Spann, C. Edward

C. Edward Spann is the retired dean of the College of Fine Arts at Dallas Baptist University. He has taught hymnology and has served as chairman of church music programs at Shorter College, Houston Baptist University, and Dallas Baptist University. He was founder and director of the department of Sacred Music at a Baptist seminary in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He holds degrees from Ouachita Baptist University, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Ph.D. from Florida State University.