| Honorific Prefix: | The Reverend | ||||
| Lynn H. Hough | |||||
| Office: | 9th President of Northwestern University | ||||
| Term Start: | 1919 | ||||
| Term End: | 1920 | ||||
| Predecessor: | Thomas Holgate (interim) | ||||
| Successor: | Walter Dill Scott | ||||
| Birth Name: | Lynn Harold Hough | ||||
| Birth Date: | 10 September 1877 | ||||
| Birth Place: | Cadiz, Ohio, US | ||||
| Death Place: | Manhattan, New York City, New York, US | ||||
| Office1: | Dean of Drew Theological Seminary | ||||
| Term Start1: | 1934 | ||||
| Term End1: | 1947 | ||||
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Lynn Harold Hough (1877–1971) was an American Methodist clergyman, theologian, and academic administrator. He served as the 9th president of Northwestern University from 1919 to 1920.
Lynn H. Hough was born on September 10, 1877, in Cadiz, Ohio.[1] [2] He earned a bachelor's degree from Scio College in 1898 and Drew University in 1905, followed by a doctorate from Garrett Biblical Institute in 1918.[1] [2]
Hough began his career as a Methodist clergyman in the Northeast in 1898, up until 1914.[1] [2]
Hough taught at his alma mater, Garrett Biblical Institute, from 1914 to 1919.[1] [2] He succeeded Thomas Holgate as the president of Northwestern University from 1919 to 1920.[1] [2] During his tenure, he approved a new Master of Business Administration degree program in the School of Commerce (now known as the Kellogg School of Management) and he began a $25-million fundraising campaign to expand the campus.[2]
Hough was a professor at his alma mater's Drew Theological Seminary from 1930 to 1934, and its dean from 1934 to 1947.[1] He authored several books about Christianity.[1]
In 1936, Hough married Blanche Horton; she predeceased him in 1970.[1] He resided at 1165 Fifth Avenue on the island of Manhattan, New York City, where he died on July 14, 1971.