Jonathan Edwards (Washington & Jefferson College)

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Jonathan Edwards


First President of Washington & Jefferson College
In office April 4, 1866 – April 20, 1869
Preceded by	John W. Scott (Washington College) David Hunter Riddle (Jefferson College)
Succeeded by	George P. Hays
President of Hanover College
In office 1855–1857
Preceded by	Thomas E. Thomas
Succeeded by	James Wood
Personal details
Born	July 19, 1817 Cincinnati, Ohio
Died	July 13, 1891(1891-07-13) (aged 73) Peoria, Illinois
Alma mater	Hanover College
Religion	Presbyterian

Jonathan Edwards was the 1st president of Washington & Jefferson College following the union of Washington College and Jefferson College.^[1]

Edwards was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 19, 1817. He graduated from Hanover College in 1835 and from Hanover's theological department in 1838.^[1] Edwards taught in Kentucky from 1838 to 1842 before becoming ordained clergy in the Presbyterian Church in 1844.^[1] He served as pastor at various churches in Ohio, Maryland, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Edwards served as the fifth president of Hanover College from 1855 through 1857.^[1]

On April 4, 1866, Edwards was elected as the first president of the newly unified Washington & Jefferson College.^[1] By the end of his presidency, the college was considering consolidating the two campuses, a direction Edwards supported.^[1] Edwards resigned the presidency of W&J on April 20, 1869 to accept a pastoral charge in Baltimore.^[1] He died in Peoria, Illinois on July 13, 1891.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Jonathan Edwards (1866-1869)". U. Grant Miller Library Digital Archives. Washington & Jefferson College. 2003-09-04.

Academic offices
Preceded by Thomas E. Thomas	President of Hanover College 1855–1857	Succeeded by James Wood
Preceded by David Hunter Riddle (Jefferson College) John W. Scott (Washington College)	President of Washington and Jefferson College 1866–1869	Succeeded by Samuel J. Wilson (Interim)

Presidents of Washington & Jefferson College

Founding and early leadership

John McMillan Thaddeus Dod Joseph Smith

Jefferson College

John Watson (1802–1802) James Dunlap (1803–1811) Andrew Wylie (1812–1816) William McMillan (1817–1822) Matthew Brown (1822–1845) Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1845–1847) Alexander Blaine Brown (1847–1856) Joseph Alden (1857–1862) David Hunter Riddle (1862–Union of the Colleges)

Washington College

Matthew Brown (1806–1817) Andrew Wylie (1817–1828) David Elliott (1830–1831) David McConaughy (1831–1849) James Clark (1850–1852) James I. Brownson (Pro Tem. 1852–1853) John W. Scott (1852–Union of the Colleges)

Washington & Jefferson College

Jonathan Edwards (1866–1869)
Samuel J. Wilson (Pro Tem. 1869)
James I. Brownson (Pro Tem. 1870)
George P. Hays (1870–1881)
James D. Moffat (1881–1915)
Frederick W. Hinitt (1915–1918)
William E. Slemmons (Pro Tem. 1918–1919)
Samuel Charles Black (1919–1921)
Simon Strousse Baker (1922–1931)
Ralph Cooper Hutchinson (1931–1945)
James Herbert Case, Jr. (1946–1950)
Boyd Crumrine Patterson (1950–1970)
Howard Jerome Burnett (1971–1998)
Brian C. Mitchell (1998–2004)
G. Andrew Rembert (Pro Tem. 2004)
Tori Haring-Smith (2005–present)

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