Henry Coe Culbertson

Sixth president

1918-1920

He had been a student of law and divinity and president of Emporia College in Kansas before serving briefly as Ripon’s president between the two terms of Dr. Silas Evans. His skill in public speaking made a strikingly favorable impression, but health and personal problems often interfered with his duties. He returned to the ministry in 1921 and went on to an outstanding career as a pastor and preacher in California and Ohio.