Conrad Henry Moehlman
Conrad Henry Moehlman (May 26, 1879 – September 19, 1961) was an American professor of church history at Colgate Rochester Divinity School, where he was emeritus professor. A Baptist and known as theologically liberal, he was a strong proponent of the separation of church and state and wrote a number of books religion and education, church history and Christianity. Life. Moehlman was born in Meriden, Connecticut. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1902 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from the Baptist Rochester Theological Seminary in 1905 and two  years later, began teaching Hebrew and Old Testament history there. Moehlman received his doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1918. After the departure of Walter Rauschenbusch, Moehlman became the professor of church history at Rochester, which later merged with Colgate University. An active member of the American Society of Church History, Moehlman was the organization's president in 1933. After retiring from Colgate Rochester in 1944, he went on to teach at the University of Rochester, the University of Southern California and Oberlin College. Theologically liberal, Moehlman was dedicated to the separation of church and state. He wrote a  number of books on Christianity, religion and education, and church history. He was married to Bertha Young Moehlman. His son, Arthur Henry Moehlman (1907–1978) was a professor of history and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. A granddaughter through his daughter, Constance F. Citro, is a noted statistician. Moehlman died in Avon Park, Florida in 1961.