Clark T. Hinman
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Biography
Hinman was born in Delaware County, New York into a Methodist family.
Hinman attended Wesleyan University, where, in 1838, he was one of the co-founders of the Eclectic Society. He graduated from Wesleyan in 1839.[1]
After graduation, Hinman served as an instructor at a seminary in Newbury, Vermont from 1839 to 1846.[2] 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 to 1853. While at Albion, Hinman met Erastus O. Haven, also a future president of Northwestern University, and they discussed the formation of a new University outside Chicago.
President of Northwestern University
Hinman was unanimously elected president of Northwestern University by the board of trustees on August 23, 1853.[3] However he feel ill and died while traveling to New York in October 1854, before instruction at the new university could begin.[4][5]
References
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- Northwestern University: A History, 1855-1905 By Arthur Herbert Wilde, pp. 172–189 (available in full text at Google Book Search )
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