CH (COL) Gary G. Cohen, USAR, Ret.
Chaplain Cohen enlisted into the Pennsylvania National Guard (28th Inf Div) in 1957, beginning his military career as a private in the infantry and the artillery, serving on the 105mm howitzer. He was assigned for training to Ft. Knox, Ky., Ft. Chaffee, Ark., and Ft. Carson, Colo. He was commissioned in 1963 as a 1LT and served in an Ordnance Battalion in Ft. Wayne, Ind. He returned to the 28th Division, 56th BDE, where he was promoted to CPT and served in anti-riot duty. After completing the Advanced Officers Course and the C&GS Course, he was promoted to MAJ. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve as a chaplain in a CBT SPT HOSP and then a CHEM GRP, and was promoted to LTC. After this, he was assigned to the 3220th USAG, then located in West Palm Beach, Fla., where he was a section director. There, having completed the USAF Air War College course, as well as the joint services senior officer Reserve Components National Security Course, he was promoted to COL. He then served for six years in the 324th GEN HOSP, later the 324th CBT SPT HOSP. He received six ribbons/decorations and completed 35 years of service in 1992, receiving the Meritorious Service Medal.
After graduating from Temple University of Philadelhia with a BSEd, he continued his studies and graduated from Faith Theological Seminary, MDiv and STM, and received the ThD from Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Ind. In 1989 the LittD was conferred upon him for his writings, including "Hosea-Amos," "Understanding Revelation," "The Horsemen Are Coming," and "Weep Not for Me." He has recently completed a book on psychology, cosmology, and faith.
As a university professor, Dr. Cohen is in his 24th year as professor of Biblical studies at Trinity International University-South Florida Campus (formerly Miami Christian College), where he now teaches in the evenings in the Excel and M.A.R. programs. He is president emeritus of Cohen Theological Seminary, Torrance, Calif., and Seoul, Korea.
Dr. Cohen was one ofthe translators of the New King James Bible; did editorial work on the Red Letter King James Bible; and contributed articles for the Christian Life Bible and the Kirban Prophecy Bible. His articles on Hebrew and Greek words appear in the Old Testament Theological Word Book and The Complete Bible Library.
Dr. Cohen also served as pastor of two churches, and as president of Graham Bible College and Clearwater Christian College. In 1994, with the help of his family, he built the prototype for the model of Jerusalem now housed in Orlando, Fla., at the Holyland Experience. He has led tours to Israel, Jordan, Greece, and Egypt and has been a popular church and conference speaker, speaking in recent years in Los Angeles, Seattle, Hungary, Korea, Taiwan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan.