Background
Mcconn, William Finney was born on September 4, 1888 in Colony, Kansas, United States. Son of Cyrus Finney and Dora Augusta (Brown) Mcconn.
Mcconn, William Finney was born on September 4, 1888 in Colony, Kansas, United States. Son of Cyrus Finney and Dora Augusta (Brown) Mcconn.
Miltonvale (Kansas) Wesleyan College, 1916-1917. B.O., Dillenbeck School of Expression, Kansas City, Missoury, 1919. Bachelor of Arts, Kansas City U., 1924.
A.M., U. Kansas, 1932. Doctor of Divinity, Houghton College, 1939.
; children—Maynard, Dean Francis, Phyllis (deceased). Chautauqua work, 1914-1917. Field secretary Inter-Collegiate Prohibition Association, 1917.
Anti-Saloon League of Texas, 1918. Assistant superintendent Kansas City District Anti-Saloon League of Missouri, 1919, superintendent, 1920-1924. President Miltonvale Wesleyan College (junior college), 1924-1932.
President Marion (Indiana) College, from 1932.
Member World Methodist Council. Member joint commission Wesleyan Methodist and Free Methodist Churches. Member executive committee Indiana Council on Adult Education.
Member Committee for the Consideration of Inter-Governmental Debts. Member Committee for Preservation of Constitutional Government. Member National Committee on Religion and Welfare Recovery.
Member National Commision on Food for Small Democracies. Member Executive Committee National Temperance and Prohibition Council. Member National Education Association, Kansas Illustriana Society, Indiana History Society, Phi Delta Kappa, Sigma Delta, Pi Gamma Museum Republican.
Club: Lions.
Married Viva Fern Ebling, June 12, 1919 (deceased. Children: Maynard, Dean Francis, Phyllis (deceased).