1. Rev John Keep was a trustee of Oberlin College from 1834 to 1870.
12 Facts About John Keep
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John Keep taught a school in Bethlehem, Connfor a year after he graduated.
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John Keep read theology at the same time with pastor Rev Dr Azel Backus.
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John Keep continued his theological studies for another year with Rev Asahel Hooker, of Goshen, Conn.
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In 1834, John Keep was elected a Trustee of Oberlin College.
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John Keep was renowned for championing the values that Oberlin College eventually became renowned for.
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John Keep championed rights for women, black students and missionary zeal.
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John Keep was the person who cast the deciding vote in 1835 that allowed black students to enter Oberlin College in Ohio.
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John Keep appears in the large painting by Benjamin Robert Haydon which is on permanent display at London's National portrait gallery although he is obscured by other convention attendees.
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John Keep became the "father" to the girls at the college who lived at his house.
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John Keep died there on February 11,1870, and in 1889 the house was bought by the college.
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John Keep's house was used as a dormitory for female "indigent" students until it was rebuilt in 1912.