Born: August 21, 1883 (Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester County, PA)
Died: August 16, 1965 (Beech Bottom, Brooke County, WV)
Education:
- Ph.B. Dickinson College (1908)
- A.M. Dickinson College (1909)
- Litt.D Dickinson College (1920)
- Graduate work in Universities of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin
Served: 1919-1956
- Acting Dean 1926-1927
- Faculty Committee: Administration 1942-1956
- Faculty Committee: Admission and Academic Standing 1934-1948
- Faculty Committee: Advisory 1931-1942
- Faculty Committee: Athletic Eligibility (1920-1923)
- Faculty Committee: Catalog 1942-1944
- Faculty Committee: Chapel 1925-1944
- Faculty Committee: Chapel and Assembly 1944-1947
- Faculty Committee: Class Absences (1922-1924)
- Faculty Committee: Curricula 1925-1931
- Faculty Committee: Curriculum 1931-1932; 1935-1955
- Faculty Committee: Council on Discipline 1922-1931
- Faculty Committee: Discipline 1931-1932
- Faculty Committee: Extension 1942-1944
- Faculty Committee: Fraternity 1927-1929
- Faculty Committee: Fraternity-Sorority 1930-1943
- Faculty Committee: Fraternities-Sororities 1943-1944
- Faculty Committee: Honorary Degrees 1925-1931
- Faculty Committee: Library 1927-1950; 1953-1958
- Faculty Committee: Publications 1931-1942; 1943-1944
- Faculty Committee: Student Social Activities (1920-1921)
- Faculty Committee: Summer School 1923-1944
- Trustee Committee: Degrees 1942-1950; 1954-1956
- Trustee Committee: Library 1943-1958
Taught:
- Professor of English Literature 1919-1956
- Professor of English Literature, Emeritus 1957-1960
Notes:
- Author of The English of the Pulpit (1926)
- Chapel Lecture on October 27, 1926: Esau’s Example
- Chrisman, L. H. (1947). Thanksgiving Thoughts. The West Virginia Wesleyan College Bulletin, 40(8), p.2.
- Chrisman, L.H. (1949). Our Thanksgiving Heritage. The West Virginia Wesleyan College Bulletin, 42(9), p.3.
Sources:
- Catalogs
- Murmurmontis: 1919-1956; 1958 (Dedication)
- Pharos: November 3, 1926
- West Virginia Death Records
- Who’s Who in America 1924
PLM 11/5/2018