Background
Charles F. Wishart was born in Ontario, Ohio on September 3, 1870, the youngest of the twelve children of the Review William Wishart.
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Charles F. Wishart was born in Ontario, Ohio on September 3, 1870, the youngest of the twelve children of the Review William Wishart.
He graduated from Monmouth College (Illinois) in 1894, and then took a graduate degree from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
They had three children, Sara (MacMillan), James Hunt, and Josephine Bosworth (Hayford). Wishart received his early education in Ontario and Hayesville, Ohio. He served as president of the National Young Peoples Christian Union in 1897.
From 1910 to 1914, he was a professor of systematic theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
He held this position until 1919. During this time, he served as a lecturer at McCormick Theological Seminary from 1915 to 1917.
He left Chicago in 1919 to become president of the College of Wooster, where he served until his retirement in 1944. At the 1923 General Assembly Wishart defeated William Jennings Bryan in the election for Moderator largely on this issue.
He later served as Moderator of the Synod of Ohio in 1929.
He died in 1960. Wishart Hall was built to honor him in 1966 with a gift from the citizens of Wayne County as a home for the Communications Department. lieutenant also contains Friedlander Speech and Hearing Clinic.
