Arthur Holmes

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