Hudson Taylor Armerding

Background

Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Armerding was the son of an itinerant preacher and grew up in a variety of places in the Southwest United States. His high school graduation in San Diego, California was in 1935.

Education

AB, Wheaton College, 1941. AM, Clark University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1948.

Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Gordon-Conwell Seminary, 1972. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Reformed Episcopal Seminary, 1990. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Houghton College, 1973.

HumD (honorary), John Brown University, 1983. STD (honorary), Greenville College, 1976. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Asbury College, 1977.

Doctor of Letters (honorary), Colorado Christian University, 2000.

Career

He was also President of the National Association of Evangelicals from 1970 to 1972. Foreign two years after his high school graduation, he lived in Wellington, New Zealand, working on a farm. In World World War II, Armerding served as a line officer in the Pacific Ocean aboard the heavy cruiser United States Ship Wichita, which participated in 11 naval engagements, including the invasion of Okinawa.

After the war, Armerding helped liberate a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp near Nagasaki.

In 1948, Armerding earned a doctorate (Doctor of Philosophy) in history at the University of Chicago. From 1949 until 1961, Armerding taught and served as a dean and eventually acting president at Gordon College and Gordon Seminary in Wenham, Massachusetts

In 1961, he was appointed Professor of History at Wheaton and a year later, in 1962, became Provost. In 1965, Armerding succeeded the retiring V. Raymond Edman as Wheaton"s president and Edman became Chancellor.

During Armerding"s Presidency, Wheaton College constructed a new library and a new science building, eventually renamed Armerding Hall.

Armerding retired from Wheaton in 1982. In 2007, he was moved to Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream, Illinois, where he battled with dementia until his death (in his home) in 2009.

Achievements

• Hudson Taylor Armerding has been listed as a noteworthy college president, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice president Quarryville (Pennsylvania) Presbyterian Retirement Community, 1982-1999. Minimum-at-large Officers Christian Fellowship, Englewood, Colorado, 1979-2005. Chairman Site Acquisition Committee, Batavia, Illinois, 1975.

President National Association Evangelical, Wheaton, 1970-1972. Chairman World Evangelical Fellowship, Wheaton, 1974-1980. Commander United States Navy, 1942-1946, United States Naval Reserve, 1946-1966.

Member American Legion, Military Officer Association, Naval Institute.

Interests

• Travel, walking, camping, reading.

Connections

Married Miriam Lucile Bailey, December 26, 1944 (deceased July 2006). Children: Carreen, Taylor, Paul, Miriam, Jonathan.

Father:

Carl Armerding

Mother:

Eva May Taylor

Spouse:

Miriam Lucile Bailey

child:

Miriam Armerding

child:

Carreen Armerding

child:

Paul Armerding

child:

Taylor Armerding

child:

Jonathan Armerding