Frank W. Gunsaulus
Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus D.D. LL.D was a noted preacher, educator, pastor, author and humanitarian. Famous for his Million Dollar Sermon which led Philip Danforth Armour to donate money to found Armour Institute of Technology where Gunsaulus served as president for its firstyears. Gunsaulus lived in Chicago foryears where he was pastor of Plymouth Church and Central Church from 1899 until two years before his death. He was a prominent figure in Chicagos social, educational, and civic improvements. In 1893, he was named first president of Armour Institute of Technology . His extraordinary energy, masterful oratory skills, and intellectual talents influenced the citys spiritual, educational, cultural, and civic development for decades.
Frank Wakely Gunsaulus was born in Chesterville, Morrow County, Ohio on January 1, 1856, the son of Joseph and Mary Gunsaulus. He was a descendant of Manuel Gonsalus , a Spaniard and early settler in Sullivan County, New York who lived near Rochester and married into a Dutch family in Kingston, Ulster County. His father, Joseph, was an attorney and notary public in Chesterville who was born on a farm in Cayuga County, New York on April 29, 1825. Frank Gunsaulus oratorical skills, extraordinary memory and mental agility, impassioned leadership, and his dedication to civic duty, patriotism and democratic ideals can be attributed to the influence of his father.
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