Background
Knight was born in Beverly, New Jersey on November 2, 1915.
Knight was born in Beverly, New Jersey on November 2, 1915.
Knight was born in Beverly, New Jersey on November 2, 1915. He graduated the public schools of Beverly and Burlington City in 1933. He received full tuition to Drew University, where he majored in Biblical Literature, graduating cum laude in 1939.
He then attended Boston University, where he earned his A.M in 1941 and his South.T.B. (Master of Divinity) in 1942.
World World War II prevented Knight from studying overseas, so he began graduate studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School, earning his Master of Arts He was prepared to enter the University of Chicago School of Divinity for his Doctor of Philosophy, but opted for his first academic appointment at Willamette University.
He was President of Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska. The fourth president of Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio. And the eighth president of the Wesley Theological Seminary, in Washington, District of Columbia
Faculty shortages at Willamette offered Knight the chance to become a college chaplain at a young age.
He also served as a professor, teaching courses in Bible History, and in 1946, summer courses at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver. Knight served three years as President of the Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln.
Knight"s time at Nebraska showed marked growth and development of the institution. He became president of Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio in 1949.
In 1954, Knight became the senior pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church of Columbus, Ohio.
Knight became the president of the Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, District of Columbia in 1967. He served the seminary for fifteen years as president