William Richardson White (December 2, 1892 – March 24, 1977) was the President of Hardin-Simmons University from 1940 to 1943, and of

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Biography

In 1913, he attended Baylor University, but he transferred to

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and graduated in 1917. In 1924, he received a Ph.D. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He taught there for three more years. He served as a Baptist pastor at the First Baptist Church at Greenville and the First Baptist Church of Lubbock. He next served as executive secretary of the

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. He then pastored at Broadway Baptist Church,

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and the First Baptist Church of

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. From 1940 to 1943, he was the President of Hardin-Simmons University. He then served as Editorial Secretary of the Baptist Sunday School Board of the

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, and later pastored at the First Baptist Church of

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. From 1948 to 1961, he served as President of Baylor University. He was a

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References

1892 births 1977 deaths Baptists from Texas Presidents of Baylor University Institute for New Economic Thinking {{Texas-bio-stub