Charles Wesley Flint (November 14, 1878 – December 12, 1964) was a Canadian-born educator and bishop of the Methodist Church in the United States.
Early life
Charles Wesley Flint was born in Canada.[1] He graduated from the University of Toronto and went on to study at Drew Theological Seminary and Columbia University.[2]
Career
Flint began his Methodist ministry in the Northwest Conference of the Iowa at the age of 21.[1]
In 1915, Flint was serving as the pastor of the New York Avenue Methodist church in Brooklyn. On June 15 of that year, he was elected president of Cornell College.[1] He was inaugurated on November 19.[3] He was the president of Cornell College[4] for seven years (1915–22), then was the fifth chancellor of Syracuse University from 1922[5] until his election as a bishop. During his time as chancellor, he served as an advisor to the Alpha Phi Omega chapter at Syracuse University.
Flint married Clara Yetter in 1901; they had a daughter, Dr Lois Flint,[2] and a son, George Y. Flint, who served as a Methodist minister in Ohio, New Jersey and Maryland.[7]
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