William T. Amiger
American academic administrator, educator, minister (1870–1929) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rev. William Thomas Amiger (1870–1929) also known as W.T. Amiger, was an American college president, academic administrator, Baptist minister, missionary, and educator.[1][2] He was the president of State University at Louisville (now Simmons College of Kentucky) in Louisville, Kentucky;[3] and president of American Baptist Theological Seminary (now American Baptist College) in Nashville, Tennessee. Amiger was a missionary in Liberia, West Africa.
William Thomas Amiger | |
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| President of State University at Louisville | |
| In office 1908–1916 | |
| Preceded by | Charles L. Purce |
| Succeeded by | Charles Parrish |
| 1st Acting President of American Baptist Theological Seminary | |
| In office September 14, 1924 – 1925 | |
| Succeeded by | Sutton Griggs |
| 3rd President of American Baptist Theological Seminary | |
| In office 1926 – May 1929 | |
| Preceded by | Sutton Griggs |
| Succeeded by | J. H. Garnett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 16, 1870 Culpeper, Virginia, United States |
| Died | May 26, 1929 (aged 58) Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Resting place | Mount Lawn Cemetery, Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Spouse | Eleanor Green (1892–) |
| Children | 5 |
| Education | Lincoln University, State University of New York at Geneseo |
| Occupation | Minister, missionary, academic administrator, college president, educator |
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William Thomas Amiger was born on July 16, 1870, in Culpeper, Virginia, to parents Margaret Alexander and Howland Amiger.[1][4]
For preparatory education, Amiger attended State Normal School (now State University of New York at Geneseo) in Geneseo, New York; followed by study at Lincoln University near Oxford, Pennsylvania where he received a 1899 B.A. degree, 1902 M.A. degree, and 1902 S.T.B. degree.[1][5] He did additional study in 1903, at Newton Theological Institution (later Newton Theological Seminary) in Newton, Massachusetts.[1][6]
Amiger and Eleanor Green married in 1892, and together they had five children.[1]
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He was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1903, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1] Amiger worked for as a pastor at Third Baptist Church in Springfield, Massachusetts from July 1903 until 1908;[1][7] followed by two months of work in 1908 as the main pastor at Myrtle Baptist Church in West Newton, Massachusetts, succeeding L.C. Parrish.[8]
He served as president of State University at Louisville (now Simmons College of Kentucky) in Louisville, Kentucky, starting in 1908 until 1916.[9][10]
From 1918 to 1919 during World War I, Amiger served as a first lieutenant chaplain in the U.S. Army, assigned to Camp Hill in south Newport News, Virginia.[11][12] He was a missionary in Liberia, West Africa with the National Baptist Foreign Missionary Society (also known as the American Baptist Missionary Union) from 1919 until 1923.[13]
Amiger served as president of American Baptist Theological Seminary (now American Baptist College) in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1924 to 1925; and from 1926 until his death in May 1929.[9]
He was a member of the National Teachers Association, the National Geographic Society, and the Religious Education Association.[1] Amiger was awarded honorary degrees from Lincoln University (D.D. in 1909), and Central Law School (L.L.D. in 1912) in Louisville, Kentucky.[1] His profile is included in the books, An Era of Progress and Promise, 1863–1910 (1910), and Who's Who Among the Colored Baptists of the United States (1913).[4]
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On May 23, 1929, Amiger was in Nashville and tried to catch a train to Philadelphia to join his family, when he collapsed.[9] He had a decline in his health leading up to the collapse.[9] He died on May 26, 1929, at Hubbard Hospital in Nashville.[9] He was buried at Mount Lawn Cemetery in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania.
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