President Page has been an active member in both the Sherman Rotary Club and the Sherman and Denison Chambers of Commerce, as well as with the United Way of Grayson County.  He has served on the boards of directors of the United Way, Junior Achievement of Grayson County, and the March of Dimes.  He also has served on the boards of directors of the Association of Texas Colleges and Universities (past president) and the Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas (past board chair), as well as on the Council of Presidents of the Alliance for Higher Education (past chair) and on the Appeals Committee of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Currently, he is on the boards of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities, and the Institute for the International Education of Students.  He began serving in July 2007 as president of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Commission.  He has chaired the Criteria and Review Committee as a member of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

In addition, Dr. Page has served on several national commissions, including the Presidents' Commission and the Division III Management Council for the National Collegiate Athletic Association, as well as the American Council on Education's Commission on Women in Higher Education.  He received the Chief Executive Officer Leadership Award in April 2006 from District IV of CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education).

Before filling the presidency at Austin College, Dr. Page served for six years as the president of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, and spent ten years at Lander College in South Carolina, where he was provost and vice president for academic affairs and was appointed as acting president for a term.  President Page also served as dean of the college at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia (1971 - 1978) and was a member of the history faculties of the Universities of Georgia (1967 - 1971) and Western Kentucky (1964).

Throughout his career, President Page has been an active leader in community, church, and civic affairs.  He has served as Chamber of Commerce president in two cities, Rotary president in one, chairman of a hospital board, and honorary chair of Big Brothers/Big Sisters and The March of Dimes.

His wife, Anna Laura, holds a master of music degree from the University of Kentucky and is a professional musician who has published numerous choral, keyboard, and handbell compositions.  Mrs. Page is an accomplished pianist and organist.