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BIOGRAPHY. R EV. DAVm '.[ KI NEY, D. D., Pre id nt, of edurvill Coll ge, wa born in Phila– delphia May 20th, 1860. Hi parent, were m mb r of t,he Third Reform d Pre by– terian Church, of Phil11delphia. with which h al o unit d at the age of fifteen. Ee received hi literary education in the Philad lphia public chools, the Univer ity of Pennsylvania and the Reformed Presbyterian Theological minary. Ile was lie n ed to preach April 3rd, 18 3, and October 2d, 1 4, wa ordained Pa tor of tbe Wa hington Congregation, near Elgin, Ill. In th pring of 1 6 he re igned thi harge, and the fol– lowing year he traveled in Europ . In the pring of 1 8 he receiv d a call to the Fir t Reformed Presbyterian Church, of Cincinnati, of which h is now pa tor, and was in– stalled in June of the ame year. In 1 91 he wa married to Mis Carrie Chapin, of Cin– cinnati. During his re idence in Cincinnati he has been bot,h actively and officially con– nected with many of the religion and reform movements of the city. In May, 1 95, Wit– tenberg College, of Springfield, Ohio, conf rred upon him the degree of D. D. He is also one of the examiner of the University of Pennsylvania. At the meeting of the General Synod , held at Coultersville, Ill., in May, 1894, the Synod, on the recommendation of the Board of Trustees, elected him first President of Cedarville College. At that tim the College was largely a prospective in titution . Dr. McKinney took hold of the work with such energy and determination that from a plan on paper it has evolved into a reality, During the three years of its exi tence his zeal for the pro per1ty of the institution ha been unabated. Every tudent i know n to him and receive per onal attention. Jothing connected with tbe workings of the College escapes hi ob ervant eye. He is a man of natural intellectual ability , is a close student, a magnetic peaker, and consequently a progressive preacher. 5