Francis John McConnell

Francis John McConnell August 18, 1871 – August 18, 1953) was an American social reformer and a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1912.

Born on August 18, 1871, in Trinway, Ohio, he died on August 18, 1953, in Lucasville, Ohio.

Bishop McConnell was a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University and the Boston University School of Theology. He was an Ordained Minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years, serving among other places a large church in Brooklyn, New York.

Before election to the episcopacy, McConnell served as the President of DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1909-1912. During his presidency he led the University's first major fund drive, the Campaign for the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Fund, which produced a total subscription of $550,546.

McConnell is best known for his quote "We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us".

Publications

* Mcconnell, Bishop Francis; "Report On The Steel Strike Of 1919" [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=24181980 full text at at Questia Online Library]

External links

* [http://www.depauw.edu/univ/president/history.asp Presidents of DePauw University]
* [http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/francis_john_mcconnell/ Francis John McConnell quotes]
* [http://www.depauw.edu/library/archives/dpuinventories/mcconnell_francis.htm Francis John McConnell papers at DePauw University]
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ee also

*List of Bishops of the United Methodist Church