Evan M. Whidden

Dr. Rev. Evan McDonald Whidden (9 July 1898 in Galt, Ontario - 11 March 1980 in Cornwall, Ontario) was a Canadian Christian minister and academic whose career included being President of Brandon College,^[1] Dean of Theology at Acadia University^[2] and chairman of the founding conference of the Atlantic Ecumenical Council.^[3] An annual scholarship is awarded at Acadia University in his honour.^[4]

He was the son of Howard Primrose and Katherine Louise (Ganong) Whidden),^[5] and married Frances Margaret Billington in 1941.

Evan was listed in the "Canadian Who’s Who" in 1951.^[6]

Career

• 1915-1918 World War I, CFA, CEF, France
• 1921 educated in Brandon College, Brandon, Manitoba BA
• 1921 Reabow, Ontario
• 1921-1933 Tabernacle Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• 1925 McMaster University, Toronto, Ontario MA
• 1925 Palmerston, Ontario
• 1928 Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut, BD
• 1928-1935 student pastorates, east end, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
• 1934 General Ministry Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• 1935-1936 Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland
• 1936 professor of theology and head of department, Brandon College, Brandon, Manitoba, where he was college president for a time
• circa 1951 Dean of Theology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia; retired 1967.

Evan and Frances had two children:

• Howard John born 22 June 1943.
• Roberta “Robie” Katherine born 13 March 1945. She resided in San Francisco, California.

Evan was the author of:

• Whidden, Evan M. (c. 1969). Pilgrimage from yesterday : lessons from history for Atlantic United Baptists. Saint John, N.B.: Union Jubilee Committee, United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces. pp. [37] p. ; 23 cm.
• Whidden, Evan M. (c. 1965). A philosophy of higher education as functioning in a Christian university. Wolfville, N.S.: Acadia University. pp. 63 leaves ; 28 cm.

References

1. "Evan Whidden fonds". S. J. McKee Archives Accession Inventory 2003. Brandon University. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
2. Brackney, William H. (2004). A Genetic History Of Baptist Thought. Mercer University Press. p. 480. ISBN 0-86554-913-3. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
3. "A History of the Atlantic Ecumenical Council" (PDF). Atlantic Ecumenical Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 28, 2004. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
4. "Awards and Financial Assistance" (PDF). Calendar. Acadia Divinity College. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
5. "Evan McDonald Whidden fonds". McKee Archives Accession Inventory 2001. Brandon University. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
6. The Canadian Who's who. University of Toronto Press. 1951.