May 26, 2000

The Lessons of a Lost Career

By SCOTT HELLER

It was called the Baptist College at Charleston in 1972, when Harold Overton reluctantly accepted a job there. He figured he'd stay a year or two, then move on. He had too much education, he told his family, and that scared away some of the colleges where he'd applied for jobs. With a mission to promote "academic excellence in a Christian environment," Baptist College was proud to add an ordained minister to its faculty roster. But Mr. Overton didn't exactly plant deep roots. Though the

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