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Chopp received her B.A. from Kansas Wesleyan University, a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) from St. Paul School of Theology and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Before Swarthmore, Chopp was the president of Colgate University. Before arriving at Colgate in 2002, Chopp was Dean and Titus Street Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School.
On June 4, 1850, he was one of the group of Methodists who founded Northwestern University, and was elected the first president of its board of trustees. [4] [7] While he lived in Evanston and later lived in Colorado, he donated money and land to fund the university's expenses after it opened in Evanston, Illinois, in November 1855. [4]
Thomas Merton OCSO (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968), religious name M. Louis, was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion. He was a monk in the Trappist Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky, living there from 1941 to his death.
This category is for people who have held the office of President of the University of Chicago. Pages in category "Presidents of the University of Chicago" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
University of Central Florida – John C. Hitt, President; University of Central Missouri – Charles M. Ambrose, President; University of Central Oklahoma – Todd Lamb, President; University of Chicago – Robert J. Zimmer, President; University of Colorado System – Bruce D. Benson, President University of Colorado Boulder – Phil ...
University of Denver Former name Colorado Seminary (1864–1880) Motto Pro Scientia et Religione (Latin) Motto in English "For Knowledge and Spirit" Type Private research university Established 1864 ; 161 years ago (1864) Religious affiliation Nonsectarian ; founded by Methodists Academic affiliation CUMU IAMSCU NAICU Space-grant Endowment $1.02 billion (2023) Chancellor Jeremy Haefner ...
Evans was governor of the Colorado Territory and a founder of the Colorado Seminary (now the University of Denver). [7] Once part of Grace Church, a prominent Methodist Episcopal congregation on 13th Avenue and Bannock in downtown Denver, the small Gothic Revival chapel was moved to the University of Denver's campus in 1959. [8]
The move was notable in that Peña did not endorse Senator Hillary Clinton, the wife of the president under whom he served. [4] On November 5, 2008, he was named to the advisory board of the Obama-Biden Transition Project. [5] On October 26, 2011, Peña was elected to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of Wells Fargo. [6]