Prior to 1934, functions of the office of dean (Theological School) were carried by the President of the University. The first dean was named during the Presidency of Arlo Ayres Brown, Drew's sixth President.
Dr. Lynn Harold Hough was named the Seminary's first dean in 1934. Lynn Harold Hough, a prominent Methodist preacher, writer, and former president of Northwestern University, had taken a B.D. degree at Drew in 1905. He returned to Drew in 1930, at the age of 53, as professor of homiletics. In 1934, he was named dean of the Seminary. Hough retired in 1947, and he died in 1971.
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