Arthur L. Carson (May 29,1895 –April 11,1985) was an American missionary and educator who served as the president of Silliman University in Dumaguete,Philippines,from 1939 to 1953. [1]
Carson was born on May 29,1895,in Tionesta,Pennsylvania. A graduate of Pennsylvania State College and Cornell University,Carson served as a missionary for the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. He was assigned in China from 1921 to 1939 where he was engaged in agricultural work from 1923 to 1926 in the locality of Weihsien,Shantung Province,and later on as director of the Rural Institute of Cheeloo University in Tsinan,Shantung Province from 1931 to 1939. [1]
After his tour in China,Carson was transferred by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church to the Philippines,where he served as president of Silliman University from 1939 to 1953. When World War II broke out,he joined the Philippine resistance forces and continued his missionary work in the mountain barrio of Malabo,Municipality of Valencia,Province of Negros Oriental. [1]
After his stint in Silliman,he served as Director for the Church World Service in the Philippines from 1962 to 1963 and as President of Trinity College of Quezon City in the Philippines from 1963 to 1967. His published writings include Silliman University,1901-1959 and Higher Education in the Philippines. Carson died on April 11,1985,in the City of New York. [1]
Arthur Judson Brown was an American clergyman,missionary and author.
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Silliman University is a private research university in Dumaguete,Philippines. Established in 1901 as Silliman Institute by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions,it is the first American and Protestant founded institution of higher learning in the Philippines and in Asia.
Horace Brinsmade Silliman was a businessman and philanthropist from Cohoes,New York and an active layman in the Presbyterian Church. He gave a $10,000 gift to start Silliman Institute,which later became Silliman University,in Dumaguete,Philippines. Silliman was known for his philanthropy and active involvement in the civic community.
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Hunter Corbett D.D. was a pioneer American missionary to Chefoo,Shandong China,he served with the American Presbyterian Mission. He was a fervent advocate of the missionary enterprise.
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Demetrio Larena was a political hero and former governor of Negros Oriental,a province on Negros Island in the Philippines. He was the vice-president of the Republic of Negros and eventually the governor of Negros Oriental from 1901 until 1906. Larena was instrumental in the establishment of Silliman University in Dumaguete. When Dr. David Hibbard came to the Philippines to scout for a good location of the school that the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions wanted to be founded,Dumaguete was not one of the places originally contemplated. The places that were considered as prospects for the school's location were Iloilo,Cebu and Zamboanga. But due in part to Larena's accommodating gesture and Dumaguete's natural environment at that time,Hibbard decided that the best place to establish the school would be in Dumaguete.
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