WHITE, GEORGE WASHINGTON: 1858-1940.
George Washington White , son of David Wesley and Lydia Emmeline Taylor White, was born at Valparaiso, Ind., on Feb. 18, 1858, and graduated from Cornell College in Iowa in 1883, receiving the A.M. degree in 1886 and the D.D. in 1896. In 1930 he was awarded an LL.D. degree by the University of Southern California. He married Celia Villette Hutchins on Jan. 24, 1885.
Entering the Methodist Episcopal ministry in 1877, he was a pastor in Iowa until 1883, when he spent a year as business agent for Cornell College and then became a pastor in southern California. From 1892 to 1895 he was superintendent of the Los Angeles District of the Methodist Episcopal Church, from 1895 to 1899 president of the University of Southern California. From 1903 to 1916 he was a pastor in San Francisco and Oakland, Calif., and from 1916 until his retirement in 1924 superintendent of the San Francisco District.
He died on Dec. 1, 1940.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- The Historic Christ. 1910.
