John Lawrence Goheen
John Lawrence Goheen | |
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missionaries, Agriculturist, writer | |
Spouse | Jane Lea Corbett |
Relatives | Hunter Corbett (father-in-law) |
John Lawrence Goheen (December 10, 1883 – February 3, 1948) was an American
Early life, education, and coaching career
Goheen was born on December 10, 1883
Goheen played college football as a quarterback at Wooster for the years. In 1906, he was appointed physical director and athletic trainer at Occidental College in Los Angeles.[5] The following year, he succeeded Edward S. Merrill as Occidental's athletic coach.[6] Goheen left Occidental in 1908 and was succeeded by George W. Braden as the school's physical director.[7]
Goheen was later physical director and football coach at Franklin College, and served as athletic director at East High School in Cleveland.[8]
Goheen married Jane Lea Corbett in 1908. Jane was born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1886. She received her early education in Chefoo, China, where her father, Hunter Corbett, served as an American missionary. She took her college training in the United States, graduating from the College of Wooster in 1907.
From 1920 to 1921, Goheen was enrolled in special courses in agriculture at the State Agricultural College in Davis, California.
Missionary work in India
In 1910 John and Jane Goheen accepted an appointment from the
Administrator of Ichalkaranji
Narayanrao Babasaheb Ghorpade, the Ruler of Ichalkaranji State, which is near Sangli, requested Goheen to administer the Ichalkaranji State while Ghorpade was visiting Europe. Goheen accepted the request and took the position of an administrator of the state in then Bombay Presidency of British India. He worked as administrator of Ichalkaranji state from 1930 to 1934. Soon after taking the charge of the office in Ichalkaranji, he was very much impressed with the administration of the ruler, as well as the spirit and enterprise which pervaded in Ichalkaranji State, a territory of about 80 villages and Ichalkaranji town. He wrote a book about Ichalkaranji State called Glimpses of Ichalkaranji.[11]
Allahabad Agricultural Institute
In 1944, Goheen was elected as a principal of
Jane Goheen
Goheen's wife, Jane, worked as a teacher in academic and
Death
In September 1947, Goheen went to New York for specialized medical treatment. He died on February 3, 1948, at the age of 64.[13] His collection of manuscripts, photographs, and correspondence is kept at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia.[14]
Recognition
In 1937 the College of Wooster presented John Lawrence Goheen with an honorary Doctor of Law degree for outstanding accomplishment in the mission field.
Books
- Glimpses of Ichalkaranji
- Keeping Milk Goats in India (1933)
Archival collection
The Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has a collection of John Goheen's incoming and outgoing Correspondence from 1910 to 1947.
Further reading
- Mahatma Gandhi, letters to Americans Page 144 – Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1998 Intellect: Volume 67
- Collected works ( Letter to J L Goheen on Page 369), Author Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Publisher- Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1984
- India Shall Be Literate, By Frank C. Laubach 1940
References
- ISBN 9781406712759.
- ^ Smith, Harold Frederick; Corbett, Charles Hodge (1965). Hunter Corbett and his family – Google Books. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ^ Hunter Corbett and his family Harold Frederick Smith, Charles Hodge Corbett College Press, 1965 Page 93
- ^ Hunter Corbett and his family Page 94
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- ^ The First Presbyterian Church of Franklin, Indiana
- ^ "Goheen Family Papers, 1864–1951". History.pcusa.org. April 23, 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ^ The United States in Asia: a historical dictionary By David Shavit Page 193
- ^ website= http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/findingaids/fa.cfm?record_id=222
- ^ New York Times February 4, 1948
- ^ National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Library of Congress. 1986.