Hugh C. Benner (1899–1975) was a minister and general superintendent in the

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. He started the history department at the Eastern Nazarene College in 1921, and Benner Hall and Benner Library on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University are named after him. Dr. Benner was born near

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. Dr. Benner was ordained in 1923 by Nazarene General Superintendent

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. After serving the Church as a college professor and later as a pastor at

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;

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; and Kansas City First Church, Dr. Benner was elected the first president of the

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in 1944. He was elected general superintendent in 1952 and served in this position until retirement in 1968. He was general superintendent emeritus until his death in 1975 in

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1899 births 1975 deaths American Nazarene ministers Eastern Nazarene College faculty Nazarene General Superintendents Olivet Nazarene University alumni People from Marion, Ohio Presidents of Nazarene Theological Seminary Seminary presidents {{nazarene-stub