Charles Wesley Flint
{{short description|American bishop}}
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| caption = Day {{circa}} 1922
| order = 5th
| title = Chancellor of Syracuse University
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| term_end = May 1936
| predecessor = James Roscoe Day
| successor = William Pratt Graham
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Charles Wesley Flint (November 14, 1878 – December 12, 1964) was a Canadian-born educator and bishop of the Methodist Church in the United States.
Early life
Charles Wesley Flint was born in Canada.{{cite news |title=Dr. Chas W. Flint Head of Cornell |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-dr-chas-w-flin/140262124/ |access-date=February 4, 2024 |work=The Des Moines Register |date=June 16, 1915 |page=3}} He graduated from the University of Toronto and went on to study at Drew Theological Seminary and Columbia University.
Career
Flint began his Methodist ministry in the Northwest Conference of the Iowa at the age of 21.
In 1915, Flint was serving as the pastor of the New York Avenue Methodist church in Brooklyn. On June 15 of that year, he was elected president of Cornell College. He was inaugurated on November 19.{{cite news |title=Move to Improve Cornell Started |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-move-to-improve/140262843/ |access-date=February 4, 2024 |work=The Des Moines Register |date=November 19, 1915 |page=2}} He was the president of Cornell College{{cite web|url=https://www.forgottenbooks.com/en/download/TheInaugurationofCharlesWesleyFlintasPresidentofCornellCollege_11175936.pdf |title=The Inauguration of Charles Wesley Flint as President of Cornell College |author=|website=Forgotten Books|access-date=2024-01-31|quote=}} for seven years (1915–22), then was the fifth chancellor of Syracuse University from 1922{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-31 |title=Religion: Battle of Columbus (May 25, 1936) |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,756123,00.html |website=Time Magazine}} until his election as a bishop. During his time as chancellor, he served as an advisor to the Alpha Phi Omega chapter at Syracuse University.
Publications
Personal life
Flint married Clara Yetter in 1901; they had a daughter, Dr Lois Flint,{{cite web|url=https://catalog.gcah.org/publicdata/files/4642/flint-charles-wesley-bishop.pdf |title=Flint, Charles Wesley, Bishop|author=|website=The United Methodist Church website, Archives and History |access-date=2024-01-31|quote=}} and a son, George Y. Flint, who served as a Methodist minister in Ohio, New Jersey and Maryland.{{cite news |title=Dr. Flint Given Pastorate Here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-dr-flint-given-pastor/140261347/ |access-date=February 4, 2024 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=March 11, 1957 |page=30}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060222055724/http://www.cornellcollege.edu/150/timeline.shtml%23 Cornell archive]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080917074745/http://www.syr.edu/aboutsu/chronology/1906.html Syracuse archive]
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Category:American Methodist bishops
Category:Presidents of Syracuse University
Category:Bishops of The Methodist Church (USA)
Category:20th-century Methodist bishops
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