John Goucher

John Franklin Goucher
2nd President of Goucher College
In office
1890–1908
Preceded byWilliam Hersey Hopkins
Succeeded byEugene Allen Noble
Personal details
Born(1845-06-07)June 7, 1845
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
DiedJuly 22, 1922(1922-07-22) (aged 77)
Pikesville, Maryland
Resting placeDruid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Maryland
Children5
Alma materDickinson College (BA)
Profession

John Franklin Goucher (/ˈɡər/ GOW-chər; June 7, 1845 – July 19, 1922) was an American Methodist pastor and missionary and the namesake of Goucher College, formerly the Women's College of Baltimore City.[1] He was one of the college's co-founders along with fellow clergyman John B. Van Meter and served as its second president.

  1. ^ Anna Heubeck Knipp and Thaddeus P. Thomas, The History of Goucher College (1938)