Charles Wesley Flint

Charles Wesley Flint (November 14, 1878 – December 12, 1964) was a Canadian-born educator and bishop of the Methodist Church in the United States.

Early life
Charles Wesley Flint was born in Canada to George and Eliza Flint and was the youngest of four children. He graduated from the University of Toronto and went on to study at Drew Theological Seminary and Columbia University.

Career
Flint began his Methodist ministry in the Northwest Conference of the Iowa at the age of 21.

In 1915, Flint was serving as the pastor of the New York Avenue Methodist church in Brooklyn. On June 15 of that year, he was elected president of Cornell College. He was inaugurated on November 19. He was the president of Cornell College for seven years (1915–22), then was the fifth chancellor of Syracuse University from 1922 until his election as a bishop. During his time as chancellor, he served as an advisor to the Alpha Phi Omega chapter at Syracuse University.

Publications
Flint wrote a biography of Charles Wesley in 1957.

Personal life
Flint married Clara Yetter in 1901; they had a daughter, Dr Lois Flint and a son, George Y. Flint, who served as a Methodist minister in Ohio, New Jersey and Maryland.