Clark T. Hinman
Deceased Person
1819 – 1854
Who was Clark T. Hinman?
Clark Titus Hinman was the first president of Northwestern University. Hinman was born in Delaware County, New York into a Methodist family. He attended Wesleyan University, and after graduation served as an instructor at a seminary in Newbury, Vermont. In 1846, Hinman left Newbury and went to the Wesleyan seminary in Albion, Michigan. While at Albion, Hinman met Erastus O. Haven, and they discussed the formation of a new University. Hinman was unanimously elected president of Northwestern University by the board of trustees on August 23, 1853.
Hinman also was one of the co-founders of the Eclectic Society, originally a college fraternity at Wesleyan. The Eclectic Society was founded in 1838, making it one of older fraternal college organizations in the United States.
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- Born
- Aug 3, 1819
United States of America - Also known as
- Clark Hinman
- Education
- Wesleyan University
- Employment
- Northwestern University
- Died
- Oct 21, 1854
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on July 23, 2013
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