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Samuel C. Kincheloe

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Samuel Clarence Kincheloe (1890–1981) was an American minister, educator, college administrator, and author. He served as President of Tougaloo College in Mississippi, from 1956 to 1960.[1]

Biography

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Samuel C. Kincheloe was born in 1890 in Georgetown, Ohio. He received a B.A. degree from Drake University as well as an M.A. degree[1] and P.h.D. from the University of Chicago.

He was an ordained clergyman and taught sociology.[2] He studied the sociology of churches in cities.[3] He wrote The American City and Its Church.[4]

Starting in 1956, Kincheloe served as President of Tougaloo College in Mississippi, a role he held until 1960. He had been preceded by Addison A. Branch who served as the acting President of Tougaloo College for a year; and was succeeded by Adam D. Beittel who served as Tougaloo College's President from 1960 to 1964.[5]

Kincheloe gave an address to the Interdenominational Theological Center on matriculation day in 1960.[6] In 1963, he was photographed teaching at Atlanta University's Interdenominational Theological Center.[7] The Amistad Center at Tulane University has a collection of his papers.[8]

Writings

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  • "The Behavior Sequence of a Dying Church", Religious Education , Volume 24, No. 4 (1929)
  • Research Memorandum on Religion in the Depression, Ayer Company Publishers, Incorporated, 1974 ISBN 9780405008467
  • The American City and Its Church

References

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