Memoirs by Dr. Samuel H. Sutherland (1987)

MEMOIRS BY DR. SAMUEL H. SUTHERLAND PRESIDENT EMERITUS June 20, 1986 Page 21 - Tape 1

arbitrarily called for a meeting to be held at Winona Lake Conference Grounds on a certain date. I think it was in 1946. Then I started on my trip. I went to Multnomah School of the Bible and got Willard Aldridge, then President of the school, to agree to attend. I went to Denver Bible College and got the President to come. The response was favorable at Northwestern Schools in Minneapolis. I went on to Chicago and finally Dr. Culbertson, then President of Moody Bible Institute, to come and at least discuss the matter, although there was some question as to whether Moody would be interested in joining an organization like that. The following schools were interested: Fort Wayne Bible College, with Dr. Whitmer; Cleveland Bible College, with Dr. Osbourne; Providence Bible Institute in New England; the President of National Bible Institute in New York; and Dr. McQuilken of Columbia Bible College. Altogether, we had representatives of 15 schools who came to discuss the feasibility of organizing such a

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