Baird Tipson was provost at the liberal arts college founded in what year?
Baird Tipson L. Baird Tipson is an American academic and college administrator. He graduted from The Hill School in 1961. He holds an A.B. degree from Princeton (1965) and a Ph.D in religious studies from Yale University (1972). After an initial career as a professor of religion at Virginia and Central Michigan University, Tipson entered academic administration. He served as Provost at Gettysburg College (1987-1995) followed by presidencies at Wittenberg University (1995-2004) and Washington College (2004-2010). He retired to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 2010 and resumed teaching and scholarly research as an adjunct professor at Gettysburg College. 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.
Philander Smith College Philander Smith College is a private historically black college, four-year undergraduate liberal arts institution, located in Little Rock, Arkansas . Philander Smith College is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and a founding member of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Philander Smith College is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The Mission of Philander Smith College is, ""To graduate academically accomplished students who are grounded as advocates for social justice, determined to change the world for the better.""