File contributed & permission given for use in the Ohio Biographies Project by Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman <73777.25@compuserve.com> & Submitter ************************************************************************** File Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Gina M. Reasoner AUPQ38A@prodigy.com January 26, 1999 *************************************************************************** From the The OHGenWeb Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/oh/ohfiles.htm a part of The USGenWeb Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ *************************************************************************** HISTORY OF OHIO, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume V, page 47 WILLIAM HENRY McMASTER, president of Mount Union College at Alliance, was born in Centerville, Ohio, September 17, 1875, son of Dr. James Nelson and Susan Elizabeth (Neff) McMaster. He took his Bachelor of Philosophy degree at Mount Union College in 1899, graduated Bachelor of Divinity from the Drew Theological Seminary in 1902, was a student in the United Free Church College at Glasgow, Scotland for a year, and in 1905 received the master of Arts degree from the New York University. Ohio Wesleyan University, in recognition of his services through Methodism and cause of education, gave him the Doctor of Divinity degree in 1911. He was ordained to the Methodist ministry in 1889, and held pastorates in New York City and Brooklyn for ten years. In 1909 he accepted the post of president of Mount Union College. He is vice president of the Ohio Council of Churches and was a member of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1920 and 1924. He married Isabella Mills of Cleveland May 8, 1907. HISTORY OF OHIO Volume 1, page 492 (Under Mount Union College the following paragraph appears) Following is a list of presidents of this institution, together with the time each served: Rev. Orville Nelson Hartshorn, 1846-87; Rev. Tamberlane Pliny Marsh, 1888-98; Rev. Albert Birdsall Ricker, 1898-1908; Rev. William Henry McMaster, 1908, and still serving as president in 1925. These presidents were all titled as A.M., D.D., except the first name who was an A.M.LL.D. ==== OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List ====