John Wheeler

John Wheeler (1815–1881) was an American educator, the second principal of Baldwin Institute, and the first president of Baldwin University in Berea, Ohio. Baldwin College would eventually merge with nearby German Wallace College to become Baldwin–Wallace College. Wheeler has a building named after him on the Baldwin Wallace University campus.

Biography

Life Dr. John Wheeler was born in Portsmouth, England, on April 7, 1815. In 1819 his family moved to America and settled in Bellefontaine, Ohio. In 1824 Wheeler joined the Methodist Church and eventually joined the Norwalk Seminary in 1835. He attended Allegheny College from 1837 to 1839 and Indiana Asbury University until 1840. Recitation Hall was built in 1891 (now called Wheeler Hall); the ground-breaking ceremony was led by Mary Baldwin, John's daughter. Wheeler hall is named after John Wheeler. Wheeler Hall is located on the university's north part of campus near Baldwin Library.

On December 1, 1978, John Wheeler's Home, located at 445 S. Rocky River Dr in Berea, Ohio, was added to the National Register of Historic Places.