Chapter III F ollowing his meeting with the Operating Committee of the Cedarville College Board of Trustees, Pastor Jeremiah returned to Dayton convinced that the Board of the Baptist Bible Institute of Cleveland (B.B.I.) should~ive serious consider ion to the CedarviU eoUege p 0 osa. He imme i tely prepared a report for Nir George Dunn, chairman of the B,B.I. Board of Tr stees. After the frustrations B.B. , t usfees had been experiencing in tf..ying to "bu" roperty, they had difficulty believing that a complete campus might be "given" to them! Dunn quickly appointed George Milner to chair a committee investigating the unique possibilities of the situation outlined by Jeremiah's report, • Milner,lWho had founded the Milner Electric Company, a prominent supJ>lier of electrical products in Cleveta-I'l.d, was a dedicated Christian ~n~solid businessman. He was the treasu er of " J, and th~ natural ch'oice to chair this ~ iff' . C.lUS /,Tof the important finan ial i sae inv:o Y-ed~ t ers Assigned to the comm' 'tee ~ere ev. :A:l1an Lewis, pastor of Nottingham Baptist Church and current president of ~~;1 ·)t>hn G, Bennett, vice president\nd re islf~'t, 'flf ~ ins~it,ute; and Leonard Webst~ac 'lng aean Jommg these four members of tlt adm'Jl:istration of the Bible institute were two representatives from the Board of Trustees, Pastor James T. Jeremiah and Pastor Earl Willetts. On the morn'n of Friday, March 6, 1953, George Mi ner iloted his car throughout the Cleveland ea pic ing up membe s of the committee for a trip to Cedarville. When his final passenger entered the car near the little town of Berea, Milner turned off the ignition Founders Hall, formerly "Old Main," in the fall of 1895. It was not until May of 1896 that the building was officially dedicated.