William Fraser McDowell

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William Fraser McDowell (February 4, 1858–April 26, 1937) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1904. He was born in Millersburg, Ohio, U.S.

1 Education
2 Ordained ministry
3 Episcopal ministry
4 References
5 See also

[edit] Education

William earned the A.B. degree in 1879 from Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. He earned an S.T.B. degree at Boston University in 1882.

[edit] Ordained ministry

From 1882 until 1890, Rev. McDowell served these appointments as an Ordained Minister of the North Ohio Annual Conference of the M.E. Church: Lodi, Ohio (1882–83), Oberlin, Ohio (1883–85), and Tiffin, Ohio (1885–90).

He then became the Chancellor of the University of Denver, serving 1890–99. During this time he was also a member of the Colorado State Board of Charities and Corrections (1894-99).

In 1899 he became the Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Education of the M.E. Church, serving until his election to the Episcopacy. He also became a member of the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association.

[edit] Episcopal ministry

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As a Bishop, McDowell also served as President of the Religious Education Society (1905–06).  He was a Yale lecturer on preaching, and was noted as a preacher to preachers.

Bishop McDowell died 26 April 1937 in Washington, D.C. and was buriedat Oak Grove Cemetery in Delaware, Ohio.

[edit] References

"McDowell, William Fraser" in The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Samuel Macauley Jackson, D.D., LL.D., Editor-in-Chief, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1954. [1]
Methodism: Ohio Area (1812-1962), edited by John M. Versteeg, Litt. D., D.D. (Ohio Area Sesquicentennial Committee, 1962).