Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967.
Dates
- Existence: 1900 - 1967
Biographical Statement
Victor Raymond Edman was born in 1900 to Swedish immigrant parents and one of six children. He left home in 1918 to join the army and served for one year, spending much of that time in Allied-occupied Germany. After returning home, he attended college and became a missionary to the Quichua Indians in Ecuador from 1923 to 1928. During this time he married Edith Olson, whom he had met in the United States. He came to Wheaton College in 1936 as an associate professor of history and became the college’s fourth president in 1940, a position he held until he became chancellor in 1965.
During his term as president, the College expanded its financial endowments, its enrollment, and its campus. Fourteen major buildings were erected during his twenty-five year presidency. Buildings included Centennial Gymnasium, Memorial Student Center, Old Dining Hall, Smith Hall, Breyer Science Building, McAlister Conservatory, Health Center, Nicholas Library and Edman Chapel, named by the Trustees in his honor. During this time the College also acquired land for the Black Hills Science Station in South Dakota and HoneyRock Camp in Wisconsin.
Over the years Dr. Edman had a number of serious health problems: typhoid fever (from which he nearly died while in Ecuador), cataracts, gallstones, and ever-increasing heart attacks. One of these attacks, which finally proved fatal, occurred on September 22, 1967, while he delivered a chapel message entitled, “In the Presence of the King.”
Dr. Edman had been a very active public speaker with engagements in Africa, Europe, the Far and Near East, South America, and, of course, all over the United States. He authored nineteen books and numerous articles, most of them devotional in nature. Many were translated into several foreign languages. His correspondence often gave personal counsel and advice and reached thousands. He was a personal friend of Billy Graham and often worked with him on his crusades.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 259 Oral History Interviews with Donald A. Cook
Collection 260 Oral History Interviews with Jeannette Thiessen
Collection 262 Oral History Interview with Raymond Buker Jr.
Collection 263 Oral History Interview with Margaret Carlson
Collection 325 Oral History Interview with Donald W. Berry
Filtered By
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Children of missionaries. 4
- Church and state. 4
- Christianity and culture. 3
- Conversion. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Indigenous church administration 3
- Language in missionary work. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Boarding schools. 2
- Caste. 2
- Church growth. 2
- College students -- United States 2
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- College students. 2
- Economic and social conditions 2
- Education 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Medical care 2
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Nursing -- Study and teaching 2
- Nursing -- Study and teaching -- United States. 2
- Nursing. 2
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 2
- Revivals. 2
- Tribes. 2
- Women 2
- Women -- Religious life. 2
- Women missionaries. 2
- Worship. 2
- Aeronautics in missionary work. 1
- Arminianism -- United States 1
- Arminianism. 1
- Athletes 1
- Athletes -- United States 1
- Athletes -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- Bhil (Indic people) 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- India. 1
- Bible. 1
- Boarding schools -- Ecuador. 1
- Calvinism -- United States 1
- Calvinism. 1
- Caste -- India. 1
- Caste. -- Pakistan. 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Catholic Church. -- China. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Hong Kong 1
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children -- Religious life. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
- Children. 1
- China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. 1
- China -- History. 1
- China. 1
- Chinese -- Missions. 1
- Chinese. 1
- Christian leadership. 1
- Christian life. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Pakistan. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Christian literature. 1
- Christianity and culture -- Japan. 1
- Church and social problems -- Ecuador. 1
- Church and social problems -- Hong Kong. 1
- Church and social problems. 1
- Church and state -- Ecuador. 1
- Church and state -- India. 1
- Church and state -- Pakistan. 1
- Church and state -- United States. 1
- Church growth -- India. 1
- Church growth -- Japan. 1
- Church work with students -- United States. 1
- Church work with students. 1
- Church work with the working class 1
- Church work with the working class -- Pakistan. 1
- Church work with youth -- Japan. 1
- Church work with youth. 1
- City missions -- Japan. 1
- City missions. 1
- Colombia 1
- Colombia -- Description and travel. 1
- Communication in organizations -- United States 1
- Communication in organizations. 1
- Communism -- China. 1
- Communism. 1
- Economic and social conditions -- Hong Kong 1 ∧ less