Clark T. Hinman

Clark Titus Hinman
President of
Northwestern University
In office
1854–1854
Succeeded by Henry Sanborn Noyes
Personal details
Born (1819-08-03)August 3, 1819
Kortright, New York
Died October 21, 1854(1854-10-21) (aged 35)
Troy, New York
Spouse(s) Martha A. Morse Hinman
Alma mater Wesleyan University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Profession Educator
[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.

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Northwestern University Biography of Clark T. Hinman".
  • Northwestern University: A History, 1855-1905 By Arthur Herbert Wilde, p. 172 - 189 (available in full text at Google Book Search )


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