List of presidents of Shimer College
Appearance
This is a list of presidents of Shimer College, from 1853 to the position's abolition in 2017.
List
[edit]- A "–" indicates that the individual served as interim or acting president.
# | Image | Name | Term begin | Term end | Notes | Ref. |
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1 | Frances Shimer | 1853 | 1896 | Principal of Mount Carroll Seminary Former schoolteacher |
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Cindarella Gregory | 1853 | 1870 | Co-Principal of Mount Carroll Seminary, departed in 1870 Former schoolteacher |
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– | Frank J. Miller | 1896 | 1897 | Non-resident principal of Frances Shimer Academy[1] Professor at University of Chicago |
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2 | William Parker McKee | 1897 | 1930 | Dean of Frances Shimer Academy Former Baptist minister |
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3 | Floyd Wilcox | 1930 | 1935 | President of Frances Shimer Junior College | [2] | |
– | A. Beth Hostetter | 1935 | 1936 | [2] | ||
4 | Raymond Culver | 1936 | 1938 | Formerly professor of Bible and religious education at Linfield College | [2] | |
– | A. Beth Hostetter | 1938 | 1939 | [2] | ||
5 | Albin C. Bro | 1939 | 1949 | Former staff at University of Chicago Press President of Frances Shimer College |
[2] | |
– | John H. Russel | 1949 | 1950 | [3] | ||
6 | Aaron Brumbaugh | 1950 | 1954 | Former Dean of the College of the University of Chicago | [2][4] | |
7 | Francis Joseph Mullin | 1954 | 1968 | Former professor of medicine at the University of Chicago | [2] | |
8 | Milburn Akers | 1968 | 1970 | Former editor at the Chicago Sun-Times | [2] | |
9 | Robert Spencer Long[2] | 1970 | 1974 | Formerly Dean at Roger Williams College | ||
– | Esther G. Weinstein | 1974 | 1975 | Formerly Professor of Social Sciences and Associate Dean at Shimer College | [2] | |
10 | Ralph W. Conant | 1975 | 1978 | Urbanologist | [2] | |
11 | Donald P. Moon | 1978 | 2004 | Episcopal priest Former nuclear reactor physicist |
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12 | William Craig Rice | 2004 | 2006 | Former staff member at the American Academy for Liberal Education | ||
– | Ronald Champagne | 2007 | 2009 | Former administrator at Roosevelt University | ||
13 | Thomas K. Lindsay | 2009 | 2010 | Former director at the National Endowment for the Humanities | ||
– | Edward Noonan | 2010 | 2012 | Former architect | ||
14 | Susan Henking | 2012 | 2017 | Scholar of religious studies Final President of Shimer College |
Works cited
[edit]- Shimer College (2000). Shimer College Faculty & Alum Directory 2000.
References
[edit]- ^ Bateman, Newton; Selby, Paul; Hostetter, Charles Linnaeus (1910). "The Frances Shimer School of the University of Chicago". Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume 2. pp. 715–718.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Shimer College (2000). Shimer College Faculty & Alum Directory 2000.
- ^ "Dr Russel Appointed As Frances Shimer College Acting Head". Chicago Daily Tribune. 1949-09-01. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012.
- ^ "Something for the Girls". Time. 1950-07-10. Archived from the original on January 31, 2011.