ATS-PSCE Timeline
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1873
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The Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (PCUS) General Assembly asks its executive committee to study the "propriety of engaging, to a larger extent, pious women" in mission service.
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1907
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Annie Wilson is commissioned to serve as a missionary to the foreign fields by Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church. She requested permission to take courses at Union Theological Seminary in 1907.
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November 4, 1914:
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Classes begin at the General Assembly Training School for Lay Workers, with Rev. A. L. Phillips as “acting president” and Rev. William Megginson as dean.
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1916
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First commencement takes place at 2nd Presbyterian of Richmond with three students receiving diplomas: George Lucius Newton, Ala Deane Smith, and Lucy Paine Winston.
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1918
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Walter L. Lingle becomes the first president of the school.
M. Ryerson Turnbull becomes the first full-time professor, teaching English Bible. The General Assembly approves a recommendation that three of the twelve ATS board members be female. |
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1921
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A twelve-acre site in Ginter Park is purchased, and construction begins on dormitories and classroom buildings.
Katherine Heath Hawes is elected vice president of the ATS board. First dormitory built to accommodate 125 students with a gift of $250,000 from Mrs. George Watts in memory of her husband. Virginia Hall built for a dining hall from Million Dollar Campaign of Synod of Virginia. |
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1923
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Miss Natalie Lancaster employed as Dean of Women.
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1924
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Women’s Auxiliary’s Birthday Offering funded building the President’s house and two additional houses on Palmyra Avenue for professors.
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1929
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O. E. Buchholz becomes president of the school.
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1930
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William J. Martin becomes president of the school.
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1932
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The Commonwealth of Virginia authorizes ATS to grant Masters and Bachelor degrees.
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1933
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Edward B. Paisley becomes president of the school, creating a full time faculty, consisting of Dr. Turnbull, Dr. Buchholz, Miss Jean Dupuy, Dr. Paisley, Miss Lancaster and later Dr. Henry Mack, Dr. Lawrence Kenny and Dr. James R. Sydnor.
First Masters and Bachelor degrees granted. |
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1938
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Enrollment of first, full-time, male co-ed, Robert White. First international student, Tamiko Okamura, arrives at ATS from her native Japan.
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1944
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Henry Wade DuBose becomes president of the school.
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1951
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ATS is granted accreditation by the American Association of Schools of Religious Education.
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1952
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Ground is broken for an administration building.
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