Charles Grandison Finney

Charles Grandison Finney

male, deceased (1875)
oberlin college, Christian Revivalist, Christian, Christian evangelicalism, second great awakening, from Connecticut…Religious history of the United States, presidentofOberlinCollege
Charles Grandison Finney, often called "America's foremost revivalist," was a major leader of the Second Great Awakening in America, which had a...
Charles Grandison Finney

Charles Grandison Finney

male
professor, preacher, lawyer, presidentofOberlinCollege
Charles Finney Finney was an apprentice lawyer in New York State when a dramatic conversion experience convinced him to become a preacher. Finney...

Asa Mahan

Hamilton College, Adrian College, professor, presbyterian church, president, minister…oberlin, oberlin college, Member of the Board of Trustees, presidentofOberlinCollege, graduated from Hamilton College
Asa Mahan Mahan, Asa Asa Mahan was an educator, reformer and the first President of Oberlin College. Mahan was born on November 9, 1800, in...

Nancy S. Dye

female
University of Kentucky, professor, vassar college, president, pomona college, Member of the Board of Trustees…presidentofOberlinCollege
Nancy S. Dye became the 13th president of Oberlin College in 1994. Previously, she was dean of the faculty and professor of history, as well as...

Henry Churchill King

male
professor, Harvard, graduate of Oberlin, presidentofOberlinCollege, President King
Henry Churchill King One of the country's foremost Personalist was Henry Churchill King (b. 1858). He was the president of Oberlin College and...