Robert Morrison (Phi Delta Theta), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Robert Morrison (Phi Delta Theta)
- Robert Morrison, D.D.
- (March 15, 1822 – July 27, 1902) was an American Presbyterian minister, teacher and editor who was the principal founder of the Phi Delta Theta international college fraternity, suggesting the fraternity's creation and co-authoring the fraternity document known as The Bond.Morrison grew up in Ohio and entered Ohio University in 1839 as a scholarship student.
- He attended Ohio University for two years, returning home to help on the family farm and to teach school.
- He entered Miami University in 1846 and conceived the idea for the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, which he founded with five other students on December 26, 1848.
- He later attended McCormick Theological Seminary and Princeton Theological Seminary.Morrison's career as a minister, editor of religious publications and teacher took him to Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and Missouri.
- He edited the Louisville Presbyterian Herald from 1854 to 1860.
- He was also co-editor of the Louisville True Presbyterian, which was suppressed by Union military authorities in 1863, during the American Civil War.In September 1869, Morrison established Westminster Academy, a co-educational school in Waterford, Ohio, where he was principal for six years.
- He was also the principal of Poplar Grove Academy in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
- He combined his teaching duties with regular preaching.
- From 1879 to 1881 he worked as financial agent to eliminate the debts of Westminster College and established the Phi Delta Theta Missouri Beta Chapter, in Fulton, Missouri.
- After this he preached at various locations around Missouri, and founded churches in towns such as Gravois Mills and Tuscumbia.Miami University conferred a Doctor of Divinity on him in 1897.Morrison died at his home near Fulton, Missouri in 1902, second to last survivor of the six founders of Phi Delta Theta.
- The fraternity paid off Morrison's mortgage and provided an endowment to his widow.
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