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