Born and raised in England, Arthur F. Holmes enrolled at Wheaton
College in 1947. Shortly after graduating in 1950, Holmes was asked to
join the faculty at Wheaton College in 1951, a position that he held
for 43 years until he retired in 1994. During his tenure at Wheaton
College Holmes championed the causes of Christian higher education, and
the field of Christian philosophy. Because of his striving, Holmes
became the director of philosophy at Wheaton College in 1957, and
managed to have philosophy granted it’s own department in 1967, as
previously all philosophy courses were run under the care of the bible
department. While Holmes was teaching philosophy and acting as chair of
the philosophy department, he was also actively involved with many
campus events: he help direct the honors program for 10 years, Wheaton
College’s annual Philosophy Conference was started with his help, he
served on long-range planning committies for the future of Wheaton
College, he was the director for the Faith and Learning seminars, and
much more was done with his help and supervision. During those busy
years he managed to write many books and articles on philosophy, higher
education, and the Christian education, several of which have become
classics in their own right.
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