Ray Silver Tomlin, A. B., A.M., B.D.
Ray Silver Tomlin, A. B., A.M., B.D., 1923-1929
Rev. Ray S. Tomlin served as Acting President from 1921 to 1923 and was appointed President in 1923, a position he held until 1929. During his tenure, the Board of Missions of the M.E. Church South constructed and furnished Epworth Hall, a men’s dormitory, in 1925, and the Woman’s Missionary Council assisted in the construction of Mary Helm Hall in 1926, a facility for home economics and teacher training.
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