Teacher/Counselor. Buck Hatch was one of six members of the first class to graduate from the CBC Graduate School in 1939. Later, at the University of Chicago, he studied psychology and social studies. As a teacher, counselor, and administrator, Buck was a big part of Columbia International University for more than forty years. Beloved by all, Buck Hatch worked under four CIU presidents: Dr. R.C. McQuilkin, Dr. G. Allen Fleece, Dr. Robertson McQuilkin, and Dr. Johnny V. Miller. Although he held other positions during his years at CIU, his first love was teaching. The establishment of the James M. Hatch Chair of Biblical Counseling, a part of the 75th Anniversary celebration, honors a man who called himself a Bible teacher by the grace of God, and who pioneered in the area of Christian counseling. Buck passed away in 1999.