William M. Greathouse, Date of Birth, Date of Death

William M. Greathouse

Nazarene General Superintendent

Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1919

Date of Death: 24-Mar-2011

Profession: theologian

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

William Marvin Greathouse (April 29, 1919 – March 24, 2011) was a minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.
He was born in Van Buren, Arkansas.Greathouse served as a pastor in the Church of the Nazarene from 1938 until 1963 when he was elected president of Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville, Tennessee; he served until 1968.
At that time he was elected president of Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri.
He served there until 1976, when he was elected General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene.
He retired from this position in 1989. He is the namesake of the William M.
Greathouse Chair of Wesleyan-Holiness Theology at Nazarene Theological Seminary.He attended Lambuth College, Trevecca Nazarene College, and Vanderbilt University for doctoral studies.