A. Gordon Wetmore
President of Northwest Nazarene College
In office
1983–1992
Personal details
Born
Arnold Gordon Wetmore

June 24, 1931
New Brunswick, Canada
DiedJune 9, 2016 (aged 84)
Olathe, Kansas, U.S.
Alma materEastern Nazarene College
Fuller Theological Seminary (D.Min.)

Arnold Gordon Wetmore was an American theologian who was president emeritus of the Nazarene Theological Seminary and a former president of the Northwest Nazarene College.

Early life and education

Wetmore was born on June 24, 1931, in New Brunswick, Canada.[1] Wetmore received his undergraduate degree at the Eastern Nazarene College in Massachusetts. He then earned a doctor of ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. He has also received two honorary degrees.[2]

Career and ministry

Wetmore pastored churches in Quincy, Massachusetts, Kansas City, Missouri, Columbus, Ohio, and Monroe, Wisconsin, in addition to serving as dean of students at his alma mater, Eastern Nazarene College.[3] In 1983, Wetmore was elected president of the Northwest Nazarene College and served there until 1992,[2] when he was elected president of the Nazarene Theological Seminary.[4] He retired in 2000 and lived with his wife in Olathe, Kansas,[3] until his death on June 9, 2016.[5]

Notes and references

  1. "Remembering Dr. A. Gordon Wetmore - NNU News". news.nnu.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  2. 1 2 Twelfth Presidential Inauguration at Northwest Nazarene University Archived 2009-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 2007 NTS Commencement
  4. About NTS Archived 2009-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home Obituaries - Reverend Dr. A. Gordon Wetmore". www.penwellgabelolathe.com. Retrieved 2016-06-14.


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