Final Presentation in Entrepreneurial Spirit

1. JOHN BROWN Founder of
John Brown University.

2. JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY IS A PRIVATE CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY, RANKED FIRST IN BEST VALUE AMONG
SOUTHERN REGIONAL COLLEGES BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD
REPORT AND IS LISTED AS ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST
COLLEGES BY FORBES. JBU IS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL
FOR CHRISTIAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND ENROLLS
MORE THAN 2,200 STUDENTS FROM 40 STATES AND 39
COUNTRIES.

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4. 1902-1905
At the age of 22, John Brown becomes president of Scarritt Collegiate
Institute in Neosho, Mo. Although limited in formal education, and
the youngest college president in the nation, he is recognized as a
brilliant administrator and scholar. He eventually returns to his
previous careers in evangelism and publishing, but he begins to
dream of building a school that will encompass a threefold education
of young people, focused on head, heart and hand.
Southwestern Hall

5. 1919
July- Brown realizes the beginning of his dream. He, his family and a few friends
gather in a corn field in Northwest Arkansas to dedicate the family farm as a
school for economically disadvantaged young people who are "rich in
aspirations, ideals, personality and integrity." The Browns deed their lands, home
and printing plant to the new school.
August- William Waterhouse begins the first building, Southwestern Hall, on Mr.
and Mrs. Brown's farm. Mr. Waterhouse is a retired California contractor who
worked with Brown's evangelistic campaigns for a number of years, moving into
a town a few days before meetings were to be held and erecting wooden
"tabernacles," capable of holding hundreds of people.
September 30- One month and four days later, Southwestern Collegiate Institute
opens for its first day of classes in its solitary building. As an academy (high
school) and junior college, the school begins with 12 faculty and staff members
and 70 students. The students help defray the cost of their education by working
four hours a day in the various departments of the school. Within the first
month, the students publish the first school paper, The Southwestern.
December- The International Federation of Christian Workers donates its
Federation Publishing Company to the school in December. This gift makes
possible courses in printing and journalism.

6. 1920
Spring- The Southwestern Collegiate Institute is renamed John E.
Brown College, to increase recognition of the school in Brown's
evangelistic circles. The Siloam School of the Bible is added to the
Institute in order to provide future ministers, church workers and
missionaries.
June 1- The cornerstone for the school's first permanent building, the
J. Alvin Brown Hall for Men, is laid. Much of the work on the building
is done by the students themselves. A gift of $50,000 from the Hon.
Jesse H. Jones provides the springboard for the construction.
June 4- 5- President Brown delivers the first baccalaureate and
commencement addresses for Academy graduates.
September 22- 150 students enroll at the college and academy levels.

7. 1921
Spring- The Academy produces six more graduates. Students walk
many miles to reach "mission points" in jails, hospitals, nursing
homes and churches, and to farm the acres surrounding the school.
All meals and food products were grown or raised on College lands.
Because of injuries and lack of practice time, the decision is made to
drop intervarsity sports and concentrate on intramural athletics.
Fall- Dedication of J. Alvin Brown Hall. Male students move from the
"Old White" building to their new dorm.
October 7- First annual Founder's Day, the predecessor of modern
Homecoming celebrations.

8. 1924
Spring- Two students graduate from JEBC and 43 from the Academy.
Fall- The founder purchases almost the entire community of Sulphur
Springs to establish John Brown University, a four-year vocational
college for those who can afford its $450 annual tuition. JEBC
continues to offer tuition-free education through its vocational
requirements.
1925

9. 1934
June 11- The Arkansas State Department of Education grants an
unrestricted charter to the newly incorporated four-year John Brown
University. JBU was reorganized to come out of debt in the tail end of
the Depression.
September 1- The articles of incorporation are amended and John
Brown University is established with three colleges: John E. Brown
College, Siloam School of the Bible and John Brown Vocational
College. A high school program is still offered, known as the Julia A.
Brown School for Children.

10. 1948
April 2- John E. Brown Jr. becomes president of John Brown University
at age 26. Like his father before him, he is the youngest college
president in the country. KGER, a 5,000-watt radio station in Long
Beach, California, is purchased as part of the endowment.

11. 1957
February 12- John E. Brown Sr., dies in Leucadia, Calif.
April 28- The Cathedral sanctuary is completed, and the Cathedral is
dedicated.

12. 1993
Fall- George F. Ford serves as the fourth President of John Brown
University.

13. THE MISSION OF JOHN BROWN
UNIVERSITY
John Brown University provides Christ-centered education that
prepares people to honor God and serve others by developing their
intellectual, spiritual and professional lives.

14. WHY WAS HE SUCCESSFUL?
•Family
•Work
•Spirit

15. JOHN BROWN
A successful
entrepreneur.