Clark Titus Hinman | |
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| 1st President of Northwestern University | |
| In office 1854–1854 | |
| Succeeded by | Henry S. Noyes (interim) |
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| Born | August 3, 1819 Kortright, New York |
| Died | October 21, 1854 (aged 35) Troy, New York |
| Spouse | Martha A. Morse Hinman |
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University Ohio Wesleyan University |
| Profession | Educator |
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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.
