judson University on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Sun-Times Media~File Photo
PHOTO BY KEVIN SHERMAN / COURTESY JUDSON UNIVERSITY President Jerry Cain and his wife, Linda, are honored during a goodbye reception at a donor's house in March. The first lady saved $10,000 fron the family's grocery budget over several years to endow a scholarship for first-generation college students like herself. She was known for baking pecan pies and teaching etiquette classes.
PHOTO BY KEVIN SHERMAN / COURTESY JUDSON UNIVERSITY President Jerry Cain presides over the winter commencement ceremony at Judson University last December ˜ the second to the last one he would lead as the university's president. Judson awarded 4,057 bachelor's degrees and 390 master's degrees during his 14 years as president.
PHOTO BY KEVIN SHERMAN / COURTESY JUDSON UNIVERSITY President Jerry Cain presides over the winter commencement ceremony at Judson University last December ˜ the second to the last one he would lead as the university's president. Judson awarded 4,057 bachelor's degrees and 390 master's degrees during his 14 years as president.
ELGIN — Ask Dr. Jerry Cain what he is most proud of during his 14 years as president at Judson University, and he evokes the image of spinning dinner plates. “We remained true to our mission,” he says in his laid-back, Old Southwest accent. “It’s …
