Background
He was born on November 16, 1861, in Neptune, Ohio to Orlando Murlin and Esther Hankins.
He was born on November 16, 1861, in Neptune, Ohio to Orlando Murlin and Esther Hankins.
He became president of Baker University in Kansas in 1893. He was named the third president of Boston University in 1911. In 1924 he became the president of DePauw University and served until 1928 when he retired due to ill health, and was replaced by Garfield Bromley Oxnam.