From collection Member List
DAR #228: "Minister. A.B. 1863; A.M., 1866; A.B., 1864, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.; A.M., 1867, Wesleyan University; D.D., 1901, Wesleyan University; LL.D., 1882, Indiana Asbury University. Born, March 17, 1844, Lafayette, Ind. Licensed to preach, 1863; entered New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1865; transferred to Northwest Indiana Conference, 1868; transferred to South America Conference, now Eastern South America Conference, as one of its founders; transferred to Western South America Conference, as one of its founders; transferred to Andes Conference, now Chile, as one of its founders; transferred to North Andes Mission Conference as one of its founders, 1910; teacher of natural sciences and German, Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Mass., 1864-67; president Valparaiso College, Ind., 1867-69; missionary in Argentina, stationed at Rosario, Province of Santa Fe, working in English, Spanish, and German, meeting hostility from the Catholic clergy; founded lodges of Good Templars, the firs founded a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the first in South America; acting American Consul, 1872; consul for Rosario and its dependencies, 1873-77; chairman Board of Examiners of city schools, Rosario, 1874-77; member of city government, 1875; admitted to the practice of law in the Argentine Federal Court, 1875; professor of Physics and Astronomy in Rosario National College, 1875-77; chairman Provential School Council, Rosario, 1876-77; missionary Montevideo, Uruguay, 1877-81; superintendent of all work in South America under the Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1879-87; founder and editor of "El Evangelista," the first Spanish evangelical weekly in the world, 1877-87; author and publisher of "Breves Informaciones," a handbook on Methodism; joint editor of The first Spanish hymn and tune book in South America; delegate to Methodist Ecumenical Conference, London, 1881; visited Mexico for comparative study with South America, 1882; visited United States, 1882; returned to South America with re-enforcement, 1883; founder and editor of the Sunday school weekly in Spanish; interviewed Emperor of Brazil, 1884; founded successful mission work in Brazil and Paraguay, 1885; founded school in Colonia Valdense, Uruguay, 1888-91; founded preachers' training school at Buenos Aires, Argentina; superintendent Methodist Episcopal Missions in northwestern parts of South America; assistant founder mission High School, Peru, 1893; delegate to World's Congress of Missions at Chicago, 1893; founded Technical School of Commerce, Lima, 1899; president of same; special commissioner of Ecuador, 1899; visited Isthmus of Panama and founded Methodist Episcopal Church, English and Spanish, 1903-06; government chaplain, Canal Zone, 1905-06; founded preachers' training school, Lima, and president of same, 1906; published song book for day schools, 1909; edited revised version of "Luke's Gospel," in the Spanish and Quichua languages, 1912; returned to United States on furlough for one year, 1913; retired on account of failing health; took part in World's Bible Congress, 1915; member of American Association for Advancement of Science, 1894; of Scientific Congress of Latin America, 1901; of National Geographical Society, Lima, Peru; of National Temperance Association, Lima; of Commission on Christian Work in Latin America, Panama, 1916. Married, July 23, 1367, Miss Ellen Dow, Westfield, Mass. Father of 1843, 1859 and M-52." Initiated October 8, 1859 while a freshman. Chapter president June 19, 1862 to June 25th, 1863.
