one of the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church Haven, E. O. (Erastus Otis), 1820-1881 Stratton, C. C. (Charles Carroll), 1833-1910 ed text text Biographies. nyu monographic New York Cincinnati Phillips & Hunt Walden & Stowe 1883 eng

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329 p. incl. front. (port.) 19 cm. Erastus O. Haven (1820-1881) was a minister and leader of the Methodist Episcopal Church during a vigorous period of its growth and development. The child of a Methodist minister and farmer, he was born in Boston and spent most of his childhood in Massachusetts. Upon graduating from Wesleyan University, Haven established a life-long pattern of combining the ministry with teaching. This eventually led him to assume the presidencies of the University of Michigan and Northwestern University as well as the chancellorship of Syracuse University. Haven was deeply interested in educational issues affecting students at all levels and in helping to develop a strong Methodist presence among institutions of higher learning. His presidency at the University of Michigan, along with an earlier four-year stint there as a Latin professor, forced him to deal with the specific problems of a secular state university. Among the topics he discusses during the Michigan years are hazing, secret societies, fiscal issues and institutional administration. In midlife, Haven left his initial position at Michigan to become editor of Zion's Herald, a Methodist newspaper that gave him a voice in the Church's major controversies over slavery, church polity, and temperance. Later, he resigned the presidency of Northwestern University to become Secretary of the Board of Education for the Methodist Episcopal Church. Haven also served two terms in the Massachusetts Senate and was residing as a bishop in San Francisco when he died, leaving unfinished this autobiography, completed from his writings by the editor. Edited by the Rev. C.C. Stratton., D.D., president of the University of the Pacific; with an introduction by the Rev. J.M. Buckley, D.D., editor of the Christian advocate. Also available in digital form. Haven, E. O. (Erastus Otis), 1820-1881 Syracuse (N.Y.) Biography Syracuse (N.Y.) Churches Biography BX8495.H27 A3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.00272045264 36036949 4152657 hdl:loc.gdc/scd0001.00272045264 DLC 780818 20260515201744.6 7366043 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)