Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Madison U. Sowell
It's slightly fuzzy whether the positions he held at BYU exactly meet 's named chair provision since they're for a broader concept than the standard "X chair of Y subject", but having several such positions and multiple university-wide posts at a huge university seem likely to meet that criterion, and though his current position is at a small school, he is the provost.  This, along with the above-mentioned Google Scholar results that appear to be fairly well-cited at a quick glance (and work on a significant translation), make me say he fits notability for academics.  In addition, he's received some http://www.roanoke.com/news/virginia/southern-virginia-university-to-work-on-policy-after-gay-student/article_9bc6e37a-b22d-514b-a9ed-916e6baf9b5b.html news coverage for questions about whether Southern Virginia in general and he in particular have been discriminatory to gay students
— User:Pinball22, 15:51, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:PROF (Wikipedia:Notability)