Baird Tipson
L. Baird Tipson is an American academic and college administrator.
Baird Tipson | |
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25th President of Washington College | |
In office 2004–2010 | |
Preceded by | John S. Toll |
Succeeded by | Mitchell Reiss |
President of Wittenberg University | |
In office 1995–2004 | |
Preceded by | William A. Kinnison |
Succeeded by | Mark H. Erickson |
Personal details | |
Born | L. Baird Tipson |
Alma mater | Princeton University (AB) Yale University (PhD) |
Education
Tipson graduated from The Hill School in 1961. He earned an A.B. degree from Princeton University in 1965 and a Ph.D in religious studies from Yale University in 1972.[1]
Career
After an initial career as a professor of religion at the University of Virginia and Central Michigan University, Tipson entered academic administration. He served as Provost at Gettysburg College from 1987 to 1995. He served as president of Wittenberg University from 1995 to 2004 and Washington College from 2004 to 2010. He retired to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
in 2010 and resumed teaching and scholarly research as an adjunct professor at Gettysburg College.[2]
His extensive study of early Protestantism in Connecticut, Hartford Puritanism - Thomas Hooker, Samuel Stone, and Their Terrifying God, was published by Oxford University Press in 2015.[3]
References
- Gerboth, Karen (Summer 2004). "A Defining Presidency | Wittenberg University". Wittenberg Magazine. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- "Baird Tipson: 26th President of Washington College". Washington College. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- Tipson, Baird. (2015). Hartford Puritanism : Thomas Hooker, Samuel Stone, and their terrifying God. Oxford [England]: Oxford. ISBN 9780190212520. OCLC 895029843.