PRESIDENTS
 

ditto, 1897-1904; Brown professor (Homi-
letics), ditto, 1904-08; Barrows Lecturer,
1902-03, and 1906-07; died New York City,
Mar. 25, 1908. D.D., University of the City
of New York, 1890, Harvard University, 1897;
LL.D., Union College, 1905.

1908                *Francis Brown                1916

Born Hanover, N. H., Dec. 26, 1849; Dart¬
mouth College, 1870; teacher, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
1870-72; tutor, Dartmouth College, 1872-74;
Union Theological Seminary, 1874-77; first
fellow, ditto, Berlin, Germany, 1877-79; or¬
dained (Presbytery of New York), Mar. 20,
1882; instructor (Biblical Philology), Union
Theological Seminary, 1879-81; associate pro¬
fessor, ditto, 1881-90; Davenport professor
(Hebrew and the Cognate Languages), ditto,
1890-1916; president, and director, ditto,
1908-16; died New York City, Oct. 15, 1916.
Director, American School for Oriental Study
and Research, Jerusalem, 1907-08. Ph.D.,
Hamilton College, 1884; D.D., Dartmouth
College, 1884, Yale University, 1894, Uni¬
versity of Glasgow, 1901, Williams College,
1908; LL.D., Dartmouth College, 1901;
D.Litt., University of Oxford, 1901.

1917    *Arthur Cushman McGiffert    1926

Born Sauquoit, N. Y., Mar. 4, 1861; Western
Reserve University, 1882; Union Theological
Seminary, 1882-85; student. University of
Berlin, 1885-86; University of Marburg,
1886-87; Paris and Rome, 1887-88; ordained
(Presbytery of Cleveland), Sep. 10, 1888; in¬
structor (Church History), Lane Theological
Seminary, 1888-90; professor, ditto, 1890-93;
Washburn professor (Church History), Union
Theological Seminary, 1893-1926; president,
and director, ditto, 1917-26; research pro¬
fessor, ditto, 1926-27; professor emeritus,
ditto, 1927-33; died Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Feb.
25, 1933. Ph.D., University of Marburg, 1888;
D.D., Western Reserve University, 1892,
Harvard University, 1906, Presbyterian Theo¬
logical College, Halifax, N. S., 1920, and Uni¬
versity of St. Andrews, Scotland, 1922; LL.D.,
Pennsylvania College, 1917, and Queen's
University, Kingston, Ont., Canada, 1919.

1926           Henry Sloane Coffin            1945

Born New York City, Jan. 5, 1877; Yale Uni¬
 

versity, 1897; New College and University of
Edinburgh, 1897-99; University of Marburg,
1899; Union Theological Seminary, 1899-1900,
Bachelor of Divinity; resident graduate, ditto,
1900-01; ordained (Presbytery of New York),
May 2, 1900; pastor (Bedford Park), New
York City, 1900-05; pastor (Madison Ave¬
nue), ditto, 1905-26; assistant professor
(Homiletics), Union Theological Seminary,
1904-09; associate professor, ditto, 1909-19;
associate professor (Pastoral Theology), ditto,
1919-26; Brown professor (Homiletics and
Pastoral Theology), ditto, 1926-45; president
of the Faculty and director, ditto, 1926-45.
Moderator, General Assembly of the Presby¬
terian Church in the U.S.A., 1943-44; Joseph
Cook lecturer to India and China 1946-47.
D.D., New York University, 1906, Yale Uni¬
versity, 1915, Harvard University, 1922,
Columbia University, 1925, Princeton Uni¬
versity, 1925, University of Glasgow, 1926,
Union College, 1928, Episcopal Theological
School, Cambridge, Mass., 1935; Jewish
Theological Seminary of America, 1937, Bow¬
doin College, 1944; D.TheoL, University of
Marburg, 1930, Faculte libre de Theologie
protestante de Paris, 1938; Litt.D., College of
the Ozarks, 1931, Western Reserve Univer¬
sity, 1937, Hamilton College, 1938; L.LD.,
Amherst College, 1927, University of St.
Andrews, 1934.

1945        Henry Pitney Van Dusen

Born Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa., Dec.
11, 1897; Princeton University, 1919; New
College and University of Edinburgh, 1921-22,
1930-32, Ph.D.; Union Theological Seminary,
1922-24, B.D.; ordained (Presbytery of New
York), April 27, 1924; student department,
Y.M.C.A., New York City, 1924-26; associate
executive secretary, ditto, 1927-28; instructor
(Systematic Theology and the Philosophy of
Religion), Union Theological Seminary, 1926-
28; assistant professor, ditto, 1928-31; associ¬
ate Professor, ditto, 1931-36; Roosevelt pro¬
fessor (Sj^stematic Theology), 1936------; dean

of students, ditto, 1931-39; president of the

Faculty,   ditto,   1945------;  president  of  the

Faculty, Auburn Theological Seminary, 1945

------.  S.T.D.,  New York University,   1945;

D.D., Amherst College, 1946, Edinburgh
University, 1946, Oberlin College, 1947, Yale
University, 1947.
 

PROFESSORS

1836             *Thomas McAuley             1840

Professor (Pastoral Theology), 1836-40.   See

Presidents.                                                              Greencastle,   N.   Y.;   Union   College,   1824;
 

1836                  *Henry White                 1850

Born Durham, N. Y., June 19, 1800; Academy,
 

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