Clark T. Hinman Explained

Clark Titus Hinman
Office:1st President of Northwestern University
Term Start:1854
Term End:1854
Birth Date:3 August 1819
Birth Place:Kortright, New York
Death Place:Troy, New York
Successor:Henry S. Noyes (interim)
Alma Mater:Wesleyan University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Profession:Educator
Spouse:Martha A. Morse Hinman
Footnotes:[1]

Clark Titus Hinman (August 3, 1819 – October 21, 1854) 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 (which later became Albion College, where he served as president from 1846 – 1853). While at Albion, Hinman met Erastus O. Haven (a future president of NU), 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.[2]

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Northwestern University Biography of Clark T. Hinman.
  2. Web site: Hinman, Clark T. (Clark Titus), 1819-1854 Archival and Manuscript Collections . 2024-07-10 . findingaids.library.northwestern.edu.