Baird Tipson

L. Baird Tipson is an American academic and college administrator.

Baird Tipson
25th President of Washington College
In office 2004–2010
Preceded by	John S. Toll
Succeeded by	Mitchell Reiss
President of Wittenberg University
In office 1995–2004
Preceded by	William A. Kinnison
Succeeded by	Mark H. Erickson
Personal details
Born	L. Baird Tipson
Alma mater	Princeton University (AB) Yale University (PhD)

Education

Tipson graduated from The Hill School in 1961. He earned an A.B. degree from Princeton University in 1965 and a Ph.D in religious studies from Yale University in 1972.[1]

Career

After an initial career as a professor of religion at the University of Virginia and Central Michigan University, Tipson entered academic administration. He served as Provost at Gettysburg College from 1987 to 1995. He served as president of Wittenberg University from 1995 to 2004 and Washington College from 2004 to 2010. He retired to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 2010 and resumed teaching and scholarly research as an adjunct professor at Gettysburg College.[2]

Tipson's extensive study of early Protestantism in Connecticut, Hartford Puritanism - Thomas Hooker, Samuel Stone, and Their Terrifying God, was published by Oxford University Press in 2015.[3] His second book, Inward Baptism : The Theological Origins of Evangelism, was published in 2020 by the same press. [4]

References

1. Gerboth, Karen (Summer 2004). "A Defining Presidency | Wittenberg University". Wittenberg Magazine. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
2. "Baird Tipson: 26th President of Washington College". Washington College. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
3. Tipson, Baird. (2015). Hartford Puritanism : Thomas Hooker, Samuel Stone, and their terrifying God. Oxford [England]: Oxford U. Press. ISBN 9780190212520. OCLC 895029843.
4. Tipson, Baird. (2020). Inward Baptism : The Theological Origins of Evangelism. New York: Oxford U. Press. ISBN 9780197511503.

External links

• Washington College
• North Coast Athletic Conference Bios