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Portrait of Frances Shimer, co-founder of Shimer College. Shimer College was founded in 1852, when the pioneer town of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, lacking a public school, incorporated the Mt. Carroll Seminary with no land, no teachers, and no money for this purpose. [1][2] [a] Founded as non-denominational, it was affiliated with Baptists from 1896 ...
Shimer Great Books School. Shimer Great Books School (pronounced / ˈʃaɪmər / ⓘ SHY-mər) is a Great Books college that is part of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Prior to 2017, Shimer was an independent, accredited college on the south side of Chicago, originally founded in 1853. Originally founded as the Mount Carroll ...
Shimer people in a Shimer class This is a list of notable students and faculty of Shimer College , a Great Books college that was acquired in 2017 by North Central College . Founded in 1853, Shimer occupied a traditional college campus in Mount Carroll, Illinois , from 1853 to 1978, and an improvised campus in Waukegan from 1979 to 2006.
Formerly professor of Bible and religious education at Linfield College [2] – A. Beth Hostetter 1938 1939 [2] 5 Albin C. Bro: 1939 1949 Former staff at University of Chicago Press President of Frances Shimer College [2] – John H. Russel 1949 1950 [3] 6 Aaron Brumbaugh: 1950 1954 Former Dean of the College of the University of Chicago [2] [4 ...
Coordinates: 42.09245°N 89.97710°W. The Mount Carroll Seminary was the name of Shimer College from 1853 to 1896. The Seminary was located in Mount Carroll, Illinois, in the United States. A pioneering institution in its time and place, the Mount Carroll Seminary served as a center of culture and education in 19th-century northwestern Illinois.
Frances Shimer. Frances Shimer in her early 50s. Frances Shimer (August 21, 1826 – November 10, 1901), born Frances Ann Wood, was an American educator. She was the founder of the Mount Carroll Seminary, which later became Shimer College, in Mount Carroll, Illinois. She was also the sole proprietress of the school from 1870 to her retirement ...
William Parker McKee (1862–1933) was an American educator and Baptist minister. He served as the chief executive of Shimer College from 1897 to 1930, a position known at the time as "Dean". [1] During this period the school was known by turns as the Frances Shimer Academy, Frances Shimer School, and Frances Shimer Junior College. [2]
4 September 1893. Prentice. Died. 6 March 1956 (aged 62) Alma mater. University of Chicago. Albin Carl Bro (1893–1956) was a Christian missionary and educator, United States diplomat, and the fifth president of Shimer College .