D.D. LL.D- U.S.V. 1862-1865, President of Pennsylvania College 1884-1904. Soldier, Preacher, Educator.
Husband to Mary Welty McKnight.
He graduated from Pennsylvania College in 1865 and became the President there in 1884, serving as such until 1904. He supported a "soundly Christian" education at Gettysburg and was committed to retaining the core curriculum of Greek, Latin, and mathematics. McKnight was the first president who spent much time soliciting funds from a range of constituencies particularly for a building that would be a "wider place for a greater work" on campus. He also was a minister, graduating from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg.
Husband to Mary Welty McKnight.
He graduated from Pennsylvania College in 1865 and became the President there in 1884, serving as such until 1904. He supported a "soundly Christian" education at Gettysburg and was committed to retaining the core curriculum of Greek, Latin, and mathematics. McKnight was the first president who spent much time soliciting funds from a range of constituencies particularly for a building that would be a "wider place for a greater work" on campus. He also was a minister, graduating from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg.
D.D. LL.D- U.S.V. 1862-1865, President of Pennsylvania College 1884-1904. Soldier, Preacher, Educator.
Husband to Mary Welty McKnight.
He graduated from Pennsylvania College in 1865 and became the President there in 1884, serving as such until 1904. He supported a "soundly Christian" education at Gettysburg and was committed to retaining the core curriculum of Greek, Latin, and mathematics. McKnight was the first president who spent much time soliciting funds from a range of constituencies particularly for a building that would be a "wider place for a greater work" on campus. He also was a minister, graduating from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg.
Husband to Mary Welty McKnight.
He graduated from Pennsylvania College in 1865 and became the President there in 1884, serving as such until 1904. He supported a "soundly Christian" education at Gettysburg and was committed to retaining the core curriculum of Greek, Latin, and mathematics. McKnight was the first president who spent much time soliciting funds from a range of constituencies particularly for a building that would be a "wider place for a greater work" on campus. He also was a minister, graduating from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg.
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