William Richardson White (December 2, 1892 – March 24, 1977)http://www.baylor.edu/lib/index.php?id=78061 was the President of Hardin-Simmons University

Hardin-Simmons University

Hardin–Simmons University is a private Baptist university located in Abilene, Texas, United States.-History:Hardin–Simmons University was founded as Abilene Baptist College in 1891 by the Sweetwater Baptist Association and a group of cattlemen and pastors who sought to bring Christian higher...

 from 1940 to 1943, and of Baylor University

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 from 1948 to 1961.

Biography

In 1913, he attended Baylor University, but he transferred to Howard Payne College and graduated in 1917. In 1924, he received a Ph.D. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

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. He taught there for three more years. He served as a Baptist pastor at the First Baptist Church at Greenville

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 and the First Baptist Church of Lubbock

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. He next served as executive secretary of the Baptist General Convention of Texas

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. He then pastored at Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth

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 and the First Baptist Church of Oklahoma City

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. From 1940 to 1943, he was the President of Hardin-Simmons University

Hardin-Simmons University

Hardin–Simmons University is a private Baptist university located in Abilene, Texas, United States.-History:Hardin–Simmons University was founded as Abilene Baptist College in 1891 by the Sweetwater Baptist Association and a group of cattlemen and pastors who sought to bring Christian higher...

. He then served as Editorial Secretary of the Baptist Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention

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 in Nashville, Tennessee

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, and later pastored at the First Baptist Church of Austin

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. From 1948 to 1961, he served as President of Baylor University. He was a Mason.