Scott, Roderick, 1885-

Dates:
Birth 1885

Biographical notes:

Biographical Note

1885 Born, Auburn, New York 1902 Graduated from Haverford School, Haverford, Pennsylvania 1906 Bachelor of Arts, Haverford College 1907 Master of Arts, Haverford College 1908 Master of Arts, Harvard University 1908 1909 Instructor in English, Bowdoin College 1909 1913 Assistant professor of English, Earlham College 1913 1914 Secretary in the Foreign Student YMCA, Petrograd, Russia 1914 1915 Secretary of the city YMCA, Vincennes, Indiana 1915 1916 Assistant professor in English, Oberlin College 1916 Appointed by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to build a new Christian college in Fuzhou, China 1916 1923 Professor of English, Fukien Christian University (FCU), Fuzhou, China 1919 1920 1921 1925 Acting president, FCU 1920 1930 Dean, FCU 1922 1923 Graduate student, Columbia University 1922 1923 1930 1931 Graduate student, Union Theological Seminary 1925 1940 Professor of philosophy, FCU 1930 Author, The Seeker Finds 1933 Author, A Logic for Living 1940 Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Pacific School of Religion 1940 1949 Professor of western culture, FCU 1946 Doctor of Philosophy in Chinese philosophy, University of Southern California 1947 1949 Associate dean, FCU Circa 1950 1957 Professor of philosophy, Olivet College, Michigan 1954 Author, Fukien Christian University 1971 Died, Claremont, California

From the guide to the Roderick Scott papers, 1916-1967, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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Subjects:

  • Education
  • Universities and colleges
  • Missionaries
  • Missions
  • Missions, American

Occupations:

  • Missionaries

Places:

  • China (as recorded)

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