Bohn, William Frederick, 1878-1947

William Frederick Bohn (1878-1947), Assistant to the President at Oberlin College, 1913-1944.

Educated at Oberlin College (A.B. 1900, B.D. 1905, A.M. 1908). Ordained to the Congregational ministry in 1902. In 1905 he became Secretary to the President and Secretary for the Bureau of Appointments. In 1913, he was appointed Assistant to the President under Henry Churchill King (1858-1934) and later served under Ernest Hatch Wilkins (1880-1966). Bohn played a key role in Oberlin's first major fund- raising drive, the capital campaign of 1923. Active in religious affairs, he was a trustee of the First Church in Oberlin, director of the Congregational Foundation for Education, and for many years was a trustee of the Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association.