Jesse Lee Cuninggim

Jesse Lee Cuninggim (1870–unknown) was an American Methodist clergyman and university professor and administrator. After serving as Head of the Department of Religious Education at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, he served as the President of Scarritt College for Christian Workers, which he moved from Kansas City, Missouri to Nashville, Tennessee.

Jesse Lee Cuninggim
Born1870
North Carolina
EducationUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Chicago
Vanderbilt University
OccupationClergyman, university administrator
Spouse(s)Maud Lillian Merrimon
ChildrenMerrimon Cuninggim
Margaret Cuninggim

Early life

Jessee Lee Cuninggim was born in 1870 in North Carolina.[1] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master's degree from the University of Chicago.[2] He also studied theology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]

Career

Cuninggim served as Head of the Department of Religious Education at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.[2] He later received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from SMU.[2]

Cuninggim then served as the President of Scarritt College for Christian Workers, then known as the Scarritt Bible and Training School, a girl's missionary seminary affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Kansas City, Missouri.[1][2][3][4] In 1923, he moved it to Nashville, Tennessee, on the edge of Vanderbilt University and Peabody College, and renamed it Scarritt College.[1][2] His goal was to increase its academic focus.[1] Later, he also served as Director of the Department of Ministerial Supply and Training at Vanderbilt University and taught Religion in Wesley Hall.[1][5]

In 1936, Cuninggim served on the Board of Trustees of Duke University.[6]

Personal life

Cuninggim married to Maud Lillian Merrimon Cuninggim on June 29, 1910 at the Edenton Street United Methodist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.[7] They had two children:

Bibliography
  • A Plan for Better Religious Instruction in the Southern Methodist Church (1901).[8]
  • The Organized Adult Bible Class (1908).[9]
  • The Making of a Ministry (1910).[10]
  • The Family of God (1948).[11]
  • The Administration and Organization of the Sunday School.[12]
  • A Better System of Ministerial Training for the Church[13]

References
  1. Vanderbilt University Special Collections
  2. Southern Methodist University: Jesse Lee Cuninggim: Doctor of Divinity 1922
  3. Harmon, Nolan, ed. Encyclopedia of World Methodism, Volume 1, p.614
  4. Vanderbilt University: Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Merrimon Cuninggim Papers, 1939–1997
  6. "Duke University: Board of Trustees 1930s". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  7. "Cuninggim-Merrimon". The Raleigh Times. Raleigh, North Carolina. June 30, 1910. p. 8. Retrieved November 27, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Google Books
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  12. Archive
  13. Google Books
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