The Reverend Preston Nathaniel Tolliver, Jr. is the grandson of Rev. Dr. Patrick N. Toliver (deceased), Boy Preacher of Staunton, Virginia who at the time of his passing was the fourth pastor in the history of the Zion Union Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Virginia. Rev. Tolliver is the eldest son of Deacon and Mrs. Preston N. Tolliver, Sr., who are longtime members of the Greater First Baptist Church of Washington, D.C. Rev. Tolliver is a 1972 graduate of the Howard University School of Engineering and a 1983 graduate of the DePaul University Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. He is an Associate Minister to the Rev. Dr. George Waddles, Pastor of the Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church South, Chicago, and Dean of the Congress of Christian Education, National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc. Rev. Tolliver is certified to teach in the National Baptist Convention. Called, licensed and ordained at the Lilydale Progressive Baptist Church, Chicago, under Rev. Lawrence E. Mosley, Sr., (deceased), Rev. Tolliver has been a pastoral volunteer at the Safer Crossroads Community Correctional Center since 1997. Married since 1974 with two married children, a son licensed to preach and a daughter certified as Dean of Christian Education. He has six grandchildren. Rev. Tolliver has engineered or project managed hundreds of millions of dollars in construction projects in the United States and Saudi Arabia. He was the first black engineer in Extra High Voltage Substation Design at Commonwealth Edison and later Acting Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Electricity, City of Chicago. Rev. Tolliver is currently a project engineer for the FAA and a soon to be DMin Candidate.
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