Presidents • Franklin Fisk (1888–1901), one of the most widely known theologians and educators of the West, according to
The New York Times,
Yale University alumnus and valedictorian, and first president of Chicago Theological Seminary. • Joseph H. George (1901–1906) • Graham Taylor, interim (1906–1908) • Ozora Stearns Davis (1909–1929), prominent
Congregational minister, hymn writer, long-time president of CTS, and biographer of his friend journalist Victor Freemont Lawson. • Carl S. Patton, interim (1928–1930) • Albert W. Palmer (1930–1946), Social Gospel reformer, peace activist, pastor •
Arthur Cushman McGiffert, Jr. (1946–1959), instructor, Fulbright scholar, professor, and church historian •
Howard Schomer (1959–1966), conscientious objector,
United Nations Commission on Human Rights aide, civil rights activist, scholar, drafter of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and editor-at-large for Christian Century. • Edward Manthei (1967–1971) • Thomas Campbell (1971–1973), member of the National Inter-religious Task Force on Soviet Jewry, The American Jewish Committee • Victor Obenhaus, interim (1973–1974)
Union Theological Seminary (Manhattan) alumni, author, professor of
Christian ethics, National Council of Churches leader, prison reform advocate. • C. Shelby Rooks (1974–1984), Scholar, lecturer, administrator, and UCC leader • Betty Reneker, interim (1984), Philanthropist, president of
Children's Home and Aid Society of Illinois, and president of the
National Fellowship of Congregational Christian Women. •
Kenneth B. Smith, Sr. (1984–1998), pastor, founder of
Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago school board member, community leader •
Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite (1998–2008), Author, columnist, ordained minister, activist, theologian, translator of the Bible • Alice Hunt (2008–2018), Minister, biblical scholar,
Hubble Space Telescope computer programmer, and former Associate Dean of
Vanderbilt University Divinity School • Clara E. Powell—First female professor at CTS, and English teacher. • Andre LaCocque—Founder of The Center of Jewish-Christian Studies & Professor of Hebrew Scriptures (1969–1999), Theologian, scholar, author and co-author of
Thinking Biblically with philosopher
Paul Ricoeur •
G. Campbell Morgan—British evangelist, preacher and a leading Bible scholar (D.D., 1902) •
Graham Taylor—Minister, social reformer, educator and founder of Chicago Commons Settlement House which later became the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration. •
Yoshio Fukuyama—Theologian and religious pioneer, father of
Francis Fukuyama •
Wilhelm Pauck—German-American church historian and historical theologian in the field of Reformation studies •
Theodore W. Jennings, Jr.—Professor of Biblical and Constructive Theology •
Laurel C. Schneider, Theologian with special interests in queer and intersectional perspectives with focus on concepts such as multiplicity and polydoxy
Notable current faculty •
Ken Stone—Professor of Bible, Culture and Hermeneutics •
John H. Thomas—Visiting Professor in Church Ministries •
Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite—author, former CTS president, syndicated columnist, ordained minister, activist, theologian, and translator of the Bible •
Jeremiah Wright, Jr.—Pastor Emeritus of
Trinity United Church of Christ, and black liberation theologian. (1982, D.D.) •
G. Campbell Morgan—British evangelist, preacher and a leading Bible scholar (D.D., 1902) •
Richard A. Jensen—American theologian, author, and Carlson Professor of Homiletics Emeritus at
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago •
Abraham Kahikina Akaka—American clergyman (1955) •
Philo Carpenter—Illinois' first pharmacist, managing director of the Chicago Bible Society, abolitionist, school board member, board of health member, organizer of the Relief and Aid Society, and co-organizer of American Anti-Slavery Society. •
Otis Moss III—Pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ (D.Min., 2012) •
Jared Maurice Arter—Former slave, Virginia school superintendent, author. (B.D.) •
Dean Drayton—
Geophysicist,
Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) minister and president, United Theological College lecturer, author, and aboriginal advocate. (Ph.D.) •
Daniel Day Williams—
Process theologian, professor, and author. He served on the joint faculty of the
University of Chicago and the Chicago Theological Seminary, and later at
Union Theological Seminary in New York City. (D.D., 1966) •
Mercy Oduyoye—Methodist theologian known for her work in African women's theology. (2001, D.D.) •
Larry Pickens—United Methodist pastor, and ecumenical activist (Ph.D.) •
Adam Kotsko—American writer, theologian, religious scholar, and translator, working chiefly in the field of
political theology. (M.A, 2005; Ph.D., 2009) •
Alden Ewart Matthews—
Chinese: 麻安德;
Pinyin: Má Āndé; Congregational missionary to China and Japan. •
James Henry Breasted—American archaeologist and historian •
Delbert Tibbs—Wrongfully convicted ex-felon, writer and anti-death penalty activist •
Wilhelm Pauck—German-American church historian and historical theologian in the field of Reformation studies •
Donald G. Bloesch—American evangelical theologian •
William Leonard Rowe—Professor emeritus of philosophy at Purdue University who specializes in the philosophy of religion •
Emily C. Hewitt—Former Judge and Chief Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims. (D.Min.) •
Syngman Rhee—Former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, civil rights activist, teacher •
Jesse Jackson Jr.—National co-chair, Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign; former U.S. Representative for the Illinois 2nd District. (M.Div., 1988) •
Daniel Crosby Greene—First missionary of the American Board to Japan, member of the committee for the translation of the New Testament into the Japanese and Chinese languages •
Daniel Patte—Professor of Religious Studies and of New Testament & Early Christianity at Vanderbilt University (Th.D., 1971 from The Center of Jewish-Christian Studies with André LaCocque) •
Rob Oliphant—Member of Canadian Parliament ==References==