Jesse Lee Cuninggim
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Vanderbilt University
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Jesse Lee Cuninggim (1870–1950) was an American Methodist clergyman and university professor and administrator. After serving as Head of the Department of Religious Education at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, he served as the President of Scarritt College for Christian Workers, which he moved from Kansas City, Missouri to Nashville, Tennessee.
Early life
Jessee Lee Cuninggim was born in 1870 in North Carolina.{{Cite web |url=http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/findingaids/cuninggimjl.pdf |title=Vanderbilt University Special Collections |access-date=2014-01-22 |archive-date=2013-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109151536/http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/findingaids/cuninggimjl.pdf |url-status=dead }} He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master's degree from the University of Chicago.[http://smu.edu/registrar/honorary_degrees/bio.asp?pid=61&name=Jesse%20Cuninggim Southern Methodist University: Jesse Lee Cuninggim: Doctor of Divinity 1922]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He also studied theology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Career
Cuninggim served as Head of the Department of Religious Education at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He later received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from SMU.
Cuninggim then served as the President of Scarritt College for Christian Workers, then known as the Scarritt Bible and Training School, a girl's missionary seminary affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Kansas City, Missouri.Harmon, Nolan, ed. Encyclopedia of World Methodism, Volume 1, p.614[http://www.vanderbilt.edu/WomensCenter/about-us/about-margaret-cuninggim Vanderbilt University: Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203002821/http://www.vanderbilt.edu/WomensCenter/about-us/about-margaret-cuninggim |date=2014-02-03 }} In 1923, he moved it to Nashville, Tennessee, on the edge of Vanderbilt University and Peabody College, and renamed it Scarritt College. His goal was to increase its academic focus. Later, he also served as Director of the Department of Ministerial Supply and Training at Vanderbilt University and taught Religion in Wesley Hall.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/special/collections/philanthropy/mss029 |title=Merrimon Cuninggim Papers, 1939–1997 |access-date=2014-01-23 |archive-date=2014-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202094551/http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/special/collections/philanthropy/mss029 |url-status=dead }}
In 1936, Cuninggim served on the Board of Trustees of Duke University.{{Cite web |url=http://www.trustees.duke.edu/honorary_degrees/1930s.php |title=Duke University: Board of Trustees 1930s |access-date=2014-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201181310/http://www.trustees.duke.edu/honorary_degrees/1930s.php |archive-date=2014-02-01 |url-status=dead }}
Personal life
Cuninggim married to Maud Lillian Merrimon Cuninggim on June 29, 1910 at the Edenton Street United Methodist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.{{cite news|title=Cuninggim-Merrimon. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/57648059/?terms=%22Jesse%2BLee%2BCuninggim%22 |newspaper=The Raleigh Times |location=Raleigh, North Carolina |date=June 30, 1910 |page=8 |via = Newspapers.com|access-date = November 27, 2015 }} {{Open access}} They had two children:
- Merrimon Cuninggim (1911–1995)
- Margaret Cuninggim
Bibliography
- A Plan for Better Religious Instruction in the Southern Methodist Church (1901).[https://books.google.com/books?id=4pB2nQEACAAJ Google Books]
- The Organized Adult Bible Class (1908).[https://books.google.com/books?id=HpcitwAACAAJ Google Books]
- The Making of a Ministry (1910).[https://books.google.com/books?id=BLF7nQEACAAJ Google Books]
- The Family of God (1948).[https://books.google.com/books?id=-1iDGAAACAAJ Google Books]
- The Administration and Organization of the Sunday School.[https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Cuninggim%2C+Jesse+Lee%2C+1870-%22 Archive]
- A Better System of Ministerial Training for the Church[https://books.google.com/books?id=THfQtgAACAAJ Google Books]
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