Howard Malcom Explained

Howard Malcolm
Office2:President of Drexel University College of Medicine
Term Start2:1874
Term End2:1879
Office3:President of Bucknell University
Term Start3:1851
Term End3:1857
Predecessor3:Stephen William Taylor
Successor3:George Ripley Bliss
Office4:President of Georgetown College
Term Start4:?
Term End4:1850
Birth Date:January 19, 1799
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Date:March 25, 1879
Death Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma Mater:Dickinson College
Princeton Theological Seminary

Howard Malcolm (January 19, 1799 – March 25, 1879) was an American educator and Baptist minister. He wrote several noteworthy literature about his missionary travels in Burma and was pastor of churches in Hudson, New York, Boston, Massachusetts, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He also served as president of Georgetown College, Bucknell University and Drexel University College of Medicine.

Early life

He was born on January 19, 1799, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to John J. and Deborah Howard Malcolm.[1] He attended Dickinson College and Princeton Theological Seminary.

Career

Malcolm was pastor of three Baptist churches: the first in Hudson, New York (1820–1826), Federal Street Baptist Church in Boston (1827–1835) and Sansom Street Baptist Church in Philadelphia (1849–1851).[2] In 1835, he went on his own missions to India, Burma, Siam, China, and Africa. He wrote some valuable literature about his missionary travels, notably, in 1839, Travels in South-Eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China, and in 1840, Travels in the Burman Empire. In 1843, mainly due to these writings, he received Doctorates of Divinity from Union College and University of Vermont.

Due to loss of his voice, he was required to give up preaching. Later, he became President at Georgetown College in Kentucky until he resigned in 1850, and of the University at Lewisburg in Pennsylvania (later, Bucknell University).[3] From 1874 to 1879, Malcom served as President of Hahnemann Medical College (now Drexel University College of Medicine) in Philadelphia.

Death

At the age of eighty, he died in Philadelphia on March 25, 1879.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Howard Malcom (1799-1879). Archives & Special Collections at Dickinson College.
  2. Book: Dekar . Paul R. . For the Healing of the Nations: Baptist Peacemakers . 1993 . Smyth & Helwys . 9781880837160 . 52 .
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=WfIjoJvy9i0C&dq=bucknell+%22howard+malcolm%22+president&pg=PA19