Byron Rogers , Ph.D.

I can hardly remember not being a part of the Lubbock Christian family. I applied to Lubbock Christian University (College, at the time) as a Pre-Med major in 1977. After a short stint in the College of Education, I graduated four years later in May of 1981 with a B.S. in Chemistry, got married 12 days later to the beautiful Karen Craigmiles, and moved to College Station to attend graduate school at Texas A&M University. I earned my Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from TAMU in August of 1986 and began teaching at LCU that September. Now, nearly forty years later, I'm still here. My son Kime and his wife, my lovely daughter-in-law Whitney, are also graduates of LCU. He teaches chemistry at North Hills Preparatory School in Irving, Texas and sponsors and coaches the A cappella club there. Kime and Whitney are the parents of the lovely Miss Vivian, our granddaughter. My daughter Kalyssa met her husband Brian while they were students at LCU. They live in Colorado with our three grandsons Tucker, Josh, and Sam. My wife Karen, Director of Accounting, and my brother Dr. Keith Rogers, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Chair of the department, both work here at Lubbock Christian as well. We are truly an LCU family.

I am blessed to share music with the musical groups on campus, writing and arranging for Best Friends, Forte, Praise Choir, Chamber Singers, and the Royal Blue Band. I've also been privileged in the past thirty years to arrange for the Master Follies hosts and hostesses and the Master Follies Band. Several of the social clubs on campus have allowed me to work with them on their Follies shows, as well. I received a Masters in Music Composition degree from Texas Tech University in May 2014, and have loved teaching Advanced Music Theory since that time.

Outside of the classroom, I am a dedicated cyclist, a quite average disc golfer, and an intense Scrabble player. I’d love to know your interests, too.

I openly admit that I am no longer a "chemist who does music," but rather a "musician who teaches chemistry." God has blessed me richly to be able to share both of my great passions with the students here at LCU.