Rev. Dr. William Martyn Baird / Rev. Dr. Samuel Austin Moffett

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 25, 2021

1. Rev. Dr. William Martyn Baird / Rev. Dr. Samuel Austin Moffett Marker

Rev. Dr. William Martyn Baird — born in 1862 — graduated from Hanover College in 1884. He joined his college friend, Moffett, as an early Presbyterian missionary to Korea, 1891-1931. He founded what has become Soongsil University in Pyengyang in 1897, the pioneer of Korean college education, and served as the first President, 1905-1915. He was the inspirer of the Korean future vision and leader of modern mission education in Korea.

Rev. Dr. Samuel Austin Moffett — born in 1864 — graduated from Hanover College in 1883. He was the pioneer Presbyterian missionary to northwest Korea, 1890-1934. He established the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Korea in 1901 and served Soongsil College as the third President, 1919-1928.

☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

Soongsil University, the first modern college in Korea, raises this monument in joyful recognition of the outstanding service for Christ through Soongsil of these two Hannover graduates, Baird and Moffett. In Christlike ministry they exemplified Soongsil’s motto “Truth and Service.”

The Rev. Dr. Sun-Hee Kwak
Board Chairman
Dr. Yoon-Bae

Paid Advertisement

Click on the ad for more information.
Please report objectionable advertising to the Editor.

Click or scan to see
this page online

Ouh
President
Soongsil University
August 1999

The Rev. Dr. William M. Baird

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 25, 2021

2. Rev. Dr. William Martyn Baird / Rev. Dr. Samuel Austin Moffett Marker

(looking north from College Avenue • Parker Auditorium visible in left background)

and his wife, Annie Laurie Adams Baird, were appointed to the Chosen (Korea) Mission in 1890 by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. From 1891 until 1897, they served at the Seoul, Fusan, and Taiku stations. In 1897, Baird was appointed president of the Pyengyang Academy and Union Christian College, a position that he held until his death in 1931.

Samuel A. Moffett was the first Protestant missionary to establish long-term residence in northern Korea. He served in Korea for 46 years before being forced out by the Japanese occupiers who knew he was a serious influence against their government policy of forcing all schools, including private Christian schools, to bow in worship of the Japanese emperor at the Shinto Shrines.

Soongsil University is a private Christian University located in the heart of Seoul. It has a low acceptance rate and a high admission barrier. Students must reach within 5~7% in the Korean SAT to be accepted within the most competitive majors such as business and global commerce. Soongsil's

Paid Advertisement

Click on the ad for more information.
Please report objectionable advertising to the Editor.

IT, economic, business, and social welfare majors are considered especially strong.