Charles Wesley Flint | |
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5th Chancellor of Syracuse University | |
In office September 1922 – May 1936 | |
Preceded by | James Roscoe Day |
Succeeded by | William Pratt Graham |
Charles Wesley Flint (November 14, 1878 – December 12, 1964) was a Canadian-born educator and bishop of the Methodist Church in the United States. [1]
Charles Wesley Flint was born in Canada [2] to George and Eliza Flint and was the youngest of four children. [1] He graduated from the University of Toronto and went on to study at Drew Theological Seminary and Columbia University. [3]
Flint began his Methodist ministry in the Northwest Conference of the Iowa at the age of 21. [2]
In 1915, Flint was serving as the pastor of the New York Avenue Methodist church in Brooklyn. On June 15 of that year, he was elected president of Cornell College. [2] He was inaugurated on November 19. [4] He was the president of Cornell College [5] for seven years (1915–22), then was the fifth chancellor of Syracuse University from 1922 [6] until his election as a bishop. During his time as chancellor, he served as an advisor to the Alpha Phi Omega chapter at Syracuse University.
Flint wrote a biography of Charles Wesley in 1957. [7]
Flint married Clara Yetter in 1901; they had a daughter, Dr Lois Flint [1] [3] and a son, George Y. Flint, who served as a Methodist minister in Ohio, New Jersey and Maryland. [8]
Charles Wesley Flint | |
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5th Chancellor of Syracuse University | |
In office September 1922 – May 1936 | |
Preceded by | James Roscoe Day |
Succeeded by | William Pratt Graham |
Charles Wesley Flint (November 14, 1878 – December 12, 1964) was a Canadian-born educator and bishop of the Methodist Church in the United States. [1]
Charles Wesley Flint was born in Canada [2] to George and Eliza Flint and was the youngest of four children. [1] He graduated from the University of Toronto and went on to study at Drew Theological Seminary and Columbia University. [3]
Flint began his Methodist ministry in the Northwest Conference of the Iowa at the age of 21. [2]
In 1915, Flint was serving as the pastor of the New York Avenue Methodist church in Brooklyn. On June 15 of that year, he was elected president of Cornell College. [2] He was inaugurated on November 19. [4] He was the president of Cornell College [5] for seven years (1915–22), then was the fifth chancellor of Syracuse University from 1922 [6] until his election as a bishop. During his time as chancellor, he served as an advisor to the Alpha Phi Omega chapter at Syracuse University.
Flint wrote a biography of Charles Wesley in 1957. [7]
Flint married Clara Yetter in 1901; they had a daughter, Dr Lois Flint [1] [3] and a son, George Y. Flint, who served as a Methodist minister in Ohio, New Jersey and Maryland. [8]