Background
Hancher, John William was born on April 9, 1856 in Noble Company, Ohio, United States. Son of James and Anzy Eleanore (Johonson) Hancher.
Hancher, John William was born on April 9, 1856 in Noble Company, Ohio, United States. Son of James and Anzy Eleanore (Johonson) Hancher.
Bachelor of Science, South Dakot School of Mines, 1888, Master of Science, 1890. Bachelor of Science, Mount Union College, 1888, Master of Arts, 1890, South.T.D., 1895. Doctor of Laws, Simpson College, 1905, Kansas Wesleyan College, 1921.
Doctor of Divinity Baldwin-Wallace College, 1922.
Doctor of Letters, College of Puget Sound, 1925.
Entered Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1880. Pastor in Kansas, Iowa, and South Dakot, 1880-1889. President Black Hills College, Hot Springs, South Dakot, 1889-1897.
Pastor Grand Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, Kansas City, Missoury, 1897-1899, First Church, Herkimer, New York, 1899-1901.
President March 1901-December 1907, professor 1907-1912, Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Counsellor to colleges and universities, 1910-1912, counsellor American University, 1911-1912.
Assistant secretary Board Education of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1912-1916, associate secretary, 1916-1920, counsellor in finance, 1920-1928, counsellor in philanthropy since 1928. Delaware General Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1904, 16, 20, reserve delegate, 1908.
Delegate Ecumenical Methodist Conference, Toronto, 1911, London, 1921, Atlanta, 1931.
Honorary life member Methodist Education Association (first ever elected). Also honorary life member Iowa-Des Moines Annual Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church Board of Education (first ever elected). Member Phi Beta Kappa (Pennsylvania Alpha), Pi Gamma Museum Office: 740 Rush Saint, Chicago, Illinois.
Member Phi Beta Kappa (Pennsylvania Alpha), Pi Gamma Museum.
Married Virginia Adelaide Taylor, of Summerfield, O., May 10, 1877. Children: Maude Blanche (deceased), Grace Taylor (Mistress Burton Beck).