Northern Baptist Theological Seminary - Yearbook (Lombard, IL)

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5 .,- Dr. Charles Koller, President for twenty-three years, minister, educator, administrator, advocator of ex- pository preaching without notes, presently enjoying his terminal sabbatical leave .... . . . . Mrs. Donald Thurston, record keeper, grade point average computer, Acting Registrar .... . . . . Dr. Stanley Anderson, educator, writer, chairman of Northern's Correspondence De- partment. . . . l -sing-1 ll Dr. Warren Fillzin, seminary Professor of Christian Education, Acting Administrator of Public Relations, transmitter of Nortlzern's good news .... . . . . Mr. J. Burton lllark, counselor, arbitrator, dis- siminator of secular and Christian employment oppor- tunities, Dean of Students .... . . . . Mr. James Perkins, receiver of all monies, payer of all bills, head of Business Ojice, Acting Administra- tive Assistant. L 'iii . ,Bai

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Byrne Hall The interest to establish a new theological school of the Baptist denomination in Chicago was gen- erated in 1913, under the leadership of Dr. David Heagle, Dr. John M. Dean, John H. Byrne, M.D., and Thomas Bolger. The Seminary found its first home With the Second Baptist Church. The Way proficentially opened, in 1920, for the securing of the mansion and additional building lots of the Wolfe estate, which is our present location. The splendid building had been a home of Wealth and had in its three stories commodious classrooms, ac- commodations for the modest library and even a chapel. This building Was named in honor of Dr. Byrne, who was one of the four seminary founders, and Who served as chairman of the Board of Trustees during those early years. Dr. James Mosteller and Dr. Edgar Boss . . . Deans of the seminary and college respectively . . . Because of the rapid growth of the school, Byrne Hall found itself bursting at its seams. Although other accommodations had to be found for the school's many activities, Byrne Hall still serves as a vital focal point of seminary and college life. The Hall presently houses the Administrative Staff and offices, the Correspondence Department, the dining room, and offices for the professors. This massive gray structure, a reminder of Chicago's tinsel years, stands like the Rock of Gibraltar --a sym- bol of N orthern's past. Turn the knob of its gran- diose door of oak, brass, and glass, and enter into a realm of activity and prayerful optimism-Meet the people who are charting N orthern's course for the future. . . . advocates of higher academic standards and more efficient Christian laborers. 4 ,A r. A Y- El A 1

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Wz'lliam M. Foufs, BA., Th.D., D.D. 1887- 1960 For nearly forty years Dr. William M. Fouts ministered faithfully to Jesus Christ and the North- ern Baptist Seminary. For thirty-five years he taught in the field of Old Testament and Archaeology with special emphasis on the Hebrew language. He rendered an invaluable service to the school as Registrar, counseling several thousand students with their problems and needs, and assisting in the de- velopment of the curriculum. Dr. Fouts was a native of Iowa and a member of the First Baptist Church of Keokuk, Iowa. His theological training was taken at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he received the Doc- tor of Theology degree. Most of his church life was centered in Tabernacle Baptist Church of Chicago, Where he taught a Bible class for many years. He served as catalog editor and editor of the Northern. He was a contributing editor and writer of the Uniform Lesson Series of the Adult Quarterly of the American Baptist Publication Society. As a xg? scholar, he built an outstanding library with many books of exceptional quality and value, which have now been given to Northern Baptist Seminary for the use of a new generation of students. The seminary builds on the foundation of Jesus Christ and the life and ministry of men such as Dr. Fouts. His fine Christian spirit, gracious personality, patience, humor, scholarly contribution, and Wise counsel set him apart as a man of God who lived and believed the Gospel of Jesus Christ and min- istered in the power of the Spirit. IBM 6