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Lynn H. Hough

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Lynn H. Hough
9th President of Northwestern University
In office
1919–1920
Preceded byThomas Holgate (interim)
Succeeded byWalter Dill Scott
Dean of Drew Theological Seminary
In office
1934–1947
Personal details
Born
Lynn Harold Hough

(1877-09-10)September 10, 1877
Cadiz, Ohio, US
DiedJuly 14, 1971(1971-07-14) (aged 93)
Manhattan, New York City, New York, US
Spouse
Blanche Horton
(m. 1936; died 1970)
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Methodist)
Church
Academic background
Alma mater
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineTheology[5]
School or tradition
Institutions

Lynn Harold Hough[6][pronunciation?] (1877–1971) was an American Methodist clergyman, theologian, and academic administrator. He served as the 9th president of Northwestern University from 1919 to 1920.

Early life and education

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Lynn H. Hough was born on September 10, 1877, in Cadiz, Ohio.[6][7][8] He earned a bachelor's degree from Scio College in 1898 and Drew University in 1905, followed by a doctorate from Garrett Biblical Institute in 1918.[7][8]

Career

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Hough began his career as a Methodist clergyman in the Northeast in 1898, up until 1914.[7][8]

Hough taught at his alma mater, Garrett Biblical Institute, from 1914 to 1919.[7][8] He succeeded Thomas Holgate as the president of Northwestern University from 1919 to 1920.[7][8] During his tenure, he approved a new Master of Business Administration degree program in the School of Commerce (now known as the Kellogg School of Management) and he began a $25-million fundraising campaign to expand the campus.[8]

Hough was a professor at his alma mater's Drew Theological Seminary from 1930 to 1934, and its dean from 1934 to 1947.[7] He authored several books about Christianity.[7]

  • The Significance Of The Protestant Reformation (Abdingdon Press, 1918)

Personal life and death

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In 1936, Hough married Blanche Horton; she predeceased him in 1970.[7][9] He resided at 1165 Fifth Avenue on the island of Manhattan, New York City, where he died on July 14, 1971.[10]

See also

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References

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Beauregard 1999, p. 227.
  2. ^ a b Digrius 2011, p. 228.
  3. ^ Beauregard 1999, p. 233.
  4. ^ Digrius 2011, p. 225.
  5. ^ Beauregard 1999, p. 228.
  6. ^ a b Beauregard 1999, p. 226.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "Dr. Lynn H. Hough Dead at 93; A Leading Methodist Educator". The New York Times. July 15, 1971. p. 34. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Lynn Harold Hough". Northwestern University Archives. Northwestern University. Archived from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  9. ^ Beauregard 1999, pp. 237–238.
  10. ^ Beauregard 1999, p. 238.

Bibliography

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  • Beauregard, Erving E. (1999). "Lynn Harold Hough: Servant of Humanity". Methodist History. 37 (4): 226–241. hdl:10516/6268. ISSN 0026-1238.
  • Digrius, Dawn M. (2011). "The Un-Heretical Christian: Lynn Harold Hough, Darwinism and Christianity in 1920s America". Methodist History. 49 (4): 223–240. hdl:10516/2141. ISSN 0026-1238.

Further reading

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  • Cunningham, Floyd Timothy (1983). The Christian Faith Personally Given: Divergent Trends in Twentieth-Century American Methodist Thought (PhD thesis). Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University. OCLC 13725856.
Academic offices
Preceded by President of Northwestern University
1919–1920
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Dean of Drew Theological Seminary
1934–1947
Succeeded by