Lynn H. Hough

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The Reverend Lynn H. Hough
9th President of Northwestern University
In office 1919–1920
Preceded by	Thomas Holgate (interim)
Succeeded by	Walter Dill Scott
Dean of Drew Theological Seminary
In office 1934–1947
Personal details
Born	Lynn Harold Hough (1877-09-10)September 10, 1877 Cadiz, Ohio, US
Died	July 14, 1971(1971-07-14) (aged 93) Manhattan, New York City, New York, US
Spouse	Blanche Horton ​ ​ (m. 1936; died 1970)​
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Methodist)
Church	Methodist Episcopal Church Methodist Church
Academic background
Alma mater	Scio College Drew University Garrett Biblical Institute
Influences	Irving Babbitt Paul Elmer More
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
School or tradition	Christian humanism theological liberalism
Institutions	Garrett Biblical Institute Northwestern University Drew University

Lynn Harold Hough (1877–1971) was an American Methodist clergyman, theologian, and academic administrator. He served as the 9th president of Northwestern University from 1919 to 1920.

Early life and education

Lynn H. Hough was born on September 10, 1877, in Cadiz, Ohio. He earned a bachelor's degree from Scio College in 1898 and Drew University in 1905, followed by a doctorate from Garrett Biblical Institute in 1918.

Career

Hough began his career as a Methodist clergyman in the Northeast in 1898, up until 1914.

Hough taught at his alma mater, Garrett Biblical Institute, from 1914 to 1919. He succeeded Thomas Holgate as the president of Northwestern University from 1919 to 1920. During his tenure, he approved a new Master of Business Administration degree program in the School of Commerce (now known as the Kellogg School of Management) and he began a $25-million fundraising campaign to expand the campus.

Hough was a professor at his alma mater's Drew Theological Seminary from 1930 to 1934, and its dean from 1934 to 1947. He authored several books about Christianity.

• The Significance Of The Protestant Reformation (Abdingdon Press, 1918)

Personal life and death

In 1936, Hough married Blanche Horton; she predeceased him in 1970. He resided at 1165 Fifth Avenue on the island of Manhattan, New York City, where he died on July 14, 1971.

See also

• Christian Flag

References

Bibliography

• Beauregard, Erving E. (1999). "Lynn Harold Hough: Servant of Humanity". Methodist History. 37 (4): 226–241. hdl:10516/6268. ISSN 0026-1238.
• Digrius, Dawn M. (2011). "The Un-Heretical Christian: Lynn Harold Hough, Darwinism and Christianity in 1920s America". Methodist History. 49 (4): 223–240. hdl:10516/2141. ISSN 0026-1238.

Further reading

• Cunningham, Floyd Timothy (1983). The Christian Faith Personally Given: Divergent Trends in Twentieth-Century American Methodist Thought (PhD thesis). Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University. OCLC 13725856.