Bio – Martin, Stanley Hubert

Martin, Stanley Hubert (Hiner Photo)
Stanley Hubert Martin
Photo by Howard Hiner

Born: August 25, 1912 (Edina, Missouri)

Died: January 30, 1985 (Buckhannon, WestVirginia)

Education:

  • 1931 High School in Quincy, Illinois
  • 1936 B.A. Quincy College
  • 1939 Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University
  • 1939 Master of Arts, Boston University
  • 1954 Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University

Service:

  • 1957-1972 President of West Virginia Wesleyan College

Career:

  • 1929, Licensed to Preach
  • 1938, Ordained as a Deacon in the Methodist Episcopal Church in the New England Conference
  • 1941  Ordained as an Elder in the Illinois Conference of the Methodist Church
  • Assistant Pastor and minister to students at the University of Iowa
  • 1942-1944 Chaplain and Professor of Psychology, Simpson College, Indianola, Indiana
  • 1944-1950 Chaplain and Professor of Religious Education, Boston University
  • 1950-1957 Director of the Department of Student Loans and Scholarships of the Division of Educational Institutions, The Board of Education of the Methodist Church, Nashville, TN
  • 1957  Member of the West Virginia Conference
  • 1957-1972 President of West Virginia Wesleyan College until his retirement

Notes:

  • Honorary Degree, Dr. of Humane Letters, from West Virginia Wesleyan (May 14, 1972)
  • Past president and a member of the executive committee of the Association of United Methodist Schools and Colleges
  • Member of the University Senate of The United Methodist Church, one of the older college accrediting bodies in the country
  • Past president of the Buckhannon Rotary Club
  • Member of the Buckhannon-Upshur Development Corporation
  • Past president of the Buckhannon Chamber of Commerce
  • Member of the board of the Buckhannon Chamber of Commerce and of the board of the West Virginia state chamber of commerce.

Sources:

  • Catalogs
  • Memorial Program: The Community Gathers in Memory of Stanley Hubert Martin, Thursday, April 25, 1985.
  • Marsh, D.L. (1950) The Charm of the Chapel. Boston: The Boston University Press.  Note: This book was published just as he left the position of Chaplain at Boston University. It was surely on his mind as he was designing and building Wesley Chapel. There are quite a few places where this influence can be seen.
  • Murmurmontis
  • Remembering Stanley Martin (Sundial, Winter 1985)
  • The West Virginia United Methodist (September, 1972, pages 7-8, 14)

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